Emma Goldman Finishing School
leave of absence policy
Adopted 6/97, revised 6/20/99
Members can take a leave of absence during extended time (one-month minimum) away from the community. Members taking a leave of absence need to get approval from the community in advance. The leave of absence policy is designed to allow members to hold their membership, while temporarily removing themselves from the community’s economic system while away from the community. A member on leave neither gives the community co’s resources generated during the leave, nor takes resources from the community.
While on leave:
A leave of absence is different from a vacation. Vacation is taken by [using vacation hours or] using quota hours banked from work done before. Vacations have the following characteristics: