It is the organisation’s policy to grant extended unpaid leave to employees wishing to travel abroad to visit friends or families, for study or for other appropriate reasons, whenever reasonable. This will normally be unpaid.
Procedure
Any extended leave must receive management approval before being taken. Employees wishing to apply for extended leave should follow the procedure set out below.
All requests for extended leave should be made in writing on the appropriate form at the earliest reasonable opportunity and no later than ___ months in advance of the required date. They should be passed to _________.