A librarian returns from a year-long sabbatical to a reorganized branch system whose classification was abolished. The sabbatical memo only said the city would figure it out on return. What should the CHRO change?
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Short Explanation
A sabbatical without return rights is a trapdoor, not a benefit. Write the landing before anyone takes off—what job, and what happens if the org chart moves. Figuring it out on the way back is how people end up with no chair.
Full Explanation
Return rights for sabbaticals must be designed when the policy is written, not at the crisis of a reorganized org chart. A complete policy names the equivalent position, notice, and how restructuring will be handled before leave is approved. One-off courtesy slots or converting leave into a resignation do not scale and invite inequity claims. Defining rights up front also lets the city staff the gap lawfully instead of improvising on the return date.