1a Sick Leave Bank. Once per school year each member of the bargaining unit may voluntarily transfer one (1) day of accumulated sick leave to a Sick Leave Bank. Bargaining unit members who begin employment after the start of the school year have up to ten (10) working days to voluntarily transfer one (1) day of their sick leave allowance to the Sick Leave Bank. Sick Leave Bank allowance will be prorated (using established practice of pro-ration-allowance (30) / days in school year (180) x working days) to reflect the number of days of Sick Leave Bank a late starting bargaining unit member may use in that school year. Any bargaining unit member who contributes to the Sick Leave Bank, who exhausts their accumulated sick leave, and who is absent for more than three (3) consecutive work days with their own illness or disability, or whose spouse, party to a civil union, or child has entered hospice care, may apply for the use of days from this Sick Leave Bank. Any bargaining unit member meeting the above criteria who has submitted an irrevocable letter of retirement and who has received Board approval for retirement may access the sick leave bank prior to exhausting their own sick leave. Use of these days must be during the year the bargaining unit member contributes to the bank.
1a Sick Leave Bank. 1. The Sick Leave Bank is a voluntary bank of employee sick leave days administered by a committee, which shall be used only by participating employees or dependent children for serious, long-term or debilitating illnesses. All full-time bargaining unit members are eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Bank. Participation in the Sick Leave Bank will be determined at the beginning of each school year with a donation of one day to the Sick Leave Bank. Unused days in the Sick Leave Bank will accumulate to the following year.
1a Sick Leave Bank. The Organization may institute a “Sick Leave Bank” under the following conditions:
