Absence Abuse Process. It is the policy of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to review employee attendance on a periodic basis, but no less than every 60 workdays.
Absence Abuse Process. It is the policy of the Cleveland Municipal School District to review employee attendance on a periodic basis, but no less than every 60 workdays. District employees accrue fifteen (15) days of sick leave per year, and three (3) days of special privilege leave. The initial basis for review of possible disciplinary action under the absence abuse process shall be where district records show that the employee has absence occurrences totaling the Absence Hours identified in the Absence Occurrence Schedule within a look back or where any employee exhibits a pattern of absence within any time period. An employee who fails to adhere to the attendance requirements is subject to progressive discipline as detailed in the schedule of progressive discipline described in this policy. For the purpose of this absence abuse policy, a one-year rule applies. For example, if an employee’s previous discipline was within a one (1) year time period, the employee will progress to the next step of the progressive discipline schedule. Violations of more than one (1) year at the time of discipline will not be used by the District to determine the appropriate progressive discipline. Example: If an employee is first placed on the absence abuse list on 7/01/13, and has another infraction on 9/08/13, the date of the last infraction (9/08/13) begins the one- year time frame for application of the absence abuse policy. For example, an employee receives a written warning under the policy on 9/01/13, a one-day suspension for violation of the policy on 12/1/ 13. On 9/02/14, and the employee once again violated the policy; the next step of discipline will be a five-day suspension. Accordingly, the 9/02/14 infraction continues the progressive discipline as outlined under the policy for the next 12 months. However, if an employee completes one year with no new infraction of the attendance policy s/he shall be removed from the absence abuse list. When the District grants an employee an approved leave of absence, the time between the effective date of the approved leave of absence and the effective date of the employee’s approved return to duty will not be considered in computing the one-year period described above. The employee is responsible for monitoring his/her own attendance and absences. However, the District will notify the employee in writing where the employee has missed more than the Absence Hours identified in the Absence Occurrence Schedule within a look back period and that further...
