Common use of Absences Due to Personal Illness Clause in Contracts

Absences Due to Personal Illness. 1. Full pay for personal illness of regularly employed teacher or members of his/her immediate family, as defined in Article XII, E, on the basis of fifteen (15) days per year cumulative to one hundred and fifty (150) days will be allowed. If subject to quarantine by order of the Health Department, there shall be no loss of salary nor shall the time lost be deducted from sick leave. If illness is over three (3) consecutive school days, certification from a doctor may be requested by the Superintendent of Schools. The Association agrees that malingering shall not be condoned. Unusual cases will be handled individually by the Superintendent of Schools and the Committee. 2. Teachers shall receive written notification of their accumulated sick leave status at the beginning of the school year. 3. In addition to any accrued sick leave, all full-time teachers (.75 or above) will be credited fifteen (15) sick days in September of each year. All part-time teachers (.7 or below) will be credited with a pro-rated number of sick days. A teacher on sick leave shall first use accrued sick days; however, if these days are exhausted, the teacher will draw on the sick days credited for the current school year. A teacher employed after the start of the school year will be credited with a pro-rated number of sick days. 4. A teacher on leave, other than sick or maternity leave, will not accrue sick days. In the event that the teacher's employment terminates during the school year, and at that time of such termination his or her sick leave account has been overdrawn, the final salary payment to the teacher will be reduced by the amount paid for such overdrawn sick days. 5. Abuse of sick time or use of unauthorized leave may result in pro rata loss of pay or other discipline. 6. The Association will determine procedures and policy regarding donation of sick days to members who are absent due to a major illness, injury or accident. The Committee will administer the procedures that are developed. 7. In no event may an individual be allocated more than one hundred and eighty (180 days) by members of the collective bargaining unit related to any one illness, injury or accident. 8. There shall be a maximum cap of two years allowed under this provision. Any request for an extension of this cap may be made to the Committee.

Absences Due to Personal Illness. 1. Full pay for personal illness of regularly employed teacher or members of his/her immediate family, as defined in Article XII, E, on the basis of fifteen (15) days per year cumulative to one hundred and fifty (150) days will be allowed. If subject to quarantine by order of the Health Department, there shall be no loss of salary nor shall the time lost be deducted from sick leave. If illness absence is over for three (3) consecutive school daysdays or more, certification from a doctor may be requested by the Superintendent of Schools. The Association agrees that malingering shall not be condoned. Unusual cases will be handled individually by the Superintendent of Schools and the Committee. 2. Teachers shall receive written notification of their accumulated sick leave status at the beginning of the school year. 3. In addition to any accrued sick leave, all full-time teachers (.75 or above) will be credited fifteen (15) sick days in September of each year. All part-time teachers (.7 or below) will be credited with a pro-rated number of sick days. A teacher on sick leave shall first use accrued sick days; however, if these days are exhausted, the teacher will draw on the sick days credited for the current school year. A teacher employed after the start of the school year will be credited with a pro-rated number of sick days. 4. A teacher on leave, other than sick or maternity leave, will not accrue sick days. In the event that the teacher's employment terminates during the school year, and at that time of such termination his or her sick leave account has been overdrawn, the final salary payment to the teacher will be reduced by the amount paid for such overdrawn sick days. 5. Abuse of sick time or use of unauthorized leave may result in pro rata loss of pay or other discipline. 6. The Association will determine procedures and policy regarding donation of sick days to members who are absent due to a major illness, injury or accident. The Committee will administer the procedures that are developed. 7. In no event may an individual be allocated more than one hundred and eighty eighty-five (180 185 days) by members of the collective bargaining unit related to any one illness, injury or accident. 8. There shall be a maximum cap of two years allowed under this provision. Any request for an extension of this cap may be made to the Committee.