Common use of Accrual and Usage Clause in Contracts

Accrual and Usage. All employees shall accrue sick leave at the rate of four and six-tenths (4.6) hours for each completed eighty (80) hours of service in pay status. Sick leave shall be used for absence due to illness or injury of the employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family, which requires the care of the employee, or exposure to contagious diseases which could be communicated to other employees. In addition, an employee may be granted up to two (2) days absence for paternity leave at the time of birth of offspring and subsequent convalescence of the employee’s spouse. All accumulated sick time shall be posted on all bulletin boards by all departments. Employees who, after reporting for work, are then sent home on sick leave may be required when returning to duty, to sign a statement as set forth in the Ohio Revised Code, Section 124.38 to justify the use of sick leave.