Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours Sample Clauses

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this Agreement, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed month of service. Nonshift employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department h...
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Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee;
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Related to Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours

  • Abuse of Sick Leave Misuse of leave, violation of orders, directives, or contractual requirements concerning the use of sick leave and other forms of leave used in lieu of sick leave are cause for disciplinary action.

  • Accrual of Sick Leave a. A full-time employee shall accrue four (4) hours of sick leave for each biweekly pay period, or the number of hours that are directly proportionate to the number of days worked during less than a full-pay period, without limitation as to the total number of hours that may be accrued. b. A part-time employee shall accrue sick leave at a rate directly proportionate to the percent of time employed. c. An employee appointed under Other Personal Services (OPS) shall not accrue sick leave.

  • Use of Sick Leave Sick leave is available the first day of the pay period following the pay period in which it was earned, and is taken in units of one-tenth (1/10) of one hour. Use of sick leave is subject to the approval of the appointing authority. Upon request of an employee, the appointing authority may allow the substitution of three (3) or more days of sick leave for paid vacation, provided the employee furnishes a doctor's statement or other satisfactory evidence that the employee was ill or injured for three (3) or more consecutive days.

  • Accumulation of Sick Leave The unused portion of an Employee's sick leave shall accrue for her future benefit, up to a maximum of one hundred and thirty (130) days.

  • Sick Leave Use An employee shall be granted sick leave with pay to the extent of the employee's accumulation for absences necessitated by the following conditions:

  • Paid Sick Leave For those jurisdictions that have passed or will pass legislation requiring Paid Sick Leave, Paid Sick Time will be billed back to Client at the straight-time bill rate for all hours taken by any Consultant assigned to Client. This section is not applicable until the effective date of such legislation has been reached.

  • Verification of Sick Leave The appointing officer or designee to whom application for sick leave is made may make such independent investigation as to the necessity for sick leave as is deemed proper and may require certification for any period of sick leave, provided that the employee has been previously notified in writing that such certification for absence of less than five working days shall be required. The Human Resources Director may at any time make such independent investigation as may be deemed proper regarding the illness of any person on sick leave.

  • HOLIDAY COMPENSATION FOR TIME WORKED 110. Employees required by their respective appointing officers to work on any of the above specified or substitute holidays, excepting Fridays observed as holidays in lieu of holidays falling on Saturday, shall be paid extra compensation of one additional day's pay at time-and-one-half the usual rate in the amount of 12 hours pay for 8 hours worked or a proportionate amount for less than 8 hours worked provided, however, that at the employee's request and with the approval of the appointing officer, an employee may be granted compensatory time off in lieu of paid overtime pursuant to the provisions of Section III.E.2. 111. Executive, administrative and professional employees designated in the Annual Salary Ordinance with the "Z" symbol shall not receive extra compensation for holiday work but may be granted time off equivalent to the time worked at the rate of-one-and-one-half times for work on the holiday.

  • Reinstatement of Vacation Days - Sick Leave In the event an employee is sick or injured prior to the commencement of his/her vacation, such employee shall be granted sick leave and the vacation period so displaced shall be added to the vacation period if requested by the employee and by mutual agreement, or shall be reinstated for use at a later date.

  • Accrued 100% sick leave The use of sick leave under this subsection is at the employee's discretion.

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