Bargaining Unit Sick Leave Bank. 401.0 Any member of the Bargaining Unit may voluntarily become a member of the Bargaining Unit Sick Leave Bank. New hires may voluntarily enroll in the Bargaining Unit Sick Bank by contributing a minimum of one (1) day up to a maximum of three (3) days to the sick bank during the first fifteen (15) calendar days of their first school year.
Bargaining Unit Sick Leave Bank. Sixty (60) percent of the dollar value of each Engineer Officer's accrued sick leave balance will be transferred to a bargaining unit wide sick leave bank which will be maintained by the Employer and administered by the MEBA. For purposes of this subsection "administered by the MEBA" shall mean the Union approves or disapproves payment from the sick leave bank for work missed by an Engineer Officer due to illness or injury. The Employer retains the right to determine if such absences are authorized or unauthorized according to its absentee control policy. This leave account may be used when any member is scheduled for work but is incapacitated due to an illness or injury. The MEBA will administer the sick leave account in prudent and responsible manner until exhaustion, but in no event will the Employer be obligated to pay out more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) in any six (6) month periods (January to June/July to December) under this Rule. In the event of the death of an Engineer Officer prior to retirement, and provided the BUSLB has sufficient funds to pay, the MEBA shall submit to the Employer a sick leave request equal to 60 percent of that Engineer Officer's original (as is July 1, 1989) sick leave balance less any sick leave used from the BUSLB by the officer after July 1, 1989, which was converted to personnel leave for payment to the Engineer Officer's beneficiary. Employees, who cannot report to work because of an illness or injury, shall be individually responsible to apply to the MEBA for sick leave compensation. Such absences are subject to Employer verification.
