Certified Sick Leave Bank. 1. Each employee of the District covered by this contract may participate in the Sick Leave Bank. An initial contribution of two sick leave days, prior to November 1, will be the required minimum to become a Sick Leave Bank member for the duration of employment in District #411. Each employee, or retiring employee, may voluntarily, prior to November 1st of each succeeding year, contribute additional sick leave days. A threshold of five hundred (500) days will be established in the Sick Leave Bank. When the total days in the Sick Leave Bank falls below five hundred (500) days, the Sick Leave Bank will then assess each member one day, thus re-establishing the minimum 500-day threshold. Sick leave days thus contributed shall be deducted from the individual's previously accumulated sick leave. The contributed sick leave days shall form a bank of sick leave days which will be available to all eligible employees. The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide for additional leave due to absences from work which extend beyond all of the employee’s accumulated leave and is resulting from a major medical illness or injury. The Sick Leave Bank may be used for immediate family members (spouse, child, parent) facing a major medical illness or injury. The maximum number of days which may be granted in any one school year for immediate family members will be thirty (30).
2. A major medical illness and/or injury is an acute or prolonged illness or injury that is considered life-threatening or with the threat of serious residual disability which results in the employee’s inability to work. Examples of a major medical illness or injury include, but are not limited to:
a. Serious, debilitating illness, impairment, or physical/mental condition that involves treatment in connection with an extended stay in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical facility.
b. High intensity/high frequency of treatment encounters necessary for a chronic or long-term condition that is so serious, that if not treated, would likely result in an extended period of incapacity or death.
c. Terminal illness. The Sick Leave Bank does not cover time off due to a job-incurred injury/illness covered by Worker’s Compensation benefits.
3. In order for an employee to be eligible for sick leave benefits from the Sick Leave Bank, the employee must first: 1) be a contributor to the Bank, 2) have been absent from work due to a major medical illness, or injury, and 3) have used all available sick leave days...
Certified Sick Leave Bank. The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank (hereafter referred to below as the Bank) shall be to provide qualifying certified employees with additional sick leave days as needed to recover from personal illness or injury which causes absence from work and loss of all accumulated personal sick leave. The Bank shall not be used as a reserve for time lost due to short-term illness that would normally be covered by the employee’s accumulated sick leave, nor for time due to illness in the family, bereavement, or for a purpose other than personal illness.
