Common use of Certified Sick Leave Bank Clause in Contracts

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).