Common use of Common Sick Bank Clause in Contracts

Common Sick Bank. 1. The Association may maintain a Common Sick Bank through donations from the members. Effective at the beginning of each school year, employees will contribute up to one (1) day from their personal sick leave accumulations to the Sick Bank. The members' contribution each year will bring the number of days in the Sick Bank to a maximum of two (2) times the membership of the Association. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave may request use of Sick Bank from the Sick Leave Bank Committee. Sick Bank may be used for personal illness or the physical disability of an employee covered by this Agreement. The allocation of sick bank days shall not exceed the number of days needed to access the Employer provided Long Term Disability benefits. Any days remaining in the bank at the end of a school year shall be carried over to the next year, in addition to those funded above. Unused days contributed by the Employer prior to June 30, 2004 shall remain in the Sick Bank. 2. The parties will establish a Sick Leave Bank Committee with each party having equal authority, to make decisions on allocations to any applicant. The Committee members shall be held harmless by the Employer and the Association for any decisions they make provided those decisions are consistent with mutually approved guidelines for the operation of the Sick Leave Bank and with the law. The decisions of the Committee will be final, and not subject to the grievance procedure described elsewhere in this Agreement. 3. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated personal sick leave credits, or employees who have utilized all but 5 personal sick leave days and who experience an absence of more than 4 consecutive weeks or more than 20 days in an 8 week period for the same illness, may apply for withdrawals in accordance with the following procedures. The Sick Leave Bank Committee, as described in number 2 above, shall determine if applications shall be approved, and may require a second doctor's opinion prior to their decision. 4. Employees applying for using the Common Sick Leave Bank shall call the Office of Human Resource Services prior to the end of the first day when they need to use the Bank whenever medically possible. In cases where they are unable to call, the Sick Leave Bank Committee may waive this requirement. They shall provide a doctor's note to the same office by the fifth day of the illness or disability unless medical circumstances don't allow them to do so. In that case, they shall provide the doctor's note as soon as possible. If an absence is not anticipated to be more than four weeks and then becomes that length, the employee may apply for a retroactive allocation. 5. Days from the Common Sick Leave Bank shall be used only for a physical disability or illness of an employee, which in the judgment of a physician makes it necessary for the employee to be absent from his/her assignment for more than four (4) consecutive weeks.

Common Sick Bank. 1. The Association may maintain a Common Sick Bank through donations from the members. Effective at the beginning of each school year, employees will contribute up to one (1) day from their personal sick leave accumulations to the Sick Bank. The members' contribution each year will bring the number of days in the Sick Bank to a maximum of two (2) times the membership of the Association. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave may request use of Sick Bank from the Sick Leave Bank Committee. Sick Bank may be used for personal illness or the physical disability of an employee covered by this Agreement. The allocation of sick bank days shall not exceed the number of days needed to access the Employer provided Long Term Disability benefits. Any days remaining in the bank at the end of a school year shall be carried over to the next year, in addition to those funded above. Unused days contributed by the Employer prior to June 30, 2004 shall remain in the Sick Bank. 2. The parties will establish a Sick Leave Bank Committee with each party having equal authority, to make decisions on allocations to any applicant. The Committee members shall be held harmless by the Employer and the Association for any decisions they make provided those decisions are consistent with mutually approved guidelines for the operation of the Sick Leave Bank and with the law. The decisions of the Committee will be final, and not subject to the grievance procedure described elsewhere in this Agreement. 3. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated personal sick leave credits, or employees who have utilized all but 5 personal sick leave days and who experience an absence of more than 4 consecutive weeks or more than 20 days in an 8 week period for the same illness, may apply for withdrawals in accordance with the following procedures. The Sick Leave Bank Committee, as described in number 2 above, shall determine if applications shall be approved, and may require a second doctor's opinion prior to their decision. 4. Employees applying for using the Common Sick Leave Bank shall call the Office of Human Resource Services prior to the end of the first day when they need to use the Bank whenever medically possible. In cases where they are unable to call, the Sick Leave Bank Committee may waive this requirement. They shall provide a doctor's note to the same office by the fifth day of the illness or disability unless medical circumstances don't allow them to do so. In that case, they shall provide the doctor's note as soon as possible. If an absence is not anticipated to be more than four weeks and then becomes that length, the employee may apply for a retroactive allocation. 5. Days from the Common Sick Leave Bank shall be used only for a physical disability or illness of an employee, which in the judgment of a physician makes it necessary for the employee to be absent from his/her assignment for more than four (4) consecutive weeks. 6. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the number of days that can be granted to any one individual and at any one time. The amount granted may or may not cover the employee's total period of disability or illness.

Common Sick Bank. 1. The Association may maintain a Common Sick Bank through donations from the members. Effective at the beginning of each school year, employees will contribute up to one (1) day from their personal sick leave accumulations to the Sick Bank. The members' contribution each year will bring the number of days in the Sick Bank to a maximum of two (2) times the membership of the Association. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave may request use of Sick Bank from the Sick Leave Bank Committee. Sick Bank may be used for personal illness or the physical disability of an employee covered by this Agreement. The allocation of sick bank days shall not exceed the number of days needed to access the Employer provided Long Term Disability benefits. Any days remaining in the bank at the end of a school year shall be carried over to the next year, in addition to those funded above. Unused days contributed by the Employer prior to June 30, 2004 shall remain in the Sick Bank. 2. The parties will establish a Sick Leave Bank Committee with each party having equal authority, to make decisions on allocations to any applicant. The Committee members shall be held harmless by the Employer and the Association for any decisions they make provided those decisions are consistent with mutually approved guidelines for the operation of the Sick Leave Bank and with the law. The decisions of the Committee will be final, and not subject to the grievance procedure described elsewhere in this Agreement. 3. Employees who have exhausted their accumulated personal sick leave credits, or employees who have utilized all but 5 personal sick leave days and who experience an absence of more than 4 consecutive weeks or more than 20 days in an 8 week period for the same illness, may apply for withdrawals in accordance with the following procedures. The Sick Leave Bank Committee, as described in number 2 above, shall determine if applications shall be approved, and may require a second doctor's opinion prior to their decision. 4. Employees applying for using the Common Sick Leave Bank shall call the Office of Human Resource Services prior to the end of the first day when they need to use the Bank whenever medically possible. In cases where they are unable to call, the Sick Leave Bank Committee may waive this requirement. They shall provide a doctor's note to the same office by the fifth day of the illness or disability unless medical circumstances don't allow them to do so. In that case, they shall provide the doctor's note as soon as possible. If an absence is not anticipated to be more than four weeks and then becomes that length, the employee may apply for a retroactive allocation. 5. Days from the Common Sick Leave Bank shall be used only for a physical disability or illness of an employee, which in the judgment of a physician makes it necessary for the employee to be absent from his/her assignment for more than four (4) consecutive weeks. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the number of days that can be granted to any one individual and at any one time. The amount granted may or may not cover the employee's total period of disability or illness.