Eligibility and Accrual/Grant. Full-time regular employees will accrue unlimited paid sick leave from the date of hire at the rate of one (1) day per month for each month the employee remains in a pay status (12 days per year maximum). When an employee is in a non pay status for a full pay period the employee no longer will accrue leave credit. All District employees in any status other than full-time regular employment are granted on their date of hire, and annually thereafter, 24 hours (or three days) of paid sick time which may be used beginning on their 90th day of employment. Any unused granted paid sick time is not carried over into the following year. Paid Sick Leave Cash-out Plan: On December 1 of each year, full-time regular employees may request to cash out [or convert to compensatory time off] up to eight hours of their accrued paid sick time, if any. The cash-out will be effective the first payroll after the new year. Except as described above, and except as allowed in Title 19.2.i, unused accrued or granted paid sick time is not paid out at any time, including at separation of employment for any reason. Except that upon retirement, accrued unused sick leave may be eligible to be applied to service credit consistent with CalPers requirements.
