Common use of Emergency Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Emergency Sick Leave. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Board of Education shall contribute 10 sick leave days to a pool of Emergency Additional Sick Leave days (ESL days) to be available to members of the bargaining unit (teacher). If the ESL days are not used from this pool by teachers, as described below, the ESL days shall accumulate in subsequent fiscal years to a maximum of 20 days. To be eligible to use ESL days from the ESL pool, the teacher must make application in writing. If a teacher is unable to apply personally, for example, due to injury or illness, a member of the employee’s family, or Association president may do so on the teacher’s behalf. The teacher must meet the following conditions: 1. Have been employed full time by the district for at least 1 full year. 2. Have exhausted all other available paid leave. 3. Have a serious personal illness or injury which makes it impossible for the employee to return to work, or (a) have a spouse, or (b) a child under the age of 18 years who resides in the home of the employee, who has a serious personal illness or injury, and which requires the personal care of the employee. 4. Have incurred at least 5 days’ loss of pay as a result of the serious personal illness or injury. Any illness or injury, and its seriousness, must, at the request of the Administration, be verified by a physician. No employee shall be entitled to use more than 20 ESL days for the same serious illness or injury. In addition to the foregoing, the Board will contribute up to 20 additional sick leave days per school year to the ESL pool, one such day for each earned, accrued and available personal day waived by a member of the bargaining unit for that purpose. (Personal days which have been converted to sick leave are not personal days). The ESL days shall be used alternately, one from those provided by the Board and then one from personal days waived by employees. Days from the additional sick leave pool shall be granted on a first-to-apply basis, until the additional sick leave pool is exhausted.

Emergency Sick Leave. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Board of Education shall contribute 10 sick leave days to a pool of Emergency Additional Sick Leave days (ESL days) to be available to members of the bargaining unit (teacher). If the ESL days are not used from this pool by teachers, as described below, the ESL days shall accumulate in subsequent fiscal years to a maximum of 20 days. To be eligible to use ESL days from the ESL pool, the teacher must make application in writing. If a teacher is unable to apply personally, for example, due to injury or illness, a member of the employee’s family, or Association president may do so on the teacher’s behalf. The teacher must meet the following conditions: 1. Have been employed full time by the district for at least 1 full year. 2. Have exhausted all other available paid leave. 3. Have a serious personal illness or injury which makes it impossible for the employee to return to work, or (a) have a spouse, or (b) a child under the age of 18 years who resides in the home of the achildundertheageof18yearswhoresidesinthehomeofthe employee, who has a serious personal illness or injury, and which requires the personal care of the employee. 4. Have incurred at least 5 days’ loss of pay as a result of the serious personal illness or injury. Any illness or injury, and its seriousness, must, at the request of the Administration, be verified by a physician. No employee shall be entitled to use more than 20 ESL days for the same serious than20ESLdaysforthesameserious illness or injury. In addition to the foregoing, the Board will contribute up to 20 additional sick leave days per school year to the ESL pool, one such day for each earned, accrued and available personal day waived by a member of the bargaining unit for that purpose. (Personal days which have been converted to sick leave are not personal days). The ESL days shall be used alternately, one from those provided by the Board and then one from personal days waived by employees. Days from the additional sick leave pool shall be granted on a first-to-apply basis, until the additional sick leave pool is exhausted.