Employee Catastrophic Illness and Injury Policy Sample Clauses

Employee Catastrophic Illness and Injury Policy. 1.3.1 In the event that a certified employee (i.e. ineligible for the District’s sick bank) contracts a catastrophic illness or injury and in the event the said employee has insufficient sick days to complete the recovery from the incident, it will be the policy of the Board of Education to allow other employees to donate sick days up to sixty (60) school days to the individual. Employees eligible to donate sick days are those who have accumulated sick days in excess of forty-five (45) days. If the ill or injured employee commences to draw benefits under the state retirement or disability system, he/she will cease to draw benefits from donated days. Any remaining donated days will be placed in a reserve for future needs under this policy. In the event of the death of the requester, any remaining days will be placed in reserve for future needs of this policy. Donated days once accepted by the Sick Bank Committee for this purpose are non-returnable. Only the number of days requested by the ill or injured employee will be granted. Reapplication is required if the ill or injured employee needs more days than originally requested. Under no circumstances will the total of donated days allowed be more than sixty (60) school days in a three year time period. Donations will be made per incident. Employees donating sick days will utilize the form provided by the Superintendent’s office. Individual records of donations will remain confidential and become part of the employee’s personnel record. Once the number of donated days reaches the number required by the application, other donations will not be accepted and will be returned. 1.3.2 The donation of sick days to another employee will be deducted from the donor’s accumulated sick days and will not be eligible for Teachers’ Retirement System credit. The donor’s attendance incentive will not be affected. 1.3.3 This policy is not available to those certified employees who have become eligible to join the District’s regular Sick Bank Reserve. This policy does not apply for normal maternity leave, child care or care of relatives. (Only exception could be child with catastrophic circumstances.) 1.3.4 It will be the responsibility of the Sick Bank Committee to inform the certified staff of donations needed under this policy.