Common use of Entitlement to Other Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Entitlement to Other Sick Leave. 8.6.1 Each unit member shall once a year be credited with a total of 100 days of sick leave, non-accruable year to year. Each day of sick leave provided by this section shall be compensated at the rate of fifty percent (50%) of the employee's regular salary regardless of whether or not a substitute employee is used to replace the absent employee. The half-pay sick leave provided for under this section shall be in addition to any other paid leave provided for in this article and shall be used after the exhaustion of sick and industrial accident leaves. Upon the exhaustion of sick and industrial accident leaves, except as set forth below, the employee shall exhaust accrued vacation before commencing his or her 100 days of half-pay sick leave. 8.6.2 Upon an employee’s written request submitted before the exhaustion of sick and industrial accident leaves, along with a doctor’s note stating the need to take additional sick leave (either submitted previously or with the employee’s written request), the employee may instead commence 100 days of half-pay sick leave without first exhausting accrued vacation. In either case, if an employee cannot return to work upon the exhaustion of the 100 days of half-pay sick leave, the employee shall be paid out for all remaining vacation and placed on a reemployment list for a period of 39 months. Initial probationary unit members shall not have 39-month reemployment rights.

Entitlement to Other Sick Leave. 8.6.1 Each unit member shall once a year be credited with a total of 100 days of sick leave, non-accruable year to year. Each day of sick leave provided by this section shall be compensated at the rate of fifty percent (50%) of the employee's regular salary regardless of whether or not a substitute employee is used to replace the absent employee. The half-pay sick leave provided for under this section shall be in addition to any other paid leave provided for in this article and shall be used after the exhaustion of sick and industrial accident leaves. Upon the exhaustion of sick and industrial accident leaves, except as set forth below, the employee shall exhaust accrued vacation before commencing his or her 100 days of half-pay sick leave. 8.6.2 Upon an employee’s written request submitted before the exhaustion of sick and industrial accident leaves, along with a doctor’s note stating the need to take additional sick leave (either submitted previously or with the employee’s written request), the employee may instead commence 100 days of half-pay sick leave without first exhausting accrued vacation. In either case, if an employee cannot return to work upon the exhaustion of the 100 days of half-pay sick leave, the employee shall be paid out for all remaining vacation and placed on a reemployment list for a period of 39 months. 8.6.3 If CSEA grants an employee additional sick leave from CSEA’s bank of donated sick days, CSEA shall inform the District of such additional sick leave no later than 7 calendar days before the employee exhausts his/her 100 days of half-pay sick leave. Initial probationary Any unit members member also has the option to donate up to 40 hours per fiscal year of his/her own sick leave directly to another unit member as long as the total number of hours received is no more than 200 hours. The District shall not have 39-month reemployment rightsapply any donated hours prior to the commencement of 100 days of half paid sick leave.