Excessive Use of Sick Leave. Once employees have accumulated a total of seven (7) or more sick leave occurrences in a 12- month period (from July 1 to June 30), their immediate supervisor shall discuss with them the reasons for their absences and the District’s need for regular attendance by all employees. The accumulation of any additional sick occurrence within the 12-month period after such a discussion may result in a written warning. After such a written warning has been given, any further sick leave occurrence within the 12-month period may result in a one-day suspension from work, with pay, during which time the employee will be interviewed and counseled by the Superintendent or his/her designee and will further be advised that any additional sick leave occurrence during the 12-month period may result in termination from employment. For the remainder of the one-day suspension, if issued, the employee will be sent home to contemplate the impact of loss of employment by the District. Employees who do have any additional sick leave occurrence within the 12-month period after such a suspension may be subject to additional disciplinary action. Consecutive sick leave absences shall constitute a single “occurrence” as that term is used herein; thus, while being on sick leave five consecutive days would be one occurrence, sick leave absence on just a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of a week, for example, would be three, provided that no absence shall constitute an occurrence if it is either covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act or for a verifiable medical condition as supported by a treating medical professional’s written statement submitted by the employee.
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