Existing Sick Leave Balances. Existing Sick leave may be used for personal illness, legal quarantine, injury, or death/illness in the immediate family. Immediate family shall be defined as the employee’s/employee’s spouse’s children, parents, grandparents, siblings, or any member of the employee’s household. Upon termination with the County, employees shall not be paid for hours in their sick leave accounts.
Existing Sick Leave Balances. Sick leave may be used for the employee's actual illness or disability or to care for a member of the employee's immediate family (child, spouse or parent). Sick leave may be used to attend medical or dental appointments or to transport a family member to such an appointment. For illnesses which last more than then three (3) consecutive days, the Employer may require a note from a recognized medical authority stating that the employee is fit to return to duty. The Employer may request verification from a medical authority justifying the use of sick leave within the confines of Medical Data Practices if abuse is suspected. An employee wishing to utilize sick leave shall make an attempt to notify the Supervisor and receive prior approval, if this is not possible, the employee shall notify the Supervisor as soon as possible following the start of the work day that they will not be able to come to work.
Existing Sick Leave Balances. For employees electing to move from the sick/vacation program to the PTO program, existing sick leave balance and catastrophic sick leave balance may be used for the employee’s actual illness or disability or to care for a member of the employee’s immediate family (child, spouse or parent). Sick leave may be used to attend medical or dental appointments or to transport a family member to such appointments. There will be no cash out of any sick leave for employees who elect the PTO program.
