Extended Use of Sick Leave. Employees absent from work for three (3) or more consecutive days due to personal illness or accident shall submit to the Department of Human Resources a doctor’s statement covering the complete absence (form supplied by Xxxxxxxx County) before receiving their sick pay. Workers’ Compensation Leave of absences resulting from work related illness or injury (“occupational”) require the completion and submission of a County “Incident Report” Form AND a “Request for Medical Leave of Absence” Form to the employee’s Supervisor within 24 hours of occurrence. Both forms must be received by the Department of Human Resources no later than 48 hours after such occurrence. Failure to submit this form to the Human Resources Department within the prescribed timeframe may delay an employee’s receipt of benefits, and may subject the County to liability including fines and penalties. Employees, at the time of a work related injury, will be offered by the Department of Human Resources a choice of either option (i) or option (ii) listed below. The employee collects weekly benefits from the compensation insurance carrier as prescribed by the Workers’ Compensation Law. The employee would not draw sick leave even though he/she might be eligible; OR The employee collects sick pay from the County for the period of unused sick leave and then, if necessary, transfers to Workers’ Compensation benefits for the duration of the employee’s inability to work. The Department of Human Resources would file with the Workers’ Compensation board for reimbursement to the extent of the employee’s Workers’ Compensation award for the period covered by sick leave pay. The employee’s sick time would be pro-rated by dividing the amount of reimbursement obtained by the employee’s hourly salary at the time of incident (see example below) and would be reinstated, subject to reimbursement from the compensation insurance carrier. Example: Hourly Salary $6.00 Weekly Workers’ Compensation Award $300.00 Reinstate credit for sick hours (rounded to nearest tenth) based on Workers’ Compensation reimbursement divided by hourly rate at time of incident. ($300.00/$6.00 per hour = 50 sick hours time reinstated.
Extended Use of Sick Leave. Employees absent from work for five or more consecutive days due to personal illness or accident shall submit to the Personnel Department a doctor’s statement covering the complete absence (form supplied by Xxxxxxxx County) before receiving his/her sick pay.
Extended Use of Sick Leave. A teacher who has exhausted all accumulated sick leave and who is unable to perform the duties because of personal illness, maternity, or other disability may, upon request, be granted leave under ARTICLE V, Section 8.
Extended Use of Sick Leave. Employees absent from work for three (3) or more consecutive days due to personal illness or accident shall submit to the Department of Human Resources a doctor’s statement covering the complete absence (form supplied by Tompkins County) before receiving their sick pay. Workers’ Compensation Leave of absences resulting from work related illness or injury (“occupational”) require the completion and submission of a County “Incident Report” Form AND a “Request for Medical Leave of Absence” Form to the employee’s Supervisor within 24 hours of occurrence. Both forms must be received by the Department of Human Resources no later than 48 hours after such occurrence. Failure to submit this form to the Human Resources Department within the prescribed timeframe may delay an employee’s receipt of benefits and may subject the County to liability including fines and penalties. Employees, at the time of a work related injury, will be offered by the Department of Human Resources a choice of either option (i) or option (ii) listed below:
