ILLNESS DAY PLAN. A. It is understood that the Illness Bank is intended to compensate Employees for illness. The Employer reserves the right and discretion to establish attendance standards, to institute discipline, and to require verification of absence when deemed appropriate.
B. Regular full-time Employees shall receive illness days as follows:
1. Illness days shall accrue at the rate of .85 for each pay period completed without loss of pay.
2. Illness days shall accrue to 200 days.
3. Utilization of illness days requires three (3) months of continuous service.
4. Illness days may be utilized for purposes of rehabilitative treatment or therapy which is required as a direct result of an injury or illness. It is understood that written verification from the attending physician as to the need for such treatment or therapy as well as the schedule for same, must be provided in advance by the Employee.
C. It is not the policy of the Employer to arbitrarily penalize Employees through the imposition of economic sanctions for occasional days off due to illness which do not abuse the purpose of the illness bank, but it is understood that chronic absenteeism beyond the Employee's control may not meet Employer standards. It is also not the policy of the Employer to interpret each day of an extended illness, e.g., five (5) days off with flu, as five (5) separate occurrences, but rather as one (1) occurrence consisting of five (5) illness days used.
D. Illness benefits are a type of insurance coverage; however, in addition to excused absence for personal illness, days may be used during the twelve (12) month contract year for the special needs listed below and charged to the illness bank.
ILLNESS DAY PLAN. It is understood that the Illness Bank is intended to compensate Employees for illness. The Employer reserves the right and discretion to establish attendance standards, to institute discipline, and to require verification of absence when deemed appropriate. Unjust application of the above provision may be subject to the grievance procedure.
A. Regular full-time Employees shall receive illness days as follows:
1. Illness days shall accrue at the rate of .65 (5.20 hours) for each pay period completed without loss of pay. Occasional and unexpected tardiness will be excluded by the Supervisor. Parking employees hired after 10/01/02 shall accrue at the rate of 4.0 hours per pay period without any loss of pay.
2. Illness days shall accrue to 200 days.
3. Utilization of illness days requires ninety (90) days of continuous full-time service.
4. The University may require verification by medical authority for absence due to illness subject to refund, offset by health insurance coverage, under the Grievance Procedure excluding Short-term Disability and Illness Leave.
5. Failure to report absence due to illness on each day is considered unauthorized absence and can result in loss of pay for the day. Longer intervals between calls may be established by the Administrative head of the unit or designated Supervisor if it is determined that the Employee will be off for an extended period.
a. An Employee who has received written medical verification that he/she is unable to work for a stated number of days on the verification, will not be required to call after the initial call for the period stated provided that the Employee has advised the Administrative Head or Supervisor as to the nature of the illness and the period of verified absence. The Employee will present the verification to his/her Supervisor upon his/her return to work.
6. Illness days may be utilized for purposes of rehabilitative treatment or therapy which is required as a direct result of an injury or illness. It is understood that written verification from the attending physician as to the need for such treatment or therapy as well as the schedule for same, must be provided in advance by the Employee.
