Common use of Illness, Injury and Emergency Leave Clause in Contracts

Illness, Injury and Emergency Leave. Employees shall have twelve (12) days leave of absence for personal illness, injury, or emergency. This leave may also be used to care for a child of the employee with a health condition that requires treatment or supervision or for a spouse, parent, parent-in-law or grandparent of the employee who has a serious health condition or an emergency in accordance with state and/or federal law. Further, it may be used for the illness or death of a relative of the employee or someone with whom the employee has a close personal relationship. It may also be used for problems requiring an employee’s personal attention for which preplanning is not possible. In addition to the above, employees shall have two additional days of emergency leave annually. The additional emergency leave is non-accumulative. The twelve days of leave for illness, injury and emergency are frontloaded based on the employee’s FTE at the start of each school year. When an employee’s FTE decreases or increases during the school year, the FTE increase/decrease will be reflected in an adjustment to the number of days front loaded at the start of the year. The total days available under the contract shall be placed at the disposal of the certificated employee at the beginning of the contract year. Unused sick leave shall be accumulative year-to-year up to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days. Each employee covered by Industrial Insurance shall reimburse the District monies paid. Such reimbursement shall restore sick leave accrued to such employee on a prorated basis of the reimbursement. Employees who work less than a full year shall be allowed that portion of leave of absence for personal illness or injury as the total days employed bears to the number of days in the employment year. All personal illness of more than five (5) days duration shall be substantiated by a doctor's verification or a written signed letter by the employee. a. Regular employees who are unable to report to work on the first day of school because of personal illness or injury are eligible for up to a maximum of their accumulated sick leave. b. The District reserves the right to require a physician's certification for proof of illness or injury of the employee at any time, if deemed necessary. The District reserves the right to require the employee to be absent from work when illness might impair efficiency or endanger the welfare of pupils. At the employee's option, unused sick leave days may be cashed out in January of the school year following any year in which a minimum of sixty (60) days sick leave is accrued and each January thereafter at a rate equal to one day's monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full days of accrued sick leave. The employee's sick leave accumulation shall be reduced four (4) days for each day compensated. No employee may receive compensation for sick leave accumulated in excess of one (1) day per month. At the time of separation from School District employment (due to retirement or death), an eligible employee or the employee's estate shall receive remuneration at a rate equal to one (1) day's current monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full days' accrued sick leave for illness or injury. For the purpose of this provision, retirement shall be defined as when an employee is eligible to receive benefits under Washington State Teachers Retirement System.

Illness, Injury and Emergency Leave. Employees shall have twelve (12) days leave of absence for personal illness, injury, or emergency. This leave may also be used to care for a child of the employee with a health condition that requires treatment or supervision or for a spouse, parent, parent-in-law or grandparent of the employee who has a serious health condition or an emergency in accordance with state and/or federal law. Further, it may be used for the illness or death of a relative of the employee or someone with whom the employee has a close personal relationship. It may also be used for problems requiring an employee’s personal attention for which preplanning is not possible. In addition to the above, employees shall have two additional days of emergency leave annually. The additional emergency leave is non-accumulative. The twelve days of leave for illness, injury and emergency are frontloaded based on the employee’s FTE at the start of each school year. When an employee’s FTE decreases or increases during the school year, the FTE increase/decrease will be reflected in an adjustment to the number of days front loaded at the start of the year. The total days available under the contract shall be placed at the disposal of the certificated employee at the beginning of the contract year. Unused sick leave shall be accumulative year-to-year up to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days. Each employee covered by Industrial Insurance shall reimburse the District monies paid. Such reimbursement shall restore sick leave accrued to such employee on a prorated basis of the reimbursement. Employees who work less than a full year shall be allowed that portion of leave of absence for personal illness or injury as the total days employed bears to the number of days in the employment year. All personal illness of more than five (5) days duration shall be substantiated by a doctor's verification or a written signed letter by the employee. a. A. Regular employees who are unable to report to work on the first day of school because of personal illness or injury are eligible for up to a maximum of their accumulated sick leave. b. B. The District reserves the right to require a physician's certification for proof of illness or injury of the employee at any time, if deemed necessary. The District reserves the right to require the employee to be absent from work when illness might impair efficiency or endanger the welfare of pupils. At the employee's option, unused sick leave days may be cashed out in January of the school year following any year in which a minimum of sixty (60) days sick leave is accrued and each January thereafter at a rate equal to one day's monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full days of accrued sick leave. The employee's sick leave accumulation shall be reduced four (4) days for each day compensated. No employee may receive compensation for sick leave accumulated in excess of one (1) day per month. At the time of separation from School District employment (due to retirement or death), an eligible employee or the employee's estate shall receive remuneration at a rate equal to one (1) day's current monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full days' accrued sick leave for illness or injury. For the purpose of this provision, retirement shall be defined as when an employee is eligible to receive benefits under Washington State Teachers Retirement System.

Illness, Injury and Emergency Leave. Employees At the beginning of each school year each FTE employee covered by this Agreement shall have be credited with an advance sick leave allowance of twelve (12) days leave days. In the event of absence for personal illness, injury, or emergency, the appropriate deduction will be made. This leave may also Emergency is defined as a problem that must have been suddenly precipitated and must be used to care for a child of the employee with a health condition such nature that requires treatment or supervision or for a spouse, parent, parent-in-law or grandparent of the employee who has a serious health condition or an emergency in accordance with state and/or federal law. Further, it may be used for the illness or death of a relative of the employee or someone with whom the employee has a close personal relationship. It may also be used for problems requiring an employee’s personal attention for which preplanning is was not possible. In addition to , or where preplanning could not relieve the above, employees shall have two additional days of emergency leave annually. The additional emergency leave is non-accumulative. The twelve days of leave necessity for illness, injury and emergency are frontloaded based on the employee’s FTE at absence. As much notice as is practicable under the start of each school yearcircumstances shall be given by the employee to his/her immediate supervisor. When an All employee health related issues shall remain confidential. Each employee’s FTE decreases portion of unused sick leave allowance shall accumulate as permitted in RCW 28A.400.300. (2004) Staff requesting leave on either the day before Thanksgiving or increases during the last student school year, the FTE increase/decrease day will be reflected assessed a half day of leave unless otherwise defined in an adjustment Article V – Leaves, Sections 11 – 13. (2016) Employees working less than full-time or a full year shall be entitled to a proportionate part of illness, injury, and emergency leave. (2004) The District may require a doctor’s verification for proof of illness or injury, if the employee is absent more than four (4) consecutive workdays. The accrued number of illness/injury leave days front loaded at the start of the year. The total days available under the contract shall be placed at the disposal of the certificated employee at the beginning of the contract school year will include the days previously accumulated plus twelve (12) days allowed for the new school year. Unused Accumulated illness, injury, and emergency leave is transferable from other Washington State school districts. Employees transferring from another Washington school district shall provide a certificate of transfer of accumulated illness, injury, and emergency leave. Whenever a teacher is absent from employment and unable to perform his/her duties as a result of personal injury sustained in the course of employment, the teacher will receive illness, injury, and emergency leave and/or worker’s compensation payments as applicable under Washington law and this Agreement. Employees may cash in unused sick leave shall be accumulative year-to-year up to days above an accumulation of sixty (60) days at a maximum ratio of one hundred eighty one (1801) days. Each employee covered by Industrial Insurance shall reimburse the District monies paid. Such reimbursement shall restore full day’s monetary compensation for four (4) accumulated sick leave accrued to such employee on a prorated basis of the reimbursement. Employees who work less than a full year shall be allowed that portion of leave of absence for personal illness or injury as the total days employed bears to the number of days in the employment year. All personal illness of more than five (5) days duration shall be substantiated by a doctor's verification or a written signed letter by the employee. a. Regular employees who are unable to report to work on the first day of school because of personal illness or injury are eligible for up to a maximum of their accumulated sick leave. b. The District reserves the right to require a physician's certification for proof of illness or injury of the employee at any time, if deemed necessary. The District reserves the right to require the employee to be absent from work when illness might impair efficiency or endanger the welfare of pupilsdays. At the employee's ’s option, they can cash out their unused sick leave days may be cashed out in January of the school year following any year in which a minimum of sixty (60) days sick leave is accrued and each January thereafter thereafter, at a rate equal to one day's ’s monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full days of accrued sick leave. The employee's ’s sick leave accumulation shall be reduced four (4) days for each day compensated. No employee may receive compensation for sick leave accumulated in excess of one (1) day per month. At (2016) Employees are eligible to participate in a VEBA medical reimbursement plan (the time “Plan”) pursuant to relevant state law RCW 28A.400.210. Participation in the Plan shall be optional, and shall be based on the outcome of separation from School District employment (due to retirement a bargaining unit vote or death), an eligible employee or decision made annually by the employee's estate shall receive remuneration at a rate equal to one (1) day's current monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full days' accrued sick leave for illness or injuryAssociation. For the purpose Evidence of this provision, retirement vote or decision shall be defined as when an employee is eligible to receive benefits under Washington State Teachers Retirement System.the annual VEBA Plan Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) form signed by a 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209