Common use of IMRF Disability Leaves, Summer Clause in Contracts

IMRF Disability Leaves, Summer. In an effort to provide employees of the Transportation Department more options to preserve accumulated sick leave and to provide District U-46 with a more stable workforce during the school year, the following program has been agreed to by the combined DUTU Labor Management Committee. This plan allows employees to preserve some or all of their accumulated sick leave when on an IMRF Disability Leave (must be longer than 30 calendar days) while providing employees an incentive to schedule such a leave (such as elective surgery) during non-school times of the year. The combined DUTU Labor Management Committee will monitor the Program and may make modifications as needed. Rules and procedures for IMRF Disability Leaves include, but are not limited to: 1) The period of disability is expected to exceed 30 calendar days, and the employee applies for IMRF Disability; proof of application for IMRF disability shall be required prior to payment of any sick/personal time; application for benefits must be made prior to the date of the scheduled procedure/surgery; 2) The employee is not required to exhaust all accumulated sick, personal, and/or vacation leave before collecting the IMRF Disability Benefit; 3) When applying for IMRF Disability, the employee will indicate to Human Resources how many sick, personal and/or vacation leave days [up to twenty (20)] he/she wishes to use toward such Disability Leave by indicating the number of days or a specific date after which no further sick, personal, and/or vacation leave days will be used; 4) If IMRF Disability is denied, the employee may notify Human Resources to resume the use of available sick, personal and/or vacation leave days; 5) If a less than 12 month-employee is able to schedule the period of disability to begin after the final day of the employee’s scheduled work year, the employee may use up to 20 of his/her available sick, personal and/or vacation leave days while the IMRF 30 day calendar waiting period is in effect, except that the use of such days cannot extend beyond or include the first pick day for the new school year (hours per day determined by an average of those in effect at the end of prior work year); 6) Monitoring of this plan will be done by the DUTU Labor Management Committee. Modifications to the plan will be made by the DUTU Labor Management Committee if deemed necessary.