Common use of Leave for Vaccination Clause in Contracts

Leave for Vaccination. (a) Agencies shall provide work time for employees to receive their COVID-19 vaccination(s) and/or allow employees to flex their schedules to get the vaccine(s) on work time, when possible. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine(s) during their regular work hours will be compensated pursuant to Article 32 – Overtime, if applicable, for the time it takes to receive the vaccine(s). (b) Employees who suffer adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine and are unable to work shall: (i) Use accrued sick leave (SL) for the first eight (8) hours necessary to recover. (ii) If an employee does not have enough accrued sick leave to cover the entirety of their shift, they shall use the accrued sick leave they have, and any remaining balance shall be coded as miscellaneous paid leave (MPL). (iii) After the first missed shift the employee is still unable to work, the employee shall use their accrued sick leave for the remainder of time needed to recover from the vaccine. (iv) If an employee’s accrued sick leave has been exhausted, the employee will be granted additional MPL for the time needed to recover, as indicated by the employee’s health care provider. (v) An employee utilizing accrued sick leave to recover from vaccination may be required to provide documentation from their healthcare provider pursuant to Article 56 -

Leave for Vaccination. (a) Agencies shall provide work time for employees to receive their COVID-19 vaccination(s) and/or allow employees to flex their schedules to get the vaccine(s) on work time, when possible. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine(s) during their regular work hours will be compensated pursuant to Article 32 – Overtimethe collective bargaining agreement’s overtime article, if applicable, for the time it takes to receive the vaccine(s). (b) Employees who suffer adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine and are unable to work shall: (i) Use accrued sick leave (SL) for the first eight (8) hours necessary to recover. (ii) If an employee does not have enough accrued sick leave to cover the entirety of their shift, they shall use the accrued sick leave they have, and any remaining balance shall be coded as miscellaneous paid leave (MPL). (iii) After the first missed shift shift, if the employee is still unable to work, the employee shall use their accrued sick leave for the remainder of time needed to recover from the vaccine. (iv) If an employee’s accrued sick leave has been exhausted, the employee will be granted additional MPL for the time needed to recover, as indicated by the employee’s health care provider. (v) An employee utilizing accrued sick leave to recover from vaccination may be required to provide documentation from their healthcare provider pursuant to Article 56 -the collective bargaining agreement’s sick leave article. If an employee utilizes MPL beyond the hours allowed in section (b)(ii), above, the employee shall be required to provide documentation from a health care provider after one (1) day of being unable to work.