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Common use of LEAVE PAY Clause in Contracts

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability or because of illness in the family shall be allowed full pay for a total of twelve (12) leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulated. Seven days of the twelve (12) leave days shall be designated as sick leave, and five (5) days of the twelve (12) leave days shall be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of the first semester and six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of second semester. Should a teacher use sick leave days to which the teacher is not entitled, the teacher shall reimburse the District for those days. Each teacher shall be entitled to an accumulation of the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day of the succeeding school year. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this system.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers Any bargaining unit employee absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability illness or because of illness in the family injury shall be allowed paid the person’s full pay salary for a the period of time off, not to exceed the total number of twelve (12) unused accumulated sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulatedhis/her personal account. Seven days of the twelve (12) Sick leave days shall accrue effective the first day of school at the rate of ten (10) days per school year. Part-time teachers will receive sick leave days on a pro-rata basis. Teachers who are employed after the beginning of a given school year shall be designated granted, for the balance of that school year, as many sick leaveleave days as there are months remaining in the school year. During any school year, a teacher earns sick leave days only to the limit of what he/she actually works. Where teachers leave before earning the number of sick days used in a school year, they will reimburse the Board for the difference. B. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall retain the number of sick days with the number of days of sick leave not used during the prior school year. Unused sick leave days shall accumulate from year to year without limitation. C. If, at the beginning of any school year, a teacher is ill and unable to resume teaching duties in the school system, and such teacher has unused accumulated sick leave days at the end of the prior school year, the teacher will be allowed to use such previously accumulated sick leave days while the teacher remains ill and unable to work, provided the teacher is not otherwise employed. For the period the teacher is unable to resume teaching duties under this paragraph, the teacher shall not accumulate any further sick leave days until the time the teacher has returned to teaching, but shall be compensated according to Article 27.D. D. If a teacher’s illness extends beyond five (5) work days, the Board may require an examination by a physician of the teacher’s choice. The Board may require a second opinion by a physician chosen by the teacher from three (3) names submitted by the Board. The second opinion shall be at the Board’s expense. The teacher may select an examination by only one (1) of the Board’s doctors at the Board’s expense. E. Any teacher absent because of injury or disease compensable under the Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law shall be entitled to use previously accumulated sick leave in one-third (1/3) day increments to make up the difference between the allowance under the Worker’s Compensation Law and the regular salary during the period of disability compensable under Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law, with or without interruption in consecutive days, attributable to the same accident. F. In addition to personal illness or injury, sick leave may also be used for medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatments. No less than one-half (½) sick day will be charged unless otherwise arranged with the supervisor. G. A teacher shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary at least one (1) day each school year for the purpose of participating in area or regional meetings of the Michigan Education Association, when lawfully scheduled. H. Teachers who exhaust sick days may send a written request to the ELEA Executive Board to borrow up to five (5) future sick days for medically verifiable illness/disability of the individual, spouse, father, mother, sibling, child, and grandchild. Use for other than personal illness and/or disability shall be in addition to the ten (10) day maximum use of sick days under Article 13.B. I. The maximum borrowed each year by the entire ELEA bargaining unit will be capped at forty (40) days. The ELEA Executive Board shall provide the number of borrowed sick days for each individual to the Human Resources Department. X. After returning to work and earning additional sick days, teachers who borrowed from their future sick days agree to repay such days at the rate of two and one-half (2.5) days per year. Teachers may not borrow additional days until all five (5) days of are repaid. X. If the twelve (12) leave days shall teacher does not return to work, his/her final pay will be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at reduced by an amount equivalent to the beginning of the first semester and six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of second semesterremaining borrowed sick days. Should a teacher use an employee leave without repaying the borrowed sick leave days to which the teacher is not entitleddays, the teacher shall reimburse bargaining unit members will be docked one-half (0.5) sick day starting with the District for those most seniored and continuing down the seniority list until all days have been repaid. Docking will only be taken from bargaining unit members with twenty (20) or more sick days. Each teacher Subsequent docking shall be entitled to an accumulation of start where the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210)previous repayment stopped. B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are L. This Article is subject to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or reopening each year of this contract by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requestedeither party. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day of the succeeding school year. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this system.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers absent from duty because The parties to this Agreement accept the philosophy that paid-for leave is provided for the purpose of illnessprotecting the teacher's income during illness or accident and to assist during time of bereavement, religious holidays, professional growth and achievement, pressing personal business, disability or because and/or emergencies within the limits of illness in accumulated leave time. It is understood that teachers who violate this principle will be subject to loss of leave compensation. A. A teacher will be granted twelve (12) days per year. Beginning the family shall 1997-98 school year, a maximum of 240 days can be allowed accumulated. The full pay for a total amount of twelve (12) leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulated. Seven days of the twelve (12) leave days shall be designated as sick leave, and five (5) days at the disposal of the twelve (12) leave days shall be designated as non-reviewed personal businessteacher, subject to Section 13. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of the first semester A. B. and six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of second semester. Should a teacher use sick leave days to which the teacher is not entitled, the teacher shall reimburse the District for those days. Each teacher shall be entitled to an accumulation of the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by on the first day of the succeeding school year. E. No 1. Absence for Certified Illness or Quarantine Absence for certified illness or quarantine, without loss of pay, will be allowed to the extent of the accumulated leave days, including the number of days credited for the current year. In case of absence for illness of five (5) or more days, a teacher may be required to secure a physician's certificate covering such absence before an allowance is granted for full salary. If requested, such certificate must be forwarded by the principal with the first payroll report following the return of the teacher. 2. Absence for Work-Related Injuries or Illness a. Teachers who are absent from work because of work-related injuries or illnesses shall suffer no loss of compensation or leave time for the first twenty (20) work days of such illness or injury. Examples of such compensable illnesses or injuries shall include, but are not limited to: illnesses of mumps, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, lice, scabies, rubella fever, or injuries of unprovoked battery on the part of a student against a teacher, accidents suffered at the workplace. b. Teachers who are absent from work because of work-related injuries or illnesses which exceed twenty (20) working days and such absence is compensable under the Michigan Worker's Compensation Law shall receive from the Board the difference between the compensation allowance and his/her regular salary, within the limits of the accumulated leave time. The amount of leave time charged against the teachers who come under this provision shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another jobin the same proportion as the compensation by the Board. (1) The teacher must notify the administration either in writing or verbally, within 24 hours of the injury. The Memphis Education Association and Teachers may use the substitute call line for this notification on weekends or holidays. (2) If the consequences of the injury are not apparent until after the 24 hour period, the Board will not tolerate abuse of may compensate and grant leave policytime to the teacher. In cases where abuse If compensation and/or leave time is suspecteddenied, an investigation will be made the teacher may appeal the decision to a neutral third party mutually agreed upon by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, c. If a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages has exhausted his/her leave time and sick bank time, the Board will pay the difference between the teacher's regular daily rate and the Worker's Compensation until the teacher is eligible for long-term disability. d. If a teacher has no remaining leave time as a result of being injured on the job, the Board will provide one (1) non- accumulative leave day per month for the remainder of the year. 3. Absence Due to Death of a Relative or Friend a. Absence without loss of pay will be allowed for the death of a relative (husband, wife, grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother, or equivalent in-law). Special arrangements should be made with the Superintendent if such absence must extend beyond a period of five (5) days. b. Absence without loss of pay may be allowed for attending the funeral of a more distant relative or friend, provided prior approval is obtained for such absence from the Superintendent through the building principal. Absence for this purpose, in general, is limited to one (1) day. 4. Absence Due to Attendance at Education Meetings a. Teachers may attend educational meetings directly related to their field of work, without loss of time or pay provided permission to attend such meetings is granted by the principal and/or supervisor in charge and approved by the Superintendent. b. Permission may, upon approval of the Superintendent, be granted for attendance by staff members at an education related activity or meeting with a loss of time only. c. Visiting days may be granted to teachers at the time discretion of such retirement for all accumulated leave days the Superintendent and no deduction in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher pay shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement made for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this systemsuch an approved absence.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers Any person in the bargaining unit absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability illness or because of illness in the family injury shall be allowed paid the person’s full pay salary for a the period of time off, not to exceed the total number of twelve (12) unused accumulated sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulatedhis/her personal account. Seven days of the twelve (12) Sick leave days shall accrue effective the first day of school at the rate of ten (10) days per school year. Teachers who are employed after the beginning of a given school year shall be designated granted, for the balance of that school year, as many sick leaveleave days as there are months remaining in the school year. During any school year, a teacher earns sick leave days only to the limit of what he/she actually works. Where teachers leave prior to earning the number of sick days used in a school year, they will reimburse the Board for the difference. B. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall retain the number of sick days with the number of days of sick leave not used during the prior school year. Unused sick-leave days shall accumulate from year to year without limitation. C. If, at the beginning of any school year, a teacher is ill and unable to resume teaching duties in the school system, and such teacher has unused accumulated sick-leave days at the end of the prior school year, the teacher will be allowed to use such previously accumulated sick-leave days while the teacher remains ill and unable to work, provided the teacher is not otherwise employed. For the period the teacher is unable to resume teaching duties under this paragraph, the teacher shall not accumulate any further sick-leave days until the time the teacher has returned to teaching, but shall be compensated according to the provisions of Article XXVII, Section D. D. If a teacher’s illness extends beyond five (5) days work days, the Board may require an examination by a physician of the twelve teacher’s choice. The Board may require a second opinion by a physician chosen by the teacher from three (123) leave days names submitted by the Board. The second opinion shall be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning Board’s expense. The teacher may select an examination by only one (1) of the first semester and six (6) days placed at their disposal Board’s doctors at the beginning Board’s expense. E. Any teacher absent because of second semester. Should a teacher use sick leave days to which injury or disease compensable under the teacher is not entitled, the teacher shall reimburse the District for those days. Each teacher Michigan Workers’ Compensation Law shall be entitled to an accumulation of the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A use previously accumulated sick leave bank shall be established in one-third (1/3) day increments to make up the difference between the allowance under the Workers’ Compensation Law and maintained for the use regular salary during the period of teachers. (As defined disability compensable under Michigan Workers’ Compensation Law, with or without interruption in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued consecutive days, attributable to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day of the succeeding school year. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Associationsame accident. F. Upon retirementIn addition to personal illness or injury, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at sick leave may also be used for medical, dental or optical examinations or treatments. No less than one-half (½) sick day will be charged unless otherwise arranged with the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this systemsupervisor.

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Samples: Employment Agreement

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability or because of Note: Agreed anyplace the word illness is used in the family contract shall be allowed full pay for a total of added “or disability.” A. Each year every teacher will receive twelve (12) sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as to use for personal illness or disability. Persons ill or disabled at the individual teacher may have accumulated. Seven days start of the twelve (12) leave year will be credited with sick days shall be designated as sick leave, upon commencement of duties and five (5) paid retroactively for days from the start of the twelve school year. Each teacher will contribute one (121) leave day to sick bank when the total days shall be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) in common bank falls below 300 days placed at their disposal at the beginning of the school year. Teachers will be entitled to an unlimited accumulation of their unused leave days each year. Teachers may voluntarily donate unused sick days to other teachers or the common bank as they wish. B. Teachers who are absent because of an injury compensable under the Worker’s Compensation Law shall not be charged with a subtraction from sick leave. The insurance company will pay the teacher for loss of time according to their schedule. C. Common Bank - The purpose of the Common Sick Leave Bank is to assist professional staff members who suffer prolonged illness. Participating faculty members can draw up to thirty (30) working days of sick leave from the bank in one school year by fulfilling these requirements. 1. All but the last three personal sick leave days must be used before any withdrawal can be made. 2. Teachers may begin withdrawing from the sick bank no sooner than the 22nd consecutive workday, following the present bout with the illness. 3. A doctor’s written statement must be presented at the time of withdrawal confirming need for leave from work. 4. A teacher must have worked more than 90 days of their first year to be eligible for the bank. 5. No teacher shall draw more than 30 days from the common bank during any two (2) consecutive years. 6. Maternity leave shall be treated the same as illness with all the benefits as well as the restrictions stated above. Teachers who are not full-time teachers will participate in the contribution to, and the use of, the sick leave bank on a pro-rated basis. The Association will appoint a person who shall consult with the Superintendent prior to his ruling on request for days from the sick leave bank. D. Each teacher shall be allowed three (3) days, of his/her sick leave allowance Section A above, to be used for personal leave days. A personal day may be used for any personal business without explanation, except they may not be used to miss Parent/Teacher Conferences or in-service days. When a teacher who has exhausted personal days is confronted with an extreme personal emergency otherwise qualifying for personal day use, he/she may upon application to the Superintendent be granted an additional paid day deductible from his/her accrued sick days. When a personal day is proposed to be taken, notice shall be given to the designated administrator at least forty-eight (48) clock hours prior to said day. Emergency requests for personal days, based upon urgent and unforeseen circumstances, may be made within the forty-eight-(48) hour period. Such request may also be made under such circumstances as to particular calendar periods when personal days may not regularly be taken. Such request will not be denied without substantial reasons. Personal days may not be taken, except as qualified above, two days before or immediately following vacations, the beginning of a semester, or during the five (5) school days prior to the last regularly scheduled class or during the first 3 (three) students days of the school year. They may not be used in conjunction with comp time. X. Xxxxxxxxxxx that teaching is an ever-changing field and the large amount of continuing education required by law, teachers taking graduate courses will be given one additional personal business day each semester and six (6) they are enrolled in graduate courses. This total will not exceed two additional personal business days placed at their disposal per school year. Teachers must show proof of enrollment either at the beginning of second semesterthe semester or when submitting absence paperwork to their building principal. Should a teacher use sick leave days to which the teacher is not entitled, the teacher shall reimburse the District for those days. Each teacher shall be entitled to an accumulation of the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed These personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may cannot be used as personal business dayssaved if not used, and teachers must follow the guidelines spelled out in paragraph D above. F. The Board recognized that attending conferences is necessary for teachers to keep current in their area(s) of certification. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent)Each building will be allotted 20 professional conferences days each year. The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for building principal will manage the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave these days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued on a rotating schedule to the teacher and the other placed allow equitable access to all teachers in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day of the succeeding school yearbuilding. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this system.

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Samples: Master Agreement

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers Any bargaining unit employee absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability illness or because of illness in the family injury shall be allowed paid the person’s full pay salary for a the period of time off, not to exceed the total number of twelve (12) unused accumulated sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulatedhis/her personal account. Seven days of the twelve (12) Sick leave days shall accrue effective the first day of school at the rate of ten (10) days per school year. Part-time teachers will receive sick leave days on a pro-rata basis. Teachers who are employed after the beginning of a given school year shall be designated granted, for the balance of that school year, as many sick leaveleave days as there are months remaining in the school year. During any school year, a teacher earns sick leave days only to the limit of what he/she actually works. Where teachers leave before earning the number of sick days used in a school year, they will reimburse the Board for the difference. B. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall retain the number of sick days with the number of days of sick leave not used during the prior school year. Unused sick leave days shall accumulate from year to year without limitation. C. If, at the beginning of any school year, a teacher is ill and unable to resume teaching duties in the school system, and such teacher has unused accumulated sick leave days at the end of the prior school year, the teacher will be allowed to use such previously accumulated sick leave days while the teacher remains ill and unable to work, provided the teacher is not otherwise employed. For the period the teacher is unable to resume teaching duties under this paragraph, the teacher shall not accumulate any further sick leave days until the time the teacher has returned to teaching, but shall be compensated according to Article 27.D. D. If a teacher’s illness extends beyond five (5) work days, the Board may require an examination by a physician of the teacher’s choice. The Board may require a second opinion by a physician chosen by the teacher from three (3) names submitted by the Board. The second opinion shall be at the Board’s expense. The teacher may select an examination by only one (1) of the Board’s doctors at the Board’s expense. E. Any teacher absent because of injury or disease compensable under the Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law shall be entitled to use previously accumulated sick leave in one-third (1/3) day increments to make up the difference between the allowance under the Worker’s Compensation Law and the regular salary during the period of disability compensable under Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law, with or without interruption in consecutive days, attributable to the same accident. F. In addition to personal illness or injury, sick leave may also be used for medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatments. No less than one-half (½) sick day will be charged unless otherwise arranged with the supervisor. G. A teacher shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary at least one (1) day each school year for the purpose of participating in area or regional meetings of the Michigan Education Association, when lawfully scheduled. H. Teachers who exhaust sick days may send a written request to the ELEA Executive Board to borrow up to five (5) future sick days for medically verifiable illness/disability of the individual, spouse, father, mother, sibling, child, and xxxxxxxxxx. Use for other than personal illness and/or disability shall be in addition to the ten (10) day maximum use of sick days under Article 13.B. 1. The maximum borrowed each year by the entire ELEA bargaining unit will be capped at forty (40) days. The ELEA Executive Board shall provide the number of borrowed sick days for each individual to the Human Resources Department. After returning to work and earning additional sick days, teachers who borrowed from their future sick days agree to repay such days at the rate of two and one-half (2.5) days per year. Teachers may not borrow additional days until all five (5) days of are repaid. If the twelve (12) leave days shall teacher does not return to work, his/her final pay will be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at reduced by an amount equivalent to the beginning of the first semester and six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of second semesterremaining borrowed sick days. Should a teacher use an employee leave without repaying the borrowed sick leave days to which the teacher is not entitleddays, the teacher shall reimburse bargaining unit members will be docked one-half (0.5) sick day starting with the District for those most seniored and continuing down the seniority list until all days have been repaid. Docking will only be taken from bargaining unit members with twenty (20) or more sick days. Each teacher Subsequent docking shall be entitled to an accumulation of start where the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent fileprevious repayment stopped. This audit shall be performed Article is subject to reopening each year of this contract by the first day of the succeeding school yeareither party. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this system.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers Any bargaining unit employee absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability illness or because of illness in the family injury shall be allowed paid the person’s full pay salary for a the period of time off, not to exceed the total number of twelve (12) unused accumulated sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulatedhis/her personal account. Seven days of the twelve (12) Sick leave days shall accrue effective the first day of school at the rate of ten (10) days per school year. Part-time teachers will receive sick leave days on a pro-rata basis. Teachers who are employed after the beginning of a given school year shall be designated granted, for the balance of that school year, as many sick leaveleave days as there are months remaining in the school year. During any school year, a teacher earns sick leave days only to the limit of what he/she actually works. Where teachers leave before earning the number of sick days used in a school year, they will reimburse the Board for the difference. B. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall retain the number of sick days with the number of days of sick leave not used during the prior school year. Unused sick leave days shall accumulate from year to year without limitation. C. If, at the beginning of any school year, a teacher is ill and unable to resume teaching duties in the school system, and such teacher has unused accumulated sick leave days at the end of the prior school year, the teacher will be allowed to use such previously accumulated sick leave days while the teacher remains ill and unable to work, provided the teacher is not otherwise employed. For the period the teacher is unable to resume teaching duties under this paragraph, the teacher shall not accumulate any further sick leave days until the time the teacher has returned to teaching, but shall be compensated according to Article 27.D. D. If a teacher’s illness extends beyond five (5) work days, the Board may require an examination by a physician of the teacher’s choice. The Board may require a second opinion by a physician chosen by the teacher from three (3) names submitted by the Board. The second opinion shall be at the Board’s expense. The teacher may select an examination by only one (1) of the Board’s doctors at the Board’s expense. E. Any teacher absent because of injury or disease compensable under the Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law shall be entitled to use previously accumulated sick leave in one-third (1/3) day increments to make up the difference between the allowance under the Worker’s Compensation Law and the regular salary during the period of disability compensable under Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law, with or without interruption in consecutive days, attributable to the same accident. F. In addition to personal illness or injury, sick leave may also be used for medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatments. No less than one-half (½) sick day will be charged unless otherwise arranged with the supervisor. G. A teacher shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary at least one (1) day each school year for the purpose of participating in area or regional meetings of the Michigan Education Association, when lawfully scheduled. H. Teachers who exhaust sick days may send a written request to the ELEA Executive Board to borrow up to five (5) future sick days for medically verifiable illness/disability of the individual, spouse, father, mother, sibling, child, and grandchild. Use for other than personal illness and/or disability shall be in addition to the ten (10) day maximum use of sick days under Article 13.B. I. The maximum borrowed each year by the entire ELEA bargaining unit will be capped at forty (40) days. The ELEA Executive Board shall provide the number of borrowed sick days for each individual to the Human Resources Department. J. After returning to work and earning additional sick days, teachers who borrowed from their future sick days agree to repay such days at the rate of two and one-half (2.5) days per year. Teachers may not borrow additional days until all five (5) days of are repaid. K. If the twelve (12) leave days shall teacher does not return to work, his/her final pay will be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at reduced by an amount equivalent to the beginning of the first semester and six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning of second semesterremaining borrowed sick days. Should a teacher use an employee leave without repaying the borrowed sick leave days to which the teacher is not entitleddays, the teacher shall reimburse bargaining unit members will be docked one-half (0.5) sick day starting with the District for those most seniored and continuing down the seniority list until all days have been repaid. Docking will only be taken from bargaining unit members with twenty (20) or more sick days. Each teacher Subsequent docking shall be entitled to an accumulation of start where the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210)previous repayment stopped. B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are L. This Article is subject to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or reopening each year of this contract by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requestedeither party. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day of the succeeding school year. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this system.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers Any person in the bargaining unit absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability illness or because of illness in the family injury shall be allowed paid the person’s full pay salary for a the period of time off, not to exceed the total number of twelve (12) unused accumulated sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulatedhis/her personal account. Seven days of the twelve (12) Sick leave days shall be designated as sick leave, and five accrue effective the first day of school at the rate of ten (510) days per school year. Teachers who are employed after the beginning of a given school year shall be granted, for the twelve (12) balance of that school year, as many sick leave days as there are months remaining in the school year. During any school year, a teacher earns sick leave days only to the limit of what he/she actually works. Where teachers leave prior to earning the number of sick days used in a school year, they will reimburse the Board for the difference. B. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall retain the number of sick days with the number of days of sick leave not used during the prior school year. Unused sick-leave days shall be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First accumulate from year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal to year without limitation. C. If, at the beginning of any school year, a teacher is ill and unable to resume teaching duties in the first semester school system, and six (6) such teacher has unused accumulated sick-leave days placed at their disposal at the beginning end of second semester. Should a the prior school year, the teacher will be allowed to use sick such previously accumulated sick-leave days while the teacher remains ill and unable to which work, provided the teacher is not entitledotherwise employed. For the period the teacher is unable to resume teaching duties under this paragraph, the teacher shall reimburse not accumulate any further sick-leave days until the District for those days. Each time the teacher has returned to teaching, but shall be entitled to an accumulation of the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A sick leave bank shall be established and maintained for the use of teachers. (As defined in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued compensated according to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day provisions of the succeeding school year. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspectedArticle XXVII, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Association. F. Upon retirement, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this system.Section D.

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Samples: Employment & Human Resources

LEAVE PAY. A. Teachers Any bargaining unit employee absent from duty because of illness, personal business, disability illness or because of illness in the family injury shall be allowed paid the person’s full pay salary for a the period of time off, not to exceed the total number of twelve (12) unused accumulated sick leave days in any school year plus as many days as the individual teacher may have accumulatedhis/her personal account. Seven days of the twelve (12) Sick leave days shall accrue effective the first day of school at the rate of ten (10) days per school year. Part-time teachers will receive sick leave days on a pro-rata basis. Teachers who are employed after the beginning of a given school year shall be designated granted, for the balance of that school year, as many sick leaveleave days as there are months remaining in the school year. During any school year, a teacher earns sick leave days only to the limit of what he/she actually works. Where teachers leave before earning the number of sick days used in a school year, they will reimburse the Board for the difference. B. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall retain the number of sick days with the number of days of sick leave not used during the prior school year. Unused sick leave days shall accumulate from year to year without limitation. C. If, at the beginning of any school year, a teacher is ill and unable to resume teaching duties in the school system, and such teacher has unused accumulated sick leave days at the end of the prior school year, the teacher will be allowed to use such previously accumulated sick leave days while the teacher remains ill and unable to work, provided the teacher is not otherwise employed. For the period the teacher is unable to resume teaching duties under this paragraph, the teacher shall not accumulate any further sick leave days until the time the teacher has returned to teaching, but shall be compensated according to Article 27.D. D. If a teacher’s illness extends beyond five (5) days work days, the Board may require an examination by a physician of the twelve teacher’s choice. The Board may require a second opinion by a physician chosen by the teacher from three (123) leave days names submitted by the Board. The second opinion shall be designated as non-reviewed personal business. First year teachers shall have six (6) days placed at their disposal at the beginning Board’s expense. The teacher may select an examination by only one (1) of the first semester and six (6) days placed at their disposal Board’s doctors at the beginning Board’s expense. E. Any teacher absent because of second semester. Should a teacher use sick leave days to which injury or disease compensable under the teacher is not entitled, the teacher shall reimburse the District for those days. Each teacher Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law shall be entitled to an accumulation of the unused portion of each year’s leave to a maximum accumulation of two hundred and ten (210). B. Non-Reviewed personal business days are to be arranged for at least three (3) days in advance except for emergency situations. Days immediately preceding and following any vacation period may not be used as personal business days. (Except for funerals or by approval of the Superintendent). The number of members approved for non-reviewed personal business days shall be limited to five (5) per day. After five (5) consecutive days or if a pattern of absences is determined, medical documentation must be provided if requested. C. A use previously accumulated sick leave bank shall be established in one-third (1/3) day increments to make up the difference between the allowance under the Worker’s Compensation Law and maintained for the use regular salary during the period of teachers. (As defined disability compensable under Michigan Worker’s Compensation Law, with or without interruption in Sick Leave Policy – Article XVI). D. A yearly audit of the number of leave days used by the teacher shall be taken. One copy shall be issued consecutive days, attributable to the teacher and the other placed in the teacher’s permanent file. This audit shall be performed by the first day of the succeeding school year. E. No teacher shall be granted a personal leave day to earn money at another job. The Memphis Education Association and the Board will not tolerate abuse of leave policy. In cases where abuse is suspected, an investigation will be made by the Board and the Associationsame accident. F. Upon retirementIn addition to personal illness or injury, a teacher shall receive substitute’s wages at sick leave may also be used for medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatments. No less than one-half (½) sick day will be charged unless otherwise arranged with the time of such retirement for all accumulated leave days in his account Upon termination of employment for reasons other than retirement, a teacher shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) reimbursement for any accumulated leave days accredited to him at time of employment termination. This shall be in effect only upon completion of at least six (6) years of teaching service in this systemsupervisor.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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