Limitations/Restrictions. Full-time employees may apply to use leave from this sick leave bank subject to the following conditions and limitations. Additional limitations and restrictions may be jointly developed by the administrators of the sick leave bank: 1. Leave may only be requested for one of the following reasons: a. The employee has a catastrophic illness/injury that renders him/her unable to work; or, b. The employee needs time off to care for an immediate family member with a catastrophic illness/injury who is unable to care for him/herself; and, 2. The employee must have exhausted all available and appropriate leaves available to him/her under Article 9; and, 3. The employee provides acceptable medical certification to support the duration of time being requested; and, 4. The employee does not qualify for workers’ compensation disability benefits as provided under this Agreement or any other disability benefits for the period of leave being requested; and, 5. The employee has an acceptable attendance record (e.g., does not have a history of exhausting all available sick and/or personal leave absent a qualifying condition under FMLA/VPFL); and, 6. The duration of leave being requested does not exceed the following: a. For leave related to the employee’s disability, the paid leave being requested cannot exceed a total of thirty (30) days. The paid leave being requested also cannot exceed 150 days when combined with the employee’s own sick leave use (as defined under Article 9.2). b. For leave related to the catastrophic illness/injury of the employee’s immediate family member, the leave being requested cannot exceed thirty (30) days total when combined with the employee’s own sick leave use as defined under Article 9.2. c. Employees may not use more than sixty (60) days from the sick leave bank over a five-year period. 7. The sick leave bank cannot be used for the following: a. Voluntary procedures; b. Procedures that are voluntarily scheduled during the school year (for school-year staff); c. Procedures that are cosmetic in nature. 8. The sick leave bank shall generally be available to employees on a first come-first serve basis. 9. The number of hours that the bank may issue in any school year shall be no more than one- thousand seven-hundred (1700) hours. 10. The sick leave bank shall be capped at a total of 4200 hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Limitations/Restrictions. Full-time employees Employees may apply to use leave from this sick leave bank subject to the following conditions and limitations. Additional limitations and restrictions may be jointly developed by the administrators of the sick leave bank:
1. Leave may only be requested for one of the following reasons:
a. The employee has a catastrophic illness/injury that renders him/her unable to work; or,
b. The employee needs time off to care for an immediate family member with a catastrophic illness/injury who is unable to care for him/herself; or,
c. For the birth of the employee’s child or placement of a child with the employee for adoption or xxxxxx care; and,
2. The employee must have exhausted all available and appropriate leaves available to him/her under Article 912; and,
3. The employee provides acceptable medical certification to support the duration of time being requested; and,
4. The employee does not qualify for workers’ compensation disability benefits benefits, long-term disability as provided under this Agreement or any other disability benefits for the period of leave being requested; and,
5. The employee has an acceptable attendance record (e.g., does not have a history of exhausting all or most available sick and/or personal leave (absent a qualifying condition under ADA or FMLA/VPFL); and,
6. The duration of leave being requested does not exceed the following:
a. For leave related to the employee’s disabilitycatastrophic illness/injury, the paid leave being requested cannot exceed the waiting period for long-term disability as provided under this Agreement (when combined with the employee’s own appropriate paid leaves), up to a total of thirty (30) 60 days. The paid leave being requested also cannot exceed 150 180 days when combined with the employee’s own sick leave use (as defined under Article 9.2)12.3) for the same illness/injury.
b. For leave related to the catastrophic illness/injury of the employee’s immediate family member, the leave being requested cannot exceed thirty (30) 45 days total when combined with the teacher’s own sick leave use as defined under Article 12.3.
c. For leave related to the birth of the teacher’s child or placement of a child or adoption of the employee’s child, the leave being requested cannot exceed 30 days total when combined with the employee’s own sick leave use as defined under Article 9.212.3.
c. Employees d. Teachers may not use more than sixty (60) 90 days from the sick leave bank over a five-five year period.
7. The sick leave bank cannot be used for the following:
a. Voluntary procedures;
b. Procedures that are voluntarily scheduled during the school year (for school-year staff)year;
c. Procedures that are cosmetic in nature.
8. The sick leave bank shall generally be available to employees on a first come-first serve basis. However, requests related to catastrophic illnesses shall be given highest priority when approving sick bank requests.
9. The number of hours that the bank may issue in any school year shall be no more than one- thousand seven-hundred (1700) hours.
10. The sick leave bank shall be capped at a total of 4200 7500 hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
