NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. Section 1. The granting of non-occupational sick leave to those Supervisors covered by the terms of this agreement shall be subject to the following provisions:
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. Section 17:01: Non-occupational sick leave shall be granted in accordance with the provision hereof, without loss of pay, benefits or seniority, to each member for sickness or injury sustained by a member otherwise then in performance of duty. Sick leave may be used only for bonafide illness or injury. An employee absent for four (4) consecutive days or more may be required to submit a doctor’s certificate to the Chief attesting to the reasons for the absence. Abuse of sick leave benefits may be grounds for discipline.
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. The payment of compensation to employees who are absent from work because of non-occupational illness or injury or exposure to contagious disease or severe emotional shock shall be subject to the following provisions:
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. Non-occupational sick leave shall be granted in accordance with the provision hereof, without loss of pay, benefits or seniority, to each member for sickness or injury sustained by a member otherwise than in the performance of his duty. An employee absent for four (4) consecutive days or more may be required to submit a doctor’s certificate to the Chief attesting to the reasons for the absence. Abuse of sick leave benefits may be grounds for discipline. Sick leave may be used only for bona fide illness or injury, with the exception that up to ten (10) sick days may be used per calendar year for the illness or injury of the employee’s immediate family member (family sick days). Family sick days shall not limit or negatively impact the employee’s opportunity to work details and overtime. On January 1st of each year, the Town will grant three (3) personal days to each unit member. New employees hired after January 1st of any year shall receive prorated personal days with the employee receiving three (3) days if hired between January and April, two (2) days if hired between May and August, and one (1) day if hired between September and December. Personal days are non-cumulative and must be used by December 31st. The Town will not buy back personal days upon termination of employment or retirement.
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. Section 1. Eligibility Members of the bargaining unit shall be eligible for non-occupational sick leave as provided hereunder.
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. All employees who work twenty (20) or more hours per week shall be credited with one and one quarter (1 1/4) days of sick leave upon the completion of each month of service (or the major fraction of a month) until the July 1 following the date of employment. The number of days credited as of July 1 of each year shall be available for future use. No maximum is applicable to this sick leave accumulation. For each day of sick leave accumulated at the start of a single continuous, prolonged illness an employee who has exhausted his sick leave credit may receive two (2) additional days of sick leave, if necessary, up to a maximum of sixty-six (66) days on the recommendation of the Director of Facilities and Transportation, with a written statement from the employee’s doctor of the nature of the illness and the probable duration thereof, with the approval of the Superintendent. Extended leave may be used only for the illness or injury to the employee himself (herself) and only while in the employ of the District. In order to be eligible to be granted sick leave, the employee must notify the Director of Facilities and Transportation of his/her incapacity on the first day of absence, stating the nature of the sickness or injury, time expected to be incapacitated and when he/she expects to return to work. The Director of Facilities and Transportation may request from the employee his or her doctor’s statement concerning the incapacitation, after three (3) consecutive days, or if a pattern of absence emerges, if in the Director’s judgment the situation demands such certification. This discretion shall not be unreasonably exercised. Earned sick leave days shall be earned and paid at the rate of hours worked per day.
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. All employees permanently employed, shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days of sick leave at full pay during each calendar year. Unused sick leave may be accumulated without limit. The Newark Public Schools may require proof of such illness by way of medical certificate or any other means the Newark Public Schools wishes to use. The rules and regulations of the New Jersey Department of Personnel shall also apply to such leaves, where such rules and regulations are applicable.
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. Non-occupational sick leave shall be granted in accordance with the provision hereof, without loss of pay, benefits or seniority, to each member for sickness or injury sustained by a member otherwise than in the performance of duty. An employee absent for four (4) consecutive days or more may be required to submit a doctor’s certificate to the Chief attesting to the reasons for the absence. Abuse of sick leave benefits may be grounds for discipline. Sick leave may be used only for bona fide illness or injury, with the exception that up to ten (10) sick days may be used per calendar year for the illness or injury of the employee’s immediate family member (family sick days). Family sick days shall not limit or negatively impact the employee’s opportunity to work details and overtime. On July 1st of each year, the Town will grant three (3) personal days to each unit member. Personal days are non-cumulative and must be used by June 30th in the fiscal year they were granted. The Town will not buy back personal days upon termination of employment or retirement.
NON-OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE
