Common use of Paid Leaves of Absence Clause in Contracts

Paid Leaves of Absence. A. All the full time and regular part-time employees with seniority shall earn sick leave at the rate of one (1) day per full calendar month of paid work. The unused sick leave days can be accumulated to 115 days as of October 1, 2004 for the duration of continuous employment, provided that employees will not be paid for a day of sick leave before they have earned it. Employees with more than 115 accumulated sick days as of October 1, 2004, shall not have those days reduced other than through the use of sick days but shall not be allowed to accumulate days so long as the employee has more than 115 days. B. Leave of absence with pay chargeable against the employee's accumulative sick leave will be granted for the following: 1. Personal illness of the employee. 2. Illness or emergency in the immediate family of the employees (limited to spouse, parent, child or, upon written request of the employee and with approval of the Superintendent in his discretion, someone living in the employee’s household) up to five (5) days in a fiscal year. Upon written request of an employee to the Superintendent with an explanation regarding why the employee believes use of additional paid sick leave time is needed, the Superintendent in his discretion may approve up to an additional three (3) of the employee’s paid sick leave days for use by the employee. Any such approval by the Superintendent will not constitute a precedent or past practice for any purpose. Employees shall provide a medical statement confirming that the employee is medically needed. 3. Medical or dental appointments which cannot be taken care of outside of the employee's working hours.