Paid Sick Leave Use. The Employer is prohibited from interfering with the employee’s use of protected Paid Sick Leave they have earned when used for a reason covered by Washington State’s paid Sick Leave Law. Likewise, the employee will not be disciplined or in any way discriminated or retaliated against for lawful use of their earned protected Paid Sick Leave. Employees are not responsible for finding coverage for shifts due to illness or use of sick leave. The Employer shall provide to employees, no less than one time per month, a written notice (paper or electronic) which shows the amount of sick leave the employee accrued since the previous notice, the amount of sick leave used since the previous notice, and the employee’s current unused balance available for use.
Paid Sick Leave Use. A. Officers’ sick leave allowances shall be applied only to absences necessitated by the Officer’s illness or injury, and the right is reserved by the University at any time to require an Officer who has been absent three (3) or more consecutive workdays, or who is suspected of abuse of sick leave at any time, to submit as proof of illness a certificate issued by a physician licensed to practice medicine. Failure to submit proof when requested will automatically disqualify the Officer from sick leave allowance and may result in further disciplinary action. Eligible Officers who have been granted time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for her/his own health condition can use sick leave to receive pay. An eligible Officer who has been granted time off under FMLA for the health condition of a spouse, child, parent, or University- registered domestic partner cannot use sick leave to be paid.
B. Eligible Officers will have sick leave accruals deducted as used, on an hour-for-hour basis, in increments of at least thirty (30) minutes. When sick leave is used, it will be paid at the eligible Officer’s regular base rate of pay. Forms of variable pay (e.g., shift differential) are not used when calculating sick leave pay.
C. Hours compensated as sick leave will not count as hours worked in the computation of overtime.
Paid Sick Leave Use. Employees may not use earned sick leave for other purposes than required by law nor will they receive pay in lieu of earned sick leave upon separation of employment or under any other circumstance, except as detailed in the next paragraph.
Paid Sick Leave Use.
A. Officers may use their sick leave allowances for absences due to the Officer’s own illness or injury, or for receiving medical care, treatment, diagnosis, or preventive medical care and for absences due to an illness, injury, or medical appointment of the Officer’s child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent or stepparent. The right is reserved by the University to require an Officer who has been absent for more than three (3) consecutive workdays, or who is suspected of abuse of sick leave at any time, to provide certification that he use of sick leave was permissible under this section. Failure to submit documentation when requested may disqualify the Officer from sick leave allowance and may result in corrective action. Eligible Officers who have been granted time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can use sick leave allowances to receive pay.
B. Eligible Officers will have sick leave accruals deducted as used, on an hour-for-hour basis, in increments of at least thirty (30) minutes. When sick leave is used, it will be paid at the eligible Officer’s regular base rate of pay. Forms of variable pay (e.g., shift differential) are not used when calculating sick leave pay.
C. Hours compensated as sick leave will not count as hours worked in the computation of overtime.
