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Common use of Personal Illness and Injury Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal Illness and Injury Leave. a. A unit member shall be entitled to one (1) day leave with full pay for each month of service during the year for purposes of personal illness or injury. For the purpose of this Section, “full pay”, with regard to part-time employees, is based on the employee’s regular assigned daily hours, e.g., a four (4) hour aide would receive four (4) hours pay for an authorized day of sick leave. b. After all earned leave as set forth in (a) above is exhausted, additional non-accumulated leave shall be available for a period not to exceed 100 work days at fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s regular salary in accordance with Education Code Section 45196, provided that the provisions of (d) are met. The 100 day period shall begin on the first (1st) day of absence due to illness or injury. c. If a unit member does not utilize the full amount of leave as authorized in (a) above in any school year, the amount not utilized shall be accumulated from year to year. d. Upon written request by the District, and for legitimate District reasons, a unit member shall be required to present a medical doctor’s certificate verifying a request for personal illness or injury leave and/or a medical authorization to return to work following such leave. If the physician’s report concludes that the absence is not due to personal illness, injury, or a serious health condition, then the Superintendent or designee, after notice to the unit member, may refuse to grant such leave. Before a unit member returns to work, the District may require, at district expense, an authorization from a physician appointed by the District and/or the unit member’s physician. e. A unit member shall attempt to contact his/her immediate supervisor and the District substitute notification system as soon as the need to be absent is known, but in no event less than three (3) hours prior to the start of the employee’s work day (except in cases of emergency) to permit the employer time to secure a substitute. Failure to comply with this section may be grounds for disciplinary action. f. A unit member who is absent for a fraction of the day shall have deducted from his/her accumulated sick leave that fraction of the day that bears to his/her scheduled day. g. Each unit member shall be notified monthly of the accumulated sick leave. h. A new employee of the District shall not be eligible to take more than six (6) days or the proportionate amount to which he may be entitled until the first day of the calendar month after completion of six (6) months of active duty with the District. i. Each July 1, each permanent employee’s sick leave account shall be credited with the current year’s sick allowance.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Personal Illness and Injury Leave. a. A unit member shall be entitled to one (1) day leave with full pay for each month of service during the year for purposes of personal illness or injury. For the purpose of this Section, “full pay”, with regard to part-time employees, is based on the employee’s regular assigned daily hours, e.g., a four (4) hour aide would receive four (4) hours pay for an authorized day of sick leave. b. After all earned leave as set forth in (a) above is exhausted, additional non-accumulated leave shall be available for a period not to exceed 100 work days at fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s regular salary in accordance with Education Code Section 45196, provided that the provisions of (d) are met. The 100 day period shall begin on the first (1st) day of absence due to illness or injury. c. If a unit member does not utilize the full amount of leave as authorized in (a) above in any school year, the amount not utilized shall be accumulated from year to year. d. Upon written request by the District, and for legitimate District reasons, a unit member shall be required to present a medical doctor’s certificate verifying a request for personal illness or injury leave and/or a medical authorization to return to work following such leave. If the physician’s report concludes that the absence is not due to personal illness, illness or injury, or a serious health conditionthat the illness is not sufficiently severe to warrant continued absence, then the Superintendent or designee, after notice to the unit member, may refuse to grant such leave. Before a unit member returns to work, the District may require, at district expense, an authorization from a physician appointed by the District and/or the unit member’s physician. e. A unit member shall attempt to contact his/her immediate supervisor and the District substitute notification system as soon as the need to be absent is known, but in no event less than three (3) hours prior to the start of the employee’s work day (except in cases of emergency) to permit the employer time to secure a substitute. Failure to comply with this section may be grounds for disciplinary action. f. A unit member who is absent for a fraction of the day shall have deducted from his/her accumulated sick leave that fraction of the day that bears to his/her scheduled day. g. Each unit member shall be notified monthly of the accumulated sick leave. h. A new employee of the District shall not be eligible to take more than six (6) days or the proportionate amount to which he may be entitled until the first day of the calendar month after completion of six (6) months of active duty with the District. i. Each July 1, each permanent employee’s sick leave account shall be credited with the current year’s sick allowance.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Personal Illness and Injury Leave. a. A unit member shall be entitled to one (1) day leave with full pay for each month of service during the year for purposes of personal illness or injury. For the purpose of this Section, “full pay”, with regard to part-time employees, is based on the employee’s regular assigned daily hours, e.g., a four (4) hour aide would receive four (4) hours pay for an authorized day of sick leave. b. After all earned leave as set forth in (a) above is exhausted, additional non-non- accumulated leave shall be available for a period not to exceed 100 work days at fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s regular salary in accordance with Education Code Section 45196, provided that the provisions of (d) are met. The 100 day period shall begin on the first (1st) day of absence due to illness or injury. c. If a unit member does not utilize the full amount of leave as authorized in (a) above in any school year, the amount not utilized shall be accumulated from year to year. d. Upon written request by the District, and for legitimate District reasons, a unit member shall be required to present a medical doctor’s certificate verifying a request for personal illness or injury leave and/or a medical authorization to return to work following such leave. If the physician’s report concludes that the absence is not due to personal illness, illness or injury, or a serious health conditionthat the illness is not sufficiently severe to warrant continued absence, then the Superintendent or designee, after notice to the unit member, may refuse to grant such leave. Before a unit member returns to work, the District may require, at district expense, an authorization from a physician appointed by the District and/or the unit member’s physician. e. A unit member shall attempt to contact his/her immediate supervisor and the District substitute notification system as soon as the need to be absent is known, but in no event less than three (3) hours prior to the start of the employee’s work day (except in cases of emergency) to permit the employer time to secure a substitute. Failure to comply with this section may be grounds for disciplinary action. f. A unit member who is absent for a fraction of the day shall have deducted from his/her accumulated sick leave that fraction of the day that bears to his/her scheduled day. g. Each unit member shall be notified monthly of the accumulated sick leave. h. A new employee of the District shall not be eligible to take more than six (6) days or the proportionate amount to which he may be entitled until the first day of the calendar month after completion of six (6) months of active duty with the District. i. Each July 1, each permanent employee’s sick leave account shall be credited with the current year’s sick allowance.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement