Prolonged Illness or Injury Sample Clauses
Prolonged Illness or Injury. If a certificated employee is unable to carry on his/her duties for a prolonged period of ill health, or a period of recovery after a severe accident, the employee shall notify the District of the difficulty with a statement from a licensed physician relative to the nature of the illness or injury. Any employee absent six (6) consecutive school days shall present written evidence from a regularly licensed physician that the employee is certified to return.
Prolonged Illness or Injury. 1. Every classified employee employed five (5) days a week for a full year by the school district shall be entitled to 12 days sick leave for illness or injury. Sick leave is for illness of the employee. However, up to ten (10) days of sick leave per year may also be used for the illness and/or medical/dental appointments of the employee’s child, parent, spouse, registered domestic partner, or domestic partner’s child.
2. If such employee does not take the full amount of leave allowed in any regular year under this section, the amount not taken shall be accumulated from year to year with such additional days as the governing board may allow.
3. Pay for any day of such absence shall be the same as the pay which would have been received had the employee served during the day. Credit for sick leave need not be accrued prior to taking such leave by the employee and such leave may be taken at any time during the year.
4. A regular classified employee shall once a year be credited with a total of not less than 100 working days of paid sick leave, including days to which he/she is entitled under Section 45191, Education Code. Such days of paid sick leave in addition to those required by Section 45191, shall be compensated at not less than 50 percent of the employee’s regular salary. The paid sick leave, shall be exclusive of any other paid leave, holidays, vacation, or compensating time to which the employee may be entitled (California Education Code, section 45196).
5. Each absence shall be verified on the form provided by the District and the District reserves the right to require such proof and/or a doctor’s release as may be necessary. The District, at its discretion, may request a second opinion.
Prolonged Illness or Injury. The Bank shall be used for illness or injury resulting in an absence of at least ten (10) business days from the onset of the illness or injury, or incapacity of an eligible employee or member of their immediate family (as defined in Section 4. Immediate Family).