Reoccurrence of Illness. After the third absence period in any payroll year, the Employee will not receive pay for the first two (2) days of the fourth and subsequent absences. Upon the request of an Employee, the Executive Director will review in order to assess the merit of waiving the two (2) day waiting period. This review will be conducted upon the request of any Employee. The Employee will have the option of having a Union Representative present at the time this request is being made, as described in the attached Appendices. A payroll year is considered to be the twenty-six (26) or more payroll periods which are paid to an Employee in any calendar year.
Reoccurrence of Illness. In an instance when an employee receives supplemental sick leave benefits and after returning to work has a verified re-occurrence which results in a hospitalization or an absence within ninety working days of the initial return to work, the employee will be eligible to use supplemental sick leave for the hours of absence. A reoccurrence more than ninety working days after the initial return to work shall be treated as a new occurrence and will be subject to the forty hour wait specified in subd. 1.
