Common use of SHARED SICK LEAVE Clause in Contracts

SHARED SICK LEAVE. A shared sick leave policy will be established for the benefit of those professional employees whose accumulated sick leave for illness becomes exhausted. Any teacher wishing to contribute sick leave to a recipient teacher must make their request in writing to the Sick Leave Committee. Any employee who has accumulated more than ten days of sick leave is eligible to share days with another employee. An employee may not donate more leave than he or she could earn in one year. Additionally, the amount donated must not reduce the donor’s sick leave balance below one-half of what that person can earn in the year. Any teacher requesting shared leave must submit a written request to the Sick Leave Committee including a doctor’s statement indicating the nature of the illness and the projected amount of time needed for sick leave. The recipient teacher must have exhausted all available sick leave and have been absent for at least five consecutive days. Five-day period may be waived by Sick Leave Committee. This leave may be used by the teacher or for their care of their child, stepchild, or minor child for whom the teacher has legal guardianship and is living within the household. If it is to care for one of the above mentioned people, the teacher must have taught in the district for three (3) or more years. The sick bank will be administered by a committee of three members of the association appointed by the president. This committee will promptly notify the office of the superintendent in writing of any benefits duly approved by the committee, such days will be deducted from the contributing employee and added to the recipient’s number of sick days. The superintendent may reject the request for shared sick leave and return the request to the committee if the request does not comply with the tenets of this article. Shared leave may not exceed 90 days.

SHARED SICK LEAVE. A shared sick leave policy will be established for the benefit of those professional employees whose accumulated sick leave for illness becomes exhausted. It cannot be used to care for family members. Any teacher support staff member wishing to contribute sick leave to a another support staff member recipient teacher must make their request in writing to the union’s Sick Leave Committee. Any employee who has accumulated more than ten days of sick leave is eligible to share days with another employeeemployee in the same classification (teacher’s and support staff cannot share with each other). An employee may not donate more leave than he or she could earn in one year. Additionally, the amount donated must not reduce the donor’s sick leave balance below one-half of what that person can earn in the year. Any teacher staff member requesting shared leave must submit a written request to the union’s Sick Leave Committee including a doctor’s statement indicating the nature of the illness and the projected amount of time needed for sick leave. The recipient teacher must have exhausted all available sick leave and have been absent ill for at least five consecutive days. Five-day period may be waived by Sick Leave Committee. This leave may be used by the teacher or for their care of their child, stepchild, or minor child for whom the teacher has legal guardianship and is living within the household. If it is to care for one of the above mentioned people, the teacher must have taught in the district for three (3) or more years. The sick bank will be administered by a committee of three members of the association appointed by the president. This committee will promptly notify the office of the superintendent in writing of any benefits duly approved by the committee, such days will be deducted from the contributing employee and added to the recipient’s number of sick days. The superintendent may reject the request for shared sick leave and return the request to the committee if the request does not comply with the tenets of this article. Shared leave may not exceed 90 days.

SHARED SICK LEAVE. A shared sick leave policy will be established for the benefit of those professional employees whose accumulated sick leave for illness becomes exhausted. It cannot be used to care for family members. Any teacher support staff member wishing to contribute sick leave to a another support staff member recipient teacher must make their request in writing to the union’s Sick Leave Committee. Any employee who has accumulated more than ten days of sick leave is eligible to share days with another employeeemployee in the same classification (teacher’s and support staff cannot share with each other). An employee may not donate more leave than he or she could earn in one year. Additionally, the amount donated must not reduce the donor’s sick leave balance below one-half of what that person can earn in the year. Any teacher staff member requesting shared leave must submit a written request to the union’s Sick Leave Committee including a doctor’s statement indicating the nature of the illness and the projected amount of time needed for sick leave. The recipient teacher must have exhausted all available sick leave and have been absent ill for at least five consecutive days. Five-Five day period may be waived by Sick Leave Committee. This leave may be used by the teacher or for their care of their child, stepchild, or minor child for whom the teacher has legal guardianship and is living within the household. If it is to care for one of the above mentioned people, the teacher must have taught in the district for three (3) or more years. The sick bank will be administered by a committee of three members of the association appointed by the president. This committee will promptly notify the office of the superintendent in writing of any benefits duly approved by the committee, such days will be deducted from the contributing employee and added to the recipient’s number of sick days. The superintendent may reject the request for shared sick leave and return the request to the committee if the request does not comply with the tenets of this article. Shared leave may not exceed 90 days.

SHARED SICK LEAVE. A shared sick leave policy will be established for the benefit of those professional employees whose accumulated sick leave for illness becomes exhausted. Any teacher wishing to contribute sick leave to a recipient teacher must make their request in writing to the Sick Leave Committee. Any employee who has accumulated more than ten days of sick leave is eligible to share days with another employee. An employee may not donate more leave than he or she could earn in one year. Additionally, the amount donated must not reduce the donor’s sick leave balance below one-half of what that person can earn in the year. Any teacher requesting shared leave must submit a written request to the Sick Leave Committee including a doctor’s statement indicating the nature of the illness and the projected amount of time needed for sick leave. The recipient teacher must have exhausted all available sick leave and have been absent for at least five consecutive days. Five-day period may be waived by Sick Leave Committee. This leave may be used by the teacher or for their care of their spouse, child, stepchild, or minor child for whom the teacher has legal guardianship and is living within the household. If it is to care for one of the above mentioned people, the teacher must have taught in the district for three (3) or more years. The sick bank will be administered by a committee of three members of the association appointed by the president. This committee will promptly notify the office of the superintendent in writing of any benefits duly approved by the committee, such days will be deducted from the contributing employee and added to the recipient’s number of sick days. The superintendent may reject the request for shared sick leave and return the request to the committee if the request does not comply with the tenets of this article. Shared leave may not exceed 90 daysdays for the teacher and is capped at 45 days for other family members listed above.