Sick and Disability Leave Clause Samples

Sick and Disability Leave. (Continued)

Sick and Disability Leave. A. Full and part-time Employees who work at least 600 hours per year shall be granted paid sick leave at the beginning of each year as indicated below. A work day equals the number of hours that an Employee is scheduled to work. There shall be no limits on accumulation of unused sick days. The determination of the annual sick leave allocation shall be based on the Employee’s accumulated sick leave as of the last Employee work day of the previous year. 1-9 NA 12 10-14 110 12 + 1 15+ 170 12+2 Sick leave shall be used in cases of personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death of anyone residing in the household or immediate family, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. Immediate family shall be defined as spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, parents- in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law or legal guardian. B. The Board may require a physician’s certificate as a condition for paying sick leave after an Employee has been absent for three (3) consecutive days for personal illness, or as it deems necessary in other cases. If the Board requires a certificate during a leave of less than three (3) days or directs an Employee to undergo a physical examination after the initial medical examination required for employment, it shall pay the expenses incurred by the Employee. Employees must provide, at their own expense, any medical verification required for a leave of absence. (School Code, 24-5 and 24-6) C. Any Employee who works at least 1000 hours annually and desires a temporary disability leave for extended personal illness shall be afforded a leave of absence as indicated on Appendix C, incorporated into this Agreement. Temporary disability leave shall run concurrently with any accumulated sick leave, personal leave, vacation days, and FMLA leave available to the Employee and shall be calculated on the “rolling backwards” method used for FMLA eligibility during a 12-month period (see Article 6.6 of Agreement).

Sick and Disability Leave. 1. The Human Resources Administrator shall grant sick/disability leave without pay for any job-incurred injury or illness after the employee has exhausted all accrued sick leave, vacation leave, and personal leave. The department will make the determination if the job incurred injury or illness also qualifies as family and medical leave under HR_460_04, Family and Medical Leave. The sick leave without pay shall end upon request by the employee for reinstatement accompanied by a physician’s certificate. 2. After all appropriate accrued leave has been exhausted, the Human Resources Administrator may grant leave without pay for a non-job-incurred injury or illness. The department will make the initial determination if the non-job-incurred injury or illness also qualifies as family and medical leave under HR_460_04, Family and Medical Leave. 3. The Human Resources Administrator may require that the employee submit a certificate from the attending physician or practitioner in verification of the need for leave resulting from a job-incurred or non-job-incurred injury or illness. Any out-of- pocket cost associated with the supplying of a certificate concerning a job-incurred injury or illness that is not covered by Workers’ Compensation benefits shall be borne by the department. Any out-of-pocket cost associated with the supplying of a certificate concerning a non-job-incurred injury or illness shall be borne by the employee. Failure or refusal of the employee to submit a certificate that clearly indicates a need to preclude the employee from the performance of duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. 4. Prior to returning from an injury or illness related leave without pay, the supervisor and/or the Human Resources Administrator may require the employee to submit a release to return to work from an attending physician or practitioner.

Sick and Disability Leave. Employees hired during the year shall have sick leave in proportion to the amount of time or part of the year for which they are employed. The Superintendent may grant exceptions to these use restrictions at his/her sole discretion.

Sick and Disability Leave. Choristers shall be granted sick leave or disability leave in accordance with the attendance policy set out in Article 16, paragraph A of this Agreement.

Sick and Disability Leave. A. Full and part-time Employees who work at least 600 hours per year shall be granted paid sick leave at the beginning of each year as indicated below. A work day equals the number of hours that an Employee is scheduled to work. There shall be no limits on accumulation of unused sick days. The determination of the annual sick leave allocation shall be based on the Employee’s accumulated sick leave as of the last Employee work day of the previous year. 1-9 NA 12 10-14 110 12 + 1 15+ 170 12+2 Part-time Employees who work less than 600 hours per year shall be awarded twelve (12) paid sick leave days at the beginning of each year after five (5) years of completed consecutive service in the District. Sick leave shall be used in cases of personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death of anyone residing in the household or immediate family, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. Immediate family shall be defined as spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, great grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, legal guardian or civil union partners. B. The Superintendent or designee may require a physician’s certificate, at the Employee’s expense, as a condition for paying sick leave after an Employee has been absent for three (3) consecutive days for personal illness, or as it deems necessary in other cases. If the Superintendent or designee requires a certificate during an absence of less than three (3) days or directs an Employee to undergo a physical examination after the initial medical examination required for employment, the District shall pay the expenses incurred by the Employee. Employees must provide, at their own expense, any medical verification required for a leave of absence. (School Code, 24-5 and 24-6) C. Any Employee who desires a temporary disability leave for extended personal illness shall be afforded a leave of absence as indicated on Appendix C, incorporated into this Agreement. Temporary disability leave shall run concurrently with any accumulated sick leave, personal leave, vacation days, and FMLA leave available to the Employee and shall be calculated on the “rolling backwards” method used for FMLA eligibility during a 12-month period (see Article 6.6 of Agreement).

Sick and Disability Leave. A. Purpose. Sick leave with pay is provided as a benefit in recognition that employees and their families do contract various illnesses and that their financial resources may be diminished in such instances if pay is discontinued, and that it may not be in the best interest or health of the employee or fellow employees for them to work while sick. Sick leave may be used for illness, injury, disability, and doctor's or dentist's appointments. Sick leave may also be used for necessary care and attendance for a member of the employee's immediate family living within the same household. The employee may use accrued sick leave before going on disability. B. Sick Leave Accrual. Sick leave shall be accrued at a rate of 7.33 hours per month for all employees. Sick leave may be taken in increments of two (2) hours or a workday, eight (8) hours.

Sick and Disability Leave