Common use of Sick and Emergency Leave, Personal Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick and Emergency Leave, Personal Leave. Funeral Leave, Jury and Court Leave, Unpaid sick leave/LTD, Unused Leave Days (A) Paid for leave time will be provided on an accumulation basis for the primary purpose of protecting an employee’s family living income during period of unavoidable absence due to illness or accident. Short-term incapacity, bereavement, and personal emergencies, as hereinafter provided for, are also considered as good secondary cause compensated absences. (B) Each UNION employee shall earn one day per each month worked for purposes of sick and emergency leave. After the commencement of the fiscal year or work year, whichever is sooner, an employee may draw on his/her days for the balance of such year. At the end of each fiscal year all such unused leave days shall be placed in the employee ‘s leave bank subject to (G) below. All employees shall report their absences as directed by the Board at least two (2) hours prior to the start of his/her shift, if possible. All absences must be reported to the appropriate supervisor. Upon an employee’s return to work s/he shall complete and return an absence form provided by the BOARD for personal business days, jury duty, and bereavement. After an employee has been absent for three consecutive days s/he shall, upon return to work, provide the appropriate supervisor with a doctor’s certification of the disability, which prevented him/her from working. Prior to the start of each fiscal year, the Office of Administrative Services will provide each Occupational Group an update of the Absence Reporting Procedure for the fiscal year. The following additional conditions shall apply to this type of leave: (1) Absences for which these days may be used: (a) Personal illness of the employee. (b) Emergency illness in the immediate family when necessary care cannot be arranged (includes birth of a child of employee’s spouse.) (c) Employee’s own wedding (limit of five days.) (d) Transportation failure (only when no other means of transportation is available.) (e) One sick day may be used for the purpose of personal business upon securing prior approval of the appropriate supervisor. (2) In the event an employee leaves the District prior to the end of his/her work year and has used more days than s/he has earned, the excess day(s) shall be deducted from the last paycheck unless s/he has enough days in his/her sick bank from previous years to cover the excess days used. (3) Absences directly resulting from on-the-job injuries or sicknesses shall not be chargeable to the employee’s sick and emergency leave. The employee shall receive the difference between his/her scheduled salary and worker’s compensation benefits up to the time s/he is eligible for Health and Accident Insurance. It is understood that an employee must apply for worker’s compensation benefits in order to receive his/her scheduled salary without charge to his/her sick and emergency leave days. Moreover, s/he must show the worker’s compensation check to the Payroll Department so that the proper deduction can be made. (a) Injuries must be reported to the appropriate administrator, on forms provided by the BOARD, as soon as possible but in no event later that three (3) calendar days after the occurrence of the injury. (b) It is understood that if an employee’s on-the-job injury is a result of his/her own negligence or contributory negligence, his/her compensation shall be limited to that provided by the Worker’s Compensation Law unless such employee elects to supplement such compensation by use of his/her accumulated leave days. If a question arises as to negligence or contributory negligence on the part of an employee such question shall be subject to the grievance procedure.

Sick and Emergency Leave, Personal Leave. Funeral Leave, Jury and Court Leave, Unpaid sick leave/LTD, Unused Leave Days (A) Paid for leave time will be provided on an accumulation basis for the primary purpose of protecting an employee’s family living income during period of unavoidable absence due to illness or accident. Short-term incapacity, bereavement, and personal emergencies, as hereinafter provided for, are also considered as good secondary cause compensated absences. (B) Each UNION employee shall earn one day per each month worked for purposes of sick and emergency leave. After the commencement of the fiscal year or work year, whichever is sooner, an employee may draw on his/her days for the balance of such year. At the end of each fiscal year year, all such unused leave days shall be placed in the employee ‘s employee’s leave bank subject to (G) below. All employees shall report their absences as directed by the Board at least two (2) hours prior to the start of his/her shift, if possible. All absences must be reported to the appropriate supervisor. Upon an employee’s return to work work, s/he shall complete and return an absence form provided by the BOARD for personal business days, jury duty, and bereavement. After an employee has been absent for three consecutive days days, s/he shall, upon return to work, provide the appropriate supervisor with a doctor’s certification of the disability, which prevented him/her from working. Prior to the start of each fiscal year, the Office Department of Administrative Employee Services will provide each Occupational Group an update of the Absence Reporting Procedure for the fiscal year. The following additional conditions shall apply to this type of leave: (1) Absences for which these days may be used: (a) Personal illness of the employee. (b) Emergency illness in the immediate family when necessary care cannot be arranged (includes birth of a child of employee’s spouse.) (c) Employee’s own wedding (limit of five days.) (d) Transportation failure (only when no other means of transportation is available.) (e) One sick day may be used for the purpose of personal business upon securing prior approval of the appropriate supervisor. (2) In the event an employee leaves the District prior to the end of his/her work year and has used more days than s/he has earned, the excess day(s) shall be deducted from the last paycheck unless s/he has enough days in his/her sick bank from previous years to cover the excess days used. (3) Absences directly resulting from on-the-job injuries or sicknesses shall not be chargeable to the employee’s sick and emergency leave. The employee shall receive the difference between his/her scheduled salary and worker’s compensation benefits up to the time s/he is eligible for Health and Accident Insurancebenefits. It is understood that an employee must apply be eligible for worker’s compensation benefits in order to receive his/her scheduled salary without charge to his/her sick and emergency leave days. Moreover, s/he must show the worker’s compensation check to the Payroll Department so that the proper deduction can be made. (a4) Injuries must be reported to the appropriate administrator, on forms provided by the BOARD, as soon as possible but in no event later that three (3) calendar days after the occurrence of the injury. (ba) It is understood that if an employee’s on-the-job injury is a result of his/her own negligence or contributory negligence, his/her compensation shall be limited to that provided by the Worker’s Compensation Law unless such employee elects to supplement such compensation by use of his/her accumulated leave days. If a question arises as to negligence or contributory negligence on the part of an employee employee, such question shall be subject to the grievance procedure.

Sick and Emergency Leave, Personal Leave. Funeral Leave, Jury and Court Leave, Unpaid sick leave/LTD, Unused Leave Days (A) Paid for leave time will be provided on an accumulation basis for the primary purpose of protecting an employee’s employee‟s family living income during period of unavoidable absence due to illness or accident. Short-term incapacity, bereavement, and personal emergencies, as hereinafter provided for, are also considered as good secondary cause compensated absences. (B) Each UNION employee shall earn one day per each month worked for purposes of sick and emergency leave. After the commencement of the fiscal year or work year, whichever is sooner, an employee may draw on his/her days for the balance of such year. At the end of each fiscal year all such unused leave days shall be placed in the employee ‘s „s leave bank subject to (G) below. All employees shall report their absences as directed by the Board at least two (2) hours prior to the start of his/her shift, if possible. All absences must be reported to the appropriate supervisor. Upon an employee’s employee‟s return to work s/he shall complete and return an absence form provided by the BOARD for personal business days, jury duty, and bereavement. After an employee has been absent for three consecutive days s/he shall, upon return to work, provide the appropriate supervisor with a doctor’s doctor‟s certification of the disability, which prevented him/her from working. Prior to the start of each fiscal year, the Office of Administrative Services will provide each Occupational Group an update of the Absence Reporting Procedure for the fiscal year. The following additional conditions shall apply to this type of leave:. (1) Absences for which these days may be used: (a) Personal illness of the employee. (b) Emergency illness in the immediate family when necessary care cannot be arranged (includes birth of a child of employee’s employee‟s spouse.) (c) Employee’s Employee‟s own wedding (limit of five days.) (d) Transportation failure (only when no other means of transportation is available.) (e) One sick day may be used for the purpose of personal business upon securing prior approval of the appropriate supervisor. (2) In the event an employee leaves the District prior to the end of his/her work year and has used more days than s/he has earned, the excess day(s) shall be deducted from the last paycheck unless s/he has enough days in his/her sick bank from previous years to cover the excess days used. (3) Absences directly resulting from on-the-job injuries or sicknesses shall not be chargeable to the employee’s employee‟s sick and emergency leave. The employee shall receive the difference between his/her scheduled salary and worker’s worker‟s compensation benefits up to the time s/he is eligible for Health and Accident Insurance. It is understood that an employee must apply for worker’s worker‟s compensation benefits in order to receive his/her scheduled salary without charge to his/her sick and emergency leave days. Moreover, s/he must show the worker’s worker‟s compensation check to the Payroll Department so that the proper deduction can be made. (a) Injuries must be reported to the appropriate administrator, on forms provided by the BOARD, as soon as possible but in no event later that three (3) calendar days after the occurrence of the injury. (b) It is understood that if an employee’s employee‟s on-the-job injury is a result of his/her own negligence or contributory negligence, his/her compensation shall be limited to that provided by the Worker’s Worker‟s Compensation Law unless such employee elects to supplement such compensation by use of his/her accumulated leave days. If a question arises as to negligence or contributory negligence on the part of an employee such question shall be subject to the grievance procedure.