Sick and Safe Leave. (a) The Employer recognizes that an Employee may occasionally need to take leave from work because of injury, illness, maternity or paternity leave, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as those terms are used in the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act. As a result, sick and safe leave with pay will be granted to an Employee consistent with this Section 7.2.
Sick and Safe Leave. Section 10.1 - Purpose The purpose of this Article is to specify the details regarding the earning, accumulation, and use of Sick and Safe Leave. This Article is written in compliance with the University System of Maryland (USM) BOR Policy VII-7.45-Policy on Sick and Safe Leave for Nonexempt and Exempt Staff Employees, as amended from time to time and the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act of 2018, as well as USM BOR Policy VII-7.49 - Policy on Parental Leave and Other Family Supports for Staff, as amended from time to time.
Sick and Safe Leave. (a) On January 1 of each calendar year, full-time employees shall be front-loaded 64 hours of sick and safe leave. New employees shall be front loaded a pro rata amount of sick and safe leave, based on the date of hire, after completion of probation. Part-time employees who regularly work more than twelve (12) hours per week accrue sick and safe leave at a rate of one (1) hour of leave for thirty (30) hours. Employees may not have more than sixty-four (64) hours of sick and safe leave in their banks at any time.
Sick and Safe Leave. (a) On January 1 of each calendar year, full-time employees shall be front-loaded 64 hours of sick and safe leave. New employees shall be front loaded a pro rata amount of sick and safe leave, based on the date of hire, after completion of probation. Part-time employees who regularly work more than twelve (12) hours per week accrue sick and safe leave at a rate of one (1) hour of leave for thirty (30) hours. Employees may not have more than sixty-four (64) hours of sick and safe leave in their banks at any time.
(b) Employees may use sick and safe leave for any of the purposes set out in the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Md. Code Xxx. §§ 3-1301 et seq.
(c) Sick and Safe Leave is a sub-bank of Wellness Leave and is not a separate accrual of time. Sick and Safe Leave is Wellness Leave that is designated as Sick and Safe Leave.
(d) If the need to use sick and safe leave is foreseeable, the employee shall provide notice to the Employer no less than seven (7) days before the date the leave would begin. If the need to use sick and safe leave is not foreseeable, the Employee shall provide notice to the Employer as soon as is practicable.
(e) The Employer may require an Employee to provide a doctor’s note if the leave used was for more than three (3) consecutive shifts. An Employee who shows a pattern of using Wellness Leave the day before or the day following a holiday more than two (2) times in a twelve (12) month period may be placed on sick and safe leave restriction. Employees on sick and safe leave restriction may be required to provide a doctor’s note or other documentation for use of sick and safe leave.
Sick and Safe Leave. A. A permanent full-time employee is eligible for sick and safe leave. Sick leave time is accrued at the rate of one day per completed full calendar month of service. Part-time permanent employees are eligible for prorated sick leave based on the number of hours they are scheduled to work each week.
Sick and Safe Leave. Except as otherwise provided below, the parties agree to incorporate into this MOU, BOR policy VII – 7.45 on Sick and Safe Leave, as it is revised and amended from time to time.
Sick and Safe Leave. Sick and safe leave with pay will be granted to full-time employees at the rate of one day per month worked. Such leave will accrue from the date of employment and may be accumulated to a maximum of 90 days. Part-time salaried employees working 20 or more hours per week are entitled to sick leave on a pro rata basis. Sick and safe leave with pay will be granted to part-time employees working fewer than 20 hours per week, and all other hourly employees, at the rate of one hour per every 40 hours worked. Such leave will accrue from the date of employment, may be accumulated to a maximum of five days per year, and may be carried over to the following calendar year to a maximum accrual of 90 days. Sick and safe leave for all employees may be used after 90 days of service, or with prior authorization by the employees’ supervisor. Sick and safe leave may be used for personal illness and to care for ailing children, spouses, or other family members dependent on the employee for care, and shall include time off for medical and dental appointments that cannot be made outside working hours. It also may be used for absences associated with stalking, domestic violence, and sexual abuse or for any other purpose authorized by the Sick and Safe Leave Act. Sick and safe leave of more than five consecutive work days may require a doctor’s note or other appropriate certification. Any sick leave taken in advance of accrued days will be considered leave without pay, unless authorized in writing by the employee’s supervisor. Unused, accrued sick leave will not be paid upon termination of employment.
Sick and Safe Leave. Subd. 1. A full-time teacher shall earn sick and safe leave at the rate of eleven (11) days for each year of service of employment in the District. At the beginning of each school year, the teacher will be credited with eleven (11) days sick and safe leave on a proportionate basis to the teacher's work year.
Sick and Safe Leave. The Employer shall grant sick and safe leave time, without penalty, for Employees in case of illness, accident, or personal emergency for themselves or to care for any family members or dependents. Sick and safe leave may also be used for any time needed to attend court, meet with lawyers or other service providers, or take time needed to recover in any incident related to domestic or sexual abuse or violence for the Employee or to care for any family members or dependents. Employees will not be on call when on sick time.
Sick and Safe Leave a. Policy XXX and WBNG encourage employees to accumulate sick leave so that it is available in the event of a long illness.
