Common use of Sick and Safe Leave Clause in Contracts

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. (b) Effective January 1, 2021, full-time Employees will be front loaded 120 hours of sick and safe leave on January 1 of each year. There will be no limit to the accumulation of sick and safe leave. Part-time Employees will be front loaded sick and safe leave on a pro rata basis on January 1 of each year. Employees will not be paid for accumulated unused sick and safe leave at the time of termination of employment. For new employees, a pro rata amount of sick and safe leave will be frontloaded based on the date of hire. An employee hired between the 1st and 15th of the month will receive ten (10) hours (or the pro rata amount for part- time employees) for that month. An employee hired after the 15th of the month will receive five (5) hours for that month (or the pro rata amount for part-time employees). (c) Sick and safe leave may be taken in minute increments, although requests for leave may be made in day, hour or partial hour amounts. (d) The Employee will make every attempt to contact his immediate supervisor or the supervisor’s designee (i.e., Secretary, Xxxxxxx, etc.) within one (1) hour (post or prior) to the time the Employee would normally be expected to report for work or within one (1) hour of the time that Department’s Office hours begin, whichever is earlier. If an Employee is unable to contact his supervisor or the supervisor’s designee, the Employee must leave a message with his or her supervisor by voicemail, email or text, as is available and requested by the supervisor. Employees who are Police Dispatchers will telephone the on-duty shift supervisor at a minimum of one (1) hour in advance of their normal reporting time for their assigned shift. (e) Employees may use accrued sick and safe leave in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, and if an absence is due to quarantine, required physical or dental examinations or treatments, exposure to a contagious disease when continued work might jeopardize the health of others, or for an immediate family medical emergency. (f) For purposes of this Section, “family member” has the meaning set forth in the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, and further includes:

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. (b) Effective January 1, 2021, full-time Employees will be front loaded 120 hours of earn sick and safe leave on January 1 of each year. There will be no limit to the accumulation of sick and safe leave. Part-time Employees will be front loaded earn sick and safe leave on a pro rata basis on January 1 of each year. Employees will not be paid for accumulated unused sick and safe leave at the time of termination of employment. For new employees, a pro rata amount of sick and safe leave will be frontloaded based on the date of hire. An employee hired between the 1st and 15th of the month will receive ten (10) hours (or the pro rata amount for part- part-time employees) for that month. An employee hired after the 15th of the month will receive five (5) hours for that month (or the pro rata amount for part-time employees). (c) Sick and safe leave may be taken in minute increments, although requests for leave may be made in day, hour or partial hour amounts. (d) The Employee will make every attempt to contact his immediate supervisor or the supervisor’s designee (i.e., Secretary, Xxxxxxx, etc.) within one (1) hour (post or prior) to the time the Employee would normally be expected to report for work or within one (1) hour of the time that Department’s Office hours begin, whichever is earlier. If an Employee is unable to contact his supervisor or the supervisor’s designee, the Employee must leave a message with his or her supervisor by voicemail, email or text, as is available and requested by the supervisor. Employees who are Police Dispatchers will telephone the on-duty shift supervisor at a minimum of one (1) hour in advance of their normal reporting time for their assigned shift. (e) Employees may use accrued sick and safe leave in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, and if an absence is due to quarantine, required physical or dental examinations or treatments, exposure to a contagious disease when continued work might jeopardize the health of others, or for an immediate family medical emergency. (f) For purposes of this Section, “family member” has the meaning set forth in the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, and further includes: