Sick Bank Sample Clauses

Sick Bank. (1) A “Sick Leave Bank” shall be established. The purpose of said bank shall be to aid only unit members whose sick leave accumulation has been exhausted and who suffer prolonged absence from (a) a disabling condition, (b) an accident which causes disability; and (c) disability arising from pregnancy by providing additional paid sick leave for extreme hardship cases due to personal illness and/or personal injury shall not be for casual use. (2) No qualified unit member shall be permitted to use more than 93 days from the Sick Leave Bank. (3) Each unit member may contribute a total of two (2) days from his/her sick leave accumulation to the Sick Leave Bank. If a pre-tenure teacher elects this option, he/she shall be permitted to use no more than fifteen (15) days from the Sick Leave Bank for each year of service. (4) All donations to the Sick Leave Bank will be voluntary. (5) All days not used in a year will be retained in the Sick Leave Bank. (6) If all the donated days are used during a given school year, the Bank shall be declared open and additional donations of a maximum of two (2) days by each tenured unit member may be made. (7) Unit members using sick leave days from the Bank will not have to replace those days. (8) No days may be donated to a specific individual, nor may they be donated to teachers exclusively in a certain school. (9) A unit member withdrawing from membership in the Bank shall not be allowed to withdraw contributed days. (10) Procedure for processing requests for Sick Bank days: (a) The unit member requesting Sick Bank days shall obtain from the Association or from the Human Resources Department a copy of the SEA Sick Bank Request form. (b) The unit member shall submit a completed Request form, including a completed Physician Statement, to the Human Resources Department who will promptly provide a copy to the Association. SEA approval is assumed unless SEA informs the Human Resources Department of its concerns regarding the request within three (3) days of receipt. (c) The Human Resources Department shall review the Request form for completeness. If the form is incomplete, the unit member and the Association will be notified. If any additional information is needed to process the Request form, the unit member and the Association shall be notified and the unit member shall be asked to comply. (d) The Human Resources Department shall promptly review and respond to the completed Request form. If approved, the unit member and the Assoc...

Sick Bank. Members will receive a statement of their Sick Bank status on or around June 30th and December 31st each year. The Chief of Police will direct that Unit Commanders have available on or around June 30th and December 31st a sick leave record of each member in the Unit so that members may reconcile their Sick Bank Status Statements.

Sick Bank. The purpose of the Sick Bank (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) is to provide sick leave to contributors to the Bank after their accumulated leave has been exhausted and, more specifically, to provide such leave from the Bank in cases of prolonged illnesses. The Bank rules and guidelines are as follows:

Sick Bank. The Board recognizes that the Sick Bank Committee’s decisions cannot be reversed by the Board. However, the committee’s decisions shall not be used as evidence or raised as an issue by either party during hearings over disciplinary action against the bargaining unit employee for alleged excessive absenteeism.

Sick Bank. The Sick Leave Bank is a program where regular-contract teachers contribute personal illness or business hours to a bank, to use if their individual personal illness and business hours are exhausted and they experience a long-term illness or surgery. Teachers may join the Sick Leave Bank only during an open- enrollment period. Human Resources shall send the Sick Leave Bank Letter to all teachers reminding them of the Sick Leave Bank policies set forth herein within the first thirty (30) workdays of each school year. The open-enrollment period is defined as two weeks immediately following the date the Sick Bank Letter is sent, or for newly-hired teachers, the teacher’s first thirty (30) days of employment. During open-enrollment, every eligible teacher will be given the opportunity to participate in the Sick Leave Bank by contributing eight (8) hours from their sick leave allotment. Only participants in the Bank are eligible for access to Bank hours. Any teacher in need of additional sick leave hours may apply to the Joint Sick Leave Committee for consideration of the request. The criteria that must be met by the teacher applying for Sick Leave Bank hours are: a. Teachers must have exhausted all of their personal illness and business hours before they request hours from the Sick Leave Bank; b. In order to be eligible to use Sick Leave Bank hours, teachers shall have been absent due to personal illness at least ten (10) consecutive school days immediately prior to the day they request hours from the Sick Leave Bank. If all benefit days have been exhausted, teachers will not be paid until they accumulate ten (10) consecutive school day absences at which time Sick Leave Bank would begin; c. The Sick Leave Bank hours requested shall apply to days prior to the date when the teacher's long-term disability insurance could or would commence, and d. The Sick Leave Bank hours shall take effect immediately following the exhaustion of the teacher's personal sick leave and personal business providing the above conditions have been met. e. Teachers must submit a letter to Human Resources requesting Sick Leave Bank hours along with a medical document from their doctor stating the reason for the request. The Joint Sick Leave Committee consisting of the Director of Human Resources or designee and the Association President or designee shall administer the Sick Leave Bank. The Board will provide the Joint Sick Leave Committee with accurate accounting of the number of hours an...

Sick Bank. All employees may maintain and contribute to a sick leave bank on a voluntary basis from their unused sick leave credits. The rules and procedures of the sick leave bank shall be established by a Sick Leave Bank Committee. There shall be three members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee consisting of the Director or designee and one member each from locals 40 and 45 of the NEPBA. A copy of all rules and procedures under which the sick leave bank operates must be agreed to by the Department and by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officers Local 40. The Sick Leave Bank Article or the procedure and standards established by the Sick Leave Bank Committee shall not be subject to the grievance procedure. This sick bank program shall terminate upon the implementation of the short term disability program.

Sick Bank. In addition to the individual sick leave granted in this section, a sick leave bank shall be established by the Board each year. This bank shall consist of three (3) days per teacher multiplied by the number of

Sick Bank. In the event of an employee’s catastrophic illness or accident and depletion of said employee’s accrued sick days and their written request, the superintendent and/or designee shall meet with union officials to discuss voluntary sick day/hour donation from other employees within the same department to the absent employee. A mutually agreed upon transfer of sick days/hours, whichever is applicable, from other employees’ sick banks to the employee on leave will then be implemented. Such transfer shall not occur if the absent employee is eligible for short-term disability or long-term disability compensation.

Sick Bank. A sick bank has been established for certified personnel. During their first year of employment with this district, certified staff may opt to join the sick bank. To do so, they must donate two of their sick leave the first year, and one day thereafter for each year of employment. Decisions regarding sick bank will be referred to the committee established as per the guidelines. The business manager will have complete guidelines and will keep records of membership and total days donated.

Sick Bank. The intent of the sick leave bank shall be to assist and aid bargaining unit members who experience unusual circumstances that cause a need for sick leave beyond that which they have earned or accrued. The sick bank is operated in the following manner: 17.2.1 Each professional staff member shall contribute to the bank two sick leave days per employment year. 17.2.2 The sick leave days contributed by the bargaining unit member shall accrue from year to year to a maximum of 450 days. If the bank reaches the maximum, members of the bargaining unit will not contribute to the sick bank. When the sick bank drops to 325 days, bargaining unit members will each contribute the equivalent of 2 sick leave days per employment year until the bank again reaches the 450 days maximum. 17.2.3 Requests for the sick bank reserve shall be made to the Human Resources Department. The President of the Association and the President of the College or their respective designees shall approve the sick bank withdrawals. 17.2.3.1 Written application shall be made by the employee or their designee using the appropriate form provided by the Human Resources Department. 17.2.3.2 Professional evidence of need shall support the claim. 17.2.3.3 Limitations on employee withdrawals may be made at the discretion of the President of the Association and the President of the College up to a maximum of 130 working days or until the employee becomes eligible for the total disability plan, whichever is earlier. 17.2.4 The decisions of the President of the Association and the President of the College shall be neither grievable nor arbitrable; however, if they are unable to agree or make a decision, the employee may request expedited arbitration from a local dispute resolution center. The cost of the arbitration shall be shared equally by the College and the Association. The arbitrator shall be limited to granting no more than the number of days which would otherwise have been awarded as specified in paragraph 17.2.3.3. 17.2.5 Beginning with fiscal year 1991-92, if the Professional Administrators Association sick bank has less than three hundred twenty-five (325) days, then one hundred percent (100%) of the sick leave left by employees who terminate will accrue to the Professional Administrators Association sick bank. Also, retiring employees who do not apply all unused sick leave to pay for health insurance (See Article 17.3) shall have their unused sick leave remaining added to the Professional Admini...