Sick Day Bank. 1. A sick day bank as agreed upon by the Board and the Association will be voluntary for members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days to the bank. Since the bank is voluntary, an individual unit member may join the bank or may withdraw from the bank and receive his/her five (5) days at the end of any school year, to be effective with the commencement of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of days. The maximum size of the Sick Day Bank shall be ten (10) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit. 2. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employee. If at the end of any school year the Bank drops below five (5) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit, the Association will replenish the Bank. 3. The Sick Day Bank shall be available for use in case of major illnesses and disabilities on the following bases: (a) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon the Bank from the first day, if hospitalized. (b) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon the Bank after five (5) consecutive days of absence. 4. If an illness meets either of the above criteria the member may apply in writing to the sick bank committee composed of five (5) representatives appointed by the Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the association. The committee shall establish its operating rules and procedures to facilitate review and consideration of requests for the allocation of days from the sick day bank. Recommendations of the committee shall be submitted to the full Board of Education, which shall vote on the recommendations in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1. A sick day bank as agreed upon by the Board and the Association will be voluntary for members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days to the bank. Since the bank is voluntary, an individual unit member may join the bank or may withdraw from the bank and receive his/her five (5) days at the end of any school year, to be effective with the commencement of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of days. The maximum size of the Sick Day Bank shall be ten (10) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit.
2. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employee. If at the end of any school year the Bank drops below five (5) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit, the Board and the Association will replenish the BankBank to the level specified in Paragraph E, Section 1 through equal assessments of the Board and members.
3. The Sick Day Bank shall be available for use in case of major illnesses and disabilities on the following bases:
(a) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon the Bank from the first day, if hospitalized.
(b) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon the Bank after five (5) consecutive days of absence.
4. If an illness meets either of the above criteria the member may apply in writing to the sick bank committee composed of five (5) representatives appointed by the Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the association. The committee shall establish its operating rules and procedures to facilitate review and consideration of requests for the allocation of days from the sick day bank. Recommendations of the committee shall be submitted to the full Board of Education, which shall vote on the recommendations in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1Secretaries shall have the opportunity to participate in the sick-day bank. A The secretaries and PSRP bargaining units shall constitute a single sick day bank.
A. The Board and the Union agree to provide a substantial number of days to be utilized by the employees when the need for sick days exceeds the number of days the employee has accumulated.
B. The Sick-Day Bank will be managed by a Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees will be composed of four (4) employees, the Union President and one administrator. The PSRP and Secretarial bargaining units shall establish a combined sick leave bank.
C. An individual must be a bargaining-unit employee in District 99 in order to be granted days from the sick-day bank. An individual must have contributed in the most recent request of the staff for sick days in order to draw from the pool. An employee must have utilized all accumulated sick days and reduced sick days before receiving a grant of days from the bank. The sick-leave bank as agreed upon by is an emergency-type procedure not intended to replace the TRS/IMRF permanent or temporary disability procedures. An employee may not draw more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the pool in any single school year. Exceptions to this restriction may be granted if the Board and the Association Union approve the exception. An application form must be filed with the Board of Trustees by the employee before any days can be granted. Application forms will be voluntary for available from building representatives and members of the bargaining unitBoard of Trustees. Each unit member wishing Verbal application in the event that the employee is not in school is permissible. Decisions granting the use of days from the bank must have the approval of three employees on the Board of Trustees. The Union President will vote on a decision to disperse days only in the event of a tie. The administration’s representatives may not participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick in a vote on the dispersal of days to from the bank. Since The Board of Trustees has the bank is voluntary, an individual unit member may join complete and final authority for the bank or may withdraw operation of the sick-day bank.
D. Voluntary contributions of not more than two days per year from the bargaining unit will create the days available in the bank. After the initial request, days will be added to the sick-day bank and receive his/her five in the following manner:
1. Whenever the total number of days in the pool reaches fifty (550) days at the end or fewer.
2. During September of any each school year, to a request will be effective with the commencement made of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate entire staff unless such a request would place the number of days in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employmentover Three hundred fifty (350) for PSRP & Secretaries.
3. That individual will If a request is not made of the entire bargaining unit, then bargaining unit members who have not contributed to the bank shall have an opportunity to contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that to the sick-day bank regardless of the number of daysdays available in the bank.
4. The maximum size of Employees leaving the Sick Day Bank shall be district, for any reason, may contribute up to ten (10) days times of their accumulated sick leave to the number sick-leave bank. The Board of members Trustees may ask an employee to furnish additional documentation or rationale beyond that supplied in the bargaining unit.
2application before granting days from the bank. Association members may contribute sick days once per yearAs soon as the Board of Trustees has reached a decision on an application for a grant of days, the applicant, Superintendent or designee, shall be notified in writing. Days shall only donated by an employee to the bank may not be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employeewithdrawn. If at the end of any school year the Bank drops below five (5) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit, the Association will replenish the Bank.
3. The Sick Day Bank shall be available for use in case of major illnesses and disabilities Days donated are recorded as consumed on the following bases:
(a) Upon depletion individual employee’s official school record of existing accumulated sick leave, members may . A complete record of the following items will be eligible kept:
a. Names and number of days contributed by each employee.
b. Application(s) submitted by employees.
c. Number of days granted to draw upon the Bank all applicants.
d. Number of days utilized from the first day, if hospitalizedbank.
(b) Upon depletion e. Number of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon days in the Bank after five (5) consecutive days bank. The Board of absence.
4. If Trustees will submit an illness meets either of the above criteria the member may apply in writing annual report to the sick bank committee composed of five (5) representatives appointed by the Union Executive Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the association. The committee shall establish its operating rules and procedures to facilitate review and consideration of requests for the allocation of days from the sick day bank. Recommendations of the committee shall be submitted to the full Superintendent/Board of Education, which shall vote on the recommendations in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1. A A. The Board and Association will maintain a sick day bank as agreed upon bank. The Association shall administer the Bank and establish rules for the implementation of the Bank.
B. Any teacher may enroll in the Bank. To become eligible, a 0.5 FTE or greater part-time teacher must authorize the donation of one-half sick day, and a full-time teacher must authorize the donation of one full sick day within thirty (30) days of the start of the school year. If hired after the start of the school year, the donation must occur within thirty (30) days of his/her start date. Each school year, the Bank’s sick day available balance will be reported by November 1st. If the Board and Bank sick day balance drops below fifty (50) days, the Association will be voluntary for may request that contributing members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days donate an additional day to the bank. Since Refusal to contribute under these circumstances makes one ineligible to withdraw days and membership is immediately terminated.
C. The intent of the bank Bank is voluntaryto provide additional paid leave to members who have exhausted their accumulated sick days and who incur a period of extended personal illness or hospitalization. It is not the purpose of the Bank to provide additional days to members who have exhausted their accumulated sick days and are applying for days because of common colds, flu, or other temporary, commonplace illnesses. The Bank shall be available for member (not family) illness or accident. Ineligibility will occur if the member is on an individual unit unpaid leave of absence, unpaid sabbatical leave, unpaid FMLA leave for reasons other than illness of the member, or is receiving District or TRS disability benefits. Any member who is receiving disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, the Veteran’s Administration, or other group, or is absent for illness or injury due to work-related accident (compensable under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act) is ineligible, also.
D. A member may join cancel participation by so indicating in writing directed to the bank or may Association Sick Day Bank Administrator. Cancellation of membership, regardless of reason, shall mean forfeiture of any claim to contributed days and benefits of membership.
X. A member who has contributed will not be able to withdraw days from the bank and receive Bank until after his/her five (5) own accrued sick days at have been depleted. In order to withdraw days from the end of any school yearBank, the member must fill out the form entitled “Request for Withdrawal from the Bank” and attach to be effective with it satisfactory documentation from their treating physician verifying the commencement catastrophic and prolonged nature of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of daysillness. The maximum size of form and documentation should be forwarded to the Association Sick Day Bank shall Administrator. The yearly maximum will be twenty (20) days for members with ten years or less seniority with the District; forty (40) days for members with eleven to twenty years of seniority with the District; and sixty (60) days for members with twenty-one or more years of seniority with the District. Grants for days are limited to twenty (20) days per request. Each request must be accompanied by new physician authorization documents. A member’s total maximum withdrawal from the Bank may not exceed 180 days during his/her employment in the District. For part- time members 0.5 FTE and above, the yearly maximum will be ten (10) days times for members with ten years or less seniority with the number of members in the bargaining unit.
2. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of District; twenty (20) days per for members with eleven to twenty years of seniority with the District; and thirty (30) days for members with twenty-one or more years of seniority with the District, and a lifetime maximum of ninety (90) days. All approved application forms will be copied to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and the Payroll Department.
F. During any period that a member receives benefits from the Bank, the District shall maintain health insurance coverage for the member on the same basis as an active employee. If at the end of any school year .
X. A member withdrawing sick days from the Bank drops below five (5) will not be required to replace the days times the number of members in the bargaining unit, the Association will replenish order to maintain membership in the Bank.
3. The Sick Day Bank shall be available for use in case of major illnesses and disabilities on the following bases:
(a) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leaveH. Effective July 1, 2016, members may be eligible are no longer permitted to draw upon the Bank from the first day, if hospitalized.
(b) Upon depletion of existing accumulated donate accrued sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon the Bank after five (5) consecutive days of absence.
4. If an illness meets either of the above criteria the member may apply in writing to the sick day bank committee composed at the time of five retirement. In an effort to establish a three hundred forty (5340) representatives appointed day accumulation of sick days, a member may withdraw from the Bank the total number of days they have contributed to the Bank minus the days withdrawn from the Bank by the Board member.
I. The Association will monitor the use of the Bank. A yearly report will be prepared for the Association and five (5) representatives appointed by the associationDistrict. The committee shall establish its operating rules report will reflect donations and procedures to facilitate review and consideration of requests usage for the allocation of days from the sick day bank. Recommendations of the committee shall be submitted to the full Board of Education, which shall vote on the recommendations in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-past school year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1. A sick day bank as agreed upon by the Board and the Association will be voluntary for members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days to the bank. Since the bank is voluntary, an individual unit member may join the bank or may withdraw from the bank and receive his/her five (5) days at the end of any school year, to be effective with the commencement of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of days. The maximum size of the Sick Day Bank shall be ten (10) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit.
2. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employee. If at the end of any school year the Bank drops below five (5) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit, the Association will replenish the Bank.
3. The Sick Day Bank shall is a program to offer assistance to employees in time of extended illness in the form of extension of their accrued personal sick days. It is not the purpose of the Bank to provide for an illness of a brief nature. The Sick Day Bank is a cooperative program whose implementation and maintenance is dependent on employee support.
2. The Bank will be available for use in case built up once annually, as needed, by the employees contributing one or more of major illnesses and disabilities on the following bases:
(a) Upon depletion of existing their accumulated sick leave, members may leave days to the Bank. No days will be eligible added to draw upon the Bank from until the first daynumber drops below 300 days. At the end of the school year, if hospitalizedany unused sick days remaining in the Bank will be carried over to the next year.
(b) Upon depletion 3. In the event that the Board of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible Education and the WCMA agree to draw upon dissolve the Bank after five (5) consecutive for whatever reason, all days of absenceleft in the Bank will be divided equally by the employees. No employee will receive more days than he/she has contributed to the Bank.
4. If an illness meets either The Board of the above criteria the member may apply in writing to the sick bank committee composed Trustees shall consist of five (5) representatives WCMA members, appointed by the Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the association. The committee shall establish its operating rules and procedures WCMA annually to facilitate review and consideration of receive requests for the allocation use of sick leave days in the Bank and to determine whether to recommend such requests for approval.
5. The Trustees shall provide the Board annually with the names of employees who contributed to the sick leave bank and the number of days from they contribute. The Board of Education shall maintain records on the donation and usage of sick day bankleave bank days, which shall be the records relied on by all parties involved. Recommendations At the end of each school year, the Board of Education shall provide the WCMA a written accounting of donation and usage for that year to support the total number of days shown by the Board of Education as remaining in the Bank.
6. The Board of Trustees reserves to itself, the right to have a second medical opinion of the committee employee making the claim for Bank use. The cost for such examination shall be submitted paid for by the employee and the doctor used will be of the Bank’s choice.
7. The trustees of the Bank will be limited to granting up to sixty (60) school days at one time. A member may request additional sick leave by submitting a request and a doctor’s certificate.
8. If in the judgment of the Trustees the employee qualifies, the Trustees shall submit the request to the full Board of Education. If the Board of Education agrees with the Trustees, the Board of Education will arrange payment to the employee. If the Board of Education rejects the request, the Board will notify the Trustees of the Bank.
9. The parties acknowledge that the decision of the Board of Education shall be final and binding and shall not be reviewable by a court or agency of competent jurisdiction or subject to the contractual grievance or arbitration procedures. The Board of Education shall not withhold its approval for illegal reasons.
10. When an employee is on sick leave beyond his/her allotted number of days with pay, the deductions from his/her pay will be in the amount of 1/200th (10-month employees) and 1/240th (12 month employees) of his/her annual salary per day.
11. Prior to any recommendation or approval of the use of sick leave bank days, every applicant must sign an agreement to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Board of Education, which shall vote on the WCMA, their members, agents, servant, and employees from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, and costs related to:
a. The solicitation and/or contributions of sick leave days to the Bank;
b. The communication of the names of WCMA members who contribute to the Bank and/or the number of days they contribute;
c. The application for use of sick leave days in the Bank and/or the WCMA’s committee review and recommendation process; and
d. The Board of Education’s approval or denial of recommendations to allow the use of sick leave days in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-the Bank.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1. A. A sick day bank as agreed upon shall be created by the Board for supervisors and teachers who wish to participate.
B. The sick day bank shall be built up and maintained in the Association following manner.
1. Those who wish to join the bank in a given year are to notify the Superintendent or his designee in writing of their intention to enroll by October 15 of any year.
2. The individuals allotted number of cumulative sick days for that year will be voluntary for members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute reduced by five (5), and five (5) accumulated sick additional days to shall be donated in the banksucceeding year.
3. Since the bank is voluntary, an individual unit member may join the bank or may withdraw from the bank and receive his/her The Board shall then place these five (5) sick days at in the end of any school year, to be effective with the commencement bank for each of the following school yearfirst two (2) years for each teacher who joins
4. A new unit The bank member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated not claim these sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of daysif he withdraws from the bank for any reason.
5. The maximum size of the Sick Day Bank sick day bank shall be ten (10) days times the number of members in the bargaining unitenrolled members.
26. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employee. If If, at the end of any the school year year, the Bank sick day bank drops to or below five (5) days times the number of enrolled members in the bargaining unitfollowing school year, the Association cumulative sick days for each member will replenish again be reduced by five (5) for that year and the BankBoard shall place the five (5) sick days in the bank for each member.
37. In an emergency as determined by the Day Bank Committee and agreed to by the Board, the members may be asked to relinquish additional accumulated sick days during the year to replenish a depleted bank.
8. The Sick Day Bank Superintendent or his designee shall be custodian of the sick day bank.
C. The sick day bank shall be available for use in case of major illnesses and or disabilities on the following basesbasis:
1. Anyone who has accumulated fifty (a50) Upon depletion of existing accumulated or more sick leave, members may be eligible days is required to draw upon use up fifty (50) sick days during the Bank from school year before drawing on the first day, if hospitalizedbank.
(b) Upon depletion 2. The bank is only to be used for long-term illnesses, that is, those requiring an absence of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon the Bank after more than five (5) consecutive days of absenceworking days.
43. If an illness the situation meets either of the above criteria criteria, the member may must apply in writing to the sick bank committee Sick Day Bank Committee, composed of five (5) representatives appointed by teachers and the Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the association. The committee shall establish its operating rules and procedures to facilitate review and consideration of requests for the allocation of Superintendent, who may grant additional sick days from the sick day bank. Recommendations If they so decide, they then certify to the Superintendent or his designee the member to whom the sick days are to be granted and the number of days involved. If the time allotted is insufficient, a new application may be made; conversely if all the days allotted are not used, they revert, to the bank. If the member is incapacitated, application may be made on his behalf by the next of kin or guardian.
4. All applications must be accompanied by a written certification of the committee shall need by a practitioner licensed in the area in which the illness occurs.
5. No more than one hundred seventy (170) sick days may be submitted granted to the full Board of Education, which shall vote on the recommendations any one member in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-any school year.
6. Any members who have fifty (50) or fewer sick days may retain two
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1. A A. The Board and Association will maintain a sick day bank as agreed upon bank. The Association shall administer the Bank and establish rules for the implementation of the Bank.
B. Any teacher may enroll in the Bank. To become eligible, a 0.5 FTE or greater part-time teacher must authorize the donation of one-half sick day, and a full-time teacher must authorize the donation of one full sick day within thirty (30) days of the start of the school year. If hired after the start of the school year, the donation must occur within thirty (30) days of his/her start date. Each school year, the Bank’s sick day available balance will be reported by November 1st. If the Board and Bank sick day balance drops below fifty (50) days, the Association will be voluntary for may request that contributing members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days donate an additional day to the bank. Since Refusal to contribute under these circumstances makes one ineligible to withdraw days and membership is immediately terminated.
C. The intent of the bank Bank is voluntaryto provide additional paid leave to members who have exhausted their accumulated sick days and who incur a period of extended personal illness or hospitalization. It is not the purpose of the Bank to provide additional days to members who have exhausted their accumulated sick days and are applying for days because of common colds, flu, or other temporary, commonplace illnesses. The Bank shall be available for member (not family) illness or accident. Ineligibility will occur if the member is on an individual unit unpaid leave of absence, unpaid sabbatical leave, unpaid FMLA leave for reasons other than illness of the member, or is receiving District or TRS disability benefits. Any member who is receiving disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, the Veteran’s Administration, or other group, or is absent for illness or injury due to work-related accident (compensable under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act) is ineligible, also.
D. A member may join cancel participation by so indicating in writing directed to the bank or may Association Sick Day Bank Administrator. Cancellation of membership, regardless of reason, shall mean forfeiture of any claim to contributed days and benefits of membership.
X. A member who has contributed will not be able to withdraw days from the bank and receive Bank until after his/her five (5) own accrued sick days at have been depleted. In order to withdraw days from the end of any school yearBank, the member must fill out the form entitled “Request for Withdrawal from the Bank” and attach to be effective with it satisfactory documentation from their treating physician verifying the commencement catastrophic and prolonged nature of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of daysillness. The maximum size of form and documentation should be forwarded to the Association Sick Day Bank shall Administrator. The yearly maximum will be ten sixty (1060) days, however, grants for days times the number of members in the bargaining unit.
2. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th are limited to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employeerequest. If at the end of any school year Each request must be accompanied by new physician authorization documents. A member’s total maximum withdrawal from the Bank drops below five may not exceed 180 days during his/her employment in the District. For 0.5 FTE part-time members, the yearly maximum will be thirty (530) days times in increments of ten (10) days and a lifetime maximum of ninety (90) days. All approved application forms will be copied to the number central office administrator in charge of members in personnel and the bargaining unitPayroll Department.
F. During any period that a member receives benefits from the Bank, the Association District shall maintain health insurance coverage for the member on the same basis as an active employee.
X. A member withdrawing sick days from the Bank will replenish not be required to replace the days in order to maintain membership in the Bank.
3. The Sick Day Bank shall be available for use in case H. At the time of major illnesses and disabilities on the following bases:
(a) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leaveretirement, members may be eligible donate some or all of their accrued sick days not used for TRS or other retirement purposes. In an effort to draw upon establish a three hundred forty (340) day accumulation of sick days, a member may withdraw from the Bank the total number of days they have contributed to the Bank minus the days withdrawn from the first day, if hospitalizedBank by the member.
(b) Upon depletion of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible to draw upon I. The Association will monitor the Bank after five (5) consecutive days of absence.
4. If an illness meets either use of the above criteria Bank. A yearly report will be prepared for the member may apply in writing to Association and the sick bank committee composed of five (5) representatives appointed by the Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the associationDistrict. The committee shall establish its operating rules report will reflect donations and procedures to facilitate review and consideration of requests usage for the allocation of days from the sick day bank. Recommendations of the committee shall be submitted to the full Board of Education, which shall vote on the recommendations in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-past school year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Day Bank. 1. A sick day bank as agreed upon by the Board and the Association will be voluntary for members of the bargaining unit. Each unit member wishing to participate will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days to the bank. Since the bank is voluntary, an individual unit member may join the bank or may withdraw from the bank and receive his/her five (5) days at the end of any school year, to be effective with the commencement of the following school year. A new unit member wishing to participate in the sick bank may do so immediately upon employment. That individual will contribute five (5) accumulated sick days as soon as he/she has accumulated that number of days. The maximum size of the Sick Day Bank shall be ten (10) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit.
2. Association members may contribute sick days once per year. Days shall only be contributed on or before November 15th to a maximum of twenty (20) days per employee. If at the end of any school year the Bank drops below five (5) days times the number of members in the bargaining unit, the Association will replenish the Bank.
3. The Sick Day Bank shall is a program to offer assistance to employees in time of extended illness in the form of extension of their accrued personal sick days. It is not the purpose of the Bank to provide for an illness of a brief nature. The Sick Day Bank is a cooperative program whose implementation and maintenance is dependent on employee support.
2. The Bank will be available for use in case built up once annually, as needed, by the employees contributing one or more of major illnesses and disabilities on the following bases:
(a) Upon depletion of existing their accumulated sick leave, members may leave days to the Bank. No days will be eligible added to draw upon the Bank from until the first daynumber drops below 300 days. At the end of the school year, if hospitalizedany unused sick days remaining in the Bank will be carried over to the next year.
(b) Upon depletion 3. In the event that the Board of existing accumulated sick leave, members may be eligible Education and the Association agree to draw upon dissolve the Bank after five (5) consecutive for whatever reason, all days of absenceleft in the Bank will be divided equally by the employees. No employee will receive more days than he/she has contributed to the Bank.
4. If an illness meets either The Board of the above criteria the member may apply in writing to the sick bank committee composed Trustees shall consist of five (5) representatives Association members, appointed by the Board and five (5) representatives appointed by the association. The committee shall establish its operating rules and procedures Association annually to facilitate review and consideration of receive requests for the allocation use of sick leave days in the Bank and to determine whether to recommend such requests for approval.
5. The Trustees shall provide the Board annually with the names of employees who contributed to the sick leave bank and the number of days from they contribute. The Board of Education shall maintain records on the donation and usage of sick day bankleave bank days, which shall be the records relied on by all parties involved. Recommendations At the end of each school year, the Board of Education shall provide the Association a written accounting of donation and usage for that year to support the total number of days shown by the Board of Education as remaining in the Bank.
6. The Board of Trustees reserves to itself, the right to have a second medical opinion of the committee employee making the claim for Bank use. The cost for such examination shall be submitted paid for by the employee and the doctor used will be of the Bank’s choice.
7. The trustees of the Bank will be limited to granting up to sixty (60) school days at one time. A member may request additional sick leave by submitting a request and a doctor’s certificate.
8. If in the judgment of the Trustees the employee qualifies, the Trustees shall submit the request to the full Board of Education. If the Board of Education agrees with the Trustees, the Board of Education will arrange payment to the employee. If the Board of Education rejects the request, the Board will notify the Trustees of the Bank.
9. The parties acknowledge that the decision of the Board of Education shall be final and binding and shall not be reviewable by a court or agency of competent jurisdiction or subject to the contractual grievance or arbitration procedures. The Board of Education shall not withhold its approval for illegal reasons.
10. When an employee is on sick leave beyond his/her allotted number of days with pay, the deductions from his/her pay will be in the amount of 1/200th (10-month employees) and 1/240th (12 month employees) of his/her annual salary per day.
11. Prior to any recommendation or approval of the use of sick leave bank days, every applicant must sign an agreement to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Board of Education, which shall vote on the Association, their members, agents, servant, and employees from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, and costs related to:
a. The solicitation and/or contributions of sick leave days to the Bank;
b. The communication of the names of Association members who contribute to the Bank and/or the number of days they contribute;
c. The application for use of sick leave days in the Bank and/or the Association’s committee review and recommendation process; and
d. The Board of Education’s approval or denial of recommendations to allow the use of sick leave days in accordance with their authority pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:30-the Bank.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
