Common use of SICK DAYS / BUSINESS DAYS / LEAVES Clause in Contracts

SICK DAYS / BUSINESS DAYS / LEAVES. Section 1: Employees shall have an accumulative paid sick leave at the rate of sixteen (16) days per year. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home or serious illness or death in the immediate family or household. Immediate family is defined as: parents or persons standing in lieu thereof, children, grandchildren, grandparents, brother, sister, spouse, parents of spouse and brothers and sisters in-law. Absences under this section of five consecutive days or more will require the submission of a doctor’s note. Sick leave not used in the year of service for which it is granted shall be accumulated with no limit for a maximum accumulation. There shall be a twenty-four (24) hour service available to employees who are calling in sick and to facilitate the hiring of substitutes. Employees must make every effort to report their absence no later than 6:00 a.m. of the date such leave is to be taken. Any teacher failing to report his/her absence before 6:00 a.m. of the day such sick leave is sought shall file a written report with the Superintendent’s Office upon return to work.

SICK DAYS / BUSINESS DAYS / LEAVES. Section 1: Employees shall have an accumulative paid sick leave at the rate of sixteen (16) days per year. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home or serious illness or death in the immediate family or household. Immediate family is defined as: parents or persons standing in lieu thereof, children, grandchildren, grandparents, brother, sister, spouse, parents parent s of spouse and brothers and sisters in-law. Absences under this section of five consecutive days or more will require the submission of a doctor’s note. Sick leave not used in the year of service for which it is granted shall be accumulated with no limit for a maximum accumulation. There shall be a twenty-four (24) hour answering service available to employees who are calling in sick and to facilitate the hiring of substitutes. Employees must make every effort to report their absence no later than 6:00 a.m. of the date such leave is to be taken. Any teacher failing to report his/her absence before 6:00 a.m. of the day such sick leave is sought shall file a written report with the Superintendent’s Office upon return to work.