Sick Leave Sample Clauses

The Sick Leave clause establishes an employee's right to take time off from work due to illness or injury. Typically, it outlines the amount of paid or unpaid leave available, the process for notifying the employer, and any documentation required, such as a doctor's note for extended absences. This clause ensures that employees can recover from health issues without fear of losing their job or income, thereby promoting workplace well-being and providing clear guidelines for both employers and employees regarding absences due to sickness.
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Sick Leave. The employee is eligible for long term disability benefits if provided for in the Collective Agreement. An employee will not receive pay for the first two (2) weeks of any period of absence due to a legitimate illness. The employee may utilize the paid holiday bank as income replacement for absences due to illness, as described in Article (c) above. An employee who is eligible may apply for Employment Insurance for weeks three (3) through seventeen (17) for any absence due to a legitimate illness. The Home will provide the employee with Disability Income Protection as per Article 14.01 (c) for weeks eighteen (18) through thirty (30) for any absence due to a legitimate illness. Employees may be required to provide medical proof of illness for any absence of a scheduled shift, which is neither vacation nor an approved leave of absence.
Sick Leave. Sick Leave utilization shall be for an employee’s own physical and mental disability absences which are medically necessary and caused by illness, injury, maternity disability or quarantine. 12.4.1 An employee working full-time shall be annually entitled to twelve (12) days of leave of absence for the purpose of sick leave utilization. An employee working less than full- time shall be entitled to sick leave in the same ratio that his/her employment bears to full- time employment. Additional work submitted on a supplemental basis is excluded for purposes of calculating sick leave. 12.4.2 If an employee does not take the full amount of leave allowed in any year under this Section, the amount not taken shall be accumulated from year to year without limit. 12.4.3 Employees, upon initial employment, shall be eligible to take not more than six (6) days or the proportionate amount of sick leave to which they are entitled, until the first day of the calendar month following six (6) months of service. An employee who uses more than six (6) days of sick leave in the first six (6) months of employment will be docked a full day’s pay for each additional day of absence. Once the employee completes six (6) months of employment, he/she will be eligible to use the remainder of his/her sick leave. 12.4.4 The Office reserves the right to require verification of any period of leave taken because of illness or injury upon probable cause for such verification. Prior notice of the requirement shall be given to the employee. 12.4.5 An employee who leaves employment with the Office prior to completion of a given year of service shall be charged for any used but unearned sick leave (as granted in 12.4.1) used as of the date of termination. 12.4.6 Regular classified employees shall once a year credited with a total of not less than one hundred (100) working days of paid sick leave, including sick leave days to which he/she is entitled as set forth in section 12.4.1 above. When such employee is absent from his/her duties on account of his/her own illness or accident for a period of one hundred (100) working days or less, whether or not the absence arises out of or in the course of employment of the employee, the employee shall be compensated at not less than fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s regular salary. 12.4.6.1 Employees will first use accumulated sick leave to receive full pay for absences charged to sick leave. 12.4.6.2 Upon exhaustion of accumulated sick leave, employees...
Sick Leave. As of July 1, 1986, all accumulated sick leave for employees was frozen and placed in a bank. Employees with banked sick time may utilize it for illness. Unused sick days will be maintained in the bank and the employee shall be paid for one-half (1/2) of those unused days at the same rate paid that employee when he terminates his employment. In those instances in which an employee terminates and receives payment for accumulated sick leave, the position vacated by the employee will remain vacant until the accumulated sick time benefits of that employee have been exhausted. Exceptions can be made in extraordinary situations by the Court. Full-time seniority employees who have completed the new-hire probationary period shall be credited with six (6) sick days on January 1 of each year. (Employees who complete probation after January 1 shall receive prorated sick leave benefits during the first year of eligibility.) Such days cannot be carried over from one year to the next. Any unused sick days shall be forfeited. Utilization of sick leave benefits is subject to the following conditions: (a) Sick pay benefits shall be paid only in cases of actual non-occupational illness or injury resulting in a disability which makes it impossible for the employee to perform regular duties or if a child or parent of the employee is ill or injured. Documentation of a physician visit for a child or parent may be required for an employee who wishes to use sick time in this manner. (b) Sick pay benefits will not be granted before they have been earned. (c) Sick pay benefits will be paid only if the employee or someone on the employee’s behalf notifies the Superintendent or designee not later than fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled starting time on each day that the employee will be absent from work. In the event of a long-term period of absence due to such illness or injury, the employee shall be required to report only upon a weekly basis. Failure to report may be cause for denial of sick pay benefits. (d) The Court may require a physician’s certificate showing that the time off was due to actual non-occupational illness or injury and that such illness or injury was disabling to the extent that the employee could not perform regular work duties. The requirement of a physician’s certificate may be imposed at any time. (e) In the event an employee receives sick pay benefits and it is subsequently established that the employee was not ill or disabled or has otherwise misused...
Sick Leave. Section 1. The contract provisions governing absences and leaves of personnel are patterned after state laws and regulations. Each full-time permanent employee is entitled to accumulate one day of sick leave per month of employment. Such sick leave is to be accrued in the following manner. A. Each full-time permanent employee shall be credited with four days of sick leave at the end of the first month of employment of each contract year and shall, thereafter, be credited for one day of sick leave for each month of employment, which shall be credited to the employee at the end of the month and which shall not be used prior to the time it is earned and credited to the employee; however, each employee shall be entitled to earn no more than one day of sick leave times the number of months of employment during the year of employment. If the employee terminates his/her employment and has not accrued the four sick days available to him/her, the School Board may withhold the average daily amount for the sick days utilized but unearned by the employee. Such sick leave shall be cumulative from year to year and there shall be no limit on the number of days of sick leave an employee may accrue. B. Employees who are employed on a full-time basis during the summer session shall be eligible to accrue sick leave pursuant to the above provisions. C. Full-time employees who are eligible to accrue sick leave may use up to six days personal leave with pay per year, provided that such days shall be charged against the employee's current sick leave accrual. This leave is non-cumulative. Section 2. All unused accumulated sick leave days earned after July 1, 1954 will be restored to employees previously employed upon returning to employment in the school system, except for employees who have retired. Section 3. Sick leave shall be approved in the following two categories. A. Illness of self or illness and/or death of: MotherHusband ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children Father Wife Stepparents Sister Child Stepchildren Brother ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent Grandchild Mother-in-law Son-in-law Uncle Father-in-law Daughter-in-law Aunt Brother-in-law Grandmother Niece Sister-in-law Grandfather Nephew B. Illness and/or death of: Persons who reside in the same residence as the person who is requesting sick leave.
Sick Leave. 1. Any Full-Time employee contracting or incurring any non-service connected sickness or disability, which renders such full-time employee unable to perform the duties of his employment, shall receive sick leave with pay if accrued. 2. For purposes of this Agreement, sick leave shall only include those instances when a full-time employee is confined by illness to his home or is hospitalized or other justified situations. 3. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of fifteen (15) days per year, accumulative to not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days. No full-time employee shall receive credit for sick leave unless he notifies his job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or the City's representative at least two (2) hours or as soon as possible but not more than twelve (12) hours prior to the employee's scheduled work day. This shall not apply to employees who are out on extended illness. Exceptions to this requirement will only be allowed when an unforeseen emergency arises during said two (2) hour period. 4. A maximum of forty (40) hours per week will be paid for any full-time employee on sick leave. 5. Sick leave shall be charged when a full-time employee is confined due to an officially posted quarantine, when established by any official health agency which in itself prevents attendance at the place of work. 6. Any full-time employee who willfully violates or misuses this sick leave policy or who misrepresents any statement or condition under the sick leave policy will be subject to disciplinary action under Article 20 of this Agreement. 7. Sick leave may be used in emergency situations for attendance upon members of his immediate family (spouse, children, parents, stepchildren, stepparents, brothers, sisters only) who are ill and require care by the employee. A doctor’s certificate may be required. Sick leave used for this purpose is not to exceed fifteen (15) days per calendar year. Additionally, an employee who is the primary caregiver for a grandchild or grandchildren or grandparent(s) or other relative living in the household may use sick leave in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. 8. The Human Resources Manager and/or Division Head may require as a condition precedent to the payment of sick leave a certificate attached as part of this Agreement (Appendix B) to be completed by a qualified physician certifying as to the conditions of the full-time employee or member of his family when there is reason to believe that the full-time employee is abusing sick l...
Sick Leave. Each employee shall accrue sick leave at the rate of one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days or the equivalent per completed calendar month of continuous full-time service, including authorized leave with pay, provided that:
Sick Leave. 22.01 Sick leave is provided by the Employer as a form of insurance, for the purpose of maintaining regular earnings during absences due to illness or accidents for which compensation is not payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act or for quarantine by a Medical Officer of Health. 22.02 The Employer recognizes that alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness are illnesses which can respond to therapy and treatment, and that absences from work due to such therapy shall be considered sick leave. 22.03 After an Employee has completed their probationary period, they shall be allowed a credit for sick leave from the date of employment at the rate of one (1) working day for each full month of employment up to a maximum credit of forty-five (45) working days, provided however, that an Employee shall not be entitled to apply sick leave credit prior to the completion of their probationary period. Sick leave shall not accrue during periods of the following absences, which exceed thirty (30) calendar days: (a) illness; (b) injury; (c) layoff; (d) leave of absence; (e) unpaid leave while in receipt of weekly indemnity as provided for by the Short Term Disability Insurance Plan or the Long Term Disability Insurance Plan; (f) periods while in receipt of compensation from the Workers’ Compensation Board. 22.04 Employees reporting sick shall advise the Employer as soon as possible and regularly thereafter as required by the Employer. After three (3) consecutive days of sick leave, or upon mutual agreement between the Union and the Employer, to which the Union shall not reasonably deny, Employees may be required to substantiate, in the form prescribed by the Employer, any claim for sick leave. The Employee shall be reimbursed for the fee incurred by the Employee for submitting satisfactory proof of any claim for sick leave. 22.05 Subject to Clauses 22.01, 22.02 and 22.03 above, an Employee granted sick leave shall be paid, at their Basic Rate of Pay for regularly scheduled shifts absent due to illness, and the number of hours thus paid shall be deducted from their accumulated sick leave credits up to the total amount of their accumulated credits at the time the sick leave commenced. 22.06 When an Employee has accrued the maximum sick leave credit identified in 22.03 they shall no longer accrue sick leave credits until such time as their total accumulation is reduced below the maximum. At that time they shall recommence accumulating sick leave credits. 22.07 If an Empl...
Sick Leave. (1) An employee on maternity leave or parental leave shall not be entitled to sick leave during the period of leave. (2) Subject to paragraph (d)(1), an employee on maternity leave or parental leave who has notified the Department Head of their intention to return to work pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) and who subsequently suffers any illness or disability which prevents them from returning to work as scheduled, whether or not such illness or disability is related to pregnancy, shall be entitled to sick leave benefits commencing on the first day on which the employee would otherwise have returned to work.
Sick Leave. The parties agree that any current collective agreement provisions and/or Board policies/practices/procedures related to Sick Leave that do not conflict with the clauses in the Sick Leave article in the Central Agreement shall remain as per August 31, 2014. Such issues include but are not limited to:
Sick Leave. Sick Leave/Short Term Leave and Disability Plan