SICK LEAVE ADVANCES. The City will not provide advances in sick leave when an employee has depleted his/her sick leave balances.
SICK LEAVE ADVANCES. All employees shall be eligible to seek a sick leave advance. The Town in its sole discretion may grant sick leave advances to employees to employees provided all of the following conditions are met:
SICK LEAVE ADVANCES. (a) Classified employees may be provided advancement of sick leave credits to a maximum of 15 days.
(b) In order to qualify for a sick leave advance, the employee must:
(i) be under a medical doctor=s care; and
(ii) show that sick leave credits have not been previously misused.
(c) The Employing Authority should review the following when considering a request for advancement of sick leave;
(i) employee=s leave history;
(ii) is the employee having difficulty repaying previous advances; and
(iii) is the illness likely to become a long term disability?
(d) The denial of advancement of sick leave credits to an employee is not subject to the grievance process.
(e) An employee who is terminated for reasons other than layoff, permanent disability, or death must repay the Employer for all outstanding advanced sick leave credits.
SICK LEAVE ADVANCES. (a) Upon request, an employee with five (5) or more years of service who has exhausted her sick leave benefits will be advanced sick leave benefits to the following limits:
(1) if the employee has applied for long-term disability benefits, until the employee becomes entitled to or is denied long-term disability benefits;
(2) if the employee has not applied or does not participate in the long- term disability plan, the number of hours per month of sick leave that the employee accumulated when she went off sick times the number of years of service the employee had attained in the calendar year she went off sick. Sick leave advances are only available where an advance of at least five (5) consecutive working days of the employee=s regular schedule is needed.
(b) Upon an employee=s return to work, a sick leave advancement will be recovered at the rate of one-half (2) of her sick leave accumulation per month.
(c) The Employer may determine that it will not grant an employee a sick leave advance until an employee=s previous sick leave advances have been recovered or in a situation where an employee has had an advance within the previous twelve (12) months.
(d) An employee who has been advanced sick leave and resigns, is dismissed or retires, is subject to having the outstanding balance of the sick leave advance recovered.
SICK LEAVE ADVANCES. All employees shall be eligible to seek a sick leave advance. The Town in its sole discretion may grant sick leave advances to employees to employees provided all of the following conditions are met:
(a) Xxxx leave advance requests must be submitted in writing by the individual to the General Manager who may approve or deny such requests:
(b) The General Manager may, in his or her sole discretion, grant or deny sick leave advances of up to twenty (20) sick days upon any request, which decision shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure set forth in Article 19.;
(c) If a sick leave advance is granted and then exhausted the employee may seek an additional advance which the General Manager may grant or deny;
(d) If the employee, at the beginning of the incapacity in question, had used up more than 75% of his or her eligible sick leave days, payback shall be at the rate of no less than 30 days per year; if he or she had used up more than 50% but less than 75%, payback shall be at the rate of no less than 20 days per year; if he or she had used up more than 25% but less than 50%, payback shall be at the rate of no less than 5 days per year. For the purpose of this Article payback shall be deducted from sick leave, vacation leave, personal days and any other leave earned by the individual.
(e) In order for an employee to be eligible for a sick leave advance, the employee must have used all other available time including vacation, sick leave, personal days and any other accrued leave;
(f) Employees shall accrue no sick leave when out of work on a sick leave advance, and employees shall not be entitled to receive holiday pay when out of work on a sick leave advance.
SICK LEAVE ADVANCES. An Employee shall be entitled to draw sick leave credits in advance, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours in any one (1) calendar year, in accordance with the following:
(a) If the Employee draws sick leave credits before they are actually earned, such payment will be deducted from the credits the Employee will earn when he returns to work following the illness.
(b) If an Employee draws sick leave credits in advance and does not return to work, or if he returns to work and leaves his employment with the Company for any reason before repaying the advance, then the Company shall recover the value of such advance payment from any monies owing to the Employee on his termination.
(c) If the Employee receives a sick leave advance and is subsequently laid off before repayment is made, the Company shall exercise its right to recover the outstanding amount from any monies owing to the Employee at the time of his final severance from employment with the Company.
SICK LEAVE ADVANCES a. In accordance with applicable rules and regulations, sick leave may be advanced to an employee in cases of serious illness or disability. A request for advanced sick leave must be made in writing, and include certification from a physician regarding the need for such leave, and the expected date of return to work.
b. Advanced sick leave will not be granted if it is considered likely the employee will not return to work for a period of time sufficient to earn back the advanced leave requested.