Common use of SICK LEAVE AND INJURY ON DUTY Clause in Contracts

SICK LEAVE AND INJURY ON DUTY. 21.1 Sick leave with pay shall be earned by each employee at the rate of one (1) working day for each month of service. Unused sick leave to an employee’s credit may be accumulated from year to year to a total of one hundred twenty (120) days. 21.2 Employees may use their accrued sick leave for the following: A. Illness of employee, spouse, children (of any age), sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law or stepparent. An employee may use sick leave for themselves or the relatives listed above as safety leave for the purpose of providing or receiving assistance because of sexual assault, domestic abuse or stalking as defined in M.S. 181.943 (as amended). The use of sick leave for safety leave or for the employee’s adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent or stepparent shall not exceed 160 hours in any twelve (1) month period. B. Temporary physical disability of employee causing absence from work; or C. An employee may use up to five (5) days sick in cases of death in the employee’s immediate family. Immediate family shall include, for the purposes of this section, the employee’s spouse, parents, sister, brother, children, stepchildren, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, and grandchildren. 21.3 Sick leave may be used for service as a color guard, or pallbearer, provided: A. Sick leave for funerals under Section 21.3 may not be used more than five(5) times in any one (1) calendar year; and B. Sick leave for funerals under Section 21.3 shall not exceed actual time required for such funeral and travel time therefore, nor one and one- half (1½) days in each instance, whichever is less. 21.4 The County Sheriff may require a doctor’s certificate showing the nature of the illness or injury whenever sick leave is requested under Section 21.1. 21.5 In order to be eligible for sick leave with pay, an employee must report promptly to the County Sheriff the reason for any absence from work. 21.6 An employee claiming sick leave when physically fit, except as permitted in this Article, will be subject to disciplinary action including, but not limited to, suspension, demotion, or discharge. 21.7 An employee, at his/her option, may cash in up to twenty (20) days of accrued sick leave each year, at a time designated by the Employer, for cash in accordance with the following: A. Each two (2) days of sick leave shall equal one (1) day of pay. B. The employee may roll the pay into a qualified deferred annuity plan, if available. C. The employee cannot cash in sick days to reduce his/her sick leave bank below twenty-four (24) days. D. Employees also have the option of trading in up to ten (10) days of sick leave for five (5) days of vacation. This vacation time will be added to your vacation bank. However, the maximum vacation accrual will remain at twenty-five (25) days at year end.

SICK LEAVE AND INJURY ON DUTY. 21.1 Sick leave with pay shall be earned by each employee at the rate of one (1) working day for each month of service. Unused sick leave to an employee’s credit may be accumulated from year to year to a total of one hundred twenty (120) days. 21.2 Employees may use their accrued sick leave for the following: A. Illness of employee, spouse, children (of any age), sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law or stepparent. An employee may use sick leave for themselves or the relatives listed above as safety leave for the purpose of providing or receiving assistance because of sexual assault, domestic abuse or stalking as defined in M.S. 181.943 (as amended). The use of sick leave for safety leave or for the employee’s adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent or stepparent shall not exceed 160 hours in any twelve (1) month period. B. Temporary physical disability of employee causing absence from work; or C. An employee may use up to five (5) days sick in cases of death in the employee’s immediate family. Immediate family shall include, for the purposes of this section, the employee’s spouse, parents, sister, brother, children, stepchildren, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-sister- in-law, grandparents, and grandchildren. 21.3 Sick leave may be used for service as a color guard, or pallbearer, provided: A. Sick X. Xxxx leave for funerals under Section 21.3 may not be used more than five(5) times in any one (1) calendar year; and B. Sick X. Xxxx leave for funerals under Section 21.3 shall not exceed actual time required for such funeral and travel time therefore, nor one and one- one-half (1½) days in each instance, whichever is less. 21.4 The County Sheriff may require a doctor’s certificate showing the nature of the illness or injury whenever sick leave is requested under Section 21.1. 21.5 In order to be eligible for sick leave with pay, an employee must report promptly to the County Sheriff the reason for any absence from workfromwork. 21.6 An employee claiming sick leave when physically fit, except as permitted in this Article, will be subject to disciplinary action including, but not limited to, suspension, demotion, or discharge. 21.7 An employee, at his/her option, may cash in up to twenty (20) days of accrued sick leave each year, at a time designated by the Employer, for cash in accordance with the following: A. Each two (2) days of sick leave shall equal one (1) day of pay. B. The employee may roll the pay into a qualified deferred annuity plan, if available. C. The employee cannot cash in sick days to reduce his/her sick leave bank below twenty-four (24) days. D. Employees also have the option of trading in up to ten (10) days of sick leave for five (5) days of vacation. This vacation time will be added to your vacation bank. However, the maximum vacation accrual will remain at twenty-five (25) days at year end.