Common use of Sick Leave and Personal Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave and Personal Leave. A. It is the intention of this Leave Policy to provide reasonable protection against loss of salary for those absences from work caused by accidents, illness, bereavement, and personal emergencies beyond reasonable control. Teachers recognize the essential nature of the relationship with students which cannot be filled by any substitute. 1. All teachers absent from duty because of personal illness, injury, or other approved personal reasons shall be allowed full pay for ten (10) days during any contract year. A teacher who does not fulfill a contract shall be allowed one (1) day per month or any part of any month worked. The value of any sick leave days used in excess of this pro-rated allocation shall be deducted (at the teacher’s per diem rate) from the teacher’s remaining wages. 2. Any of the allowed (10) days not used will be credited to the teacher’s record and be accumulated without limit. 3. The Board reserves the right to require verification from a health care professional to verify a teacher’s fitness for duty under the following circumstances: a. To determine a teacher’s ability to return from a leave of absence taken because of illness or disability. b. To evaluate a teacher’s fitness for duty where the Board has articulable concerns regarding the teacher’s physical and/or mental ability to perform the functions if his/her assignment. At the request of the teacher, these concerns will be made in writing at or prior to the time that verification is required. The cost of any medical or psychological examination required by the Board shall be paid by the Board, to the extent that the teacher’s insurance does not cover the cost of the examination. In the event the Board is not satisfied with the assessment of the teacher’s health care professional, the Board has the right to designate a health care professional to perform a second examination. In the event of a dispute between the teacher’s health care professional and a health care professional designated by the Board, the teacher and the Board shall request that their respective health care professionals consult for the purpose of attempting to reconcile their assessments, or if that is not possible, to mutually designate a third health care provider to examine the teacher. 4. The teacher shall file (immediately upon return from any absence) with the building principal, a written report on a form furnished by the Board, setting forth the reason for absence. 5. Employees may use sick leave and personal leave for the following reasons: a. Personal illness or disability.