Common use of Sick Leave Bank Membership Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Bank Membership. Unit members entitled to sick leave are members of the sick leave bank in the following circumstances unless they opt out of participation in the bank. a. Unit members hired after September 1 automatically become members of the bank when they have accrued seven and one-half (7.5) hours (fifteen (15) hours at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy) of sick leave, which are automatically contributed to the bank unless the unit members opt out of participation in the bank within the preceding thirty (30) days. b. Each year on October 1, unit members (other than those described in paragraph (a) above) not members of the bank automatically become bank members, and seven and one-half (7.5) hours (fifteen (15) hours at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy) of their accrued sick leave are contributed to the bank unless they opt out of participation in the bank within the preceding thirty (30) days. Unit members who do not have the required number of hours of sick leave on October 1 and who do not opt out of the bank will contribute seven and one-half (7.5) hours or fifteen (15) hours, whichever applies, when those hours have accrued. c. When the balance of hours in the bank falls below the contractual minimum the University President shall give notice of such, and seven and one-half (7.5) hours (fifteen (15) hours at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts or the Massachusetts Maritime Academy) of accrued sick leave are automatically contributed to the bank from each bank member, unless the bank member opts out of participation in the bank within fifteen (15) days of the notice.

Sick Leave Bank Membership. Unit members entitled to sick leave are members of the sick leave bank in the following circumstances unless they opt out of participation in the bank. a. Unit members hired after September 1 automatically become members of the bank when they have accrued seven and one-half (7.5) hours (fifteen (15) hours at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy) of sick leave, which are automatically contributed to the bank unless the unit members opt out of participation in the bank within the preceding thirty (30) days. b. Each year on October 1, unit members (other than those described in paragraph (a) above) not members of the bank automatically become bank members, and seven and one-one- half (7.5) hours (fifteen (15) hours at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy) of their accrued sick leave are contributed to the bank unless they opt out of participation in the bank within the preceding thirty (30) days. Unit members who do not have the required number of hours of sick leave on October 1 and who do not opt out of the bank will contribute seven and one-one- half (7.5) hours or fifteen (15) hours, whichever applies, when those hours have accrued. c. When the balance of hours in the bank falls below the contractual minimum the University College President shall give notice of such, and seven and one-half (7.5) hours (fifteen (15) hours at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts or the Massachusetts Maritime Academy) of accrued sick leave are automatically contributed to the bank from each bank member, unless the bank member opts out of participation in the bank within fifteen (15) days of the notice.