Common use of Sick Leave Bank (SLB Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Bank (SLB. The purpose of a sick leave bank is for participating bargaining unit members to access sick leave days beyond their own accumulated balance anytime throughout this negotiated agreement. The SLB is limited to catastrophic illness or injury to the member, the member’s spouse or member’s children living at home. 1. Any bargaining unit member who wants to participate in the sick leave bank program must initially contribute two (2) days of his/her accumulated sick leave days into the sick leave bank. To either establish or end participation, each contributing member must provide written notification to the Treasurer’s Office during the open enrollment period, which is any work day in September of the ensuing contract year. Otherwise, enrollment in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from contract year to contract year until this Agreement expires; previously donated days are non-refundable. 2. Additional sick leave days can be added whenever the sick leave bank drops below sixty (60) days. Upon each such occurrence, participating members will be notified and required to add one (1) sick day to the bank. They will be given thirty (30) days to comply or be removed from the sick leave bank program with no previously donated days refunded. 3. The SLB Committee reviews participants’ requests to use sick leave days from the bank. A. The SLB Committee is comprised of two (2) Association representatives appointed by the CEA President, and the district Treasurer or his/her designee. One of the Association appointees shall serve as the Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall not be compensated or granted leave time for their duties. B. When a SLB participant wishes to use days from the bank, he/she must notify the district Treasurer using the SLB Application Form. Committee members will meet to recommend the use of the banked days. A physician’s recommendation may be required by the committee. C. The Committee Chairperson’s signature grants final approval of the use of the banked days and notifies the applicant of the committee’s decision. D. The total amount of banked sick leave that may be used by the Association’s members for a contract year shall not exceed a total of forty (40) days in the aggregate. For example, if one member is awarded 25 days for a contract year, only 15 days remain to be used by remaining members for that contract year. E. The SLB Committee’s decision is final and binding. 4. The most up-to-date tally of the remaining banked sick leave days will be kept at the Treasurer’s Office. Updates will be provided to the CEA President by October 15 and by January 15. 5. Once the member becomes eligible for STRS disability, the member is no longer eligible to apply for SLB days. 6. No decisions made under this section shall be subject to the grievance procedure for any reason.

Sick Leave Bank (SLB. The purpose of a Sick Leave Bank (SLB) is to solely provide insurance against extended catastrophic illness in the interim between teacher-accumulated sick leave bank is for participating bargaining unit members to access sick leave days beyond their own accumulated balance anytime throughout this negotiated agreementand disability insurance coverage. The SLB will be administered by the OEA. The OEA will be solely responsible for administering the SLB in accordance with the purpose for which it is established. A monthly accounting of the use of days in the SLB will be provided to the OEA by the Administration. In order to be eligible to draw from the SLB a Teacher will: • be an active contributor to the SLB • present a doctor's certification of continuing illness* • have used all of the Teacher’s accumulated sick leave • have had deducted from the Teacher’s pay five (5) days of teaching salary • be limited to catastrophic drawing from the SLB until the Teacher becomes eligible for disability insurance benefits as provided by the District, and • be limited to withdraw a maximum of fifty (50) working days in any one (1) school year. Summer school employment is excluded. • be limited to withdraw a maximum of fifty (50) working days for any one (1) event *The SLB shall be applicable only for Teacher illness or injury to accident, and shall not be used for sick/disability leave for parental leave, maternity leave, leave of absence, or sabbatical leave. The SLB may be used for illness defined as pregnancy as required by Federal law. All Teachers covered by the member, the member’s spouse or member’s children living at home. 1. Any bargaining unit member who wants to participate Agreement will be enrolled in the sick leave bank program must initially contribute SLB and will donate two (2) days upon enrollment. New Teachers will be automatically enrolled and will donate two (2) days upon hire. If the SLB Committee determines additional days are necessary for the upcoming school year, each member will contribute an additional day at the start of the subsequent school year. A retiring teacher may contribute up to 50 days to the SLB at retirement. A Teacher may opt out of the SLB by so indicating in writing directed to the attention of the chairperson of the SLB Committee by December 15, 2015. Opting out of membership, regardless of reason, prohibits enrollment to the SLB at any future date. A participant of the SLB who leaves his/her accumulated sick leave days into certified position with the sick leave bank. To either establish or end participationDistrict, each contributing and is rehired within twelve (12) calendar months of leaving shall be considered a member must provide written notification to the Treasurer’s Office during the open enrollment period, which is any work day in September of the ensuing contract yearSLB upon his/her return. OtherwiseIf the gap in employment exceeds twelve (12) months, enrollment in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from contract year to contract year until this Agreement expires; previously donated days are non-refundable. 2. Additional sick leave days can be added whenever the sick leave bank drops below sixty (60) days. Upon each such occurrence, participating members will be notified and required to add individual must contribute one (1) day in order to re-join the SLB. Authorized withdrawals by participating Teachers from the SLB shall be made only upon approval of the majority members of the SLB Committee, and their decision shall be final. The Teacher must first use all accumulated sick day days, be without salary for five (5) school days, submit to the bankSLB Committee a doctor's certificate of illness (certifying inability to work and that the situation is a prolonged illness or hospitalization), and fill out the Association's application to use the SLB. They will The dock days shall be given thirty (30) days to comply or be removed deducted from the sick leave bank program with no previously donated days refunded. Teacher's paycheck over two pay periods. Recurring absences due to the same illness or disability indicated by a doctor's written verification do not have to be consecutive. Each withdrawal from SLB may not be less than five (5) school days. A committee of three (3) OEA appointed members, which shall include the SLB Committee Chair, shall be constituted to make determinations about extraordinary situations not explicitly covered by the SLB rules. The SLB Committee reviews participants’ requests to use sick leave days from the bank. A. Chair will be a voting member of said committee. The SLB Committee is comprised shall act in all matters that concern the policies and decisions of two (2) Association representatives appointed the SLB. The SLB Committee shall write its own regulations of operation that covers procedures to review all requests, and make such regulations available to all participants of the SLB and Administration. If such regulations violate school policies and/or are not practical to carry out, as determined by the CEA PresidentSuperintendent or designee, and such regulations will have to be changed by the district Treasurer or his/her designeeSLB Committee. One A representative of the Association appointees SLB Committee shall serve as the Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall compile and submit a list of those Teachers who elected to not be compensated or granted leave time for their duties. B. When a SLB participant wishes to use days from the bank, he/she must notify the district Treasurer using the SLB Application Form. Committee members will meet to recommend the use of the banked days. A physician’s recommendation may be required by the committee. C. The Committee Chairperson’s signature grants final approval of the use of the banked days and notifies the applicant of the committee’s decision. D. The total amount of banked sick leave that may be used by the Association’s members for a contract year shall not exceed a total of forty (40) days participate in the aggregateSick Leave Bank to Human Resources no later than February 1st, 2016. For example, if one member is awarded 25 days for a contract year, only 15 days remain to be used by remaining members for that contract year. E. The SLB Committee’s decision is final and binding. 4. The most up-to-date tally They shall also report the specifics of the remaining banked sick leave days will be kept at the Treasurer’s Office. Updates will be provided any withdrawals to the CEA President by October 15 Department of Human Resources prior to the end of each school year and by January 15. 5shall prepare and present other reports and information that the Department of Human Resources may require from time to time. Once Any dispute that arises as to the member becomes eligible for STRS disability, the member is no longer eligible to apply for SLB days. 6. No decisions made under administration of this section shall Section will not be subject to the grievance procedure for any reasonprocess. The sick leave bank will be effective beginning second semester of the 2015-2016 school year.

Sick Leave Bank (SLB. The purpose 1. All members of a the STA ESP Units who have earned twenty (20) or more days of sick leave bank is for participating bargaining unit members to access sick leave days beyond their own accumulated balance anytime throughout this negotiated agreement. The SLB is limited to catastrophic illness or injury to the member, the member’s spouse or member’s children living at home. 1. Any bargaining unit member who wants to can participate in the sick leave bank program must initially contribute two (2) days of his/her accumulated sick leave days into the sick leave bank. To either establish or end participation, each contributing member must provide written notification to the Treasurer’s Office during the open enrollment period, which is any work day in September of the ensuing contract year. Otherwise, enrollment in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from contract year to contract year until this Agreement expires; previously donated days are non-refundableSick Leave Bank. 2. Additional sick leave Sick Leave Bank benefits will be granted only in cases of accident, disability and prolonged illness from which recovery and return to work are probable, based on appropriate medical evidence. Application for benefits shall be rendered on SLB Committee forms available through the SLB Committee and contained herein as Appendix C. The Sick Leave Bank Committee will review all cases. 3. A participating member may request up to and including five (5) days can be added whenever from the SLB, in his/her initial request, for personal illness, provided all his/her leave, including any vacation leave, has been exhausted. After the sick leave bank drops below sixty initially granted from the SLB has been used, the participating member may then request additional days in increments up to thirty (6030) days. Upon each such occurrenceNo member, participating members however, will be notified and required allowed to add use more than fifty (50) days within a one (1) sick day to the bank. They will be given thirty (30) days to comply or be removed from the sick leave bank program with no previously donated days refunded. 3. The SLB Committee reviews participants’ requests to use sick leave days from the bank. A. The SLB Committee is comprised year period of two (2) Association representatives appointed by the CEA President, and the district Treasurer or his/her designee. One of the Association appointees shall serve as the Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall not be compensated or granted leave time for their duties. B. When a SLB participant wishes to use days from the bank, he/she must notify the district Treasurer using the SLB Application Form. Committee members will meet to recommend the use of the banked days. A physician’s recommendation may be required by the committee. C. The Committee Chairperson’s signature grants final approval of the use of the banked days and notifies the applicant of the committee’s decision. D. The total amount of banked sick leave that may be used by the Association’s members for a contract year shall not exceed a total of forty (40) days in the aggregate. For example, if one member is awarded 25 days for a contract year, only 15 days remain to be used by remaining members for that contract year. E. The SLB Committee’s decision is final and bindingtime. 4. The most up-to-date tally SLB Committee shall consist of three (3) representatives (one from each of the remaining banked sick leave days STA educational support units), one of whom will be kept at elected to act as the TreasurerChair, and the Superintendent’s Office. Updates will be provided to the CEA President by October 15 and by January 15designee acting in an advisory capacity. 5. Once All approvals and refusals for the member becomes eligible use of the SLB will rest with the Sick Leave Bank Committee and three (3) members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee must sign authorization for STRS disability, the member is no longer eligible granting of SLB days to apply for SLB daysan individual. 6. No decisions made under this section This SLB shall be subject initially funded with the unused days of the predecessor Stoneham Educational Support Personnel Sick Leave Bank (SESPSLB). Thereafter, if at any time the number of says in the SLB depletes to less than twenty (20) days, the SLB Committee will notify the Superintendent of Schools and each SLB member will deposit a sick leave day from his/her annual sick leave. In the event a participating member has exhausted all of his/her sick leave on the day the deposit is made, the Superintendent shall advance one day of sick leave to the grievance procedure SLB and shall recover said advanced day from the participating member’s first available day. A new employee shall deposit one (1) day into the SLB once he/she has earned twenty (20) sick days and thereafter shall be eligible to make application to use the SLB. 7. If a member of the SLB applies for Worker’s Compensation and receives, upon approval of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, days which are later determined to have a portion thereof covered by Worker’s Compensation, the proportionate amount of each day the SLB has provided to cover time determined to be covered by the Worker’s Compensation payment shall be restored to the Sick Leave Bank. 8. The operation of the SLB and withdrawals there from shall be carried out in accordance with the April 2001 guidelines adopted by the Sick Leave Bank Committee (see Appendix B). The School Committee shall not be responsible for any reasondecision(s) made by the Sick Leave Bank Committee. 9. Any unit that disaffiliates from the STA/MTA/NEA relinquishes any and all claims to the days in this Sick Leave Bank and forthwith shall be removed from any and all participation in the Sick Leave Bank either from the date of notice of disaffiliation or from the date of intent as defined by the date such documents are filed with the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission, whichever is earlier. 10. At the end of each school year, days accumulated by active secretaries beyond the maximum of 190 days will be deposited into the SLB. 11. Upon retirement, up to twenty (20) of employee’s unused sick days may be allocated to the Sick Leave Bank.

Sick Leave Bank (SLB. The purpose 1. All members of a the STA ESP Units who have earned twenty (20) or more days of sick leave bank is for participating bargaining unit members to access sick leave days beyond their own accumulated balance anytime throughout this negotiated agreement. The SLB is limited to catastrophic illness or injury to the member, the member’s spouse or member’s children living at home. 1. Any bargaining unit member who wants to can participate in the sick leave bank program must initially contribute two (2) days of his/her accumulated sick leave days into the sick leave bank. To either establish or end participation, each contributing member must provide written notification to the Treasurer’s Office during the open enrollment period, which is any work day in September of the ensuing contract year. Otherwise, enrollment in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from contract year to contract year until this Agreement expires; previously donated days are non-refundableSick Leave Bank. 2. Additional sick Sick Leave Bank benefits will be granted only in cases of accident, disability and prolonged illness from which recovery and return to work are probable, based on appropriate medical evidence. Application for benefits shall be rendered on SLB Committee forms available through the SLB Committee and contained herein as Appendix C. The Sick Leave Bank Committee will review all cases. 3. A participating member may request up to and including five (5) days from the SLB, in his/her initial request, for personal illness, provided all his/her leave days can be added whenever has been exhausted. After the sick leave bank drops below sixty initially granted from the SLB has been used, the participating member may then request additional days in increments up to thirty (6030) days. Upon each such occurrenceNo member, participating members however, will be notified and required allowed to add use more than fifty (50) days within a one (1) sick day to the bank. They will be given thirty (30) days to comply or be removed from the sick leave bank program with no previously donated days refunded. 3. The SLB Committee reviews participants’ requests to use sick leave days from the bank. A. The SLB Committee is comprised year period of two (2) Association representatives appointed by the CEA President, and the district Treasurer or his/her designee. One of the Association appointees shall serve as the Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall not be compensated or granted leave time for their duties. B. When a SLB participant wishes to use days from the bank, he/she must notify the district Treasurer using the SLB Application Form. Committee members will meet to recommend the use of the banked days. A physician’s recommendation may be required by the committee. C. The Committee Chairperson’s signature grants final approval of the use of the banked days and notifies the applicant of the committee’s decision. D. The total amount of banked sick leave that may be used by the Association’s members for a contract year shall not exceed a total of forty (40) days in the aggregate. For example, if one member is awarded 25 days for a contract year, only 15 days remain to be used by remaining members for that contract year. E. The SLB Committee’s decision is final and bindingtime. 4. The most up-to-date tally SLB Committee shall consist of three (3) representatives (one from each of the remaining banked sick leave days STA educational support units), one of whom will be kept at elected to act as the TreasurerChair, and the Superintendent’s Office. Updates will be provided to the CEA President by October 15 and by January 15designee acting in an advisory capacity. 5. Once All approvals and refusals for the member becomes eligible use of the SLB will rest with the Sick Leave Bank Committee and three (3) members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee must sign authorization for STRS disability, the member is no longer eligible granting of SLB days to apply for SLB daysan individual. 6. No decisions made under this section This SLB shall be subject initially funded with the unused days of the predecessor Stoneham Educational Support Personnel Sick Leave Bank (SESPSLB). Thereafter, if at any time the number of says in the SLB depletes to less than twenty (20) days, the SLB Committee will notify the Superintendent of Schools and each SLB member will deposit a sick leave day from his/her annual sick leave. In the event a participating member has exhausted all of his/her sick leave on the day the deposit is made, the Superintendent shall advance one day of sick leave to the grievance procedure SLB and shall recover said advanced day from the participating member’s first available day. A new employee shall deposit one (1) day into the SLB once he/she has earned twenty (20) sick days and thereafter shall be eligible to make application to use the SLB. 7. If a member of the SLB applies for Worker’s Compensation and receives, upon approval of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, days which are later determined to have a portion thereof covered by Worker’s Compensation, the proportionate amount of each day the SLB has provided to cover time determined to be covered by the Worker’s Compensation payment shall be restored to the Sick Leave Bank. 8. The operation of the SLB and withdrawals there from shall be carried out in accordance with the April 2001 guidelines adopted by the Sick Leave Bank Committee (see Appendix B). The School Committee shall not be responsible for any reasondecision(s) made by the Sick Leave Bank Committee. 9. Any unit that disaffiliates from the STA/MTA/NEA relinquishes any and all claims to the days in this Sick Leave Bank and forthwith shall be removed from any and all participation in the Sick Leave Bank either from the date of notice of disaffiliation or from the date of intent as defined by the date such documents are filed with the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission, whichever is earlier. 10. At the end of each school year, days accumulated by active paraprofessionals beyond the maximum of 190 days will be deposited into the SLB. 11. Upon retirement, up to twenty (20) of employee’s unused sick days may be allocated to the Sick Leave Bank.

Sick Leave Bank (SLB. The purpose of a Sick Leave Bank (SLB) is to solely provide insurance against extended catastrophic illness in the interim between teacher-accumulated sick leave bank is for participating bargaining unit members to access sick leave days beyond their own accumulated balance anytime throughout this negotiated agreementand disability insurance coverage. The SLB will be administered by the OEA. The OEA will be solely responsible for administering the SLB in accordance with the purpose for which it is established. A monthly accounting of the use of days in the SLB will be provided to the OEA by the Administration. In order to be eligible to draw from the SLB a Teacher will: • be an active contributor to the SLB • present a doctor's certification to the District of continuing illness* • have used all of the Teacher’s accumulated sick leave • have had deducted from the Teacher’s pay five (5) days of teaching salary • be limited to catastrophic drawing from the SLB until the Teacher becomes eligible for disability insurance benefits as provided by the District, and • be limited to withdraw a maximum of fifty (50) working days in any one (1) school year. Summer school employment is excluded. • be limited to withdraw a maximum of fifty (50) working days for any one (1) event *The SLB shall be applicable only for Teacher illness or injury to accident, and shall not be used for sick/disability leave for parental leave, maternity leave, leave of absence, or sabbatical leave. The SLB may be used for pregnancy related illnesses. All Teachers covered by the member, the member’s spouse or member’s children living at home. 1. Any bargaining unit member who wants to participate Agreement will be enrolled in the sick leave bank program must initially contribute SLB and will donate two (2) days upon enrollment. New Teachers will be automatically enrolled and will donate two (2) days upon hire. If the SLB Committee determines additional days are necessary for the upcoming school year, each member will contribute an additional day at the start of the subsequent school year. A retiring teacher may contribute up to 50 days to the SLB at retirement. A Teacher who opted out of the SLB by so indicating in writing directed to the attention of the chairperson of the SLB Committee by December 15, 2015, is prohibited from enrollment in the SLB at any future date. A participant of the SLB who leaves his/her accumulated sick leave days into certified position with the sick leave bank. To either establish or end participationDistrict, each contributing and is rehired within twelve (12) calendar months of leaving shall be considered a member must provide written notification to the Treasurer’s Office during the open enrollment period, which is any work day in September of the ensuing contract yearSLB upon his/her return. OtherwiseIf the gap in employment exceeds twelve (12) months, enrollment in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from contract year to contract year until this Agreement expires; previously donated days are non-refundable. 2. Additional sick leave days can be added whenever the sick leave bank drops below sixty (60) days. Upon each such occurrence, participating members will be notified and required to add individual must contribute one (1) sick day in order to re-join the bankSLB. They will be given thirty (30) days to comply or be removed Authorized withdrawals by participating Teachers from the sick leave bank program with no previously donated days refunded. 3. The SLB Committee reviews participants’ requests to use sick leave days from the bank. A. The SLB Committee is comprised of two (2) Association representatives appointed by the CEA President, and the district Treasurer or his/her designee. One of the Association appointees shall serve as the Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall not be compensated or granted leave time for their duties. B. When a SLB participant wishes to use days from the bank, he/she must notify the district Treasurer using the SLB Application Form. Committee members will meet to recommend the use of the banked days. A physician’s recommendation may be required by the committee. C. The Committee Chairperson’s signature grants final made only upon approval of the use majority members of the banked days SLB Committee, and notifies their decision shall be final. The Teacher must first use all accumulated sick days, be without salary for five (5) school days, submit to the applicant District a doctor's certificate of illness (certifying inability to work and that the committee’s decision. D. The total amount of banked sick leave that may be used by situation is a prolonged illness or hospitalization), and fill out the Association's application to use the SLB. The dock days shall be deducted from the Teacher’s members for paycheck over two pay periods. Recurring absences due to the same illness or disability indicated by a contract year shall doctor's written verification do not exceed a total of forty (40) days in the aggregate. For example, if one member is awarded 25 days for a contract year, only 15 days remain have to be used by remaining members for that contract year. E. The consecutive. Each withdrawal from SLB Committee’s decision is final and binding. 4. The most up-to-date tally of the remaining banked sick leave days will may not be kept at the Treasurer’s Office. Updates will be provided to the CEA President by October 15 and by January 15. 5. Once the member becomes eligible for STRS disability, the member is no longer eligible to apply for SLB days. 6. No decisions made under this section shall be subject to the grievance procedure for any reason.less than five

Sick Leave Bank (SLB. The purpose 1. All members of a STA ESP Units who have earned twenty (20) or more days of sick leave bank is for participating bargaining unit members to access sick leave days beyond their own accumulated balance anytime throughout this negotiated agreement. The SLB is limited to catastrophic illness or injury to the member, the member’s spouse or member’s children living at home. 1. Any bargaining unit member who wants to can participate in the sick leave bank program must initially contribute two (2) days of his/her accumulated sick leave days into the sick leave bank. To either establish or end participation, each contributing member must provide written notification to the Treasurer’s Office during the open enrollment period, which is any work day in September of the ensuing contract year. Otherwise, enrollment in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from contract year to contract year until this Agreement expires; previously donated days are non-refundableSick Leave Bank. 2. Additional sick Sick Leave Bank benefits will be granted only in cases of accident, disability and prolonged illness from which recovery and return to work are probable, based on appropriate medical evidence. Application for benefits shall be rendered on SLB Committee forms available through the SLB Committee and contained herein as Appendix B. The Sick Leave Bank Committee will review all cases. 3. A participating member may request up to and including five (5) days from the SLB in his/her initial request, for personal illness, provided all his/her leave days can be added whenever has been exhausted. After the sick leave bank drops below sixty initially granted from the SLB has been used, the participating member may then request additional days in increments of up to thirty (6030) days. Upon each such occurrenceNo member, participating members however, will be notified and required allowed to add use more than fifty (50) days within a one (1) sick day to the bank. They will be given thirty (30) days to comply or be removed from the sick leave bank program with no previously donated days refunded. 3. The SLB Committee reviews participants’ requests to use sick leave days from the bank. A. The SLB Committee is comprised year period of two (2) Association representatives appointed by the CEA President, and the district Treasurer or his/her designee. One of the Association appointees shall serve as the Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall not be compensated or granted leave time for their duties. B. When a SLB participant wishes to use days from the bank, he/she must notify the district Treasurer using the SLB Application Form. Committee members will meet to recommend the use of the banked days. A physician’s recommendation may be required by the committee. C. The Committee Chairperson’s signature grants final approval of the use of the banked days and notifies the applicant of the committee’s decision. D. The total amount of banked sick leave that may be used by the Association’s members for a contract year shall not exceed a total of forty (40) days in the aggregate. For example, if one member is awarded 25 days for a contract year, only 15 days remain to be used by remaining members for that contract year. E. The SLB Committee’s decision is final and bindingtime. 4. The most up-to-date tally SLB Committee shall consist of three (3) representatives (one from each of the remaining banked sick leave days STA education support units), one of whom will be kept at elected to act as the TreasurerChair, and the Superintendent’s Office. Updates will be provided to the CEA President by October 15 and by January 15designee acting in an advisory capacity. 5. Once All approvals and refusals for the member becomes eligible use of the SLB will rest with the Sick Leave Bank Committee and three (3) members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee must sign authorization for STRS disability, the member is no longer eligible granting of SLB days to apply for SLB daysan individual. 6. No decisions made under this section This SLB shall be subject initially funded with the unused days of the predecessor Stoneham Educational Support Personnel Sick Leave Bank (SESPSLB). Thereafter, if at any time the number of days in the SLB depletes to less than twenty (20) days, the SLB Committee will notify the Superintendent of Schools and each SLB member will deposit a sick leave day from his/her annual sick leave. In the event a participating member has exhausted all of his/her sick leave on the day the deposit is made, the Superintendent shall advance one day of sick leave to the grievance procedure SLB and shall recover said advanced day from the participating member’s first available days. A new employee shall deposit one (1) day into the SLB once he/she has earned twenty (20) sick days and thereafter shall be eligible to make application to use the SLB. 7. If a member of the SLB applies for Worker’s Compensation and receives, upon approval of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, days which are later determined to have a portion thereof covered by Worker’s Compensation, the proportionate amount of each the SLB has provided to cover time determined to be covered by the Worker’s Compensation payment shall be restored to the Sick Leave Bank. 8. The operation of the SLB and withdrawals there from shall be carried out in accordance with the April 2001 guidelines adopted by the Sick Leave Bank Committee (see Appendix A). The School Committee shall not be responsible for any reasondecision(s) made by the Sick Leave Bank Committee. 9. Any unit that disaffiliates from the STA/MTA/NEA relinquishes any and all claims to the days in this Sick Leave Bank and forthwith shall be removed from any and all participation in the Sick Leave Bank either from the date of notice of disaffiliation or Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission, whichever is earlier. 10. At the end of each school year, days accumulated by active cafeteria employees beyond the maximum of 190 days will be deposited into the SLB. 11. Upon retirement, up to twenty (20) days of an employee’s unused sick days may be allocated to the Sick Leave Bank.