Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply: 1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year. 2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion. 3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay. 4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee. 5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank. 6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise. 7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave. 8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B). 9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The purpose of the bargaining unit will be allowed sick leave bank benefits is to donate and transfer provide compensable leave coverage to teachers who are absent due to extended disability because of serious personal illness or injury. Teachers shall become eligible to receive sick leave bank benefits when they have been absent from work for ten (10) consecutive working days AND have exhausted all of their personal accumulated sick leave days. The requirement of being absent for ten (10) consecutive days is waived for individuals eligible for a FMLA or disability leave. The sick leave bank shall contain a maximum of 270 days. An eligible teacher shall receive the current contractual rate of pay while disabled for a period not to exceed 180 contracted teaching days, with committee review every forty five (45) school days. The sick leave bank committee will consist of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen representatives designated by the Association President, and two (2) representatives of the Board and the superintendent. In the case of a tie the issue will be heard by the full board of education. Application for sick leave bank benefits shall administer be made in writing to the Banksick leave bank committee through the Superintendent and shall include medical verification. The Committee Superintendent shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from convene the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of committee within five (5) days at work days. When a timedetermination is made, the applicant will be informed in writing, with copies to the Superintendent, business manager and committee members. The Sick Leave Bank administration office shall not do all paperwork and record keeping. No eligible applicant will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4denied the days that he/she has contributed. A record of each teacher's contribution shall be maintained by the administration office. The member who borrows days will pay back each year administration office shall furnish the days association with a written statement at the rate beginning of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract each school year until setting forth the total number of days borrowed in the sick leave bank and the number of sick leave days each member has been restored contributed to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days The teacher shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated pay back to the sick leave bank without penalty on a minimum of three (3) days per year for each year worked until all days borrowed are repaid to the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusbank or the bank becomes full. Payment shall begin at the commencement of the school year that the teacher returns to work by deducting three (3) days from the teacher's yearly allotment for that year and from succeeding years until the amount borrowed is repaid. All payments of loaned sick leave bank days will be waived if the teacher is laid off, or retires due to illness, age, or death prior to payment in full. If a teacher resigns or is dismissed for any other reason while in debt to the sick leave bank, that teacher must pay the school district the equivalent of substitute pay during time of illness for each day owed to the bank. The days paid for by the teacher will revert to the sick leave bank. used: To establish and continue the sick leave bank, the following procedures will be
a. Each teacher shall contribute two (2) sick leave days at the beginning of each school year of this master agreement.
b. Should the bank be depleted to a point where the Association wishes to add more days, all teachers shall contribute an additional day(s) to the bank for the duration of this master agreement.
c. Teachers whose accumulated sick leave exceeds the maximum referred to in Article 11, Paragraph A may voluntarily contribute fifty percent (50%) of their sick leave days over the maximum of 110 to the sick leave bank. Their voluntary contributions shall be in writing to the Superintendent and the Superintendent shall notify the committee members within five (5) work days.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members When in the judgment of the a bargaining unit will be allowed member's physician and a yearly committee made up of two (2) XXXX appointed members, two (2) Board appointed members, and a mutually agreed upon fifth member to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designeechair, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days employee will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used exhaust all of his/her accumulated sick leave for the remainder of the school year due to catastrophic illness or injury of the bargaining unit member, which does not include pregnancy or childbirth unless there are catastrophic consequences to the mother, and additional days are still needed, then he/she may request through the Superintendent that additional days be transferred from other bargaining unit members' accumulated sick leave. The Association shall establish an internal policy to administer such a transfer. The Association shall notify the treasurer of the Board, in writing, of the number of days to be deducted, from whom, and has used possible advances the person receiving the transferred days. Included in the notice shall be a signed statement by the bargaining unit member involved authorizing the Board treasurer to transfer the days. The appropriateness of an application for disability retirement will be discussed with the affected member. These additional limitations will apply to this paragraph:
a. No teacher who begins the school year with less than forty-five (45) days as of July 1 can donate sick leave days.
b. Donations from a bargaining unit member must be in units of one (1) day, but no more than five (5) days total per recipient, provided that the donor not go below forty-five (45) days of accumulated sick leave.
8. c. The Association President bargaining unit member to whom the days are given must personally have the catastrophic illness or injury.
d. If the bargaining unit member has applied for disability retirement, then the member can use the donated leave days until the disability retirement takes effect.
e. No more days can be given than needed by the bargaining unit member to serve out the regular school year, and only that school year.
f. The bargaining unit member must exhaust his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring own sick and personal leave first.
g. The bargaining unit member who is using donated sick leave will not earn additional sick leave while receiving the donated leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year h. A bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated unit member's donation of sick leave to another bargaining unit member shall not count as use of sick leave for the purposes of calculating the non-use incentive payment.
i. The Association will defend and hold the Board harmless against claims by a bargaining unit member against the Board relating to the Association's administration of sick leave bank without penalty on transfer days.
j. A maximum of 120 (one-hundred twenty) days can be received by any employee. In extenuating circumstances, the Personal/Sick Leave Bonuscommittee may approve additional days up to a maximum of 180 (one-hundred eighty) days.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of The Board and Association hereby agree to establish a Sick Leave Bank on the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will applybasis:
1. The enrollment period shall be established between the first work day of the school year and September 30 for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused a maximum of (1) day of their accumulated, but unused, sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank. The Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearshall have not less than fifty (50) days. The Sick Leave Bank shall not exceed a maximum of one (1) day times the total number of members of the bargaining unit plus fifty (50) days. All new bargaining unit members shall be eligible for enrollment in the Sick Leave Bank. Members hired within the school year may enroll by donating one (1) sick leave day to the Bank within thirty (30) days after their date of hire.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designeeSuperintendent, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator building principal chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee Bank and shall approve/disapprove approve applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretiondiscretion by a majority vote.
3. Eligible Bargaining unit members who have exhausted all of their sick leave accumulation, who have developed a serious or catastrophic illness, and approved who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank may request sick leave days from the Bank or those as specified in Article 9 “Sick Leave.”
4. Approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty twenty-five (2025) days from the Bank, per request . The Committee may grant up to an additional twenty-five (25) days.
5. The Committee shall require bargaining unit members who have requested sick leave days from the Bank to provide a statement from their physician describing the nature of the illness and a total maximum prognosis relative to the members’ probable period of forty (40) absence from duty.
6. Members whose request for additional sick days per school year. Days should and whose illness or injury is such that their physician cannot give a probable date of return to duty and who qualify, shall be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timerecommended to apply for disability retirement.
7. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paycompensation.
48. The member who borrows days will pay back each year Days remaining in the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave bank at the end of the contract school year will be rolled over into the next school year subject to the maximum cap appearing in paragraph one (1) above. New employees and those who did not previously contribute may contribute during the enrollment period in September or within thirty (30) days of their hire date if hired during the school year. All others who previously donated will remain covered by the sick leave bank benefit until such time when it is necessary to reopen the total enrollment period.
9. Should the number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from in the Sick Leave Bank totaldecrease below fifty (50) days, if the final check or checks enrollment period will be reopened for a period of fourteen (14) calendar days regardless of the employee are not sufficient time of year and all members who wish to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from remain a part of the sick leave bank will be limited required to those individuals who have contributed contribute.
10. Donations to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave BonusBank shall not disqualify a member for Incentive Pay.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members (SLB). A sick leave bank (SLB) shall be provided for employees. The purpose of the bargaining unit will SLB is to provide additional sick leave to members of the SLB who have exhausted accumulated sick leave and otherwise qualify for it. The Department of Human Resources shall maintain procedures and be allowed responsible for the administration of the SLB.
A. A full-time employee who elects to donate join the SLB must have accumulated at least eighty (80.0) hours of sick leave. A part-time employee must have accumulated an amount proportionate to the percent of time or hours worked in a two-week period as compared to a full- time employee. A full- time employee joins the SLB by directing, in writing, the contribution of ten (10.0) hours of the member's accumulated sick leave into the SLB. A part-time employee joins the SLB by directing, in writing, the contribution of an amount proportionate to the percent of time or hours worked as compared to a full-time employee. Membership in the SLB continues until the employee leaves the university or until there is a call for SLB donations and the employee does not properly respond to the call. Sick leave time donated to the SLB is not refundable. An employee who enrolls in the SLB while on an approved sick leave may not request the SLB benefit for that approved sick leave.
B. All employees shall be notified by Human Resources at the annual enrollment period each September (subject to change) of the existence of the SLB and shall be provided the opportunity to become members after becoming qualified for membership, as described in Section 2.A, above.
C. When the time available in the SLB becomes less than five (5) hours times the number of SLB members, a donation of an additional five (5.0) hours of sick leave shall be called for from all SLB members who have at least eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part- time employees). SLB members who have fewer than eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees) shall be exempt from this call for donations. A member who has at least eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees) and who does not make a called-for donation shall cease membership in the SLB.
D. Any member who has fewer than eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees) and who anticipates the need for more sick leave than he/she has available may submit a request to the SLB committee for the transfer a maximum of sick leave time from the SLB to the member. The request shall be reviewed by the SLB committee and the committee's decision, by majority vote, shall be binding. Decisions by the SLB committee may not be grieved.
E. The SLB committee shall consist of three (3) accumulated representatives appointed by the Union and three (3) representatives appointed by the University.
F. The maximum length of time available to any member from the SLB in response to an application is one hundred and sixty (160) hours (prorated for part-time employees). Additional extensions may be made if the sick leave days per year time transferred in response to an application proves to be insufficient up to a member or members who have exhausted their total of three hundred and twenty (320) hours (prorated for part-time employees) in a twelve (12) month period. At no time may the SLB committee transfer more sick leave time from the SLB than is available in the bank.
G. Time from the SLB may be granted because of continuous absence or intermittent absence as administered under the University’s Family and Medical Leave Act Policy, due to non-work- related and non-chronic condition resulting from a current serious catastrophic accident, injury or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each illness of the qualified employee or member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the qualified employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover immediate family for whom the cost of qualified employee is the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days primary caretaker. Conditions caused by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee incidents covered by workers' compensation are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bankeligible for SLB time.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members Teachers shall be able to participate in and apply for days from the District sick leave bank. Participation is voluntary and may be initiated by any teacher through a one-time donation of the bargaining unit one (1) day of unused sick leave or paid leave during September of any year. New hires will be allowed informed by the District that they may join during their first thirty (30) days of employment by making a day’s contribution. If a new hire is not so informed, he/she will have ten (10) days from the time he/she is informed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated join the sick leave bank by making a day’s contribution. Only those contributing to the bank will be eligible to request use of days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:from the bank.
1. A committee composed of two (2) teachers appointed by the Association, two (2) administrators appointed by their association(s), and two (2) educational support personnel appointed by their association shall administer the bank. The enrollment period committee shall, from time to time, prior to adoption, communicate to Joint Council anticipated changes to the guidelines for each member the administration of the bargaining unit bank. A summary of the guidelines will be set forth on the application for participation in the bank, and be given to voluntarily donate unused all new employees. Upon request, a complete copy of the guidelines will be given to sick leave days bank members. If revisions are made to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearthe guidelines, such revisions will be distributed to sick leave bank members. Additionally, the District shall maintain guidelines for the bank on the District 11 website to be available to all employees.
2. A committee comprised of Days may only be requested after an individual’s accumulated sick/paid leave has been exhausted and bank days may only be used for personal illness, illness in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Associationfamily, or his/her designee, death in the family. Applications shall be available at the Department of Human Resources and shall be submitted through that office. Individual requests may be for between one (1) Administrator chosen by and thirty (30) days per illness.
3. If days in the Superintendentbank drop to a balance of two hundred (200) days, and those wishing to continue in the bank will be required to contribute one (1) Association member chosen by additional day on the Association President, shall administer appropriate authorization form. Days contributed to the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionsick leave bank cannot be subsequently refunded.
34. Eligible A teacher who retires and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted is eligible for the Retirement Incentive Program set forth in Article XVII, may donate up to a maximum of twenty ten (2010) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at days to the sick leave bank. A teacher who voluntarily resigns and returns the following year on a per-diem basis under the Transition Program and, prior to the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per a school year to be borrowed from in which the Sick Leave Bankteacher resigned, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are has not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick paid leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members , may transfer one (1) day when accumulated donate to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusfifty per cent (50%) of any unused paid leave days up to a maximum of two (2).
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members If a staff member’s accumulative sick leave has been used, the individual staff member may borrow from the Sick Leave Bank as explained below. The Xxxxxx School District shall have a sick leave bank that has 40 days banked each school year. An individual may access not more than 20 days in any one school year. If more than 40 days are requested by a combined number of staff members, the 40 total days will be divided among them and the resulting number granted to each request. No bank leave will be granted to any staff member who does not return for employment the year following his/her withdrawal. The sick leave bank days will not be paid until the end of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate school year and transfer the receipt of a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:signed contract.
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused Staff who uses their ten days’ sick leave and their accumulative sick leave may then borrow additional days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearfrom the bank.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionAll sick leave benefits must be expended prior to using sick leave bank days.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Sick leave bank Form A (page 6) must be filled out by applicant. The number of days requested shall be granted up upon the employee’s return to work or at such a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used time as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payunpaid leave is granted.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted Repayment to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from handled in the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting following manner: The person who used days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check and or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee an HEA Representative shall be responsible for presenting collecting those days on Form B (page 7) and submitting them to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated business manager by June 10 (10-month contract) or August 1 (12-month contract). The days given from staff shall reimburse the bank to repay days borrowed during the school year. If not enough days are collected for borrowed sick bank days, the days contributed will be divided evenly among those owing the bank. The remainder of their days borrowed shall be deducted from future sick leave daysbenefits. (See Appendix B)Staff members leaving the system shall not be allowed to donate days or to use donated days to pay back any borrowed days from the bank.
95. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to If an employee leaves the District before making up used days of borrowed sick leave bank without penalty on leave, the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.District shall then subtract 1/180 of the employee’s base salary times
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:Long-Term Disability
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 9.8-1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those Only individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariseare eligible for benefits.
7. A loan will be considered 9.8-2 Benefits are available only after the individual has used all to members of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on who have been employed by the PersonalXxxxxx City School District for a minimum of three years of continuous service.
9.8-3 The maximum cumulative number of days which any one person can be granted from the bank during his/Sick Leave Bonusher period of employment with the Xxxxxx City School District is sixty (60) sick leave days.
9.8-4 Applicants for benefits from the sick leave bank must submit an application to the Classified Advisory Committee of the School District. Applications can be picked up from applicant’s site representative. They in turn will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The decision of the Board is final.
9.8-5 At the beginning of each school year there will be a nine-week open enrollment period. Eligible classified employees must notify the personnel office in writing of their desire to participate in the bank.
9.8-6 Those employees previously enrolled in the bank will continue their participation from year to year unless they notify the personnel office in writing of intent to withdraw. Such withdrawal from the bank must occur during the enrollment period and will not result in reinstatement of the time contributed to the bank.
9.8-7 When the total number of hours in the sick leave bank is reduced to less than 480 hours, the Classified Advisory Committee will inform the bank membership and the personnel department that a mandatory contribution of one sick leave day per member will be made to reimburse the bank.
9.8-8 Employees who retire or leave employment with the District may donate unused sick leave hours to the bank. This donation is limited to eight hours and must come from the hours for which the employee would be paid. This donation is in addition to any other hours contributed during the year.
9.8-9 Employees who use this Article of the contract shall allow the Employee Advisory Committee review of sick leave hours and usage and review of annual leave hours when applying for long term disability.
9.8-10 Employees must exhaust all their paid leave status days (sick leave, annual leave, personal leave or C.T.O.) before this long-term disability can be used.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. A sick leave bank shall be established for all certified/licensed teachers who desire to participate. This bank shall be established and maintained through a contribution of sick days voluntarily contributed by staff members.
2. A committee of two Association members and one administrator will administer the sick leave bank. The committee will meet as needed. The decision of the bargaining unit committee is non-grievable, non-arbitral, and non- precedential.
3. Enrollment and participation in the sick leave bank shall be voluntary. Current employees shall have until September 30th of any given year. Late hires have thirty (30) business days from the time of their hire to choose to enroll. A teacher may leave the sick leave bank at any time, but may not withdraw his/her contributed sick leave days.
4. The committee shall prepare and submit to the district bookkeeper by October 15th an official summative document. The document will identify contributing participants and their voluntarily contributed number of days to the sick bank.
5. Contributing staff may draw from the bank only after all accumulated sick leave time has been depleted.
6. Any non-contributing member must exhaust all of their accumulated sick leave. Additionally, any non-contributing teachers shall be allowed absent without pay for five (5) working days because of illness or disability before they may draw from the sick bank.
7. Persons who withdraw sick leave days from the bank will not be required to donate replace those days except as a regular contributing member of the bank.
8. Sick leave bank days shall be applicable solely to the illness or disability of the teacher and transfer not to the illness or death of any other person or persons or a normal pregnancy.
9. A physician’s statement must be included with the initial and all subsequent requests. The committee may request any reasonable information and documentation to substantiate the legitimacy of the request.
10. A staff member shall not be eligible to utilize the bank two successive school years unless he/she shall be actively employed and working full time for at least ninety (90) staff employment days prior to drawing from the bank in said second year. This will not apply to recurring absences due to the same illness or disability when verified by a doctor’s written notice.
11. Staff members who choose to join the bank will contribute a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of until the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted built up to a maximum of twenty three hundred (20300) days. No days will be accumulated until the bank has been depleted to two hundred (200) days. In extenuating circumstances, the cap shall be exceeded.
12. Should a newly hired employee choose to join the bank and the bank is already at three hundred (300) days, the staff member must donate at least one day to be a participating member. This would allow for the cap to be exceeded.
13. Any employee who withdraws from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall Orangeville School District will not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payallowed to withdraw the contributed days.
414. The member who borrows days will pay back each year If, during the days at year, the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated bank falls below ten (10) days, the sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored bank committee may ask members to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(scontribute one (1) due to the employeeadditional day on a volunteer basis.
515. In the case where Each first year teacher is automatically an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost eligible participant of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during for the first year of their limited contract should employment. Non-tenured full and part-time teachers may withdraw a maximum of ten (10) days per year from the need ariseBank. Tenured teachers may withdraw an additional ten (10) days per year of service with the District to a maximum of sixty (60) approved days per year.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
816. The Association President Orangeville Education Association, its members or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting teachers represented, agrees, with respect to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to operation of the sick leave bank without penalty on bank, that it will hold harmless and defend the Personal/Sick Leave BonusBoard of Education, its members, employees and/or agents, as regards any action, complaint or suit of any type, provided only that the Board shall fulfill its responsibilities as set forth above.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. The purpose of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year bank is to provide sick leave for those participating supervisors who have a member prolonged, catastrophic or members long term illness and/or injury and who have exhausted all their available personal sick leave. This benefit would not be available in a workers compensation injury matter. The Business Administrator and Construction Manager may also participate in this sick leave due bank program.
2. Each supervisor covered by this agreement who chooses to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of participate in the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave bank shall contribute five (5) sick leave days to a the bank within the first fifteen (15) days of the effective date of the supervisor's appointment. Such days become permanently part of the sick leave bank and cannot be withdrawn.
3. New supervisory employees choosing to participate shall contribute five (5) days within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of employment.
4. Supervisors who have not participated in the sick leave bank, and who subsequently choose to participate, may join within the first fifteen (15) school days of July of any school year. However, such supervisors must match the number of days they would have already contributed to the sick leave bank during the time of their employment in the district since the establishment of the sick bank.
5. A Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised Committee, composed of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the AssociationOperations Management Organization, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by and the SuperintendentSuperintendent of Schools, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association Presidentor his/her designee, shall administer the Banksick leave bank program. The Committee committee may grant up to thirty (30) sick leave days per application. All decisions to accept or reject an application shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionbe non-grievable.
36. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall Future contributions will be granted up required when the number of days in the bank is diminished to a maximum number that equals three (3) times the number of twenty (20) days from administrators included in the Banksick bank. At that time, per request and a total maximum the Sick Leave Bank Committee will determine the rate of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of additional contributions, not to exceed five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payper participant per year.
47. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored Eligibility to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans draw from the sick leave bank will shall be limited to those individuals participants who:
a. Have exhausted all other paid leave entitlement.
b. Provide medical evidence of prolonged, catastrophic, or long term illness or injury acceptable to the Sick Leave Bank Committee.
c. Make application to the Sick Leave Bank Committee on the appropriate form.
8. If agreement on a grant is not achieved by the committee of two, or an applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, an appeal can be made by the applicant to a review board composed of two members appointed by the Superintendent of Schools, two members appointed by the Operations Management Organization President, and one additional member acceptable to both the Superintendent and the Operations Management Organization President. The decision of the review board shall be final, binding, and non-grievable.
9. The maximum number of days available to each participant who have contributed meets the criteria in Section 7 is limited to 225 days.
10. The district will contribute five (5) sick leave days for each supervisor who joins the sick leave bank. The five (5) days will be added to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit time of the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisesupervisor's initial contribution.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Employment Agreement, Employment Agreement, Employment Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The intent of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year bank is to a member or members who have exhausted their provide extended sick leave due benefits to those persons who incur a current serious or catastrophic period of extended illness, injury, and/or hospitalization. The following guidelines guiding principles will apply:be used to facilitate the sick leave bank.
1. The enrollment period for each member An agreed upon committee representing both unions will monitor and facilitate the use of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days bank. This committee in addition to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearthe district superintendent will have complete control of the sick leave bank and their decisions will be final. In the event the committee cannot agree upon any situation before them, the district superintendent will be notified and he/she will make the final decision.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not following criteria must be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored by and applies to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans employees needing assistance from the sick leave bank: An employee needing to use the sick bank will be limited to those individuals who must have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days, personal days and has used possible advances vacation. Then must apply a one week waiting period before days can be accessed. The one week waiting period is not covered by the sick bank. The employee will send a request to the appropriate Union President explaining the anticipated number of days required and the reason for such a request. This request must be accompanied by a note from a medical doctor verifying the need for the medical absence. A maximum of 50 sick leavedays in any given school year can be received by any single employee.
83. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to following rules will guide the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to effective operation of the sick leave bank: A notice will be sent to all employees identifying the individual requesting days including the reason for the request and the anticipated number of days needed. Each employee then chooses whether or not to donate a sick day to the individual making the request. Employees may donate more than once per year at their own discretion. No employee can be required to donate sick days and no means of coercion will be tolerated. In order to donate a sick day, fill out the official form identifying yourself as the donor and the person to receive the sick day(s) and send it to the Union President responsible for distributing the request. The sick bank without penalty on committee will then: o Collect all donation forms and determine a meeting time. o Turn the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusdonation forms upside down and randomly number them o Keep track of the total days used and which employee donated each day. o Notify the unit office at the end of each month the following with the names of the employees receiving each donated day and the employees donating each day. Note: The sick bank is very flexible and allows a great deal of control of the days donated by the employees donating the days. If an employee does not wish to answer an appeal for sick days, the employee certainly has that right. Likewise, employees may choose to give sick days to employees in either union group. With leadership from both unions handling the paperwork, only days that are actually needed will be used with the remainder being returned to the membership employee who donated.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of In the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) event an employee has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member and, upon notification by the Office of the bargaining unit Treasurer of the advance of five days from the District, as per Ohio Revised Code, the employee will, prior to voluntarily donate unused sick leave actual use, contact BSEA for approval of borrowing days to a from the Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2Bank. A committee comprised of Upon written approval from the Superintendent or his/her designeeBSEA Executive Committee, the President of District shall advance days from the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Sick Leave Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted individual can request annually up to a maximum of twenty (20) days of additional sick leave from the days/hours of sick leave that have been deposited in the BSEA Sick Leave Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank may accumulate donated days to a maximum of one hundred ten (110) days/eight hundred eighty (880) hours. No individual shall be permitted to accrue more than sixty (60) days of advanced sick leave from the Sick Leave Bank during their career with the District. These days will be paid back after all days have been paid to the District. In the event that an individual leaves the District with a negative balance of sick days, the employee shall be financially responsible to the District for the cost of those days. Loans from the Sick Leave Bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed days/hours to the bank. Each bargaining unit member may contribute one (1) day/eight (8) hours of his/her accumulated sick leave to the Sick Leave Bank during the enrollment period. The enrollment period will be from the first workday of the year through September 15 of each year. New employees hired after the school year has commenced shall have thirty (30) days to enroll. The donated day/hours are not returnable. A donated day guarantees a bargaining unit member Sick Leave Bank membership for the length of employment. Should the number of donated days/hours in the Sick Leave Bank drop below ten (10) days/eighty (80) hours, the Sick Leave Bank members will be used as a means required to donate an additional day/hours. A written application is required for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4approval of days. A doctor's excuse may be requested. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days days/hours at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the salary contract year, each year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. A sick leave bank shall be established for the purpose of making additional sick leave days available to employees who have completed one (1) year of continuous employment by the bargaining unit will Committee, who have exhausted their entire sick leave accumulation, and who have a serious illness or injury. A serious illness or injury for the purpose of this Article shall be allowed to donate and transfer one which requires the employee's absence from work for more than ten (10) consecutive work days. Participation in the sick leave bank by employees shall be voluntary.
2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a maximum Sick Leave Bank Committee comprised of three (3) persons. One of such persons shall be the Superintendent and the other two (2) persons shall be appointed by the Association from its membership. The decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be final and shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure. The Sick Bank Committee members consist of: Superintendent of Schools and two members of the Association.
3. The sick leave bank will be initially funded by deducting one (1) sick leave day from the accrued or accumulated sick leave days per year of each employee, who has agreed to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of participate in the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave bank, and contributing such days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timebank. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall not be used as a means determine the eligibility of an employee for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at days from the end of bank and the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said leave days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5granted in each case. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost The balance of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to in the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting carried forward from year to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave daysyear. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one One (1) sick day when accumulated will be added to the sick leave bank without penalty on each year by employees who wish to participate.
4. Sick leave days will be made available only to an employee who has been employed for a continuous period of one (1) year and is participating in the Personal/bank, who has exhausted all of their personal sick leave days, and who has been absent from work for a period of ten (10) consecutive work days because of a serious illness or injury. The sick leave days granted by the bank will be retroactive to the first day of the employee's illness or injury. The initial grant of sick leave days from the bank shall not exceed twenty (20), after which the employee may apply for additional days.
5. Requests for sick leave days from the bank shall be submitted in writing to the Sick Leave BonusBank Committee and shall include a written statement from the employee's physician indicating the nature and extent of the illness or injury and the estimated time that the employee will be absent from work.
6. In administering the Bank, determining eligibility, and the amount of leave, the following general criteria shall be applied by the Bank Committee:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed The Board agrees to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to establish a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised to cover employees in the event of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timelong-term illness. The Sick Leave Bank shall not also be used as administered by a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4committee composed of three (3) members of the association appointed by the President hereinafter called the Administrative Committee. The member who borrows Administrative Committee will notify the administration of days will pay back each year withdrawn from the Sick Leave Bank and to whom the days at are granted. Each employee wishing to be covered agrees to donate one day from the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract days allowed to accrue in a one year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored period to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause be deposited in said Bank, such days to be deducted from the final pay(semployees annual Sick Leave. Employees may enroll as soon as they have a sick leave day to contribute. Each succeeding school year the month of October shall be a new enrollment period. The Administrative Committee shall inform the Superintendent in writing of the members wishing to participate by November 1. Sick days in the Bank shall accrue from year to year to a maximum of one hundred (100) due days after which additional donations shall not be required until the bank drops below fifty (50) days. An employee shall become eligible to request extended benefits from the Sick Leave Bank after an incapacitating illness or disability provided he or she had exhausted all his/her accrued sick leave. Approval of such requests shall be made at the discretion of the Administrative Committee. Approved requests must be presented to the employee.
5Superintendent in writing no later than fifteen (15) days after the requested date(s). In the case where an employee has applied Employees who are receiving benefits from Long Term Disability Policy set forth in Article XI Section 4 shall not be eligible to borrow days receive benefits from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of The Board and the bargaining unit will be allowed Association hereby agree to donate and transfer establish a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The Sick Leave Bank on the following guidelines will applybasis:
1. The A. An enrollment period shall be established between September 1 and October 1 for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank. In order to be established, the Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each shall have not less than twenty-five (25) days as certified by the Association. The Sick Leave Bank shall not exceed a maximum of one hundred and fifty (150) days in any school year. The one hundred fifty (150) day maximum shall be exceeded to allow new enrollees to participate in the Sick Leave Bank. Sick leave days donated and not used in the prior school year will be carried over. Only full sick leave days shall be donated (increments are not allowed).
2. B. A committee comprised of two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one and two (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (12) Association member chosen members appointed by the Association President, President shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove develop the approved form and shall approve applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion. The Superintendent’s designee shall serve as chairperson. If the Committee denies the application, the decision may be appealed to the Superintendent. The Superintendent may require a second medical opinion at the Board’s expense.
C. Bargaining unit members who have exhausted all of their sick leave accumulation, who have developed a serious or catastrophic illness or injury, and who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank, may request sick leave days from the Bank. A maximum of twenty-five (25) days may be requested for a serious or catastrophic illness in the member's immediate family as defined in Article 18. Days may not be requested for elective procedures.
D. After three (3. Eligible and approved ) years of employment with C-TEC, a bargaining unit member must have had an average sick leave balance of five (5) days for each year of employment with C-TEC to be eligible to be awarded days from the Sick Leave Bank.
E. Approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and up to a total maximum of forty (40) days per in any school year. Days should borrowed must be requested paid back to the Sick Leave Bank at the rate of one-half (1/2) day per month.
F. In order to be considered for participation in increments of five (5) days at the Sick Leave Bank, bargaining unit members shall provide documentation required by the Committee.
G. In no case shall the Sick Leave Bank prevent or prolong a time. bargaining unit member from applying for and going on disability retirement.
H. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the bank at any timeBargaining Unit, appointed by WEA, two (2) classified employees, appointed by that group, and (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Initial new hires Record keeping will be exempted undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The committee shall establish guidelines to govern its decision-making process regarding the granting or denial of requests for withdrawals from the October 15 deadline to submit bank. The business manager will make the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to initial decision on the Bank during number of days granted or denied from the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances bank. Upon partial or full denial of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible a request for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated withdrawal of sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members , the employee may transfer one (1) day when accumulated appeal the decision of the business manager to the sick leave bank without penalty committee who will then make the final decision on the Personalappeal. The business manager and committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are made available to those applicants who have not abused sick leave, and provide that such withdrawal is made for prolonged illness or disability caused by a catastrophic accident. The committee guidelines shall provide a basis for insuring that withdrawals from the bank under this policy is made available only to those applicants who have not abused sick leave, and provide that such withdrawal is made for prolonged illness or disability caused by catastrophic accident.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be required to be absent for that specific personal illness/Sick Leave Bonusdisability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five (35) annually. Such additional sick leave days shall not be deducted from the recipient’s future accumulated sick leave; however, each participant who has received assistance from the sick leave bank must reestablish participation for the next school year.
7. When a Member of the Bargaining Unit is retiring at the end of the school year, the member may donate up to fifty (50) days of unused sick leave to the sick leave bank.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members A sick leave bank shall be established by the parties. Each administrator employed as of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer July 1 of each year shall contribute a maximum of three two (32) days of their accumulated sick leave to the sick leave bank. The amount of sick leave to be contributed shall be established by the committee based upon current accumulation. The minimum contribution will be four hours. An administrator who commences employment with the System during a contract year shall not be a member of the sick leave bank until the administrator has contributed two (2) days to the bank on July 1. In the event an administrator has an insufficient number of sick leave days to contribute to the sick leave bank as of July 1, the administrator shall not be a member of the bank that year. An administrator drawing sick leave days from the sick leave bank as of July 1 will be eligible to continue to draw days from the bank until the maximum number of sick leave days that may be withdrawn is reached. Administrators shall be entitled to utilize the sick leave bank on the following schedule: Up to 1 year continuous service 10 days per year Up to a member or members who have exhausted their 3 years continuous service 20 days per year Up to 6 years continuous service 30 days per year Up to 10 years continuous service 45 days per year 10 years of more continuous service 60 days per year
a. No administrator may draw more than sixty (60) days from the sick leave due bank in any twelve month period.
b. Sick leave days may be drawn from the sick leave bank only after exhaustion of personal sick leave, personal days and vacation days and only to cover a current serious critical or catastrophic illnesslong-term illness or injury. The following guidelines will apply:Sick leave days may be drawn from the sick leave bank only for personal illness or injury and may require a medical statement from a physician.
c. Sick leave shall be distributed from the sick leave bank after written application by an administrator and with the approval of a Sick Leave Bank Committee which is to be composed of one (1. The enrollment period for each ) System representative and one (1) Administrative member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 from each year.
2college. A committee comprised The System representative will be an ex officio, non-voting member of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timecommittee. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall establish and communicate to all members, criteria for the payment of sick leave days from the sick leave bank. The decision of the committee is final and not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paysubject to the grievance procedure.
4. The member who borrows d. Sick leave days will pay back each year may be accumulated in the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end bank to a maximum of the contract year until the total number two hundred (200) days. When two hundred (200) days are accumulated as of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted July 1, contributions to the bank will not occur for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeethat fiscal year.
5. e. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided event that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from bank has reached 200 day maximum and a new administrator is not able to contribute, the Sick Leave Bank total, if Committee may authorize the final check or checks of new administrator to draw sick leave days from the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6bank. Loans from When the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals falls below 200 day maximum, all new non-contributing administrators who have contributed drawn from the bank will each be required to contribute two days to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) in addition to the Bank during the first year contributions required of their limited contract should the need ariseall other bank members.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated Sick Leave Bank
1-1 The sick leave days per year bank provides additional income replacement support to employee-members in times of personal medical need or certain instances of care of a member child after all leave accruals are exhausted, including any sick leave, personal leave or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:other leave.
1. The enrollment period for each member -2 Eligibility periods are annual periods of the bargaining unit 12 months, from July 1 to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 June 30 of each year.
21-3 Employees may become members by donating initially one sick day of 8 hours or the FTE equivalent, to the sick leave bank. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designeeBy donating, the President employee-member can make a request/claim during any period of eligibility.
1-4 Employees may enter or maintain membership during the Associationannual benefit open enrollment period. New employees may enter membership at time of hire.
1-5 Membership requires 8 hours of donation of sick leave accruals, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3a prorated portion of total FTE, at its discretiontime of hire and in the annual benefit open enrollment period.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up 1-6 All donations are made to a maximum of twenty (20) days general sick leave bank fund. No donations are allowed to direct individuals, or specified groups.
1-7 Any employee donation contributions are permanent and irrevocable.
1-8 Employees may request a benefit from the Banksick leave bank for personal illness or injury, per request and or serious injury or illness of a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means child for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the employee provides care.
4. The member 1-9 An employee who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans receives a benefit from the sick leave bank will be limited a required participant, donating 8 hours of sick leave per year, for the duration of a career with Jeffco Public Schools. Requests/Grants
2-1 All accrued sick, personal, vacation, compensatory or other leave hours/days must be exhausted before a request may be granted.
2-2 Employees will complete a request form and provide requested documentation of injury or illness in order to those individuals who have contributed be considered for a grant of hours/days. Requests may be granted based on an appropriate qualified injury or illness that meets the standard definitions of FMLA or short term disability, and uses these approval periods as method for determining days/hours granted.
2-3 Employees in their first three years of employment may request a family hardship grant. To do so, employees will complete a request form for family hardship, specifically for the care of a child with severe injury or illness. An award may be made up to a maximum of 10 days only. This is available only to employees in the first three years of employment, and only one time in the employee’s career.
2-4 Requests/Grants can be made for full days of absence and for intermittent absences in cases of demonstrated need.
2-5 Maximum grant allowance for personal injury or illness is 30 days; in the event an employee is receiving other income replacement through district programs/insurances, the sick leave bank at any time. Initial new hires may grant only up to 30 days of insurance offset.
2-6 Any granted but unused hours/days will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated returned to the sick leave bank without penalty on fund for use by other employees in need. Program Management
3-1 The program will have oversight from the PersonalBenefit Advisory Committee, or in absence of a Benefit Advisory Committee, any other committee designated by the Chief Human Resources Officer, which includes representation of the JCEA.
3-2 The program must meet any and all legal requirements as identified by the district.
3-3 The Human Resources Department will manage the donation/Sick Leave Bonusenrollment process, request/grant review, and program management.
3-4 The Human Resources Department will maintain program guidelines related to enrollment, eligibility, usage, implementation, and reporting.
3-5 Annual reporting will be provided to the Benefit Advisory Committee, including summary of donated hours, granted hours, grants made and denials of grants.
3-6 At the end of each program year, any days/hours remaining in the program account will carry over to the following year for granting to employees.
3-7 If days/hours are exhausted in any program year, the program will be suspended until the following benefit enrollment period, when annual enrollment collects new days/hours.
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Samples: Master Negotiated Agreement, Master Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:Long-Term Disability
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 9.8-1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those Only individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariseare eligible for benefits.
7. A loan will be considered 9.8-2 Benefits are available only after the individual has used all to members of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on who have been employed by the PersonalXxxxxx City School District for a minimum of three years of continuous service.
9.8-3 The maximum cumulative number of days which any one person can be granted from the bank during his/her period of employment with the Xxxxxx City School District is sixty (60) sick leave days.
9.8-4 Applicants for benefits from the sick leave bank must submit an application to the Classified Advisory Committee of the School District. Sick Leave BonusBank Application form may be picked up from District Human Resources or the Advisory Committee Chair or may be downloaded from the District website. The Classified Advisory Committee in turn will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The decision of the Board is final.
9.8-5 At the beginning of each school year there will be a nine-week open enrollment period. Eligible classified employees must notify the personnel office in writing of their desire to participate in the bank.
9.8-6 Those employees previously enrolled in the bank will continue their participation from year to year unless they notify the personnel office in writing of intent to withdraw. Such withdrawal from the bank must occur during the enrollment period and will not result in reinstatement of the time contributed to the bank.
9.8-7 When the total number of hours in the sick leave bank is reduced to less than 480 hours, the Classified Advisory Committee will inform the bank membership and the personnel department that a mandatory contribution of one sick leave day per member will be made to reimburse the bank.
9.8-8 Employees who retire or leave employment with the District may donate unused sick leave hours to the bank. This donation is limited to eight hours and must come from the hours for which the employee would be paid. This donation is in addition to any other hours contributed during the year.
9.8-9 Employees who use this Article of the contract shall allow the Employee Advisory Committee review of sick leave hours and usage and review of annual leave hours when applying for longterm disability.
9.8-10 Employees must exhaust all their paid leave status days (sick leave, annual leave, personal leave or C.T.O.) before this long-term disability can be used.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate 22.9.1 Each school year during a window period beginning October 1 and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through ending October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his31, teachers/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members administrators shall be granted up entitled to make a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored contribution to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any timebank. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose A form to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year sick bank days is included as Exhibit V. A minimum of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when must be donated by any teacher/administrator electing to participate. A donation of one (1) day of sick leave will produce one (1) day in the sick leave bank, available for use by eligible teachers/administrators. Once a teacher/administrator has joined the sick leave bank, he/she is considered a member and does not need to make an annual contribution of days to enroll. Information regarding the sick leave bank and enrollment forms shall be made available at new teacher orientation. Once a teacher/administrator contributes days to the bank, those days are no longer available for use by the contributing teacher/administrator. In order to be eligible to make a contribution, the teacher/administrator must have at least ten (10) accumulated sick days to her/his credit. On an annual basis during the month of August, the NOEA president and Superintendent or designee shall receive a report from the treasurer which sets forth the number of days remaining in the bank.
22.9.2 A sick leave bank committee, composed of two teachers appointed by the President of the Association and two administrators appointed by the Superintendent, shall be responsible for the administration of the sick leave bank. A teacher/administrator who applies to be considered for sick leave bank days must have exhausted all paid leave before receiving days from the bank. Before approving sick leave bank eligibility, the committee will examine past use of sick leave by the teacher/administrator. The committee’s determination as to teacher/administratoreligibilityto receive sick bank days shall be final.
22.9.3 A teacher/administrator may apply for sick leave bank days for reason of personal catastrophic, serious, debilitating, or life threatening illness/injury or catastrophic, serious, debilitating, or life threatening illness/injury or
2.4.1. For purposes of the sick leave bank, the term “immediate family” shall be defined in accordance with provisions of Article 22.
2.4.1. Once a teacher/administrator is determined eligible for receipt of sick leave bank days, the committee may approve withdrawals in units of up to thirty (30) days, with the teacher/administrator eligible to reapply for receipt of additional days. Unused days shall be returned to the sick leave bank. The committee’s decision on approving or denying the application again will be deemed final.
22.9.4 If the committee believes that the sick leave b ank is or will be depleted, the committee may, regardless of the contribution window set forth above, reopen the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusfor contributions. Such reopening for contributions will be for a period of thirty (30) calendar days.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit A voluntary sick-leave bank will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The established under the following guidelines will applyconditions:
1. The enrollment period for each member Each participating employee contributes one day of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave per year to the bank, and may draw up to 50 days to a Sick Leave Bank of sick leave per school year from the bank, provided the first 20 days of sick leave of that year has been covered by accumulated leave or absence without pay.
2. Deadline for sick-leave bank enrollment is September 1 through October 15 of each year.
23. A committee comprised Administration of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen program will be handled by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paybusiness office.
4. The member who borrows days All requests for use of sick-leave bank must be submitted in writing to the superintendent.
5. Each employee enrolling in the bank will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% donate one day of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank each September 1 until September 1 contributions build the bank total to 100 or more days. No more days will be added to this maximum until the bank is depleted to 50 days except for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Banknew participants.
6. Loans A person withdrawing from membership in the sick leave bank will not be limited able to those individuals who have withdraw contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisedays.
7. A loan person will not be considered only after able to withdraw days from the individual has used all of bank until his/her accumulated own sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.is depleted or they utilize the Maternity/Paternity Leave policy. (2018)
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting Persons withdrawing sick-leave days from the bank will not have to replace these days except as a regular contributing member to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)bank.
9. First year bargaining Request for use of bank days must be accompanied by a letter from an attending physician stating that the employee is unable to perform his/her duties according to contractual obligations.
10. Consideration for use of the sick-leave bank for catastrophic illness of immediate family members may transfer one can be presented to the Superintendent and/or the Board of Education for approval. (1) day when accumulated to 1990)
11. Consideration for use of the sick leave bank without penalty on for catastrophic illness of a first year certified employee can be presented to the Personalsuperintendent and/or the Board of Education for approval. (2018)
12. A letter from the employee’s physician shall be submitted at the time the employee returns to work verifying permission to return to work. (1997)
13. At any time the sick bank falls below 50 days during the school year, members of the sick bank will be assessed a day during the school term. (2005)
14. Sick bank may be used for maternity purposes only when there are unusual complications stemming from the pregnancy. A doctor’s note will be required stating that the mother requires additional days for her physical/Sick Leave Bonus.mental health. (2005)
15. When a member of the sick bank has depleted his/her sick days and the member needs to contribute a sick bank day to the bank during the school term because it has fallen below 50 days, that member may receive a gift of a sick day from a fellow employee. (2005)
16. The sick bank for the certified staff and the sick bank for the support staff are one combined bank. (2005)
17. When a tenured employee retires/resigns from the district, that employee’s unused sick days will be added to the district sick bank. (2006)
18. A person will not be able to withdraw days from the bank unless he/she is a contributing member of the bank. (2018)
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Samples: Certified Staff Agreement, Certified Staff Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Sick Leave Bank is a voluntary bank of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated teachers’ sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current administered by the district, which may be used for serious or catastrophic illnessillness only by participating teachers. The following guidelines information will apply:be shared between parties and the official copy will be housed in the district office.
1. The enrollment period for each 4.3.1 Each newly hired teacher is automatically a member of the bargaining unit Bank for his/her first year. After the first year, to voluntarily remain a member of the Bank, the teacher must donate one day. Any teacher may donate one day to the Bank and become a member.
4.3.2 Upon request by the Association to the Superintendent, the number of unused days in the Sick Leave Bank will be reported to the Association.
4.3.3 In the event that the Sick Leave Bank falls below 100 days during the school year, the Association Co-Presidents will be informed by the Superintendent. All teachers will be given the opportunity to donate one or more days to the Bank.
4.3.4 In the event that the Sick Leave Bank falls below 100 days before the school year, all teachers, to remain a member, will donate one or more sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearthe Bank.
2. A committee comprised of 4.3.5 Days in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year serious illness on the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end part of the contract year until teacher, spouse or dependent member of household. It does not cover elective surgery. Teachers who draw benefits under the total number of days borrowed has been restored Teacher Retirement System will cease to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days draw from the Sick Leave Bank. It is understood serious illness due to pregnancy is to be treated as any other serious illness which otherwise would qualify a teacher for sick leave use from the Bank. Doctor’s verification required.
4.3.6 For participating teachers to withdraw from the bank, but a period of two teaching days must pass following the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost exhaustion of the days requested one's sick leave.
4.3.7 Days from the Sick Bank may be used non-consecutively pending approval by the Superintendent and Sick Leave BankBank committee.
4.3.8 Tenured full-time teachers, the parties agree that such an employee Non-tenured full-time teachers and part-time teachers may apply for the maximum withdraw, upon approval of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave BankBank Committee, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank totalfor serious personal illness, based upon the following schedule:
4.3.9 A committee of the Superintendent and three (3) Association members will review each request and determine if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient request qualifies for Sick Leave Bank usage.
4.3.10 A retiring teacher may donate up to cover the indebtedness ten (10) sick days to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Contract Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Lakewood Local Board of Education and the bargaining unit will be allowed Lakewood Education Association hereby agree to donate and transfer establish a maximum of three Sick Leave Bank (3SLB) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The on the following guidelines will applybasis:
1. The An enrollment period shall be established between September 1 and September 30 for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused a maximum of one (1) day of their accumulated, but unused, sick leave days to a Sick Leave SLB. The SLB shall have not less than fifty (50) days. The SLB shall not exceed a maximum of one (1) day times the total number of members of the bargaining unit. However, all employees who have not previously joined shall be given the opportunity to do so on an annual basis. Only individuals who have contributed to the SLB are eligible to withdraw sick days from the SLB. All new bargaining unit members shall be eligible for enrollment in the SLB. New members may enroll by donating one (1) sick leave day to the Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearwithin thirty (30) days after the date of hire.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent superintendent or his/her designee, the President president of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator building principal chosen by the Superintendentsuperintendent, and one two (12) Association member members chosen by the Association Presidentpresident, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove develop the approved form and shall approve applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible Use of days from the SLB will be limited to serious or catastrophic illness or injury of the bargaining unit member, spouse or member’s dependent children. Bargaining unit members must have exhausted all of their accumulated sick leave and approved permissible advances prior to withdrawals from the SLB. Bargaining unit members who have exhausted all of their sick leave accumulation, who have developed a serious or catastrophic illness, and who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank may request sick leave days from the Bank.
4. Approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request . The Committee may grant up to an additional twenty
5. The Committee shall require bargaining unit members who have requested sick leave days from the Bank to provide a statement from their physician describing the nature of the illness and a total maximum prognosis relative to the member's probable period of forty (40) absence from duty.
6. Members whose request for additional sick days per school year. Days should and whose illness or injury is such that their physician cannot give a probable date of return to duty and, who qualify, shall be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timerequired to apply for disability retirement.
7. The Sick Leave Bank SLB shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leavecompensation.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall Should the number of days in the SLB be responsible exhausted, the Committee will meet to mutually agree upon additional contributions and the procedure for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)making such contributions.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated Donations to the sick leave bank without penalty on SLB shall not disqualify a member for incentive pay.
10. The decisions of the Personal/Sick Leave BonusSLB are final and not subject to the grievance procedure.
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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract
Sick Leave Bank. Members ● This sick leave bank is a voluntary program for licensed personnel. Membership to the bank is permissible only upon initial employment. ● Each participant will donate one (1) day of his/her sick leave per year to the sick leave bank until the reserve has accumulated to three hundred (300) days. After the bank has accumulated three hundred (300) days, only new participants will be required to donate one (1) day to the bank. Under no condition will the bank accumulate to more than five hundred (500) days. ● The committee will, prior to the end of the bargaining unit school year, determine the need for the ensuing year. Should the sick leave bank reserve become less than one hundred fifty (150) days, the committee will review the need in the spring to determine the means for rebuilding the reserve and make recommendations to the Superintendent. ● Any participating member may draw upon this reserve by submitting an application online. A copy of the application will be allowed sent to donate the Superintendent and transfer Association sick leave bank chairperson. The Association sick leave committee shall review the request to determine approval. In the event the member is unable to make the request, the sick leave committee will have the authority to act accordingly. ● Action on a maximum member's request will be determined by the current sick leave bank committee or a committee composed of at least three (3) accumulated contributing members of the sick leave days per year to a bank appointed by the Association president: one (1) member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of from the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of applicant's attendance center; and the Superintendent as a non-voting member. No request will be approved unless the applicant is represented either by self or his/her designee, building representative to the President of committee. ● The sick leave bank may not be used to cover participants who are receiving pay from Worker’s Compensation or KPERS disability while off duty from the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, professional assignment. ● An initial grant shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of not exceed twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and days. Sick leave will be granted for a total maximum of forty ten (4010) days per school yearfor maternity purposes if needed. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeIf another request is needed, the committee reserves the right to request documentation for further determination. ● The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means initial request granted will dictate the time frame for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4re-evaluation and re-application. ● The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated Association sick leave at chairperson shall notify the end applicant on the behalf of the contract year until committee, in writing, regarding the total number action on the request. ● The days donated by each member of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted subtracted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her own accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members Establishment
1. Each classified employee may contribute one day of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) his/her accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who the Sick Leave Bank during the enrollment period. Enrollment periods will be from September 1 through October 1 of each year. New employees will have exhausted their sick leave due four (4) weeks to a current serious or catastrophic illnessenroll. The following guidelines will apply:donated day is not returnable.
12. The enrollment period for During the year, if the number of days in the Bank drops below fifty (50), each member of the bargaining unit Bank who wants to voluntarily continue to participate in it must donate unused sick leave one (1) additional day.
3. If seventy-five (75) participants are not enrolled by the initial enrollment deadline, the prospective members will have their donated day returned and the Bank will not be established. Operational Procedures
1. Use of days from the Bank will be limited to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearthose who have contributed to the Bank.
2. A committee comprised Use of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any timepersonal illness or injury of the Bank member, their spouse, or dependent children. Initial new hires will be exempted A doctor's statement is required with the application.
3. Use of days from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave balance, personal days and has used possible advances available vacation days down to a balance of sick leave5 vacation days at the time when days from the Bank are used.
84. The Association maximum number of days that a person may receive from the bank is twenty percent (20%) of the total days in the bank at the date of application not to exceed twenty-five (25) days. Eligible employees may not apply to use the bank more than two (2) times. Sick Leave Bank Committee
1. The Bank will be operated on a voluntary basis. A committee shall be formed to administer the Bank and to provide the information to the Board Treasurer's Office. This committee shall be empowered to adopt rules and to make decisions regarding the administration of the Bank. These rules cannot in any way modify this Agreement. The committee shall be composed of: Superintendent or his/her designee, OAPSE President or his/her designee designee, An Administrator appointed by the Superintendent, and Two classified employees (one of which shall be an OAPSE member) selected by the OAPSE President, the Superintendent and the Administrator.
2. Replacement appointment shall be made by the remaining committee members.
3. The OAPSE President will designate the chairperson.
4. The committee will develop the forms needed to operate the Bank.
5. OAPSE shall be responsible for presenting to distributing and collecting all forms. Pay Back Procedure The member who borrows the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated days shall pay back annually 50% of their individual sick leave daysbalance on June 30th until fully paid back. (See Appendix B)If not paid back, they will be deducted from severance.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. With the approval of the Superintendent, if a bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or exhausts his/her designeesick leave accumulation because of a current or past catastrophic or long- term illness or injury of either the employee or an immediate family member (as defined in Art. 14.01(A)(9)), the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved another bargaining unit members shall be granted member who is at the same or higher salary may donate up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave to the donee bargaining unit member requesting the donation of sick days.
2. No bargaining unit member may receive more than an aggregate of thirty (30) donated sick leave days in any one school year, unless granted approval by the Superintendent. If additional days are granted by the Superintendent, this wavier decision shall not set a precedent for future requests for donated days beyond thirty (30) days. Donation of sick days shall be initiated by a bargaining unit member on a form furnished by the Treasurer. Donated sick days shall be added to the accumulated sick leave of the donee bargaining unit member requesting the donation and has used possible advances of deducted from the donor bargaining unit member’s accumulated sick leave.
83. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible To qualify for presenting the absence of the donated sick days provision, the bargaining unit member must submit a doctor’s statement to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring certifying the current medical need.
4. Donated sick leave days must be submitted to the Treasurer three (3) work days prior to the need of the bargaining unit member receiving the days. This requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Superintendent. However, any waiver decision by the superintendent shall not set a precedent for future requests for a waiver.
5. All accumulated sick days, personal days, and vacation days must be used by the bargaining unit member before donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)days may be used.
96. First year Donated sick leave may not be used for severance pay, nor may it be used to pay the bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated unit member who goes on disability retirement.
7. Any donated but unused sick leave days will not be returned to the sick leave bank without penalty on bargaining unit member who donated the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusdays.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit The College will be allowed permit employees to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate accrued but unused sick leave days hours to a the Association’s Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payadministered by the Association.
41. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where When an employee has applied exhausted their own accrued sick leave, has a significant medical condition, and has been approved for FMLA or OFLA, the Association will work collaboratively with Human Resources to borrow days from notify the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost employee of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum number of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year sick leave hours to be borrowed transferred from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
2. The approved employee sick leave donation form, provided by the Association, is submitted to Human Resources and must contain the name of the employee wishing to donate sick leave hours, the number of hours being donated and the employee’s signature consenting to such transfer.
3. No more than forty (40) hours may be donated by any one (1) employee per fiscal year.
4. After the hours are transferred, any hours used will be paid at the receiving employee’s rate at the time of the use of such hours.
5. Prior to receiving any donated sick leave, the employee must have exhausted all of their sick leave, vacation and compensatory time. However, the employee is not required to have used their personal business/emergency leave or their floating holiday prior to receiving donated sick leave.
6. Loans from No employee may receive more than five hundred (500) hours of donated sick time during their employment. In addition, no employee may receive more hours than needed, as determined by the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to Association, for the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from absences caused by the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisesignificant medical condition.
7. A loan At the conclusion of a receiving employee’s FMLA or OFLA period, any unused hours will be considered only after returned to the individual has used all Sick Leave Bank. This process will be managed by the Association’s Sick Leave Chairperson. The Chairperson shall provide to Human Resources prior to the 15th of his/her accumulated each month a list of individuals receiving sick leave days time and has used possible advances the specific number of sick leavehours to be utilized for each individual.
8. The Association President or his/her designee College shall be responsible for presenting not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)receiving employee.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit The Program will be allowed permit full time employees to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate accrued but unused sick leave days hours to a the Union’s Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up Part time employees are ineligible to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a transfer accrued but unused sick leave nor are they eligible to use sick leave bank donated time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payadministered by the Union.
421.1 An employee may request a donation from the Sick Leave Bank when they have exhausted their own accrued sick, vacation leave and compensatory time and have been approved for FMLA/OFLA qualified medical leave, for their own medical condition. The member who borrows days Union will pay back each year work collaboratively with Human Resources to notify them of the days at the rate number of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days hours to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days transferred from the Sick Leave Bank. Sick Leave Bank hours will be allocated on a first-come first-awarded basis.
21.2 The employee sick leave donation form, but provided by the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not Union, must be sufficient submitted to cover Human Resources and must contain the cost name and signature of the days requested from employee wishing to donate sick leave hours to the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and Bank pool.
21.3 No more than forty (40) days hours may be donated by any one employee per school year to year.
21.4 After the hours are transferred, any hours will be borrowed from paid at the Sick Leave Bank, and receiving employee’s rate at the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs time of the borrowed sick leave days use of such hours.
21.5 No employee may receive more than four hundred eighty (480) hours during his or her employment. In addition, no employee may receive more hours than needed for the absences caused by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if employee’s approved FMLA/OFLA qualified leave.
21.6 At the final check or checks conclusion of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness FMLA or OFLA period, any unused hours will be returned to the Sick Leave Bank. This process will be managed by the Union’s Sick Leave Chairperson. The Chairperson shall provide to Human Resources prior to the 15th of each month a list of each individual receiving sick time and the specific number of hours to be utilized for each individual.
621.7 The College shall not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the employee. Loans from the Any sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed decisions made by the Union are not subject to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisegrievance process in this Agreement.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members (SLB). A sick leave bank (SLB) shall be provided for employees. The purpose of the bargaining unit will SLB is to provide additional sick leave to members of the SLB who have exhausted accumulated sick leave and otherwise qualify for it. The Department of Human Resources shall maintain procedures and be allowed responsible for the administration of the SLB.
A. A full-time employee who elects to donate join the SLB must have accumulated at least eighty (80.0) hours of sick leave. A part-time employee must have accumulated an amount proportionate to the percent of time or hours worked in a two-week period as compared to a full- time employee. A full-time employee joins the SLB by directing, in writing, the contribution of ten (10.0) hours of the member's accumulated sick leave into the SLB. A part-time employee joins the SLB by directing, in writing, the contribution of an amount proportionate to the percent of time or hours worked as compared to a full-time employee. Membership in the SLB continues until the employee leaves the university or until there is a call for SLB donations and the employee does not properly respond to the call. Sick leave time donated to the SLB is not refundable. An employee who enrolls in the SLB while on an approved sick leave may not request the SLB benefit for that approved sick leave.
B. All employees shall be notified by Human Resources at the annual enrollment period each September (subject to change) of the existence of the SLB and shall be provided the opportunity to become members after becoming qualified for membership, as described in Section 2.A, above.
C. When the time available in the SLB becomes less than five (5) hours times the number of SLB members, a donation of an additional five (5.0) hours of sick leave shall be called for from all SLB members who have at least eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees). SLB members who have fewer than eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees) shall be exempt from this call for donations. A member who has at least eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees) and who does not make a called-for donation shall cease membership in the SLB.
D. Any member who has fewer than eighty (80.0) hours of accumulated sick leave (prorated for part-time employees) or who anticipates within 30 days the need for more sick leave than he/she has available may submit a request to the SLB committee for the transfer a maximum of sick leave time from the SLB to the member. The request shall be reviewed by the SLB committee and the committee's decision, by majority vote, shall be binding. Decisions by the SLB committee may not be grieved.
E. The SLB committee shall consist of three (3) accumulated representatives appointed by the Union and three (3) representatives appointed by the University.
F. The maximum length of time available to any member from the SLB in response to an application is one hundred and sixty (160) hours (prorated for part-time employees). Additional extensions may be made if the sick leave days per year time transferred in response to an application proves to be insufficient up to a member or members who have exhausted their total of three hundred and twenty (320) hours (prorated for part-time employees) in a twelve (12) month period. At no time may the SLB committee transfer more sick leave time from the SLB than is available in the bank.
G. Time from the SLB may be granted because of continuous absence or intermittent absence as administered under the University’s Family and Medical Leave Act Policy, due to non- work-related and non-chronic condition resulting from a current serious catastrophic accident, injury or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each illness of the qualified employee or member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the qualified employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover immediate family for whom the cost of qualified employee is the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days primary caretaker. Conditions caused by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee incidents covered by workers' compensation are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bankeligible for SLB time.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the bank at any timeBargaining Unit, appointed by WEA, two (2) classified employees, appointed by that group, and (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Initial new hires Record keeping will be exempted undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The committee shall establish guidelines to govern its decision-making process regarding the granting or denial of requests for withdrawals from the October 15 deadline to submit bank. The business manager will make the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to initial decision on the Bank during number of days granted or denied from the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances bank. Upon partial or full denial of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible a request for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated withdrawal of sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members , the employee may transfer one (1) day when accumulated appeal the decision of the business manager to the sick leave bank without penalty committee who will then make the final decision on the Personalappeal. The business manager and committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are made available to those applicants who have not abused sick leave, and provide that such withdrawal is made for prolonged illness or disability caused by a catastrophic accident. The committee guidelines shall provide a basis for insuring that withdrawals from the bank under this policy is made available only to those applicants who have not abused sick leave, and provide that such withdrawal is made for prolonged illness or disability caused by catastrophic accident. The Board of Education reserves the right to overrule the sick leave bank committee if the Board of Education discovers that the committee’s action violates federal or state law.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be required to be absent for that specific personal illness/Sick Leave Bonusdisability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five (35) annually. Such additional sick leave days shall not be deducted from the recipient’s future accumulated sick leave; however, each participant who has received assistance from the sick leave bank must reestablish participation for the next school year.
7. When a Member of the Bargaining Unit is retiring at the end of the school year, the member may donate up to fifty (50) days of unused sick leave to the sick leave bank.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Newark City Board of Education and the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year Newark Teachers Association hereby agree to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The Sick Leave Bank on the following guidelines will applybasis:
1. A. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year15. The Sick Leave Bank shall have not less than fifty (50) days as certified by the Association. The Sick Leave Bank shall not exceed a maximum of four hundred (400) days.
2. B. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove approve applications for additional requests, as described in Paragraph 3D, at its discretion. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall serve as chairperson.
3C. Bargaining unit members who have exhausted all of their sick leave accumulation and who have developed a serious or catastrophic illness are eligible for sick leave days from the Bank. The sick leave bank committee has the authority to approve use of sick leave days from the bank for extenuating circumstances that involves a unit member’s immediate family (as defined in Article 22).
D. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments year unless additional days are granted by the Sick Leave Bank Committee.
E. Prior to approval for the advancement of five days from the sick leave bank, or within ten (510) days at of the date of the request, the member shall be required to provide documentation to substantiate his/her serious or catastrophic illness when requested by any Committee member.
F. In no case shall the Sick Leave Bank prevent or prolong a time. bargaining unit member from applying for and going on disability retirement.
G. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. Each employee of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum district covered by this contract may participate in the Sick Leave Bank. To participate, each employee shall contribute on one (1) of three (3) accumulated his/her earned sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their by September 1st. Sick leave days thus contributed shall be deducted from the individual’s annual sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnessentitlement. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused contributed sick leave days shall form a fund of sick leave days, extending beyond the employees accumulated sick leave, which will be available to a all eligible participating employees upon recommendation of the Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearBack Committee.
2. A committee comprised Application for use of the Superintendent or his/her designee, Bank shall be submitted to the President Sick Leave Committee for their recommendations. The committee shall review the request and determine the eligibility of the Associationemployee. If the committee deems necessary, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by it shall require proof of illness at the Superintendent, time of application and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionfrom time to time after a grant has been made.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members The committee shall be granted up have the authority to a maximum establish such guidelines as it deems necessary to implement this program. Guidelines shall have the approval of twenty (20) days from the Bankassociation. After complete review of the application, per request and a total maximum the committee shall have the authority to make final decisions within the guidelines as to the disposition of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paythe case.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated In order for an employee to be eligible to apply for sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days benefits from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave BankBack, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty must first: (201) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed Be a contributor to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted and (2) have been absent from the October 15 deadline work due to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used illness or accident for all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances 5 additional workdays/35 hours.
5. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the number of sick leaveleave days each participant must contribute in order to keep the Bank solvent. The Sick Leave Bank will maintain no more than 60 days total at any one time.
86. The Association President or maximum number of days that can be granted in any one fiscal year shall not exceed 2 times the number of participatory employees and/or the number of days in the bank. In no case will the granting of leave cause an employee to receive more than his/her designee shall be responsible annual salary for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)that year.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Certificated Employee Agreement, Negotiations Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 8-9-1 Any classified employee covered by this agreement shall become a member of the bargaining unit will sick leave bank by contributing the hourly equivalent of one (1) sick leave day. The minimum accumulated hours in the sick bank shall be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) 3200 hours. When the accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their hours fall below 3200, all classified employees shall contribute the equivalent of one (1) sick leave due day (converted to hours) to the sick leave bank. (2011) Classified employees may request sick leave hours from the sick leave bank for their own long-term disability or illness only. When a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit bank has a long-term injury, incapacity or illness causing an employee to voluntarily donate be off work at least ten (10) consecutive days and has exhausted all forms of leave (paid or unpaid), he/she, or an immediate family member, may request additional sick leave from the bank. This request must be in writing by completing and submitting an application to Human Resources. If the request is for more than ten (10) days, a written statement from a healthcare provider must accompany the request. Human Resources will notify the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Classified President, two appointed members of the Classified Association and an appointee by the District. The Committee shall meet the first week of every month, provided applications have been submitted. Submission for sick leave days from the Sick leave Bank does not guarantee acceptance and/or approval for requested days. No sick days will be awarded in advance or “forward”; however, if sick days are awarded, the Business Office may “back date” so an employee is not penalized on his/her paycheck. (2018) 8-9-2 Upon its approval of a sick leave request, the Executive Committee will notify the District Business Office. (2011) 8-9-3 The number of days extended to a request will not exceed 10 days unless additional days are available and approved by the Committee. The maximum cumulative number of days, which any one person can be granted from the bank during his/her period of employment with the district, is sixty days (60). A classified employee leaving the employment of the District, who has used the sick leave bank, must transfer any unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to replace the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has days used all of his/her accumulated before being paid for unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
according to Article 8-8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting (2007) Any reference to “days” is converted to “hours” in keeping with the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave daysnew absence reporting system of the District. (See Appendix B).
2013) 8-9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the -5 A workers compensation extended leave qualifies for 33.3% sick leave bank without penalty on as the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.employee is entitled to 66.7% disability payments through the workers compensation program. (2017)
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Samples: Negotiation Agreement, Negotiation Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members Upon initiation of the sick leave bank, each employee of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) contribute one months accumulated sick leave days per year based on the employee’s FTE as of September first to a member or members who have exhausted their establish the sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnessbank. At the beginning of each year in which the bank has fallen below thirty days, each employee will contribute another month’s accumulated sick leave based on the employee’s FTE. The number of days contributed to the employee shall not exceed twenty days based upon the employee’s FTE in any contract year. To be eligible for sick leave withdrawal, the following guidelines will applycriteria must be met:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused employee must have exhausted his/her own accumulated sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearleave, vacation and paid personal leave.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent The employee or his/her designee, representative must complete an application and submit it to the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications Human Resources office for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionconsideration.
3. Eligible An advisory committee including the President of BCEA, the Supervisor of the Employee and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up the Director of Human Resources will advise the Superintendent relative to a maximum use of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and sick leave bank. The committee will not consider any application where the employee is not under the continuing care of a total maximum physician (this program is intended for extremely serious catastrophic illnesses/injuries). The employee shall not have habitually abused the sick leave benefit in the past. The number of forty (40) days per school contributed to the employee shall not exceed twenty days based upon the employee’s FTE in any contract year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave bank withdrawals terminate when Workers’ Compensation coverage begins or at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bankwhichever comes first. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where Each year an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from uses the sick leave bank he/she must pay back the number of sick bank days used to a maximum of ten days. These days (pay back days) will accumulate each time the bank is used and will be limited to those individuals who paid back at the rate of two days per year until borrowed days have contributed to been repaid. If an employee separates from the bank at any time. Initial new hires district before the full repayment of these sick days, the remaining un-repaid days will be exempted deducted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her that employee’s accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting restored to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)bank insofar as such days are available.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Lakewood Local Board of Education and LACE hereby agree to establish a Sick Leave Bank (SLB) on the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will applybasis:
1. The An enrollment period shall be established annually between September 1 and September 30 for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused their accumulated, but unused, sick leave days to a Sick Leave SLB. Effective upon ratification of this 2018-2021 Agreement, members previously enrolled in the SLB must re-enroll by donating one (1) day of sick leave. Employees who had not previously enrolled will have thirty days from the date of Board ratification to enroll by donating one (1) day of sick leave. All new bargaining unit members shall be eligible for enrollment in the SLB. New members may enroll by donating one (1) sick leave day to the Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearwithin thirty (30) days after the date of hire.
2. The SLB shall have not less than fifty (50) days.
3. Only individuals who have contributed to the SLB beginning with the 2018- 2019 school year are eligible to withdraw sick days from the SLB.
4. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, superintendent or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by non-teaching supervisor, the Superintendentpresident of the Association, and one two (12) Association member members chosen by the Association Presidentpresident, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove develop the approved form and shall approve applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
35. Eligible Use of days from the SLB will be limited to unforeseen serious or catastrophic illness or injury of the bargaining unit member, spouse or member’s dependent children. It may not be used for elective surgery. Bargaining unit members must have exhausted all of their accumulated sick leave and approved permissible advances prior to withdrawals from the SLB. Bargaining unit members who have exhausted all of their sick leave accumulation, who meet the qualifications of this paragraph, and who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank may request sick leave days from the Bank.
6. Approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty . The Committee may grant up to an additional twenty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (520) days at a time.
7. The Sick Leave Committee shall require bargaining unit members who have requested sick leave days from the Bank to provide a statement from their physician describing the nature of the illness and a prognosis relative to the member's probable period of absence from duty.
8. Members whose request for additional sick days and whose illness or injury is such that their physician cannot give a probable date of return to duty and, who qualify, shall be required to apply for disability retirement.
9. The SLB shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance compensation.
10. Should the number of days in the SLB be exhausted, the Committee will meet to mutually agree upon additional contributions and the procedure for making such contributions.
11. Donations to the SLB shall not disqualify a member for incentive pay.
412. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end decisions of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored SLB are final and not subject to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeegrievance procedure.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated 5.15.1 A sick leave days per year bank shall be established for the use of District employees in the event of catastrophic illness or injury resulting in long term absence from employment, or for the long term care of a family member who suffers from a catastrophic illness or injury which creates a financial hardship on the employee.
5.15.2 Each employee who wishes to a member or members who have exhausted their voluntarily participate in the sick leave due to bank shall donate a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member minimum of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised eight (8) hours with additional increments of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen hour up to a maximum of an equivalent of six (6) days of paid leave (either sick or vacation) each year. Written notification of the request to donate must be submitted to the Human Resource Coordinator and Local 1021 by the Superintendenttenth (10th) day of any month. Upon receipt of any such written notification to both the District Human Resource Coordinator and Local 1021, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, donated days shall administer the Bankbe deducted from that individual employee's sick leave balance. The Committee All days donated shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionbe irrevocable.
35.15.3 A District employee participating in the sick leave bank who has depleted all of his/her sick leave days and any other paid days off as a result of any such catastrophic illness or injury may request in writing from the District additional sick leave days which must be accompanied by a letter from the employee's medical physician verifying the seriousness of the illness or injury. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members That verification shall be granted subject to review and further verification by a medical physician, jointly appointed to perform that function at no cost to the unit member. Approval of the number of days granted, up to a maximum of twenty (20) working days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per in any school year, shall be jointly decided by the District and SEIU Local 1021 Sick Leave Committee.
5.15.3.1 The Committee shall consist of two (2) members of SEIU Local 1021 unit and two (2) members of the Administration. Days should Unit members of SEIU will be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeselected by the SEIU Chapter Executive Board. The Administration members shall be appointed by the Superintendent.
5.15.3.2 The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall not be used meet as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored necessary to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from administer the Sick Leave Bank, but . The employer shall maintain the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost records of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum transfer into and out of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans 5.15.3.3 The Sick Leave Committee shall be the decision making body to distribute sick leave credits from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to Sick Leave Bank upon an application by the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank unit member.
5.15.4 If during the first year of their limited contract should open enrollment period, a unit member wishing to participate in the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual Sick Leave Bank has used all of his/her accumulated no sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee to contribute, that unit member shall be responsible for presenting permitted to participate provided that he/she shall donate the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated first sick leave days. (See Appendix B)day he/she accrues after the month of enrollment.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members Sick leave is defined as the paid hours given to an eligible employee in accordance with this Section 3. The Library shall provide a sick leave bank for employees with long-term illnesses or injuries which shall operate under the following procedures:
A. An employee with a serious health condition that incapacitates her/him for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or more who has exhausted her/his sick time benefits and all paid time off benefits (vacation and holiday compensatory time, except as noted below), may request additional sick leave benefits by submitting the sick leave bank request form to Human Resources. Upon prior written request to the Human Resources Manager, an employee may reserve up to forty (40) hours of his/her accrued vacation time (or pro-rated equivalent for part-time employees) for use following return from sick leave bank. An employee may not request sick leave bank usage in the first year after joining the sick leave bank unless he/she has joined in the first year he/she was eligible to participate. An employee with a serious health condition, following initial qualification for sick leave bank benefits, will be eligible for additional sick leave bank benefits for the same serious health condition without a new qualifying period of incapacity, provided a sick leave bank application is submitted within one hundred twenty (120) days of the bargaining unit employee's return to work from his/her prior sick leave bank leave.
B. In addition to the circumstances described in subsection 2.A, above, the Labor/Management Committee shall also have the authority to approve the use of sick bank benefits for an employee who has a serious health condition but who may not need to be absent thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. The Labor/Management Committee may only approve sick bank benefits if the employee is a member of sick bank. In addition, the employee must have been absent at least five (5) consecutive calendar days during the previous twelve (12) month period for the same serious health condition, or must be expected to be absent at least five (5) consecutive calendar days for the serious health condition at the time of the employee’s application for sick bank benefits.
C. The employee with the serious health condition must present a physician's statement to Human Resources along with her/his sick leave bank request form; such statement must specify the date when the employee is expected to be able to return to work. The Human Resources Department will notify the Labor/Management Committee upon receipt of any sick leave bank request form. The Labor/Management Committee may decide to require the employee to supply additional statements from his/her attending physician in order to qualify for sick leave bank benefits. The Labor/Management Committee may also require an employee to be examined by a medical provider selected by the Library if the information provided by the employee's medical provider for initial or continuing eligibility for use of the sick leave bank is insufficient. In such cases, the Labor/Management Committee will give written notice to the employee of the requirement of an additional examination and the expectations for the medical examination. The results of the medical examination will be allowed reviewed with the employee. The cost of the examination is to donate and transfer be paid by the Library.
D. The employee must have a maximum of three (3) accumulated reasonable expectation that she/he will return to work based on the physician's statement in order to request sick leave days per year bank benefits.
E. The employee must authorize the Library to a member or members who have exhausted their provide relevant information relating to his/her sick leave due bank request to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 Labor/Management Committee, and each year.
2. A committee comprised member of the Superintendent or hisLabor/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the BankManagement Committee will be required to hold that information in strictest confidence. The Labor/Management Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible will review individual cases and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the reject all sick leave bank applications based on the eligibility criteria established herein. The Labor/Management Committee will be limited to those individuals who have contributed give written notice to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year employee of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all acceptance or rejection of hisher/her accumulated his sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8bank application. The Association President or hisLabor/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members Management Committee may transfer one (1) day when accumulated make adjustments to the sick leave bank without penalty program so long as such adjustments do not contradict the express terms of this Agreement.
F. Absent exigent circumstances, in any three (3) year period, an employee may only receive up to one thousand (1,000) hours of sick leave bank hours donated by other employees if sick leave bank is being used for the employee’s own illness or up to five hundred (500) hours if sick leave bank is being used for the illness of a member of the employee’s family where the employee’s presence is medically required. These amounts shall be prorated for part-time employees.
G. To be eligible to participate in sick leave bank benefits, an employee must have completed one year of service and must have donated to the sick leave bank in the year in which he/she seeks to apply for sick leave bank benefits. For employees who donated in the immediately preceding year, the minimum donation is ten (10) hours for employees who work 32 to 40 hours per week and five (5) hours for employees who work less than 32 hours per week. For employees who did not donate in the immediately preceding year, the minimum donation is sixteen (16) hours for employees who work 32 to 40 hours per week and eight (8) hours for employees who work less than 32 hours per week. Except as provided in subsection 3.E, above, the maximum donation by an employee in one year is fifty (50) hours for an employee who works 32 to 40 hours per week and thirty (30) hours for an employee who works less than 32 hours per week. Donations must be made by the end of January of each year. Any employee who wishes to donate shall sign a mutually agreed-upon form supplied by Human Resources to all eligible employees in late December or early January of each year. In January of any year, the Library and the Union may mutually agree to waive the requirement of a new contribution from employees who made donations in the immediately preceding year when the balance in the sick leave bank is deemed sufficient to meet the anticipated need in the coming year. An employee who has not completed one year of service as of January 31 may donate the requisite annual number of hours to the sick leave bank by initiating a donation during the pay period in which the employee attains his/her first anniversary of employment and he/she will then become immediately eligible to request sick leave bank benefits. The Labor/Management Committee may request additional donation of sick leave bank hours from Library employees who earlier donated when the total number of hours in the sick leave bank falls below one thousand (1,000) at any point during the calendar year.
H. An employee absent for more than thirty (30) consecutive days on an unpaid leave of absence as defined in Article XIV and who has insufficient sick time or other paid time off accruals to donate the required amount may participate in the sick leave bank for that calendar year by making the required donation not later than 90 days following his/her return to work, provided this is not the employee’s first sick leave bank donation.
I. An employee who does not have any sick time accrued at the time of donation, but who does have vacation accrued time, may file paperwork to allow Human Resources to convert up to the necessary donation amount of vacation accrual for sick leave bank to satisfy the annual request of the sick leave bank donation.
J. Both bargaining and non-bargaining unit employees may make sick leave bank donations and request sick leave bank benefits.
K. During sick leave bank usage, the employee will not accrue vacation, sick time, or other paid time off.
L. No grievance may be filed regarding the administration of this program.
M. An employee shall resume her/his former position upon completion of any approved sick leave bank usage.
N. If an employee is unable to return to work at the time originally designated by the employee’s health care provider, a request for an extension of sick leave bank benefits is subject to the same approval process as the initial application.
O. The Library may temporarily replace an employee on approved sick leave bank leave. Upon the employee’s exhaustion of sick leave bank leave, he/she may request unpaid disability leave, if otherwise eligible for such leave, pursuant to Article XIV, Section 5. If the employee fails to return on his/her return to work date and fails to request additional leave to which he/she is entitled, the employee shall be considered to have resigned on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.return to work date.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeara voluntary bank of teacher sick leave days administered by the district which may be used after serious illness only by participating teachers. The definition of teacher in the sick leave bank includes any member of the association who has signed up to donate sick days to the sick bank. .
2. A committee comprised To become a member of the Superintendent or his/her designeebank, the President of the Associationany teacher must donate one day per year, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) 3 days from donated in total.
3. Upon request by the BankAssociation to the Superintendent, per request and a total maximum the number of forty (40) unused days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The the Sick Leave Bank shall not will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payreported to the Association.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total maximum number of days borrowed has been restored that can be used by a sick-leave bank member from the Bank in one fiscal year's period of time may not exceed 75% of the days available in the bank at that time (to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeenearest whole day.)
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from Days in the Sick Leave Bank total, if shall be for serious illness on the final check or checks part of the employee are teacher, spouse or dependent children through age 23. It does not sufficient cover elective surgery. Teachers who draw benefits under the Teacher Retirement System or under Workmen's Compensation shall cease to cover the indebtedness to draw from the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank Days will be limited continue to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to accumulate in the Bank up to one hundred (100) days. Should the number of days exceed one hundred (100) during the first thirty days of the new school year, the additional days added for that year of will be held in a reserve. At such time that one hundred (100) days are accumulated, any additional days will go into the reserve. Whenever the Sick Leave Bank drops below one hundred (100) days, the reserve shall be used to bring the Bank up to one hundred (100) days. No new days will be added by continuing members as long as the Sick Leave Bank remains at or above one hundred (100) days. New staff members will contribute when hired if they desire to participate in the Bank, with their limited contract sick day contribution going to the reserve should the need ariseSick Leave Bank be at or above one hundred (100) days. The reserve days may not be considered as part of the maximum 75% of the days accessible for use.
7. A loan will be considered only after No sick leave bank member can request to use the individual has used Bank unless all of his/her accumulated sick days and personal leave days are exhausted. The member shall provide a written request to use the bank to the RBEA President and has used possible advances the Superintendent. A doctors note or similar written verification shall be provided to the RBEA President. A committee of sick leaveadministrators,the RBEA President, and the RBEA building representatives will review each request and make a recommendation to the Superintendent. In the case of an emergency when time does not permit this to be done ahead of time, the committee may act retroactively.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall Sick Leave Bank days will only be responsible added during the first thirty (30) days of each school year. Any unused days carry over for presenting to use the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)next year.
9. First If the number of days drops below the fully funded status (100 days), any active member who has not contributed the maximum of three days will be required to contribute a day per year bargaining members may transfer one (1) until the 3-day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusmaximum is attained.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the Bargaining Unit, appointed by WEA; two (2) classified employees, appointed by the classified staff; and two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Record keeping will be undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The business manager will make the initial evaluation of the number of days available from the sick leave bank, and the committee will grant or deny the request. Upon partial or full denial of a request for withdrawal of sick leave days, the employee may appeal the decision of the committee to the Superintendent who will then make the final decision on the appeal. The committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are for maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, prolonged illness/disability, bereavement, or serious illness in the immediate family. • Maternity/paternity/adoptive paid leave shall be limited to those individuals who have contributed to no more than six (6) weeks for normal vaginal delivery and eight (8) weeks for caesarean delivery per family, including the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from use of the October 15 deadline to submit Member of the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her Bargaining Unit’s accumulated sick leave prior to receiving days and from the sick leave bank. If a Member has used possible advances not reached the maximum of sick leave.
leave days granted for the 6- or 8-week period, that Member may use the remainder of the days for medical appointments. • Prolonged illness/disability shall mean an illness that a physician would certify as being necessary to be absent from work or hospitalized. This would also cover a recurring treatment (weekly or monthly appointment) for an existing illness/disability. • The amount of time granted for bereavement shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. • Serious illness shall mean any illness that a physician would certify as being necessary for the Member of the Bargaining Unit to be in attendance with family members. The Association President or his/her designee Superintendent reserves the right to request verification of the need for absence under provisions of this paragraph. • Immediate family shall be responsible defined as mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephew, xxxxx, spouse, child, stepchild or step parent, xxxxxx children, brother, sister, in-laws of any of the above, or death other than in the immediate family where there has been close association. • The amount of time granted for presenting each funeral shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. The Board of Education reserves the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated right to overrule the sick leave bank without penalty on committee if the PersonalBoard of Education discovers that the committee’s action violates federal or state law.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be required to be absent for that specific personal illness/Sick Leave Bonusdisability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members All certificated employees of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum Council School District who are eligible for health insurance may participate in the Sick Leave Bank. To participate, each new employee shall contribute one of three (3) accumulated his earned sick leave days. For each single day or one-half day contributed by each member, the School District shall add the same. The contributed sick leave days per year shall form a fund that will be available to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member all eligible participating employees upon recommendation of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised Committee for the purpose of alleviating the Superintendent hardships caused by absence from work necessitated by extended or his/her designee, recurring serious illness extending beyond the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeemployee's accumulated sick leave. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payconsist of the following members:
1. Two (2) members appointed by the Council Education Association.
42. One (1) member appointed by the District.
3. The member who borrows days will pay back each year two Association Sick Leave Bank Committee members must be Sick Leave Bank members. The District's representative must be a Bank member. At least one representative of the days at District and one representative of the rate Association shall be present in order for the Committee to consider application for grants or conduct other business. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the number of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at days each participant must contribute in order to keep the end Bank solvent with the following limitations:
1. Each participant must contribute the same number of the contract year until the total days.
2. All contributions must be whole or half days.
3. The maximum number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from in the Sick Leave BankBank shall not exceed 120 days in any school year July 1 to June 30, but except when new professional employees enter employment with the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not District. In order for an employee to be sufficient eligible to cover the cost of the days requested apply for sick leave benefits from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that employee must first:
1. Be a contributor to the Bank.
2. Have been absent from work due to illness or accident for:
a. all his/her accumulated sick leave days, and
b. all of his/her personal leave days. Written application for use of the Bank will be submitted to the Sick Leave Bank Committee prior to or within ten (10) days from the date the applicant returns to the District to resume his or her assignment. If the applicant is incapacitated to such an employee extent that he or she cannot personally apply for a grant, the applicant's immediate supervisor or immediate family may apply for the grant. All applications for grants from the Bank should be sent to: Sick Leave Bank Committee c/o Clerk Council School District #13 Council, ID 83612 The Committee may require a doctor's written statement as to the nature of the illness at the time of application and from time to time after a grant has been made. The Committee shall review the request and determine the eligibility of the employee. The Sick Leave Bank Committee will respond within two (2) weeks to each application for a grant in writing and in the event the application is denied, will state the reason(s) for such denial. The Committee shall be the authority to make final decisions within the established guidelines as to the disposition of the case. The maximum number of twenty work days that can be granted to an eligible participant is thirty (2030) days/school year (July 1 - June 30). This requirement may be extended an additional thirty (30) days in the event of extenuating circumstances. In no case shall an employee be granted more than sixty (60) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed year. Maternity leave from the Sick Leave Bank will be for six (6) weeks total (except in extenuating circumstances) including all leave days the employee may have at the time of application to the Sick Leave Bank. Bank grants to individual employees will not be carried over from one fiscal year to the next; all such grants will end at the termination of the school year. If an employee does not use all of the days granted by the Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed unused sick leave days by deducting will be returned to the Bank. In no case shall an employee be granted more than a total of 180 days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if for all illnesses or disabilities during employment with the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to District. If the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from Bank is exhausted during a fiscal year, additional days may be added upon the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to vote of the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8members. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave district may contribute a like number of days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit A voluntary sick-leave bank will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The established under the following guidelines will applyconditions:
1. The enrollment period for each member Each participating employee contributes one day of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave per year to the bank and may draw up to 50 days to a Sick Leave Bank of sick leave per school year from the bank, provided the first 20 days of sick leave of that year has been covered by accumulated leave or absence without pay.
2. Deadline for sick-leave bank enrollment is September 1 through October 15 of each year.
23. A committee comprised Administration of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen program will be handled by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paybusiness office.
4. The member who borrows days All requests for use of sick-leave bank must be submitted in writing to the superintendent.
5. Each employee enrolling in the bank will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% donate one day of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank each September 1 until September 1 contributions build the bank total to 100 or more days. No more days will be added to this maximum until the bank is depleted to 50 days except for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Banknew participants.
6. Loans A person withdrawing from membership in the sick leave bank will not be limited able to those individuals who have withdraw contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisedays.
7. A loan person will not be considered only after able to withdraw days from the individual has used all of bank until his/her accumulated own sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.is depleted or they utilize the Maternity/Paternity Leave policy.(2018)
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting Persons withdrawing sick-leave days from the bank will not have to replace these days except as a regular contributing member to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)bank.
9. First year bargaining Request for use of bank days must be accompanied by a letter from an attending physician stating that the employee is unable to perform his/her duties according to contractual obligations.
10. Consideration for use of the sick-leave bank for catastrophic illness of immediate family members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated can be presented to the sick Superintendent and/or the Board of Education for approval.(1990)
11. Consideration for use of the sick-leave bank without penalty on for catastrophic illness of the Personalfirst year certified employee can be presented to the superintendent and/or the Board of Education for approval. (2018)
12. A letter from the employee’s physician shall be submitted at the time the employee returns to work verifying permission to return to work. (1997)
13. At any time the sick bank falls below 50 days during the school year, members of the sick bank will be assessed a day during the school term. (2005)
14. Sick bank may be used for maternity purposes only when there are unusual complications stemming from the pregnancy. A doctor’s note will be required stating that the mother requires additional days for her physical/Sick Leave Bonusmental health. (2005)
15. When a member of the sick bank has depleted his/her sick days and the member needs to contribute a sick bank day to the bank during the school term because it has fallen below 50 days, that member may receive a gift of a sick day from a fellow employee. (2005)
16. The sick bank for the certified staff and the sick bank for the support staff are one combined bank. (2005)
17. When a tenured employee retires/resigns from the district, that employee’s unused sick days will be added to the district sick bank. (2006)
18. ESP employees are not eligible for the sick bank until having accumulated 10 sick days.
19. A person will not be able to withdraw days from the bank unless he/she is a contributing member of the bank.
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Samples: Educational Support Staff Agreement, Educational Services
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. The purpose of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year bank is to a member or provide sick leave for those participating members who have a prolonged, catastrophic or long term illness and/or injury and who have exhausted all their available personal sick leave due to leave. This benefit would not be available in a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearworker’s compensation injury matter.
2. A committee comprised Effective July 1, 2002 all full time and part time (.5 time or more) professionals, except those filling a leave position, and those already enrolled shall contribute two (2) days on the effective date of employment. Such days become permanently part of the Superintendent sick leave bank and cannot be withdrawn.
3. Future contributions will be required when the number of days in the bank is diminished to a number that equals the number of professional employees covered by this agreement. At that time, the Sick Leave Bank Committee will determine the rate of additional contributions not to exceed two (2) days per participant per year.
4. Eligibility to draw from the sick leave bank shall be limited to those participating members who:
a. Have exhausted their own personal sick leave.
b. Provide medical evidence of prolonged, catastrophic, or his/her designee, long term illness or injury acceptable to the Sick Leave Bank Committee.
c. Make application to the Sick Leave Bank Committee on the appropriate form.
5. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be composed of the President of the Professionals Association, or his/her designee, and the Superintendent of Schools, or his/her designee. The Committee may grant up to 30 sick leave days per application. All decisions to accept or reject an application shall be non-grievable.
6. If agreement on a grant is not achieved by the committee of two, or an applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, an appeal can be made by the applicant to a review board composed of two members appointed by the Superintendent of Schools, two members appointed by the President of the Teachers Association, and one additional member acceptable to both the Superintendent and the Teachers Association President. The decision of the review board shall be final, binding, and non-grievable.
7. The maximum number of days available to each participant who meets the criteria in Section 5 is limited to 360 days.
8. Each year during the month of June, the district agrees to credit one (1) Administrator chosen by sick day to the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the BankBHBLTA Sick Bank for each employee that was newly hired for that school year.
9. The Committee District shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described provide the Chief Negotiator with an accounting of the number of days in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used by September 30th of each year.The District agrees to provide the Association with an annual accounting of the BHBLTA Sick Leave Bank after the district has contributed its sick days as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4required by Section 3 of this Agreement. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until accounting shall include the total number of days borrowed has been restored at the beginning of the year, the number of days added to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the BHBLTA Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks by members of the employee are not sufficient to cover Association, the indebtedness number of days added to the BHBLTA Sick Leave BankBank by the District and the number of days used by members of the Association.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the 1. Any bargaining unit will be allowed to donate member on sick leave, having exhausted his/her own sick leave, personal leave days, vacation and transfer a maximum of after having waited three (3) accumulated unpaid days, may request to participate in the sick leave bank. All requests must be in writing and include the following:
a. Nature of the illness or injury
b. Expected date of return to full employment
c. Number of days per year requested
d. Attached statement from physician indicating that the bargaining unit member is unable to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave work due to a current serious illness, medical condition, or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearinjury.
2. A committee comprised of To afford the Superintendent or his/her designeemaximum protection against a prolonged illness, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the following sick leave bank will shall be limited established for all bargaining unit members, and each bargaining unit member covered by this Agreement shall participate as follows:
a. In order to those individuals who have contributed to help establish the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan 2001-2002 school year, each bargaining unit member will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer donate one (1) day when of sick leave and the Board of Education will donate sick leave days equivalent to one- half the number of those donated by the bargaining unit members. Upon hire, each new bargaining unit member will contribute one (1) day of his/her sick leave to the bank.
b. Half (50%) of unused sick days accumulated by bargaining unit members who are not eligible (because member has less than ten years of service) to be paid for sick days under Article 23.B shall be automatically added to the sick leave bank without penalty upon the member’s separation from the district.
c. When the sick leave bank falls to below fifty (50) days by September 1, the Board of Education shall assess each bargaining unit member one (1) day of his/her sick leave.
d. No more than twenty (20) sick leave bank days will be granted per request. If more days are needed, the request will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The Sick Bank Appeal Board will require that a bargaining unit member exhaust all other employee purchased benefits as a condition for use of the Personal/Sick Leave Bonussick bank.
e. The Appeal Board may grant or suspend sick leave days from the bank. Their judgment and/or decisions will be final.
f. The sick leave Appeal Board shall consist of two (2) members of the Mt. Pleasant Education Support Personnel Association and two (2) representatives designated by the Board of Education.
g. The Appeal Board will make an annual report as to use and number of days available to the Board and Association members upon request. The report will include the number of days used and remaining.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of Board in cooperation with the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to Association will establish a Sick Leave Bank is for educators, who shall be required to donate one (1) sick day to the bank by September 1 through October 15 each year1, or within two (2) weeks of hire date.
2. A committee comprised The executive board of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall will administer the Sick Leave Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up The intent of this plan is to a maximum of twenty (20) days from provide extended sick leave, as limited by the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payprovisions, to Sick Leave Bank members who by reason of illness exceed their available personal sick leave days.
4. The member An educator who borrows has contributed will not be able to withdraw days will pay back each year from the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated bank until after their own accrued sick leave at days have been depleted and a two‐ (2) day deduction period has transpired for each extended illness. Should a single extended illness exceed ten (10) days, the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bankdeduction will not apply. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted Persons on disability or retiring are exempt from the final pay(sfive‐ (5) due to the employeeday deduction.
5. In the case where an employee has applied A member is entitled to borrow a lifetime maximum of ninety (90) days from the Sick Leave Bank; however, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient grants for days are limited to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request, and the initial request and forty any subsequent request must be verified, in writing, by the member’s physician.
6. The Association may request that contributing members donate an additional day(s) to the Sick Leave Bank when the number of days in the bank at the beginning of the second semester drops below two‐hundred fifty (40) 250).
7. An educator withdrawing sick leave days per school year from the bank will not have to be borrowed replace these days except as a regular yearly contributing member to the bank.
8. A representative from the Association will meet monthly with the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or designee for the purpose of providing current information about use of the Sick Leave Bank, and .
9. The Board/Association will monitor the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs use of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank totaldays, if including, specifically, the final check or checks impact of Paragraph six (6) above.
10. Members receiving workers’ compensation are ineligible for sick bank leave, nor can they use sick leave bank days in place of workers’ compensation.
11. Should a member have any additional sick days upon retirement, the employee are not sufficient member may choose to cover the indebtedness donate them back to the Sick Leave Bank.
612. Loans from the sick Sick leave bank days may be used intermittently with ongoing treatment related to a catastrophic illness or injury in both full and half‐day increments. A doctor’s note will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariserequired.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members A. The purpose of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year bank is to provide sick leave for those participating administrators who have a member prolonged, catastrophic or members long term illness and/or injury and who have exhausted all their available sick and personal leave entitlements. This benefit would not be available in a workers compensation injury matter. If an administrator is reimbursed for any leave time used under this provision and as a result of a workers compensation decision, such reimbursed time shall be returned to the sick bank first, followed by the employee’s personal leave time.
B. Each administrator covered by this agreement who chooses to participate in the sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused bank shall contribute five (5) sick leave days to a the sick leave bank within the first fifteen (15) days of the effective date of the administrator's appointment. Such days become permanently part of the sick leave bank and cannot be withdrawn.
C. New administrative employees choosing to participate shall contribute five (5) days within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of employment.
D. Administrators who have not participated in the sick leave bank, and who subsequently choose to participate, may join within the first fifteen (15) days of July of any school year. However, such administrators must match the number of days they would have already contributed to the sick leave bank during the time of their employment in the district since the establishment of the sick bank.
E. A Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised Committee, composed of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the AssociationAdministrators’ Organization, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by and the SuperintendentSuperintendent of Schools, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association Presidentor his/her designee, shall administer the Banksick leave bank program. The Committee committee may grant up to thirty (30) sick leave days per application. In no event shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described an administrator be granted sick bank days whose number exceeds the equivalent of the administrators annual work days. The administrators’ vacation day entitlement will be reduced by a year’s allocation in Paragraph 3, at its discretionthe event that an administrator accesses the sick leave bank in excess of 195 days. All decisions to accept or reject an application shall be non-grievable.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall F. Future contributions will be granted up required when the number of days in the bank is diminished to a maximum number that equals three (3) times the number of twenty (20) days from administrators included in the Banksick bank. At that time, per request and a total maximum the Sick Leave Bank Committee will determine the rate of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of additional contributions, not to exceed five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payper participant per year.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored G. Eligibility to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans draw from the sick leave bank will shall be limited to those individuals participants who:
1. Have exhausted their own sick leave and personal leave entitlement.
2. Provide medical evidence of prolonged, catastrophic, or long term illness or injury acceptable to the Sick Leave Bank Committee.
3. Make application to the Sick Leave Bank Committee on the appropriate form.
H. If agreement on a grant is not achieved by the committee of two, or an applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the Sick Leave Bank Committee, an appeal can be made by the applicant to a review board composed of two members appointed by the Superintendent of Schools, two members appointed by the Administrator's Organization President, and one additional member acceptable to both the Superintendent and the Administrator's Organization President. The decision of the review board shall be final, binding, and non-grievable.
I. The maximum number of days available to each participant who have contributed meets the criteria in Section 7 is limited to 225 days.
J. The district will contribute five (5) sick leave days for each administrator who joins the sick leave bank. The five (5) days will be added to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit time of the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariseadministrator's initial contribution.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Professional Agreement, Professional Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The sick leave bank is only available for the personal illness of the bargaining unit employee. The sick leave bank will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave maintained by deducting two days per employee and adding it to the existing bank beginning on the first school day of each school year until the number of days exceeds a number equivalent to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnesssix times the number of personnel in the Bargaining Unit. Days already in the Sick Bank as of June 30, 2016 shall carry over into this Agreement. The following guidelines HFT shall receive an accounting of this amount on or before August 15th of each year. If at any time the number of days falls below twice the number of employees in the unit, one day per employee will apply:
1. The enrollment period for be deducted from each member employee and added to the bank on the first day of the bargaining unit following school year and each succeeding school year until the number of days exceeds a number equivalent to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to six times the number of personnel in the Bargaining Unit. There shall be established a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee Review Committee which shall be comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen two members appointed by the Superintendent, HFT and one (1) Association member chosen appointed by the Association President, shall administer the BankBoard. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications have responsibility for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum approval of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeall sick leave bank applications. The Sick Leave Bank Committee’s decisions shall not be used as a means subject to the grievance process. Any potential applicant may apply for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of this bank when his/her annual current and accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored exhausted. In order to qualify for the sick leave bank, an applicant must provide the following information to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days Superintendent of Schools which shall cause said days to promptly be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness forwarded to the Sick Leave BankBank Review Committee.
61. Loans A statement requesting authorization to draw from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to including the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisedate that this action would commence.
72. A loan will The employee’s disability must be considered only after certified in writing by the individual has used all employee’s physician, indicating the nature of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances the illness, first day of sick leave, and, to the extent possible, the probable days of termination of the illness.
83. The Association President or his/her designee shall A doctor's statement indicating the current status of the illness must be responsible for presenting provided at each 60-day interval. When qualified, such applicant will be compensated at the regular rate of pay, not to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)exceed 190 days per applicant per illness.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designeeAn employee may, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bankown choice, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all portions of his/her accumulated sick leave to come to the aid of another named employee suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take an extended leave without pay or to terminate his/her employment. The determination of whether or not the illness, injury, or impairment is extraordinary and/or severe will be made by the superintendent and one or more Association representatives. The superintendent and/or Association representative may, if appropriate, require a health care provider statement confirming the extent and/or severity of the illness, injury, or impairment.
2. A contributing employee must have an accrued sick leave balance of more than 176 hours (22 days) to assign his/her sick leave to another named employee as specified in (1) above.
3. An employee cannot donate sick leave days that would result in his/her sick leave account going below 176 hours (22 days).
4. Sick leave includes leave accrued pursuant to the RCWs with compensation for illness, injury and has used possible advances emergencies.
5. An employee, as recipient of leave transferred under this section, shall be classified as an employee and receive the same treatment in respect to salary, wages, and employee benefits as the employee would normally receive if using sick leave.
6. The provisions of Section 14A - 1 that allow an advance of sick leaveleave days from future service may be utilized in connection with this circumstance and assigned within the parameters of Section 14A1-1.
7. In the event the donated sick leave is not fully utilized by the receiving employee, said employee must return the unused sick leave advanced to the respective donating employee.
8. The Association President or his/her designee value of the leave transferred shall be responsible for presenting based upon the annual leave value of the person receiving the leave. The value of any leave transferred which remains unused shall be returned at its original value to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick employee or employees who transferred the leave days. (See Appendix B)when the agency head finds that the leave is no longer needed or will not be needed at the future time in connection with the illness or injury for which the leave was transferred.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer To the extent administratively feasible, the value of unused leave which was transferred by more than one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty employee shall be returned on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusa pro- rata basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members In the event of catastrophic, prolonged, or chronic illness, a unit member who has exhausted his/her sick leave may request, through the Association, the Superintendent to authorize voluntary transfer of additional sick leave from the Association Sick Leave Bank. Guidelines for using the Sick Leave Bank will be developed and administered by the Association.
a. Sick Leave Guidelines September and April will be open periods for donations to the Sick Leave Bank. On or before October 1 and May 1 respectively, the Association shall file with the Treasurer's office a written list containing the names of individual contributors and the number of sick leave days each person has contributed to the Sick Leave Bank. The value of days donated shall be posted within thirty (30) school days of the October 1 and May 1 deadline. No unit member may donate more than three (3) days per school year to the Sick Leave Bank. Donations of sick leave shall be valued at the per diem rate of the donor at the time of the donation. Sick leave withdrawn shall be valued at the per diem rate of the bargaining unit will be allowed member at the time he/she withdraws the sick leave from the bank. Unit members must apply to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated the GMLEA Executive Board to use days from the Sick Leave Bank. Unit members requesting extra sick leave days per year to a member or members who from the bank must have exhausted their accumulated sick leave due and personal leave. Extra sick days are to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member cover extended illnesses of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised member or of the Superintendent or his/her designeeimmediate family as defined in Article V 5, the President of the Associationsection A, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bankparagraph 5. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications Unit members may not apply for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of more than twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request at a time and a total maximum of forty no more than forty-five (4045) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at Once a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means unit member has made application for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of hisdisability retirement, he/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored she is no longer eligible to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to use the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members Any Act 93 employee who is unable to work due to illness, injury, disease, or disorder that is prolonged in time and who has exhausted all sick leave available may then request to be able to draw days from a sick leave bank to be established by the employees and the school district. Every employee in the Act 93 group shall deposit two (2) days in a pool and the school district will deposit one (1) day for each employee during the first year of this agreement for the aforementioned purpose. The sick leave bank committee is comprised of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate QVEA president, the superintendent and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:representative mutually agreed upon by the association president and the superintendent.
1. The enrollment period This program is intended to provide additional sick leave benefits for each member employees suffering from injuries, illnesses, diseases, and disorders that are prolonged in time. It is not intended to make anyone more than whole. Therefore, any employee receiving a compensated leave shall not be eligible for use of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearbank.
2. A The three (3)-member sick leave bank committee comprised will review each written request to use the sick leave bank. Use of the Superintendent or his/her designee, sick leave bank will require the President written approval of two of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionthree committee members.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum An employee must exhaust all of twenty (20) days from his/her personal sick leave before qualifying for use of the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paysick leave bank.
4. The member who borrows Prior to using any days will pay back each year from the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at bank, an employee must wait ten (10) consecutive unpaid workdays following the end exhaustion of the contract year until employee's personal sick leave. The sick leave bank committee may waive the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(sten (10) due to the employeeday waiting period taking into account any extenuating circumstances.
5. In A physician's report certifying the case where an individual's illness, injury, disease, or disorder shall be given to the sick leave bank committee. The committee will maintain strict confidentiality. The committee reserves the right to request a second opinion by a physician agreed upon by the employee has applied to borrow days from and the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost majority of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bankcommittee, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year at a cost to be borrowed from borne by the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bankschool district.
6. Loans All days granted will be at the employee's regular sick leave rate minus appropriate deductions, and all benefits will continue.
7. Membership in the sick leave bank shall be continuous from year to year unless the member leaves the district through death, retirement, or resignation.
8. An employee may receive no more than 190 days of payment from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to over the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year life of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)this contract.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer Should the total available days in the sick leave bank fall below 100 total days, the bank shall be maintained and replenished by the employees and the school district by each employee depositing one (1) day when accumulated to in the pool and the district one-half (1/2) day per employee.
10. The school district and the Quaker Valley Education Association (QVEA) shall be held harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits, or other forms of liability that shall arise out of or by reason of action taken or not taken by the district for the purpose of complying with any of the sick leave bank without penalty on provisions.
11. Accounting responsibility of the Personal/Sick Leave Bonussick leave bank resides with the QVEA.
12. The sick leave bank committee reserves the right to amend the existing provisions of the sick leave bank at any time pending approval by the general membership of the QVEA and the school district.
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Samples: Act 93 Plan
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. A sick leave bank shall be established for the purpose of making additional sick leave days available to employees who have completed one (1) year of continuous employment by the bargaining unit will Committee, who have exhausted their entire sick leave accumulation, and who have a serious illness or injury. A serious illness or injury for the purpose of this Article shall be allowed to donate and transfer one which requires the employee's absence from work for more than ten (10) consecutive work days. Participation in the sick leave bank by employees shall be voluntary.
2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a maximum Sick Leave Bank Committee comprised of three (3) persons. One of such persons shall be the Superintendent and the other two (2) persons shall be appointed by the Association from its membership. The decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be final and shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure. The Sick Bank Committee members consist of: Superintendent of Schools and two members of the Association.
3. The sick leave bank will be initially funded by deducting one
(1) sick leave day from the accrued or accumulated sick leave days per year of each employee, who has agreed to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of participate in the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave bank, and contributing such days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timebank. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall not be used as a means determine the eligibility of an employee for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at days from the end of bank and the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said leave days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5granted in each case. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost The balance of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to in the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting carried forward from year to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave daysyear. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one One (1) sick day when accumulated will be added to the sick leave bank without penalty on each year by employees who wish to participate.
4. Sick leave days will be made available only to an employee who has been employed for a continuous period of one (1) year and is participating in the Personal/bank, who has exhausted all of their personal sick leave days, and who has been absent from work for a period of ten (10) consecutive work days because of a serious illness or injury. The sick leave days granted by the bank will be retroactive to the first day of the employee's illness or injury. The initial grant of sick leave days from the bank shall not exceed twenty (20), after which the employee may apply for additional days.
5. Requests for sick leave days from the bank shall be submitted in writing to the Sick Leave BonusBank Committee and shall include a written statement from the employee's physician indicating the nature and extent of the illness or injury and the estimated time that the employee will be absent from work.
6. In administering the Bank, determining eligibility, and the amount of leave, the following general criteria shall be applied by the Bank Committee:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Sick Leave Bank is a voluntary bank of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated teachers’ sick leave days per year to administered by the district, which may be used for serious illness only by participating teachers.
5.4.1 Each newly hired teacher is automatically a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit bank for his/her first year. After the first year, to voluntarily remain a member of the bank, the teacher must donate one day. Any teacher may donate one day to the bank and become a member.
5.4.2 Upon request by the Association to the Superintendent, the number of unused days in the Sick Leave Bank will be reported to the Association.
5.4.3 In the event that the Sick Leave Bank falls below 100 days during the school year, all teachers will be given the opportunity to donate one or more days to the bank. Then at the beginning of the following year, all teachers, to remain a member, will be provided with the opportunity to donate one or more sick leave days to the bank to rebuild it.
5.4.4 Days in the sick leave bank shall be for serious illness on the part of the teacher, spouse or dependent children through age 23. It does not cover elective surgery. Teachers who draw benefits under the Teacher Retirement System will cease to draw from the Sick Leave Bank. It is understood serious illness due to pregnancy is to be treated as any other serious illness which otherwise would qualify a teacher for sick leave use from the bank. Doctor’s verification required.
5.4.5 In order for participating teachers to withdraw from the bank, a period of two teaching days must pass following the exhaustion of one's sick leave. If a teacher uses at least four days, the first two days then will be granted as paid sick leave.
5.4.6 Non-tenured full-time teachers and part-time teachers may withdraw, upon approval of the Sick Leave Bank is September 1 Committee, days from the Sick Leave Bank for serious personal illness, based upon the following schedule: Number of Years Days of Sick Leave (Per Year) 5-10 50 11-15 75 16 or more 100 Sick Leave Bank days used for serious illness of a spouse or dependent children through October 15 each age 23 shall be limited to a cumulative total of ten (10) days per year.
2. 5.4.7 A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per will review each request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The determine if the request qualifies for Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payusage.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit A Committee will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum formed made up of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator administrators chosen by the Superintendent, District and one three (13) Association member employees chosen by the Association President, shall administer the BankSupport Staff Union. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall will be granted up to a maximum the governing board of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the A. Each employee will donate a sick leave day to the bank will be limited to those individuals no later than the first day of the second school year of employment however, only employees who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on shall be eligible to receive sick bank days.
B. At the Personal/beginning of 2012-2013 school year, each currently employed support staff employee will donate a day. A support staff employee who has more than 190 days may make a voluntary one- time donation of up to ten (10) days to the bank.
C. An eligible employee who has exhausted all of the employee’s accumulated sick, personal and vacation leave may request to use Sick Leave BonusBank days for personal illness which constitutes a catastrophic disability as defined in number 5 below and as determined by a majority of the Committee. All requests for Sick Leave Bank use must be accompanied by medical verification in the form requested by the Committee. A first or second year employee is eligible to request up to 10 days from the Bank. Following the completion of two years of continuous service, all other employees may request to use up to 20 total days every five (5) years from the Sick Leave Bank during their employment in the District.
D. A personal illness, disability, or hospitalization shall be deemed "catastrophic" if it is a life-threatening or extraordinary medical condition. Generally, a catastrophic medical condition must be both long- term in nature and require extensive recuperation periods.
E. Except for new hires, no days will be collected until the Bank has less than fifty (50) days. The Committee may determine when it is appropriate to collect days again.
F. If the Bank dissolves, days will be returned to employees who have contributed on a pro-rata basis.
G. Days will also be available for catastrophic illness in the immediate family subject to Board of Education approval.
H. No bargaining Unit Member may access the District Sick Leave Bank to acquire sick days to exchange for the Paid Family Leave Benefits provided under Article B.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members All teachers shall donate one sick day to the group sick bank within one month of employment. In the bargaining unit will event that the number of days in the sick leave bank falls below 50, one day shall be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) deducted from each teacher’s accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows those days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored be added to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted A member of the bank may borrow up to 30 days when approved by the committee designated to regulate the bank. Upon approval of the sick bank committee, sick bank leave time will only be granted for days in which the association member is absent at the direction of a physician for the disability of the member or eligible dependent as defined in Section 8.0. If a member borrows more days than needed for the disability, those extra days shall be redeposited back into the group sick bank upon the member’s return to work. Disabled teachers (as per LTD Plan) may borrow as many days as necessary to bridge a gap between 31 and 90 calendar days. The committee shall be made up of the association president, the superintendent and a member of the bank selected annually by the two standing members, one being from special education and one being from career-technical education. The sick bank loan form is attached as Appendix B. Borrowed days will be repaid to the bank for sick based on the following scale by an electronic transfer by the business office: # OF DAYS OWED AS OF JULY 1 TOTAL DAYS TO BE REPAID (OF EACH YEAR) over 30 days shall cause said 6 days to be deducted from 21-30 days 5 days 11-20 days 4 days 10 days or less 3 days If borrowed days are not repaid by the final pay(s) due to time of resignation or termination, at the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost request of the days requested from committee and per the Sick Leave Bankloan agreement, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover withhold the costs appropriate current per diem rate from the teacher’s final pay and then redeposit the borrowed days to the group bank. The foregoing sentence does not apply to employees who are unable to repay the bank due to extended illness that prevents their return to work. Each September the members of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks bank committee will be provided with an accounting of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from status of the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisebank.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 15.10.1 Under this Agreement, licensed employees covered by this Agreement may become members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three Sick Leave Bank by voluntarily contributing two (32) accumulated sick leave days per year for the establishment and operation of the Bank. This Bank is to a member assist employees who have illness, disabilities, or members catastrophic situations and who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. accumulation.
15.10.2 The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearCommittee shall consist of one District designee and two Association designees.
2. A committee comprised 15.10.3 Participation in the Sick Leave Bank:
15.10.3.1 At the beginning of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per each school year. Days should , there will be requested in increments of a five (5) days at a timeweek open enrollment period. All employees in the bargaining unit are eligible to participate. Employees must notify the Association and the District Office of their wish to participate. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days District Office will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due mail an enrollment form to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days 15.10.4 Receiving Days from the Sick Leave Bank, but :
15.10.4.1 Only individuals who have contributed to the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply Bank are eligible for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting benefits.
15.10.4.2 Responsibility for determining who shall receive days from the Sick Leave Bank rests exclusively with the Sick Leave Bank Committee, except as referenced in 3-4 below.
15.10.4.3 The maximum accumulated number of days which any one person can be granted from the Bank is thirty-five (35) days per year. If more than thirty-five (35) days are needed, the participant can apply for additional days, not to exceed a sixty (60) day total. A person may use a maximum of ninety (90) days over a five (5) year period, if such period to begin with the final check or checks first withdrawal of days.
15.10.4.4 The Sick Leave Bank Committee is authorized to grant withdrawals from the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness Bank in increments of fifteen (15) days per application. If application is denied, a single appeal to the Sick Leave Bank Committee may be made within five (5) days of the date of denial.
15.10.4.5 A subsequent application made to the Bank for additional days for the same illness or condition is subject to Board approval.
15.10.5 Operation and Maintenance of the Sick Leave Bank:
15.10.5.1 The maximum number of days which can be realized from the Sick Leave Bank by a member will be ninety (90) days for any consecutive five (5) year period.
15.10.5.2 Those employees enrolled in the Bank will automatically continue their participation from year to year unless they notify the Association in writing of their intent to withdraw from the Bank. Such withdrawal from the Bank must occur during the enrollment period and will not result in reinstatement of the time contributed to the Bank.
6. Loans from 15.10.5.3 If the sick leave bank total number of days in the Sick Leave Bank is less than forty-five (45), the District will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to inform the Bank during the first year membership that a special assessment of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) sick leave day when accumulated per member will be made to reimburse the Bank.
15.10.5.4 If the total number of days in the Sick Leave Bank is less than forty-five (45), the District will inform the Bank membership that a special assessment of one (1) sick leave day per member will be made to reimburse the Bank. The maximum that anyone can contribute to the Sick Leave Bank at any one time is one (1) sick leave bank without penalty on day.
15.10.5.5 At the Personal/end of each school year, all days in the Sick Leave BonusBank will be carried over to the next school year.
15.10.5.6 The Sick Leave Bank pool shall not exceed a maximum of 200 days except for new enrollees to contribute their one (1) day.
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Samples: Master Contract
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The An enrollment period shall be established between September 1, and September 15, for each member of the bargaining bargain unit to voluntarily donate a one (1) day of their accumulated, but unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank. In order to be established, the Sick Leave Bank is shall not have less than fifty (50) days. The Sick Leave Bank shall not exceed a maximum of one (1) day times the total number of members of the bargaining unit. Employees may contribute up to two (2) days to the Sick Leave Bank if necessary. In the event the Sick Leave Bank exceeds the maximum of one day times the total number of members in the bargaining unit as of August 31, the Sick Leave Bank will be capped and no additional enrollments will be permitted with the exception of a new employee who will be permitted to donate within 30 days of the date they begin working. The Association will contact new hires and advise them of this 30 day requirement. Employees will repay the Sick Leave Bank at a rate of one half day per month and 50% of their total accrued but unused sick leave balance as of August 31 of each year until the total number of days borrowed have been restored to the Sick Leave Bank. The employee may elect to pay additional days from their accrued leave. Upon termination of employment with the District, any balance owed to the Sick Leave Bank will be recovered from the employee’s existing leave balances prior to the calculation of any applicable severance or balance transfer to another employer. Bargaining unit members hired after September 1 through October 15 each year15th will be given the opportunity to donate to the sick leave bank. Said members may borrow from the sick leave bank on a pro rated basis determined by number of days remaining in the contract year at the time of hire.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, Association or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator building principal chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove develop the approved form and shall approve applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion. The Superintendent and/or designee shall serve as chairman.
3. Eligible Bargaining unit members who have exhausted all of their sick leave accumulation and approved who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank may request sick leave days from the Bank. The sick leave bank may be used only for catastrophic or debilitating medical conditions.
4. Approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum .
5. The members shall be required to provide documentation to the Committee.
6. Absences due to alcohol and/or substance abuse of forty (40) days per school yearany kind shall not be considered appropriate reasons for application approval.
7. Days should Members who qualify shall be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timerequired to apply for disability retirement.
8. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
49. The member who borrows days will pay back each year Sick Leave Bank shall remain in effect on a yearly basis (July 1-June 30) and either party may terminate the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end Bank upon written notification no later than June 1 of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeepreceding its termination.
510. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from Should the Sick Leave Bank totalbe terminated, if the final check or checks of days in the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank Bank will be limited redistributed on a pro-rated basis to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisecontributed.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Contract
Sick Leave Bank. Members 6.5.1 The Board agrees to establish a sick leave bank to cover teachers in the event of a serious illness or disability. For the bargaining unit will purposes of administering the sick leave bank, the parties agree that non-medical child rearing leave is governed exclusively by the provisions of Section 7.1.1.
6.5.2 The sick leave bank shall be allowed to donate and transfer administered by a maximum committee composed of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member teachers of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Association appointed by the President, the school nurse, and an Administrator appointed by the Superintendent, hereinafter called the Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearCommittee.
2. A committee comprised 6.5.3 The Sick Leave Bank rotation list is a list of members of the Superintendent or his/her designeesick bank to be initially established in July, 2023. The initial list of members was placed in alphabetical order by date of hire. Subsequently, new enrollees, after contributing one day, will be added to the President bottom of the Associationlist. New enrollees who join the bank on the same day shall be placed on the list in alphabetical order.
6.5.4 To join the sick leave bank, or his/her designee, a teacher must sign a Sick Bank Membership Form by September 30th of each year and shall donate one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendentday from those he/she receives in a one-year period to be deposited in said bank, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall such day to be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days deducted from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested teacher’s annual sick leave in increments of five (5) days at a timethe second pay period in October. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used Committee will provide the SAU office with a copy of all membership forms as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywell as the current rotation list by October 1st of each year.
46.5.5 The SAU business office shall deduct days from teachers’ sick leave as described above and shall keep a record of days accumulated in the sick bank, which may be audited by the President of the association at any time.
6.5.6 The days in the bank may accumulate up to one hundred seventy-five (175) days. The When the bank reaches the maximum accumulation only new enrollees need to contribute to the bank. All new enrollees must contribute for their first three years of participation regardless of the total accumulation in the bank. These days in excess of the maximum
6.5.7 A member who borrows days will pay back each year becomes eligible to request benefits from the days at the rate of 50% sick leave bank if suffering from a serious illness or disability provided he/she has exhausted all of his/her annual accumulated accrued sick leave. Said member may request up to twenty-five (25) days per application.
6.5.8 The request to use the sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored bank shall be submitted in writing with supportive medical documentation to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave BankBank Committee. The committee will determine whether or not, but in its judgment, the employee’s teacher qualifies to use the sick leave bank. If the Sick Leave Bank Committee has determined that the teacher qualifies to use the sick bank, it will submit its decision to the Superintendent who will release the days for use by the teacher. The decision of the Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be final check and/or summer wages may and shall not be sufficient subject to cover the cost of grievance or arbitration.
6.5.9 When the days requested from are drawn on the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for sick days held in reserve shall be used to restore the Sick Bank from a minimum of 100 days to its maximum of 175 days. If the bank falls below the minimum accumulation of 100 days, participants must contribute only one of their sick days in the second pay period in October. Those days will be held to replenish the Sick Bank at the close of the school year in June, beginning with the top of the rotation list, until the Sick Bank is restored to the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to allowed. Those contributing individuals will then be borrowed from placed at the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs bottom of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks rotation list. An accounting of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness sick bank accrued and used days will be sent to the Sick Leave BankSAU office no later than June 1st of each year.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. Each covered employee under this Agreement may donate up to one (1) day of the bargaining unit will accumulated sick leave each year in September. The Bank shall be allowed to donate accumulate up to an amount equal to the number of members in the bargaining unit. Any covered employee who contributes to the Sick Bank may borrow sick days from this Bank based upon the following formula:
a. Up to one year of service in this system, 15 days additional sick leave;
b. Up to two years of service in this system, up to 30 days additional sick leave;
c. Up to three years or more of service in this system, up to 45 days additional sick leave.
2. The basic criteria for applying for and transfer using sick leave from this Sick Bank shall be:
a. The covered employee's accumulated sick and personal leave shall have been exhausted;
b. The covered employee shall have been involved in a maximum major operation or a serious and prolonged illness;
c. The days borrowed by the covered employee shall be paid back by the borrowing employee at a rate of not less than six (6) days per year, except that days previously donated by the covered employee would be subtracted from the days borrowed.
3. Application for use of the Sick Leave Bank shall be made to a Federation designated committee of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year teachers for evaluation and disposition based upon reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the Federation to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnessadminister this benefit. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member decision of the bargaining unit Federation committee to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised approve use of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means communicated in writing to the Superintendent for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4record-keeping purposes. The member who borrows days will pay back each year It shall also be the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end responsibility of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored Federation to communicate in writing to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to Superintendent's Office the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost names of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness employees contributing to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
84. The Association President Rochester School Board and the City of Rochester shall not participate or his/her designee shall otherwise be responsible for presenting the interpretation, application or administration of this benefit. Any ruling or other decision by an agency, body, board, court or other entity governing the provisions of this benefit which alters this benefit in its application or use in any way shall not impose upon the Rochester School Board or the City of Rochester any additional financial liability or obligation hereto.
5. This benefit shall not be subject to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)grievance procedure, arbitration or other type of legal procedure.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Multi Year Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the Bargaining Unit, appointed by WEA; two (2) classified employees, appointed by the classified staff; and two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Record keeping will be undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The business manager will make the initial evaluation of the number of days available from the sick leave bank, and the committee will grant or deny the request. Upon partial or full denial of a request for withdrawal of sick leave days, the employee may appeal the decision of the committee to the Superintendent who will then make the final decision on the appeal. The committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are for maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, prolonged illness/disability, bereavement, or serious illness in the immediate family. x Maternity/paternity/adoptive paid leave shall be limited to those individuals who have contributed no more than six (6) weeks for normal vaginal delivery and eight (8) weeks for caesarean delivery per family, including the use of the Member of the Bargaining Unit’s accumulated sick leave prior to receiving days from the sick leave bank. Checkups and follow up appointments after the 8-week period will not be granted from the sick leave bank unless they fall under one of the other requirements for use of the bank. x Prolonged illness/disability shall mean an illness that a physician would certify as being necessary to be absent from work or hospitalized. This would also cover a recurring treatment (weekly or monthly appointment) for an existing illness/disability. x The amount of time granted for bereavement shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. x Serious illness shall mean any illness that a physician would certify as being necessary for the Member of the Bargaining Unit to be in attendance with family members. The Superintendent reserves the right to request verification of the need for absence under provisions of this paragraph. x Immediate family shall be defined as mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephew, xxxxx, spouse, child, step child or step parent, xxxxxx children, brother, sister, in-laws of any of the above, or death other than in the immediate family where there has been close association. x The amount of time granted for each funeral shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. The Board of Education reserves the right to overrule the sick leave bank committee if the Board of Education discovers that the committee’s action violates federal or state law.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the bank at any time. Initial new hires business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be exempted required to be absent for that specific personal illness/disability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five (35) annually. Such additional sick leave days shall not be deducted from the October 15 deadline to submit recipient’s future accumulated sick leave; however, each participant who has received assistance from the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to sick leave bank must reestablish participation for the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisenext school year.
7. A loan will be considered only after When a Member of the individual has used all Bargaining Unit is retiring at the end of his/her accumulated the school year, the member may donate up to fifty (50) days of unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusbank.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer The Union shall maintain a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to bank for members who, as a member consequence of a prolonged illness or members who hospitalization and recovery, have exhausted their accumulated sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnessleave. The Union Sick Leave Bank is subject to the following guidelines will applyguidelines:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the All bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused members will participate in the sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearbank after the second year of continuous service.
2. A The Union Sick Leave Bank Committee will administer the sick leave bank. The committee comprised will be composed of the Superintendent Union Chapter President or his/her designee, the Union Chapter Vice-President of or designee, two (2) staff appointed by the AssociationUnion Executive Board, and the Superintendent, or his/her designee. The Superintendent or designee may not participate in a vote on the dispersal of days from the bank.
3. On July 1, 2014 all days remaining in the Union Sick Leave Bank will be deposited into the Union Sick Leave Bank. Each Union member shall contribute one (1) Administrator chosen by sick day to the Superintendentsick leave bank at the beginning of their third year of service. When one hundred fifty (150) days remain in the bank, and every Union member will contribute one (1) Association member chosen by day to the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paybank.
4. The No Union member who borrows will be able to withdraw days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who until their own accrued sick days, personal days and/or vacation days (if applicable) have contributed been depleted and a request has been presented to the Union Sick Leave Bank Committee for sick leave bank at any timewithdrawal accompanied by a doctor’s written verification of the member’s medical condition.
5. Initial new hires will be exempted from If approved each bargaining unit member may use as many as fifty (50) sick leave bank days over a revolving twelve (12) month period.
6. A bargaining unit member whose application for sick leave bank days is denied, may appeal the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) committee’s decision to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariseUnion Executive Board. The Executive Board’s decision shall be final.
7. A loan will be considered only after The Union shall maintain the individual has used all records of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8the Sick Leave Bank account. The Association President or his/her designee Union shall be responsible for presenting immediately provide a written report to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the Human Resources Department upon issuance of sick leave bank without penalty days to a Union employee. The Human Resources Department shall issue a written report of sick leave bank activity and sick leave bank days remaining to the Union Chapter President or designee on a quarterly basis. The Union is responsible for rectifying any discrepancies between the Personal/Sick Leave BonusDistrict records and the Union records.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2a voluntary bank of teachers’ sick leave days administered by the district, which may be used for serious illness only by participating teachers. A committee comprised The official record of the Superintendent or his/her designee, Sick Leave Bank will be housed in the President of the AssociationDistrict Office. Any teachers who donate, or his/her designeehave donated in the past, a minimum of one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end day will be members of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may . Teachers shall not be sufficient allowed to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank totalunless they have exhausted all of their existing personal leave and sick leave days first. At the beginning of each school year, teachers will have an opportunity to donate sick leave days to the sick leave bank. Teachers may donate up to 10 sick leave days at this time. Donation of sick leave days to the sick leave bank is final and irrevocable. Teachers shall provide written notice of their decision to donate days to the sick leave bank, and the number of sick leave days to be donated if they choose to donate sick leave days to the final check or checks sick leave bank, to the Superintendent by the end of the employee 5th school day of each semester. An account of the number of unused days in the Sick Leave Bank will be shared with the Association electronically at the end of each semester. In the event that the Sick Leave Bank falls below 20 days during the school year, the Association President will be informed by the Superintendent. All teachers will be given the opportunity to donate at least one day, and no more than five days, to the Bank at this time. Any teacher who was not previously a member of the Sick Leave Bank will immediately become a member of the Bank if they choose to donate at least one day under these circumstances. Days in the Sick Leave Bank shall be for serious illness on the part of the teacher, spouse, parent or dependent children through age 21. It does not cover elective surgery. Teachers who are drawing retirement benefits under the Teacher Retirement System will not sufficient be eligible to cover draw from the indebtedness Sick Leave Bank. Doctor’s verification of serious illness may be required by the Sick Leave Bank committee. Days from the Sick Leave Bank may be used non-consecutively pending approval by the Superintendent and the Sick Leave Bank committee. Sick Leave Bank days used for serious illness of a spouse, parent or dependent children through age 21 shall be limited to a cumulative total of ten (10) days per request. A six (6) member committee consisting of one (1) Board Member/Administrator, the Superintendent, and four (4) members of the Association (made up of one teacher from each building currently participating in the bank and the Association President) shall serve as members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee and shall review all requests submitted to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed Requests to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will Sick Leave Bank must be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(smade in writing (electronic mail is sufficient) to the Superintendent and the Association President who will then convene the Sick Leave Bank during Committee as soon as reasonably possible. The Sick Leave Bank Committee may also be convened for the first year purpose of their limited contract should reviewing procedures and provisions of the need arise.
7Sick Leave Bank upon the request of either the Association or the Board/Administration. A loan The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall have the authority to recommend the dissolution of the Sick Leave Bank. Such a recommendation shall be submitted to the KEA membership and Board of Education for consideration. The Sick Leave Bank may only be dissolved by a simple majority vote of both the KEA membership and the Board of Education. In the event that the Sick Leave Bank is dissolved, the Sick Leave Bank Committee will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated decide how unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting dispersed. A retiring teacher may donate up to ten (10) sick days to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. Sick Leave Bank, provided the donation is received in writing (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1electronic mail shall be sufficient) day when accumulated prior to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusretiring teachers’ final day of service.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members a. The purpose of the bargaining unit will sick leave bank shall be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) extend to those licensed staff who choose to participate additional sick leave days should an illness or injury exhaust their accumulated sick leave days per year to during a member or members school year.
b. Within 60 days following the ratification of this Agreement, each licensed staff member, regardless of FTE and who have exhausted is not a current participant in the sick leave bank, may join the bank by contributing two days of their sick leave due allowance to a current serious or catastrophic illnessthe bank. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The sick leave bank committee may also establish one additional open enrollment period for each during this Agreement. A new licensed staff member shall be allowed to join the bank by contributing two days of their sick leave allowance, provided they elect to do so within 60 days of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2date of employment. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until Whenever the total number of sick leave days borrowed in the bank drops below one day per member of the bank, the sick leave bank shall be replenished by assessing each member one sick leave day. All sick leave contributions and assessments to the sick leave bank are irrevocable. Only licensed staff who are current members of the bank may apply for days from the bank.
c. Upon depleting personal sick leave and personal/emergency leave, and after obtaining a doctor’s statement certifying a physical illness or injury rendering a member unable to perform duties listed on a member’s job description for a period of more than five work days, a member may request days from the bank. A committee composed of one representative of the administration and three representatives of the Association will act immediately on the request. The committee shall grant the request if:
1) District records show that the member has been restored exhausted their sick leave;
2) The member is a contributing member to the sick leave bank according to 3.b above; and
3) The member has experienced an illness or disability that has prevented them from performing their job requirements for more than five days and a doctor has certified in writing this illness or disability.
d. When a member has accessed the sick leave bank then has a prolonged absence for the same or other qualifying medical condition within the same school year, they should be allowed more access to the bank, up to the total of 65 days. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted If the request is for a new qualifying medical condition, section 3 above needs to be met before the member can access the sick leave bank.
1) If the request is approved, the committee shall notify the District Office and resulting days, including the first five days of the illness or injury, if personal sick leave was not available for those days, will be charged to the bank for sick days shall cause said days until the member returns to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee work or has applied to borrow used 65 days from the Sick Leave Bankbank.
2) The District shall keep accurate records of leave accumulated by the bank and of sick leave used by the bank. Annually, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not District shall notify the Association in writing of accumulated days and days charged to the bank that year.
3) Membership shall be sufficient to cover the cost terminated by written request of the member or by the end of employment. Previously donated days requested from shall remain in the Sick Leave Bank, bank. Temporary licensed staff hired back by the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs first day of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to following work year shall retain membership in the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the a. Any bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or employee may contribute from his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designeecurrent sick leave, one (1) Administrator chosen by day to the Superintendent, and sick leave bank. The sick leave bank will not exceed a total of one-hundred-fifty (150) days. If the balance of days in the bank falls below twenty-five (25) days an assessment of one (1) Association additional day will be made to each member chosen by of the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionsick bank.
3. Eligible b. When an employee’s sick leave has been exhausted, and approved bargaining unit members shall if he/she has contributed a day to the bank, such employee may be granted up additional sick leave days, not to a maximum of exceed twenty (20) work days. All withdrawals from the bank are subject to the following: An employee is not eligible for bank benefits until he/she has repaid borrowed days and contributed an additional day. In order to be eligible to draw from the bank, the employee must present a doctor’s certificate of illness or injury.
c. The sick leave bank shall be available to all employees in the School District who have made a contribution to the bank. An employee must be a member of the sick bank for ninety (90) calendar days before being eligible to withdraw days from the Bank, per request bank.
d. The sick leave bank shall be administered by one (1) person designated by the Superintendent and two (2) authorized representatives of the Association; these persons shall be the sick leave bank committee which shall administer all matters related to the sick leave bank. The decisions of the committee shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
e. Sick leave bank days shall not be used where its payment would reduce other benefits provided in this contract or by law.
f. Any authorized employee who uses sick bank days shall repay those days to the sick bank at a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments minimum rate of five (5) days at a timeper year. Said employee may not borrow again from the bank until all used days have been repaid. The Sick Leave Bank five (5) days replenishment rate shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days automatically deducted at the rate beginning of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract each year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bankbalance is repaid. Any person who leaves district If employment while indebted with Birch Run Area Schools is terminated, outstanding debts to the bank must be paid before qualifying for sick terminal pay. A person does not have to replenish days shall cause said days that were originally contributed by themselves; however, at least one day must be re-deposited to be deducted eligible for another loan from the final pay(s) due to the employeebank.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 13.2.1 The Board agrees to establish a sick leave bank to cover teachers in the event of a catastrophic illness or disability. A catastrophic illness or disability is a severe condition or combination of conditions affecting the mental or physical health of the bargaining unit will employee. Such conditions typically require in-patient hospitalization or are expected to result in disability or death. Such conditions require the services of a licensed practitioner for a prolonged period of time and that would force the employee to exhaust all leave time earned by that employee and to be allowed placed in an unpaid leave status.
13.2.2 The Sick Bank rotation list is a list of members of the sick bank and was established in October 2006. The list of members was placed in alphabetical order by date of hire. The sick bank rotation list shall consist of names placed in the order employees first join the bank. New enrollees, after contributing one day, are added to donate and transfer a maximum the bottom of three (3) accumulated the list. New enrollees who join the bank on the same day shall be placed on the list in alphabetical order.
13.2.3 To join the sick leave days per year to bank, a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to teacher must sign a Sick Leave Bank is Membership Form by September 1 through October 15 15th of each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, year and shall donate one (1) Administrator chosen by day from the Superintendenttwelve (12) days he/she receives in a one-year period to be deposited in said bank, and one (1) Association member chosen by such day to be deducted from the Association President, shall administer teacher's annual sick leave in the Banksecond pay period in October. The Administrative Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, will provide the SAU office with a copy of all membership forms as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionwell as the current rotation list by October 1st.
313.2.4 A member becomes eligible to request benefits from the sick leave bank if suffering from a catastrophic illness or disability provided he/she has exhausted all of his/her accrued sick leave. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted Said member may request up to a maximum of twenty twenty-five (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (4025) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. 13.2.5 The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored request to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from use the sick leave bank will shall be limited to those individuals who have contributed submitted in writing with supportive medical documentation to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8Administrative Committee. The Association President committee will determine whether or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting not, in its judgment, the teacher qualifies to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to use the sick leave bank without penalty bank. If the Administrative Committee has determined that the teacher qualifies to use the sick bank, it will submit its decision to the Superintendent who will release the days for use by the teacher. The decision of the Administrative Committee shall be final and shall not be subject to the grievance procedures contained in Article VII.
13.2.6 When the days are drawn on the Personal/Sick Leave BonusBank, the sick days held in reserve shall be used to restore the Sick Bank to its maximum of 175 days. If the bank falls below the maximum accumulation, participants must contribute only one of their sick days in the second pay period in October. Those days will be held to replenish the Sick Bank at the close of the school year in June, beginning with the top of the rotation list, until the Sick Bank is restored to the maximum allowed. Those contributing individuals will then be placed at the bottom of the rotation list. An accounting of the sick bank accrued and used days will be sent to the SAU office no later than June 1st of each year.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit The College will be allowed permit employees to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate accrued but unused sick leave days hours to a the Association’s Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payadministered by the Association.
41. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where When an employee has applied exhausted their own accrued sick leave, has a significant medical condition, and has been approved for FMLA or OFLA, the Association will work collaboratively with Human Resources to borrow days from notify the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost employee of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum number of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year sick leave hours to be borrowed transferred from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
2. The approved employee sick leave donation form, provided by the Association, is submitted to Human Resources and must contain the name of the employee wishing to donate sick leave hours, the number of hours being donated and the employee’s signature consenting to such transfer.
3. No more than forty (40) hours may be donated by any one employee per fiscal year.
4. After the hours are transferred, any hours used will be paid at the receiving employee’s rate at the time of the use of such hours.
5. Prior to receiving any donated sick leave, the employee must have exhausted all of their sick leave, vacation and compensatory time. However, the employee is not required to have used their personal business/emergency leave or their floating holiday prior to receiving donated sick leave.
6. Loans from No employee may receive more than five hundred (500) hours of donated sick time during their employment. In addition, no employee may receive more hours than needed, as determined by the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to Association, for the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from absences caused by the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisesignificant medical condition.
7. A loan At the conclusion of a receiving employee’s FMLA or OFLA period, any unused hours will be considered only after returned to the individual has used all Sick Leave Bank. This process will be managed by the Association’s Sick Leave Chairperson. The Chairperson shall provide to Human Resources prior to the 15th of his/her accumulated each month a list of individuals receiving sick leave days time and has used possible advances the specific number of sick leavehours to be utilized for each individual.
8. The Association President or his/her designee College shall be responsible for presenting not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)receiving employee.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member Employer and Association will cooperate in the establishment of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused a sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearbank. All employed Association Employees covered by this Agreement shall participate.
2. A committee comprised Two (2) days of each Employee's sick leave will be deposited in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted sick leave bank each year until it is built up to a maximum of one hundred (100) days. No more days will be added to this maximum until the sick leave bank is depleted to forty (40) days. The sick leave bank will then be built up again to one hundred (100) days and the process repeated.
3. Additions will be made to the sick leave bank at the beginning of each work year according to the above limitations. If the sick leave bank is depleted during a fiscal year, Association Employees will deposit days to build it up to one hundred (100) days.
4. To be eligible to draw upon the sick bank, the employee shall be employed a minimum of two (2) years with Romeo Community Schools. The first twenty (20) work days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall an employee’s illness or disability will not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year covered by the days at sick leave bank, but must be covered by the rate of 50% of his/her annual Employee's own accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored absence without pay. Employees shall be required to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for contribute two (2) sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from in each of their first two (2) years of employment with Romeo Community Schools towards the final pay(s) due to the employeesick bank and then again as necessary.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed Employees withdrawing sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will not be limited required to those individuals who have contributed replace these days except as a regular contributing member of the sick leave bank.
6. The President of the Association will meet with the Employee Services Director to certify all transactions of the sick leave bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted as well as the accuracy of additions and deductions from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisesick leave bank.
7. A loan will be considered only after The Association recognizes the individual has used all responsibility of his/her accumulated each member to use sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leavefor its intended purpose.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall A maximum of forty-five (45) days during one school year may be responsible for presenting drawn by one individual from the sick leave bank. In order to access days from the sick bank, an employee must submit a statement from a physician attesting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)nature of the illness and to the fact that the employee is not able to perform the responsibilities and duties of the job.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer Any Employee taking no more than one (1) sick leave day when accumulated in a school year will receive one (1) bonus day the following year. An Employee taking no sick leave days in a school year will receive two (2) bonus days the following year. Such days shall accumulate up to five (5). If unused, these days shall be placed in the individual's sick leave bank.
10. Employees who have accrued seventy-five (75) days of sick leave may convert one (1) sick leave day to one (1) bonus day each year. Employees who have accrued one hundred (100) days of sick leave may convert two (2) sick leave days to two (2) bonus days each year. Employees who have accrued one hundred twenty-five (125) days of sick leave may convert three (3) sick leave days to three (3) bonus days each year. Employees who have accrued one hundred fifty (150) days of sick leave may convert four (4) sick leave days to four (4) bonus days each year.
11. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as placing any obligation on the Employer to advance or loan additional sick leave days to the sick leave bank without penalty on should all days be used up in any period or periods of its operation.
12. The district will be required to pay sick leave benefits for no more than sixty-five (65) consecutive days (combined personal and sick leave bank days) for any specific illness. Any Employee covered by this sick leave provision whose illness extends beyond the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusprovision of this Section may participate in the long-term disability insurance program if they so qualify. An individual, however, may use their personal sick leave days for any unrelated subsequent use of sick leave benefits.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Sick Leave Bank shall provide paid sick leave for employees who have exhausted their accumulated sick and personal leave and are unable to return to work. Only active members of the bargaining unit will Sick Leave Bank shall be allowed to withdraw days from the Bank. Employees may choose to participate as an active member when hired or whenever the Sick Leave Bank is opened. To become an active member of the Bank, an employee will donate one (1) day of his/her unused sick leave to the Sick Leave Bank. The employee will remain an active member until asked to donate another day based on the guidelines listed below. Donated days are non-returnable and transfer will be recorded as a maximum used sick day in the employee's file. All donated days will remain in the Bank until they are needed. The Board shall not be liable for any days transferred and shall not contribute any days to the Sick Leave Bank. The co-presidents of CUTEA shall maintain a list of active members and the number of days donated by each. When the total number of days in the Bank meets or exceeds fifty (50), the Bank will be closed. If the number of days drops below fifty (50), the Sick Leave Bank will be opened. To remain active at the time, teachers will be asked to donate one (1) day, according to the following guidelines, until the total number of days in the bank reaches at least fifty (50). 1st- All employees who have given zero (0) days. 2nd-All employees who have given one (1) day. 3rd-All employees who have given two (2) days. 4th-All employees who have given three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members days. 5th- All employees who have exhausted their sick leave due given four (4) days. If an employee elects not to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines donate when asked, he/she will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2not be an active member. A committee comprised consisting of two members of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President Association and two members of the Association, or his/her designee, administration will govern the use of the Sick Leave Bank. No active member shall be allowed to withdraw more than ten (10) days during one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bankschool year. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) To withdraw days from the Bank, per an employee with his/her designee (family member, association representative or administrator) shall make a written request to the committee. The request should state the number of days needed and include a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timephysician's written statement specifying the reason for the employee's inability to return to work. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check short-termed illness or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick maternity leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members The Board and Association agree that for the duration of this Agreement the sick leave bank for teachers shall be continued. The Board shall annually contribute sufficient days to the bank so that its balance at the beginning of each school year is equal to the number of teachers (FTE) in the bargaining unit will unit. Any teacher who has been employed by the district for one full year shall be allowed entitled to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will applydraw from the bank, provided that:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual teacher has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
82. The Association President teacher is personally ill, or his/her designee a doctor certifies that the teacher’s attendance is necessary during the illness of a member of the immediate family as defined in the School Code of Illinois.
3. The teacher submits a doctor’s certificate substantiating the need. If a teacher returns to work after five (5) or more consecutive days of illness covered at least in part by the sick leave bank, and then has further absences during the same school year related to the same condition, these absences will also be covered by the sick leave bank. A teacher shall be responsible eligible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when of sick leave bank coverage for each day of accumulated sick leave at the time the teacher first becomes ill or a doctor’s certificate substantiating the need to attend a family member is first submitted. In any event, a minimum of twenty (20) days and a maximum of sixty (60) days may be used by any full-time teacher for any illness. Such days of absence need not be contiguous. Sick leave benefits for part-time teachers will be pro-rated accordingly. A committee will be established to act as the governing body for the administration of the sick leave bank. The committee shall consist of three (3) teachers named by the Association and two (2) administrators named by the Superintendent. Any teacher may appeal questions relating to application or interpretation of these guidelines to the Sick Leave Bank committee. Such appeal should be in writing to the committee within thirty (30) days of the occurrence giving rise to the question. The committee shall, within five (5) days, meet with such teacher to discuss the question and, within five (5) days thereafter, issue to the teacher a written determination on the question. All records regarding the use of the sick leave bank without penalty on shall be accessible to the Personalcommittee. The Sick Bank Committee will establish guidelines that allow a certified staff member to donate his/Sick Leave Bonusher own sick days in hardship cases.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as administered by a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4Committee composed of three members of the Association appointed by the Association President. The District Personnel Administrator or her/his designee shall be a non-voting, ex-officio member who borrows days will pay back each year of the days at Committee, and must be invited to all Committee meetings. Written criteria for the rate use of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at bank days shall be established by the end Committee and approved annually by the Executive Board of the contract year until Association. If the total number need to change the written criteria should arise, the Executive Board of days borrowed has been restored the Association must approve those changes. A copy of the approved written criteria will be sent to the Superintendent’s Office. At the start of each school year, the Committee shall furnish a written report of Sick Bank use for the previous year to both the Association Executive Board and School Board. Each staff member wishing to be covered shall agree in writing to donate one (1) day from the 12.5 days allowed in a one year period under Section 6.1.1 to be deposited in said bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days , such day to be deducted from the final pay(sstaff member’s leave time in May of each school year. However, once the sick bank reaches its maximum number of days, sick time will be taken from each bu member on a prorated basis up to one (1) due day. The Committee shall inform the Superintendent in writing on forms provided by the District of those members wishing to participate by October 1st. Once enrolled in the employee.
5sick bank, participation will automatically continue for successive years until employment is terminated or a letter of withdrawal is received by the Superintendent’s Office. In Enrollment in the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may Bank shall not be sufficient to cover the cost modified after October 1st of the each contract year. The number of available days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from in the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to shall not exceed three times the bank at any timenumber of members in the bargaining unit. Initial new hires will be exempted from A Sick Bank participant with 15-19 years of service in the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They Merrimack Valley School District may choose to donate a day(s) apply to the Bank during whenever a long-term illness will use more than 60% of their accrued sick days and additional sick leave time is needed. A Sick Bank participant with 20 or more years of service in the Merrimack Valley School District may apply to the Bank whenever a long-term illness will use more than 50% of their accrued sick days and additional sick time is needed. All requests to the Committee must be in writing and must be submitted no later than fifteen (15) days after the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7requested date(s). A loan will Such requests shall be considered only at a duly called meeting of the Committee and approved requests shall be signed by a quorum of the voting members of the Committee. Approved requests must be presented in writing to the Superintendent no later than fifteen (15) days after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8requested date(s). The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusdoes not generally cover maternity leaves.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members A. A Sick Leave Bank (SLB) shall exist for the purpose of providing paid sick leave for Employees who have used all their own accumulated sick days and are struck by a serious illness or disability which meets the criteria of 21 VSA Section 471 (5), and which prevents their return to full time employment for an extended period, including a pregnancy in which the Employee has serious physical complications, as verified in writing by a physician.
B. Implementation — Each Employee under this contract shall donate two (2) days per year from their available leave until the number of days in the Sick Leave Bank reaches 300 days. Thereafter, only Employees newly hired shall contribute two (2) days in the initial year of their employment. These days shall remain in escrow if the number of days in the SLB at the beginning of that school year equals or exceeds 325 and shall be available for transfer to the SLB as soon as the total number of available days in the SLB drops below 300. In the event the new Employee contributions do not increase the number of days in the bank to 300 in any one-year, all continuing Employees shall contribute two (2) days each with the balance over 300 to be held in escrow.
C. An Employee shall be eligible to receive not more than forty-five (45) days of leave from the sick leave bank during any school year. The amount may be extended upon majority vote of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum Sick Bank Committee.
D. The number of three (3) accumulated days expended from the SLB in any one school year shall not exceed 300. The sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of remaining in the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave bank at the end of the contract school year until shall carry over from year to year.
E. The SLB shall be administered by a Committee consisting of two (2) members appointed by the total number of days borrowed has been restored Association and two (2) members appointed by the Superintendent.
F. Regulations and application forms shall be developed by the Committee and submitted to the bankBoards for approval. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted Applications for the use of the days in the bank shall be made, on the approved form, to the bank for sick days Committee. A decision in accordance with the guidelines listed above shall cause said days to be deducted from made by a majority vote of the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5Committee. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow The Parties agree that no Employee may receive more donated days from the Sick Leave Banksick bank than are necessary for that Employee to meet the elimination period for eligibility in the LTD Plan.
G. Cosmetic and elective surgery, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may unless needed as a result of accident or illness, shall not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply eligible for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days coverage by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans H. Days granted from the sick leave bank will be limited shall not accrue to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any timean Employee’s personal sick leave balance. Initial new hires will be exempted If an Employee is granted more days from the October 15 deadline sick bank than are needed to submit cover the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to Employee’s absence the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan extra days will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated revert back to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusbank.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members 1) A Committee is established through the appointing authority of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of Local 1637. Said Committee shall have the Association, or his/her designee, following composition: one (1) Administrator chosen member of the Executive Board appointed by the SuperintendentPresident of Local 1637, two (2) members of the rank and file appointed by the President of Local 1637, and one (1) Association member chosen management representative appointed by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. Police Chief.
2) The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretiongranting of additional sick time from said bank will not be arbitrary or capricious.
3) The amount of sick time in the bank will be determined by the voluntary donation of no more than two (2) sick days annually from any members wishing to do so. Eligible The sick bank shall have a minimum of 16 days and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay72 days.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated ) Any sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted donation to the bank will not be counted as sick time used for the purpose of calculating the sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeeleave incentive day.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost ) Local 1637 Members who are employees of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree Joint Public Safety Dispatch Communications Center that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year minimum of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated annually to the sick leave bank, unless the sick bank without penalty is at its maximum amount, shall be eligible to petition the Committee for consideration.
6) Sick days contributed by members to the sick bank will be added to the bank on the Personalfirst day of the fiscal year. Local 1637 shall transmit the list of members making contributions and the amount of the contributions to the Police Chief on the first day of the fiscal year. It shall be the responsibility of Local 1637 to account for all debits, credits, and the balance of the sick bank.
7) Any member seeking days from the sick bank must petition the Committee in writing. The petition must be accompanied by written documentation from the member’s doctor stating that the member is under the doctor’s care and the severity and expected length of injury/Sick Leave Bonusillness. This medical information will be considered confidential and can not be released to the membership by the committee.
8) A member of Local 1637 who petitions the Committee must have exhausted all of his or her contractual time off such as but not limited to, accrued sick leave, vacation leave, etc., before petitioning additional sick time from the bank. Once all accrued time is exhausted, there shall be no waiting period to receive sick bank days.
9) The petition shall be judged on the following criteria only:
a. The severity of the stated injury/illness
b. The overall need of said member
c. The member’s attendance and employment records
10) The Committee shall not grant more than sixteen (16) shifts to a member at any one time. However, after sixteen (16) shifts have been exhausted, the member may re-petition the Committee provided an updated doctor’s prognosis is filed with the petition. There will be no limit as to how many times a member may petition the Committee.
11) A concise written decision from the Committee shall be sent to the petitioner. Each member is responsible for knowing his/her limit of sick days, vacation time and related time off. Members should petition the Committee in a timely fashion so as not to risk losing salary or benefits.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members i. Each certificated employee of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer District may participate in the sick leave bank. To participate, each employee shall contribute a maximum prescribed number of three (3) accumulated his earned sick leave days per year as determined by the Sick Leave Bank Committee. Deposits to a member or members who have exhausted their the sick leave due bank may be made from Sept. 1 to a current serious or catastrophic illnessOct. 15 of each year. Sick leave days thus contributed shall be deducted from the individual's sick leave entitlement.
ii. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused contributed sick leave days shall form a fund of sick leave days that will be available to a all eligible participating employees upon recommendations of the Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearCommittee for the purpose of alleviating the hardship caused by absence from work necessitated by extended or reoccurring illness beyond the employee's accumulated sick leave.
2iii. A committee comprised The total number of sick leave days that may be contributed in any school calendar year will equal no more than 180 days. The total number of days in the sick leave bank may not exceed 360 days.
iv. Application for use of the Superintendent or his/her designeebank shall be submitted to the Sick Leave Bank Committee for their recommendation. The committee shall review the request and determine the eligibility of the employee. If the committee deems necessary, it shall require proof of illness at the time of application and from time to time after a grant has been made.
v. The committee shall have the authority to establish such guidelines as it deems necessary to implement this program. Guidelines shall have the approval of the Executive Committee of the Association and the Board of Trustees. After complete review of the application, the President committee shall have the authority to make final decisions within the guidelines as to the disposition of the Association, case.
vi. In order for a professional employee to be eligible to apply for sick leave benefits from the sick leave bank the employee must first have been absent from work due to illness or his/her designee, one accident for:
(1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, all his accumulated sick and personal leave days and one (1) Association member chosen day where his salary was reduced in full.
vii. The maximum number of days that can be granted in any one fiscal year will be the remaining number of days an employee is scheduled to work under his current contract. In no case will the granting of leave cause an employee to receive more than his annual salary for that year.
viii. The number of sick leave days granted shall not exceed the number of days absent from work due to illness or accident.
ix. Bank grants to individual employees will not be carried over from one fiscal year to another; all such grants will end at the termination of the school year. If a certificated employee does not use all of the days granted by the bank, the unused sick leave days will be returned to the bank. A certificated employee will be eligible for a maximum of 180 days sick leave in any one year of employment.
x. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall consist of two (2) members appointed by the Association President, shall administer and one (1) member appointed by the BankBoard.
xi. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications develop and distribute rules and procedures for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum the orderly administration of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum bank not consistent with the terms of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timethis agreement. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee committee shall be responsible for presenting to reporting District's accounting office the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave daysnames of contributors and the number of days contributed. (See Appendix B)It shall report all days granted by the bank and all other information necessary for the employee's records.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the Bargaining Unit, appointed by WEA; two (2) classified employees, appointed by the classified staff; and two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Record keeping will be undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The business manager will make the initial evaluation of the number of days available from the sick leave bank, and the committee will grant or deny the request. Upon partial or full denial of a request for withdrawal of sick leave days, the employee may appeal the decision of the committee to the Superintendent who will then make the final decision on the appeal. The committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are for maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, prolonged illness/disability, bereavement, or serious illness in the immediate family. Maternity/paternity/adoptive paid leave shall be limited to those individuals who have contributed no more than six (6) weeks for normal vaginal delivery and eight (8) weeks for caesarean delivery per family, including the use of the Member of the Bargaining Unit’s accumulated sick leave prior to receiving days from the sick leave bank. Checkups and follow up appointments after the 8-week period will not be granted from the sick leave bank unless they fall under one of the other requirements for use of the bank. Prolonged illness/disability shall mean an illness that a physician would certify as being necessary to be absent from work or hospitalized. This would also cover a recurring treatment (weekly or monthly appointment) for an existing illness/disability. The amount of time granted for bereavement shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. Serious illness shall mean any illness that a physician would certify as being necessary for the Member of the Bargaining Unit to be in attendance with family members. The Superintendent reserves the right to request verification of the need for absence under provisions of this paragraph. Immediate family shall be defined as mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephew, xxxxx, spouse, child, step child or step parent, xxxxxx children, brother, sister, in-laws of any of the above, or death other than in the immediate family where there has been close association. The amount of time granted for each funeral shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. The Board of Education reserves the right to overrule the sick leave bank committee if the Board of Education discovers that the committee’s action violates federal or state law.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the bank at any time. Initial new hires business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be exempted required to be absent for that specific personal illness/disability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five (35) annually. Such additional sick leave days shall not be deducted from the October 15 deadline to submit recipient’s future accumulated sick leave; however, each participant who has received assistance from the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to sick leave bank must reestablish participation for the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisenext school year.
7. A loan will be considered only after When a Member of the individual has used all Bargaining Unit is retiring at the end of his/her accumulated the school year, the member may donate up to fifty (50) days of unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusbank.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed The Hilton Central School District agrees to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to maintain a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each for use by the teaching staff. The purpose of the bank will be to provide members of the Association with additional sick leave in cases of serious illness and/or serious injury. Employee-member of the Sick Leave Bank must have an illness and/or injury necessitating twelve (12) consecutive school days of absence before becoming eligible to use the sick bank. The following criteria will be applied to the use, installations and management of the Sick Leave Bank:
a) Association members will be required to donate two (2) days of their accumulated sick leave to the bank at the time of their initial employment. First-year unit members may use the days contributed during the first year of their employment, if needed. Such days will be deducted from the second year’s allocation.
2b) When possible, sick bank days will be requested in writing to the Director of Human Resources within ten (10) working days prior to the use of the bank. Any Association member may apply for sick bank leave. A committee member of the sick bank may not utilize the same before his/her own sick leave is exhausted.
c) The Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will initiate a meeting of a Board of Review comprised of the two (2) unit members, Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendentrepresentative, and one (1) Association member chosen the Director of Human Resources. Both parties will, by the Association PresidentOctober 15, shall administer the Banknotify each other of members on said Board of Review. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications School Physician and/or individual physician may be consulted for requests, as described information for the Board of Review to utilize in Paragraph 3, at reviewing the application. The Board of Review will base its discretiondecisions on the criteria for use of sick bank days and feedback of medical necessity from the School Physician and/or individual physician.
3d) The total number of sick leave days granted for any bank members cannot exceed sixty (60) days during a school year. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall Reapplication will be granted up to a maximum made at intervals of twenty (20) days from following the Bank, per request and a application process.
e) The total maximum number of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timewithin the sick bank will not exceed three hundred. The Sick Leave Bank shall not will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payreplenished when it falls below one hundred fifty (150) days.
4. The member who borrows f) Reassessment for the bank will take place as needed and will be accomplished in .5 units of sick days will pay back each year per unit member.
g) Whenever it becomes necessary to replenish the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end bank, each unit member of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed must contribute an equal number of sick days.
h) Days deposited to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will are considered to be exempted from property of the October 15 deadline to submit sick bank, and no longer the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to property of the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariseindividual depositing them.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1i) day when accumulated to Individuals making claims under the sick leave bank without penalty on shall provide written authorization for the Personal/Sick Leave BonusSchool District Physician to make contact with their personal physician to discuss their medical condition. This written authorization shall meet the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Protection Act.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining Every unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored would like to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from participate in the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost leave Bank must contribute one working days’ worth of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to hours into the Bank during the 2013-2014 school year and one working days’ worth of hours during the 2014-2015 school year. Contributions will be made on or before the 15th day of the school year or within 15 days of employment. In the event that a unit member would like to participate in the Sick leave Bank after the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all Bank, that member must contribute two working days’ worth of hours of his/her accumulated sick leave days (unless more days have had to be contributed, then that number would be required to contribute that amount, see #7). Any new employee who is employed after the 2014-2015 school year who chooses to join the Bank will, within the first 60 days of employment, contribute two working days’ worth of hours. Any donation of hours will not impact a member’s “perfect attendance” status.
2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a sick leave bank committee comprised of two members chosen by the District and two members chosen by the Association. Withdrawal of hours shall require a majority vote. Both the Association and the District will be provided with an annual report from the committee at the conclusion of each school year operation.
3. The Association member may request hours from the Sick Leave Bank when the member’s sick leave has used possible advances been exhausted and the member has been determined to be suffering from a serious medical illness. Members of the Sick Leave Bank must formally apply in writing the Sick Leave Bank committee for use of sick leave hours. Each application is worth 30 working days’ worth of hours maximum, depending on the particular employee’s work day. Starting in 2013- 2014, each member may request a thirty day (30) leave. A second request for thirty (30) days may be granted during the school year. No more than sixty (60) days may be granted over the school year (180 days). Members may receive a lifetime maximum of 180 working days’ worth of hours. Unused hours will be returned to the Bank. The application must be accompanied by a note from a medical doctor or a Doctor of Osteopathy attesting to the nature of the disability, the treatment for same, and the prognosis for recovery. The Sick Leave Bank committee reserves the right to ask the applicant to obtain a second medical opinion at the expense of the applicant.
4. The sick leave bank committee shall respond to any request within five (5) working days. Both the Association and the District will be notified each time Sick Leave Bank hours are granted. Should the committee decline a member’s request for hours, the Committee shall provide the member with written explanation. 16
5. A member whose request has been denied may ask for a meeting with the Committee. Any decision rendered after such a meeting shall be considered final. All decisions made by the Committee are non-grievable and binding.
6. Should the Associations member’s illness extend beyond the hours granted pursuant to the member’s initial request, the member may reapply for additional hours.
7. The bank shall be maintained through member contribution. Should the number of hours in the bank be low or depleted, each member of the sick bank will be asked to contribute one working days’ worth of hours for the next two school years until the bank has a “healthy” balance. This decision will be made by the sick bank committee.
8. The All Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting members in the District are eligible to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)contribute.
9. First year bargaining Contributions from members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to shall be deducted from the annual credit of sick leave allowance, rather than from the total accumulation of sick leave allowance. The sick leave bank committee, with the assistance of the Superintendent’s office, shall maintain an accounting of hours with the Association and the District.
10. Furthermore, The Association shall indemnify the District against any and all challenges and/or claims arising out of the administration of the Sick Leave Bank. Such indemnification shall take the form of a statement on the Sick Leave Bank application releasing the District from liability for future claims.
11. Any current employee who does not participate in the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personalat its inception, and any new employee who does not elect to participate upon hiring, shall not be allowed to withdraw any time (hours) until he/Sick Leave Bonusshe has been a participant for a minimum of one year.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit The Program will be allowed permit full time employees to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate accrued but unused sick leave days hours to a the Union’s Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up Part time employees are ineligible to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a transfer accrued but unused sick leave nor are they eligible to use sick leave bank donated time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not will be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payadministered by the Union.
421.1 An employee may request a donation from the Sick Leave Bank when they have exhausted their own accrued sick, vacation leave and compensatory time and have been approved for FMLA/OFLA qualified medical leave, for their own medical condition. The member who borrows days Union will pay back each year work collaboratively with Human Resources to notify them of the days at the rate number of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days hours to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days transferred from the Sick Leave Bank. Sick Leave Bank hours will be allocated on a first-come first-awarded basis.
21.2 The employee sick leave donation form, but provided by the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not Union, must be sufficient submitted to cover Human Resources and must contain the cost name and signature of the days requested from employee wishing to donate sick leave hours to the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and Bank pool.
21.3 No more than forty (40) days hours may be donated by any one employee per school year to year.
21.4 After the hours are transferred, any hours will be borrowed from paid at the Sick Leave Bank, and receiving employee’s rate at the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs time of the borrowed sick leave days use of such hours.
21.5 No employee may receive more than four hundred eighty (480) hours during his or her employment. In addition, no employee may receive more hours than needed for the absences caused by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if employee’s approved FMLA/OFLA qualified leave.
21.6 At the final check or checks conclusion of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness FMLA or OFLA period, any unused hours will be returned to the Sick Leave Bank. This process will be managed by the Union’s Sick Leave Chairperson. The Chairperson shall provide to Human Resources prior to the 15th of each month a list of each individual receiving sick time and the specific number of hours to be utilized for each individual.
621.7 The College shall not assume any tax liabilities that would otherwise accrue to the employee. Loans from the Any sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed decisions made by the Union are not subject to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisegrievance process in this Agreement.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the Bargaining Unit, appointed by WEA; two (2) classified employees, appointed by the classified staff; and two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Record keeping will be undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The business manager will make the initial evaluation of the number of days available from the sick leave bank, and the committee will grant or deny the request. Upon partial or full denial of a request for withdrawal of sick leave days, the employee may appeal the decision of the committee to the Superintendent who will then make the final decision on the appeal. The committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are for maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, prolonged illness/disability, bereavement, or serious illness in the immediate family. • Maternity/paternity/adoptive paid leave shall be limited to those individuals who have contributed no more than six (6) weeks for normal vaginal delivery and eight (8) weeks for caesarean delivery per family, including the use of the Member of the Bargaining Unit’s accumulated sick leave prior to receiving days from the sick leave bank. If a Member has not reached the maximum of sick leave days granted for the 6- or 8-week period, that Member may use the remainder of the days for medical appointments. • Prolonged illness/disability shall mean an illness that a physician would certify as being necessary to be absent from work or hospitalized. This would also cover a recurring treatment (weekly or monthly appointment) for an existing illness/disability. • The amount of time granted for bereavement shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. • Serious illness shall mean any illness that a physician would certify as being necessary for the Member of the Bargaining Unit to be in attendance with family members. The Superintendent reserves the right to request verification of the need for absence under provisions of this paragraph. • Immediate family shall be defined as mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephew, xxxxx, spouse, child, step child or step parent, xxxxxx children, brother, sister, in-laws of any of the above, or death other than in the immediate family where there has been close association. • The amount of time granted for each funeral shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. The Board of Education reserves the right to overrule the sick leave bank committee if the Board of Education discovers that the committee’s action violates federal or state law.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the bank at any time. Initial new hires business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be exempted required to be absent for that specific personal illness/disability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five (35) annually. Such additional sick leave days shall not be deducted from the October 15 deadline to submit recipient’s future accumulated sick leave; however, each participant who has received assistance from the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to sick leave bank must reestablish participation for the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisenext school year.
7. A loan will be considered only after When a Member of the individual has used all Bargaining Unit is retiring at the end of his/her accumulated the school year, the member may donate up to fifty (50) days of unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusbank.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members A. Upon the effective date of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer this agreement a maximum of three (3) accumulated voluntary sick leave days per year to bank shall be established for eligible members covered by this agreement who 1. have a member or members who serious illness, and 2. have exhausted their own accumulated sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:leave.
1. The enrollment period for B. At the beginning of each school year each eligible member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, professional staff covered by this agreement shall contribute one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% day of his/her annual accumulated allotment of sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored in order to fund the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to Eligible members of the professional staff covered by Business Office by September 30th. Such notification shall be in writing. Unused sick bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted carried forward from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to school year. Employees will only contribute to the sick leave bank when the balance at the beginning of the school year is below 1800 days.
C. The sick leave bank shall be borrowed from administered by a sick leave bank committee consisting of four members, two designated by the Sick Leave Bank, Association and two by the School Committee. The function of the sick leave bank committee shall include the determination of eligibility for use of the bank and the Committee may approve amount of leave to be granted. All decisions will be made by the applicationcommittee as a whole. Once the committee has voted, provided that the Board may recover applicant and the costs payroll department shall be notified in writing of the borrowed outcome within three working days. Eligibility and amount shall be governed by the following criteria:
1. adequate medical evidence of serious illness
2. prior utilization of all eligible sick leave
3. length of service in the Burlington Public Schools system.
D. The initial grant of sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are committee shall not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6exceed thirty (30) days. Loans Request for a grant from the sick leave bank shall be made in writing to the Superintendent of Schools and the President of the Burlington Educators Association. The committee will convene within ten (10) working days upon receipt of a sick leave bank request.
E. Upon completion of the thirty (30) day period, the entitlement may be extended by the committee upon demonstration of need by the applicant.
F. All documents, communications and records dealing with the processing of a sick leave bank request will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to filed separately from the bank at any timepersonnel files of the applicants. Initial new hires All correspondence will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisemarked confidential.
7. A loan will be considered only after G. If the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee bank is exhausted it shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer replenished by an automatic contribution of one (1) additional day when accumulated from each member of the professional staff covered by this agreement.
H. The decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee under this Article shall not be subject to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusparties’ grievance and arbitration procedure.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. 1. A Sick Leave Bank shall be established for the purposes of aiding Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Bargaining Unit who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave through extended absence due to a current personal illness/disability or serious or catastrophic illnessillness in the immediate family (immediate family and serious illness is defined in 3.1). The following guidelines bank will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate contain unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yeardays, which are voluntarily contributed by participating Members.
2. A committee comprised of The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment will be by September 15th for each school year or within fifteen (15) days following employment.
3. Membership in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, sick leave bank is made possible by contributing at least one (1) Administrator chosen day of sick leave to the bank. Additional days of up to ten (10) per year may also be contributed by each member. Annual contributions to the Superintendentbank must be finished by September 15 or within fifteen (15) days of employment. Donations to the bank by persons with the maximum accumulation of sick leave will make these donors eligible to again obtain regular sick leave days in order to maximize their accumulations. When contributions to the bank have accumulated to a total of two hundred fifty (250) or more days, and except for new participants, no more days will be added until the bank is depleted to one hundred fifty (1150) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3days, at its discretion.
3which time those Members of the Bargaining Unit having accumulated sick leave shall contribute one additional day. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Unused days in the bank shall be granted up carried over to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school next year. Days should Use of bank days by participants shall be requested limited to the school year in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paywhich the personal illness/disability or the serious illness in the immediate family began.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate Administration of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be handled by a committee of four (4) Members of the Bargaining Unit, appointed by WEA; two (2) classified employees, appointed by the classified staff; and two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. Record keeping will be undertaken by the business office and the employee groups shall have the right to periodically examine the records during normal business hours. The business manager will make the initial evaluation of the number of days available from the sick leave bank, and the committee will grant or deny the request. Upon partial or full denial of a request for withdrawal of sick leave days, the employee may appeal the decision of the committee to the Superintendent who will then make the final decision on the appeal. The committee shall insure that withdrawals from the bank under this policy are for maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, prolonged illness/disability, bereavement, or serious illness in the immediate family. • Maternity/paternity/adoptive paid leave shall be limited to those individuals who have contributed no more than six (6) weeks for normal vaginal delivery and eight (8) weeks for caesarean delivery per family, including the use of the Member of the Bargaining Unit’s accumulated sick leave prior to receiving days from the sick leave bank. Checkups and follow up appointments after the 8-week period will not be granted from the sick leave bank unless they fall under one of the other requirements for use of the bank. • Prolonged illness/disability shall mean an illness that a physician would certify as being necessary to be absent from work or hospitalized. This would also cover a recurring treatment (weekly or monthly appointment) for an existing illness/disability. • The amount of time granted for bereavement shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. • Serious illness shall mean any illness that a physician would certify as being necessary for the Member of the Bargaining Unit to be in attendance with family members. The Superintendent reserves the right to request verification of the need for absence under provisions of this paragraph. • Immediate family shall be defined as mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nephew, xxxxx, spouse, child, step child or step parent, xxxxxx children, brother, sister, in-laws of any of the above, or death other than in the immediate family where there has been close association. • The amount of time granted for each funeral shall be the decision of the administration, taking into consideration the distance to be traveled and other issues. The Board of Education reserves the right to overrule the sick leave bank committee if the Board of Education discovers that the committee’s action violates federal or state law.
5. All requests for use of the bank must be submitted in writing to the bank at any time. Initial new hires business office and must be supported by a written statement from the participant’s personal physician as to the specific number of days the member will be exempted required to be absent for that specific personal illness/disability or that of the immediate family members serious illness or disability. The business office will forward the request to the committee for a decision.
6. The maximum of sick leave days which the committee may provide to a participant is thirty-five (35) annually. Such additional sick leave days shall not be deducted from the October 15 deadline to submit recipient’s future accumulated sick leave; however, each participant who has received assistance from the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to sick leave bank must reestablish participation for the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisenext school year.
7. A loan will be considered only after When a Member of the individual has used all Bargaining Unit is retiring at the end of his/her accumulated the school year, the member may donate up to fifty (50) days of unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusbank.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate The Board and transfer Association have established a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members Sick Bank for teachers and administrators who have exhausted their sick leave need extended leaves due to a current serious or catastrophic personal illness. The Bank will be administered by the Association President and the Superintendent or their designees. The Bank will operate under the following guidelines will applyguidelines:
1. The enrollment period for each A. Each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted will contribute up to a maximum of twenty two (202) sick days per year to maintain membership. Sick days contributed will be deducted in September from each member's accumulated sick leave. Membership is only open in September and non- members or members who withdraw must pay the bank for days donated when they were not members starting with the year they were hired.
B. The maximum number of useable days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty Sick Bank may not exceed two hundred twenty-five (40225) days per in any school year. Days should The Association will notify members each September of the number of days s/he will have to contribute to maintain membership. Notwithstanding the maximum number of days allowed for in the Bank, a newly hired teacher in his/her first year of employment may enter the Bank upon donation of the required two (2) sick days, notwithstanding the fact that the maximum amount of the Bank will be requested exceeded.
C. If a member withdraws from the bank, s/he may not join for two (2) years and then must make up the number of days that were contributed by other members during his/her withdrawal period.
D. A faculty member must provide documented medical evidence from his/her physician that s/he is unable to work. All benefits from this provision are to stop if employee is granted disability status or collects Workers’ Compensation. If days are returned to employer, the days will be transferred back to the bank.
E. A loss in increments time must occur beyond sick leave accumulation, that will result in a loss of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. F. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total maximum number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank anyone will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer granted in one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.year is thirty (30) days. Limitations can be waived by Superintendent and Association President
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as administered by a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4Committee composed of three members of the Association appointed by the Association President. The District Human Resources Manager or her/his designee shall be a non-voting, ex-officio member who borrows days will pay back each year of the days at Committee, and must be invited to all Committee meetings. Written criteria for the rate use of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at bank days shall be established by the end Committee and approved annually by the Executive Board of the contract year until Association. If the total number need to change the written criteria should arise, the Executive Board of days borrowed has been restored the Association must approve those changes. A copy of the approved written criteria will be sent to the Superintendent’s Office. At the start of each school year, the Committee shall furnish a written report of Sick Bank use for the previous year to both the Association Executive Board and School Board. Each Faculty member wishing to be covered shall agree in writing to donate one
(1) day from the 12.5 days allowed in a one year period under Section 6.1.1 to be deposited in said bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days , such day to be deducted from the final pay(sFaculty member’s leave time in May of each school year. However, once the sick bank reaches its maximum number of days, sick time will be taken from each bu member on a prorated basis up to one (1) due day. The Committee shall inform the Superintendent (or designee) in writing on forms provided by the District of those members wishing to participate by October 1st. Once enrolled in the employee.
5sick bank, participation will automatically continue for successive years until employment is terminated or a letter of withdrawal is received by the Superintendent’s Office. In Enrollment in the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may Bank shall not be sufficient to cover the cost modified after October 1st of the each contract year. The number of available days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from in the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed shall not exceed three times the number of members in the bargaining unit. If a sick bank eligible employee exhausts all of their own accumulated sick leave time, the staff member may apply to the bank at any timeSick Bank for additional days. Initial new hires The Sick Bank is designed for long term and/or incapacitating illnesses and is reviewed on a case by case basis by the MVEA. Sick Bank benefits will be exempted from terminate should the October 15 deadline to submit employee become eligible for benefits under long-term disability insurance A Sick Bank participant with 15-19 years of service in the form. They Merrimack Valley School District may choose to donate a day(s) apply to the Bank during whenever a long-term illness will use more than 60% of their accrued sick days and additional sick leave time is needed. A Sick Bank participant with 20 or more years of service in the Merrimack Valley School District may apply to the Bank whenever a long-term illness will use more than 50% of their accrued sick days and additional sick time is needed. All requests to the Committee must be in writing and must be submitted no later than fifteen (15) days after the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7requested date(s). A loan will Such requests shall be considered only at a duly called meeting of the Committee and approved requests shall be signed by a quorum of the voting members of the Committee. Approved requests must be presented in writing to the Superintendent no later than fifteen (15) days after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8requested date(s). The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusdoes not generally cover maternity leaves.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members A. The sick leave bank from the previous contract is hereby extended. In the event that the total accumulation in the sick bank falls below one hundred (100) days, all teachers and the Board of Education shall make matching contributions to re-establish and maintain a balance of one hundred (100) days or more.
B. All new bargaining unit members must contribute five (5) sick days to the sick bank according to the following schedule in order to be eligible to draw from the bank. First year of employment - 2 days Each subsequent year for three (3) years - 1 day in each of those years. Any bargaining unit member having a legitimate need to use sick bank days (according to provisions of paragraph C) but having contributed less than five (5) days will be allowed full use of the bank as needed if his/her yearly contributions have been made up to the point of the need to draw from the bank.
C. Restrictions relative to the usage of the sick leave bank are as follows.
1. Access to the sick leave bank days may only be utilized by contributing teachers for their own personal illness or injury which is not compensable under the Worker’s Compensation Act (see Article 10-C-6).
2. Personal sick leave accumulation and personal days for the year must be exhausted prior to receiving sick leave bank days. A teacher with five (5) or more years of service within the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum who has used all the days referenced above, can only draw from the bank for absences of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionmore consecutive work days.
3. Eligible A physician's statement containing a diagnosis and approved prognosis may be requested by the district. The bargaining unit members shall be granted up member will sign a release form if requested. The Board reserves the right to request additional opinions from a maximum Board appointed and Board paid physician when making an initial determination and during the term of twenty an absence.
4. Maximum of ninety (2090) days draw or the number of days necessary to qualify for LTD, whichever is less.
5. Members who receive days from the Banksick bank will sign a redemption agreement which provides that:
a. If a teacher later collects worker’s compensation or another form of disability payment for the period of absence under the bank’s provisions, per request the bank will be repaid by the teacher.
b. If long-term disability is paid and for any twelve (12) month period results in the receipt of salary from the district and disability payments in excess of the teacher’s annual salary, the bank will be repaid by the teacher.
6. Any disputes relative to eligibility or continued eligibility will be resolved by the Superintendent and Association President following a total maximum review of forty (40) the medical and related documentation. As such, the denial or discontinuation of bank payments will be subject to the grievance procedure.
D. Any sick days per which a teacher has accumulated who is leaving the school yearsystem for any reason other than leave, layoff, or retirement, will be automatically credited to the sick bank leave.
E. Any accumulated sick days of a person who retires beyond the number for which he/she is reimbursed under Appendix C will automatically be credited to the sick bank.
X. Xxxxxxxx records of sick bank days will be kept in the Superintendent's office and copies will be given to the employee and to the Association. Days should Copies of the cumulative sick bank days will be requested on file in increments the Association records as well as in the Superintendent's Office. A record of individual sick leave days will be given to each employee no later than five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payfollowing the regular October Board meeting.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the G. A sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed maintained in successive school years and in the event of its being removed from the contract, sick days will be returned to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from teachers and the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate Board on a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisepro rata basis.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members A sick day bank will be established for the members of Council. Membership in the sick day bank will be voluntary. Those electing to participate in the sick day bank will contribute one day from her/his sick leave accumulation. Council members shall have the opportunity to elect to participate in the sick day bank no later than October 1 of each year or within 30 days of employment if hired after the beginning of the bargaining unit school year. Only such members will be allowed eligible to donate use days from the bank. The sick day bank may only be used for disabilities or illnesses that are not job related. Medical reports by the member's physician may be required as a condition for use of the bank. Other than new enrollees, no new days will be added to the bank until it has been depleted to 40 days or less. When the bank has been so depleted, all members of the sick day bank will be automatically assessed one day which will be added to the bank. This process will be repeated at any future time the bank is again depleted to 40 days. A person withdrawing from the bank will not be able to withdraw her/his contributed day (or days). Eligibility for award from the sick day bank requires the employee to be legitimately ill for a minimum of 5 consecutive workdays, and transfer a maximum to have completely exhausted all of three (3) accumulated her/his own accrued sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their time, exclusive of frozen sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnessdays. The following guidelines Awards will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) 60 days. Extension of the 60-day maximum is possible up to a maximum of 120 total days, subject to the approval of the sick-day-bank committee. A teaching faculty member who has used 120 days from the Bank, per request and bank must be back to work for 8 work weeks before a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should further application will be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeconsidered. The Sick Leave Bank shall not sick day bank will be used as administered by a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
43-person sick-day bank committee consisting of the Human Resources Officer, the Vice Chairperson and the Secretary of the Council. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end Human Resources Officer shall serve as convener of the contract year until committee at appropriate times, as required, to deal with applications for awards of the total number sick bank days. The Human Resources Officer shall also serve as secretary for the committee, and shall be the individual to give written notice of days borrowed has been restored award of sick bank time to both the applicant and to the bankCollege Finance Office. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted The Office of the Human Resources Officer shall be the location to which applications for award are made. All applications for withdrawal from the sick day bank must be in writing, and will be effective only when filed with theHuman Resources Officer. Human Resources Officer shall prepare, and direct to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from attention of the final pay(s) due President of the College and to the employee.
5Chairperson of the Council, a confidential summary report on sick-day-bank awards and status, on or before October 15 and April 15 of each year. In the case where event that the sick-day-bank committee requires any medical records in support of an employee has applied application, the Human Resources Officer is designated as the custodian of such information. The medical information shall be held as confidential, shall be available only to borrow days from committee members and the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost President of the days requested from College and to the Sick Leave Bank, Chairperson of the parties agree that Council. All such information shall be returned to the applicant as soon as an employee may apply for award has been completed. The decision of the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to sick-day-bank committee shall be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bankfinal, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs no award or denial of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness an award under this Article shall be subject to the Sick Leave Bankgrievance or arbitration procedure.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members All certificated employees of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum Council School District who are eligible for health insurance may participate in the Sick Leave Bank. To participate, each new employee shall contribute one of three (3) accumulated his earned sick leave days. For each single day or one-half day contributed by each member, the School District shall add the same. The contributed sick leave days per year shall form a fund that will be available to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member all eligible participating employees upon recommendation of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised Committee for the purpose of alleviating the Superintendent hardships caused by absence from work necessitated by extended or his/her designee, recurring serious illness extending beyond the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeemployee's accumulated sick leave. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payconsist of the following members:
1. Two (2) members appointed by the Council Education Association.
42. One (1) member appointed by the District.
3. The member who borrows days will pay back each year two Association Sick Leave Bank Committee members must be Sick Leave Bank members. The District's representative must be a Bank member. At least one representative of the days at District and one representative of the rate Association shall be present in order for the Committee to consider application for grants or conduct other business. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall determine the number of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at days each participant must contribute in order to keep the end Bank solvent with the following limitations:
1. Each participant must contribute the same number of the contract year until the total days.
2. All contributions must be whole or half days.
3. The maximum number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from in the Sick Leave BankBank shall not exceed 120 days in any school year July 1 to June 30, but except when new professional employees enter employment with the District. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be responsible for reporting to the District office, by the 10th of October of each year, the names of contributors and the number of days contributed. It shall report all days granted by the Bank within three (3) working days of making a grant and all of the other information necessary for the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not 's records. In order for an employee to be sufficient eligible to cover the cost of the days requested apply for sick leave benefits from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that employee must first:
1. Be a contributor to the Bank.
2. Have been absent from work due to illness or accident for:
a. all his accumulated sick leave days, and
b. all of his personal leave days. Written application for use of the Bank will be submitted to the Sick Leave Bank Committee prior to or within ten (10) days from the date the applicant returns to the District to resume his or her assignment. If the applicant is incapacitated to such an employee extent that he or she cannot personally apply for a grant, the applicant's immediate supervisor or immediate family may apply for the grant. All applications for grants from the Bank should be sent to: Sick Leave Bank Committee c/o Clerk Council School District #13 Council, ID 83612 The Committee may require a doctor's written statement as to the nature of the illness at the time of application and from time to time after a grant has been made. The Committee shall review the request and determine the eligibility of the employee. The Sick Leave Bank Committee will respond within two (2) weeks to each application for a grant in writing and in the event the application is denied, will state the reason(s) for such denial. The Committee shall be the authority to make final decisions within the established guidelines as to the disposition of the case. The maximum number of twenty work days that can be granted to an eligible participant is thirty (2030) days/school year (July 1 - June 30). This requirement may be extended an additional thirty (30) days in the event of extenuating circumstances. In no case shall an employee be granted more than sixty (60) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed year. Maternity leave from the Sick Leave Bank will be for six (6) weeks total (except in extenuating circumstances) including all leave days the employee may have at the time of application to the Sick Leave Bank. Bank grants to individual employees will not be carried over from one fiscal year to the next; all such grants will end at the termination of the school year. If an employee does not use all of the days granted by the Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed unused sick leave days by deducting will be returned to the Bank. In no case shall an employee be granted more than a total of 180 days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if for all illnesses or disabilities during employment with the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to District. If the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from Bank is exhausted during a fiscal year, additional days may be added upon the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to vote of the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8members. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave district may contribute a like number of days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Master Contract
Sick Leave Bank. Members a. When in the judgment of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designeean employee’s physician, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days employee will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used exhaust all of his/her accumulated sick leave for the remainder of the school year due to catastrophic illness or injury and additional days are still needed, then he/she may request in writing to District Administration that additional days be transferred from the Classified Sick Leave Bank (the “sick leave bank”). The sick leave bank shall be governed by a Sick Leave Bank Committee consisting of the Superintendent, Treasurer, Building Principals, Director of Operations and has used possible advances Transportation, Custodial Supervisor Food Service Coordinator, and Union President. All granting of sick leave days must be approved by a majority vote of the Sick Leave Bank Committee. The Treasurer shall announce an opportunity to participate in the Sick Leave Bank annually by asking bargaining unit members to donate up to 2 days to the Sick Leave Bank. Each bargaining unit member will have the opportunity to donate up to 2 days for the purpose of building the bank by the last payroll of September.
b. If the sick leave bank balance falls below 30 days, the Treasurer will solicit donations for additional days.
c. All donations will be deducted from regular sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year d. Upon separation of employment, bargaining unit members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated donate up to 5 unused sick days to the sick leave bank. If the separation of employment is due to retirement, the donated sick days would be deducted from the bargaining unit member’s sick leave balance prior to severance calculation.
e. The total sick leave bank without penalty on balance is not to exceed 120 days.
f. Bargaining unit members to whom days are given must personally have the Personalcatastrophic illness or injury, or to care for a parent, child, stepchild, or spouse with a catastrophic illness or injury.
g. Sick leave bank cannot be used if the bargaining unit member has applied for disability retirement.
h. No more days can be given than needed by the bargaining unit member to serve out the regular school year. Members can only draw from the sick leave bank one time in a school year (July 1st– June 30th), with a 120-day total lifetime maximum.
i. The bargaining unit member must exhaust his/Sick Leave Bonusher own sick leave first before being eligible for use of the sick leave bank.
j. The bargaining unit member who is using donated sick leave will not earn additional sick leave while receiving the donated leave days.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated A voluntary sick leave days per bank is available for certified personnel (including administrators and directors) employed in a certified position working a minimum of half time and at least 6 months a year to a member or members who have exhausted are in their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The second consecutive term of employment by the District under the following guidelines will applyconditions and provisions:
1. The enrollment period for each member A. Each participating certified employee shall contribute one day of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, sick leave per year for the President first three years of participation and one-half day per year for each successive year to the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by bank. The deadline for sick leave bank enrollment shall be on September 15 of each year. Eligible certified employees declining to become participants in the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association Presidentbank in any given year, shall administer be ineligible for participation later. Once you have enrolled in the Banksick leave bank, you will remain an active member with automatic deductions made from your sick leave account each year unless you request in writing to the Personnel Office to be dropped from the bank.
B. When the total balance of days in the bank exceeds 600 days, members will not be deducted the one-half day per year after the first three years.
C. This pool is for the protection of individual participating certified employees whose long-term extended illness or disability causes an absence from regularly assigned duties. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requestsabsence must extend more than five (5) duty days beyond the number of sick leave days, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3which an individual participating certified employee has accumulated. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members There shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty only one five (205) days from the Bank, day waiting period per request and a total maximum of forty illness or disability. (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of The five (5) days need not be consecutive.) Use of this pool will begin on the sixth duty day after an individual's accumulated sick leave days have been exhausted, at a timewhich time the participating certified employees may draw up to 30 days of sick leave from the bank. The Sick Leave Bank Use of pool days by participants shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance paylimited to the school year in which the long-term extended illness or disability began.
4. D. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate dates of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank physical disability as defined in Article XVI, Section E, for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from which payment under the sick leave bank is claimed shall be verified by a doctor.
E. Administration of the bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to handled by the bank at any timeDistrict Personnel Office. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year All requests for use of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty must be submitted in writing to the Personnel Manager and must be approved by the Superintendent of Schools. The request must be supported by a written statement from the certified employee's personal physician that states the specific long-term extended illness or disability causing the absence and the duration of the absence. The absence for which pool days are requested must be of such nature that absence is unavoidable during the school year and absence from duties is necessitated. Should loss of pay inadvertently occur through late notification, such loss shall be restored in the next pay period following approval of the request for use of pool days.
F. Employees withdrawing days from the bank are not required to replace these days except as a regular contributing member in the bank. An employee resigning, retiring, withdrawing from membership in the bank or declining to make contributions as required shall not be able to withdraw previously contributed days.
G. Days in the bank shall be withdrawn on a first-come, first-served basis, and, if the total days in the bank are exhausted in any year, use of the bank is ended for that year. Unused days in the bank shall be carried over to the next succeeding school year.
H. Remuneration from the bank shall be based on the Personalper diem rate for the individual participant for the applicable school year as computed under Article VIII, Section C of this Agreement.
I. Upon requests of the Association (not more often than quarterly), the Personnel Office shall report the status of the bank, including the balance of days in the bank. The Business Manager shall conduct an annual audit of the sick leave bank.
X. A classified employee who is a qualified member of the classified employee sick leave bank and moves to a certified position, may join the certified sick leave bank at the same standing as when he/Sick Leave Bonusshe left the classified sick leave bank.
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Samples: Employment Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members (1) A sick leave bank shall be established to provide extended sick leave to members of the bargaining unit will sick leave bank who incur a period of prolonged serious illness, injury or hospitalization.
(2) Membership shall be allowed voluntary. Employees who are not members of the sick bank may enroll by submitting an application to donate and transfer a maximum the SPCA Sick Leave Bank Committee following two (2) years of three active service. A new member shall contribute two (2) days of sick leave upon enrollment. Membership shall continue automatically while an employee remains employed in the School District.
(3) accumulated If at the beginning of any school term, the quotient of the number of days available in the sick leave bank divided by the number of actively employed members at that time is more than one (1); each actively employed member shall contribute one
(1) day of sick leave to the bank. If said quotient is less than one (1), each actively employed member shall contribute two (2) days per year of sick leave to the bank. If after a review at the beginning of each school term the SPCA Sick Leave Committee/Executive Board determines that there is sufficient number of days available in the sick leave bank for that school term, no contribution of days by the members will need to be made. Members returning to active employment after the beginning of the school term shall contribute the same number of days of sick leave as those members actively employed at the beginning of the school term.
(4) To continue operation, the sick leave must have fifty percent (50%) of eligible employees as members.
(5) Conditions controlling the operation of the sick leave bank shall be asfollows:
(a) Illness or disability shall have caused a sick leave bank member's absence for at least ten (10) consecutive working days or at least twelve (12) total consecutive days, whichever is the lesser.
(b) To qualify for withdrawal from the sick leave bank a member or members who shall have exhausted their been a sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period bank member for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendentyear, a member shall have exhausted all accumulated sick leave and one personal leave and shall have been absent without pay for at least five (15) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bankconsecutive days as a consequence of serious illness or disability. The Committee member shall approvesubmit a typed verification by a licensed physician of the serious illness or disability to the SPCA Sick Leave Bank Committee/disapprove applications Executive Board and they will determine the eligibility for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionthe withdrawal of sick bank days.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit (c) Sick Leave bank members using the sick leave bank shall not be required to pay back in any manner the number of days borrowed.
(d) The sick leave bank shall be granted up applicable only to the illness of sick leave bank members.
(e) The sick leave bank shall not be applicable for cosmetic surgery (as defined in current insurance coverage), elective surgery, diagnostic procedures, or other procedures which may be safely deferred until a maximum vacation or recess period, except if complications result there from. The sick leave bank shall not cover cases covered by Workers' Compensation. The sick leave bank shall be available for that part of the pregnancy or childbirth that results in a physical inability to work.
(f) Days withdrawn from the sick leave bank by any sick leave bank member shall not exceed twenty (20) days from within a school year for the Bankillness or disability which qualifies the employee for withdrawal.
(g) A sick leave bank member who chooses to terminate membership in the sick leave bank shall notify the SPCA Sick Leave Bank Committee in writing. Any days already donated to the sick bank shall remain in the bank.
(6) If the sick leave bank is terminated, per request and a available days will be prorated by the SPCA Sick Leave Bank Committee to contributing members of the sick leave bank working in the District at the time of such termination. No sick leave bank member may receive more than the total maximum number of forty days he/she contributed to the sick leave bank. Days must be at least one- half (401/2) days per school yearto be distributed.
(7) The SPCA Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be notified in writing by the Board of a member's exhaustion of personal leave days and sick days resulting in prolonged serious illness, serious injury, or hospitalization. Days should The notification shall be requested in increments of received five (5) days at a time. prior to the employee's last day of benefits.
(8) The SPCA Sick Leave Bank Committee, appointed by the SPCA President, shall not be used as establish. guidelines for the administration of the sick leave bank. This committee shall administer the sick leave and submit a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows report to the District concerning days will pay back each year the days and copies of physician's verification at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree time that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days each withdrawal is approved by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave BankCommittee.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated A sick leave days per year to a member or members bank for use by the employees covered by this Agreement, who have exhausted their own sick leave due to and who have a current serious or catastrophic illnessillness shall be established commencing in fiscal year 2020. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer maintained at a minimum of one (1) day when accumulated per covered employee for the first year of maintenance (fiscal year 2020) and at a maximum of two (2) days per covered employee for each year following the first year. A covered employee is a paraprofessional who has contributed to the sick leave bank without penalty on for the Personal/Sick Leave Bonuswork year of the request and who has been employed in a position in the bargaining unit at least two (2) full work years. To be eligible to use the sick leave bank, a paraprofessional must deposit one (1) day of sick leave to the sick leave bank no later than September 30th of the work year, or within 30 days of hire if the new employee is hired after the start of the work year. The initial grant of sick leave by the sick leave bank committee to an eligible employee shall not exceed thirty (30) work days. Upon completion of the 30 work days, the period of entitlement may be extended by the sick leave bank committee upon demonstration of continued need by the applicant. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a sick leave bank committee consisting of four (4) members, two (2) members shall be designated by the Superintendent to serve at the Superintendent’s discretion and two (2) members shall be designated by the Association President. The sick leave bank committee shall determine the eligibility for the use of the bank and the amount of leave to be granted consistent with this Article. The following criteria shall be used by the committee in administering the bank and in determining eligibility and amount of leave.
1. Adequate medical evidence of serious illness,
2. Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave.
3. Length of service in the Arlington School System.
4. Propriety of use of previous sick leave. If the sick leave bank is exhausted, it shall be renewed by the contribution of one (1) additional day of sick leave by each employee who is a member of the sick leave bank. Such additional day will be deducted from each such member’s annual sick leave. The sick leave bank committee shall determine the time when it becomes necessary to replenish the bank. The decision of the sick leave bank committee with respect to eligibility and entitlement shall be final and binding and not subject to appeal.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a A Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications to be established for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeall full-time employees. The Sick Leave Bank shall is subject to the following guidelines:
1) After completing 3 full school years from their initial starting date as a full-time employee, all full time security employees will participate in the sick leave bank.
2) Use of the sick leave bank is for prolonged illness or hospitalization and recovery after all accumulated sick and personal leave has been exhausted. The sick leave bank is not to be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation purposes of normal childbirth and/or severance paymaternity leave.
3) The Superintendent and the Union president, or their respective designees will administer the sick leave bank.
4. The member who borrows days ) Annually on July 1, each eligible employee will pay back each year contribute one irredeemable sick day benefit to the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave bank and the District will match the contribution. However, if on July 1 the sick leave bank has a balance of at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to least 150 days, contributions will not be deducted made from the final pay(s) due to the employeeeligible employees.
5. In the case where an employee has applied ) No participant will be able to borrow withdraw days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of until his/her accumulated sick and personal leave has been depleted and the Superintendent and Union President have approved the request.
6) Requests for sick leave bank withdrawal are to be presented to the Superintendent, through the Human Resources Office, accompanied by a doctor’s written verification of illness, which must include an explanation of the illness, the reason why the employee cannot report to work, and a suggested date of return. (A copy of the request and doctor’s written verification will also be sent to the Union President.)
7) Each participant will be eligible to withdraw from the sick leave bank a maximum allotment of 25 days over a revolving 12-month period during their first 3 years in the plan, and has used possible advances 50 days over a revolving 12-month period thereafter. Therefore, employees have 365 days from the first day of sick leave.
8leave bank approval to apply for and use their maximum allotment. The Association President Three hundred and sixty-five days must pass from their last day of access or his/her designee shall full utilization of their maximum allotment before an additional application can be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated made to the sick leave bank. If the participant begins their fourth year of participation in the sick leave bank without penalty on during a 12-month revolving period of usage, his/her maximum allotment will increase from 25 to 50 days for that revolving period.
8) Days remaining in the Personal/Sick Leave Bonussick leave bank are to be carried forward to the subsequent year beginning in July. By December 1, the Human Resources office will send a tally of days available to the Union President. In the event the sick bank is depleted the bank will cease to furnish benefits until the following July 1 when a new annual allocation is provided.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit A voluntary sick leave bank will be allowed established. When employees are newly hired, they will be given the option to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated join the sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, bank by donating one (1) Administrator chosen of their sick days to the bank. Current employees who are not yet members may join by the Superintendent, and donating one (1) Association sick day to the bank during open enrollment, September 1 to November 1 of each year. Only employees who donate the aforementioned sick leave to the sick leave bank and have completed their probationary period, shall be eligible to receive sick leave bank leave. Such eligible employees shall be able to request sick leave bank utilization after they have expended all forms of paid leave they have accrued (this includes leave available through the Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (PFMLI)). For purposes of sick leave bank usage only, “sick leave” may include any accrued leave as determined by the joint committee mentioned in this section. The bank is required to have one (1) day per member chosen or four hundred and fifty (450) hours, whichever is greater. Should the balance fall below that figure, members will be asked to contribute an additional day to maintain their membership. (“Day” is defined for the purposes of this paragraph as the length of the average workday for that employee.) The sick leave bank shall be overseen and administered by a joint committee that includes classified employees named by the Association President, shall administer and the BankDirector of Human Resources. The Committee shall approvebank may be used only for the participant’s personal illness as defined under FMLA/disapprove applications OFLA as a “serious health condition” or for requeststhe serious health condition of an immediate family member. For the purpose of access to the sick leave bank, immediate family members are defined as described the spouse/domestic partner, child or stepchild, parent or step-parent, or sibling or step-sibling of the employee. Participants with less than two (2) years of service to the District and two (2) years participation in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members the sick leave bank shall be granted up limited to a maximum of twenty fifteen (2015) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per leave in any school year. Days should After the completion of two (2) years of service to the District and/or two (2) years participation in the sick leave bank, participants shall be requested in increments limited to a maximum of five thirty (530) days at a timeof leave in any school year. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end bank may expend up to one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours of the contract year until the total number donated leave in any school year. Approval or denial of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank any request for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will shall be limited within the sole authority of the joint committee mentioned herein according to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They whatever rules or criteria for usage they may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8agree upon. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible denial of a request for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick paid leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to from the sick leave bank without penalty on is not subject to the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusgrievance procedure in this Agreement.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members The purpose of the bargaining unit sick leave bank is to provide sick leave to contributors to the bank after the member's accumulative and anticipated sick leave have been exhausted. The sick leave bank rules and procedures will be allowed modified and submitted to donate the Superintendent for approval. Until such time, current rules and transfer procedures will remain in effect. The definition of this type of sick leave shall be that leave that is granted to an employee, who through personal catastrophic illness, injury, or quarantine, is unable to perform the duties of his or her position. Sick leave from the bank may not be granted for the period of disability when monies are paid to the employee under workers' compensation law. A three-member approval committee, consisting of members selected by the Union, shall have the responsibility of receiving requests, verifying the validity of requests, approving or denying requests, and communicating its decision to the member and to the Executive Director of Human Resources. The rules of procedure and general criteria will be developed by a maximum of three (3) accumulated member rules committee appointed by the President of the Union. These rules must be approved by the President of the Union and the Superintendent before said rules take effect. Once approved, the rules will be widely distributed by the approval committee. The Executive Director of Human Resources shall verify payment of approved bank grants. Employees on active duty in AACPS for which the Union is the exclusive agent, are eligible to contribute to the sick leave bank. Contributions can be made at any time during the year. An employee may join the sick leave bank only after having accumulated two hundred (200) hours of sick leave (25 days). The initial contribution to the bank will be made at the time of joining the bank, and future contributions will be based on need as recommended by the sick leave bank committee and agreed upon by the Union and the Superintendent. All donations will remain in force and cannot be returned even upon cancellation of membership. The bank can be used on the fourth duty day of absence during the member's disability. The three (3) day deductible will apply to each disability but will be waived for relapses of the same disability. The maximum number of sick days per that can be granted in any one (1) fiscal year to will be the remaining number of duty days a member is scheduled to work, plus included holidays or members who have exhausted their sick vacation days that would normally accrue during this period. In no case will the granting of more leave due from the bank cause a member to a current serious receive more than his or catastrophic illnessher annual salary. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate All unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave bank at the end of the contract fiscal year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored shall be carried over to the banknext fiscal year. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the The Board will sponsor cost of the sick leave bank but not beyond $200,000 per year. Money expended shall be calculated as days requested from used times average daily salary for Unit III members. AFSCME shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sick Leave BankBoard regarding any legal claims, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year actions or suits relating to be borrowed from the Sick Leave BankAFSCME's administration, function, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs operation of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members The purpose of this bank shall be to provide teachers who have exhausted all paid leave with additional sick leave days for a catastrophic illness or injury. Application to draw days from this pool must be recommended by a committee comprised of the bargaining unit will be allowed Superintendent, Treasurer, XXXX President and a GAEA member on the appropriate form to donate and transfer a the Superintendent. The Superintendent may grant up to the maximum number of three forty-five (345) sick leave days. All accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their during the time of the sick leave due to a current serious shall be exhausted before days from the pool may be used. No recipient of leave from the sick leave bank shall earn additional sick, personal or catastrophic illnessany other type of leave while using the donated leave. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member Association shall send a written notice to the Treasurer that details the number of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to be deducted from each bargaining unit member, which shall also include a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 signed statement from each year.
2member authorizing the Treasurer to transfer the days. A committee comprised The donation of days to the sick leave pool shall not affect any “Perfect Attendance” section of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bankcontract. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments ratio of five (5) days donated equal one (1) day into the pool for a recipient. Donors may donate any number of days up to a total of three (3) recipient days (15 donor days) to this program per school year. Sick leave will be deducted from the current total accumulation of the donor who must have at least seventy-five (75) accumulated sick days in order to make a timedonation. A maximum of 200 days shall be kept for use at any one time in the sick bank . Once the total accumulation in the pool drops below one hundred (100) days, the Association may solicit additional days from the certificated/licensed staff members in the District. Use of this program is limited to cases of catastrophic or life-threatening illness or injury to a bargaining unit member, spouse, child or domestic partner as approved by the Association. For purposes of this procedure, the term “catastrophic illness or injury” shall include only those illnesses or injuries which are calamitous in nature, constituting a great misfortune. Examples of a catastrophic or life-threatening illness include, but are not limited to, the following: accident resulting in multiple fractures or amputation of a limb, AIDS, ALS, cancer, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, a condition causing paralysis, a rare disease, severe burn involving over twenty (20) percent of the body, severe head injury requiring hospitalization, spinal cord injury or stroke. The Sick Leave Bank shall program may not be used for a routine pregnancy, any injuries related to drug or alcohol use or a chronic injury that is not life threatening or is easily manageable (e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.). This sick leave bank may not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4, nor shall it prevent or prolong a bargaining unit member from applying for and going on disability retirement. The member who borrows days All information will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored be kept confidential to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeeextent permitted by law.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit A Sick Day Bank shall be established. Each employee covered by this agreement will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum given the option of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illnessparticipating. The following guidelines decision shall be binding for the remainder of one’s time in the District. Each participant may voluntarily contribute ONE of his sick days to the bank. Each employee covered by this agreement will applybe given ninety (90) calendar days in which to decide to join or not. This will constitute a pool of days upon which a participant may draw, as explained below:
1. A participant who has exhausted his days due to a protracted verifiable and catastrophic illness and/or injury of which is the reason for the application to this committee. Pregnancy and elective surgery are not considered "catastrophic."
2. The enrollment period applicant must provide an accurate history of his/her sick day record.
3. The participant's record must show non-abuse of sick day usage, as determined by the committee.
4. The committee may or may not award the days, and may do so in not more than 30 day segments in any one school year. Reapplication is necessary for each member segment. Approval of reapplication is at the discretion of the bargaining unit committee.
5. Unused sick days will be returned to voluntarily donate unused the Sick Day Bank upon the employee's return to work. Exceptions will be handled at the discretion of the committee.
6. The maximum allowable sick leave days provided to any one employee shall not exceed ninety (90). If the pool diminishes to the point whereby it is less than 30 percent of whole days in relation to the number of participants, participants will be asked to contribute one additional day (as determined by the committee). Should a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 participant at any time of replenishing opt NOT to continue, such action will constitute withdrawal from the bank, losing any days thus far contributed. Any participant, once having contributed a day (or more in cases of replenishment), may in no way retrieve any days thus far contributed. A committee shall review and approve/disapprove each yearapplication for the utilization of banked days. The committee will be as follows:
1. Three members of the Brick Township Education Association as selected by the Brick Township Education Association.
2. A committee comprised The President of the Superintendent Board of Education or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Sick Leave Bank. A) The State and the Union agree to establish a Sick Leave Bank Committee who shall be responsible to administer a Sick Leave Bank in each bargaining unit covered by the Master Agreement. A separate sick leave bank may be established in a particular department by mutual Agreement.
B) Each Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be composed of six members, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Union and three (3) by the State. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall establish the rules and procedures to be used by employees who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank. Each Sick Leave Bank Committee may decide, by majority vote, to permit sick leave bank donations to be made on an as needed basis. Decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee to grant sick leave bank days shall be by majority vote, shall be final, and shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of the contract.
C) The following provisions must be included in the rules and procedures adopted by the Sick Leave Bank Committee:
1. The Committee must review the sick leave utilization of any member of the Sick Leave Bank who applies for sick leave from the bank. Sick leave will not be granted to an applicant with evidence of prior sick leave abuse in his or her personnel file or attendance record. Prior utilization of sick leave does not by itself indicate sick leave abuse.
2. The Committee must require adequate evidence of catastrophic illness or injury, which is not job-related, of an employee only (not any family member).
3. The maximum amount of sick leave that the Committee may grant shall be 480 hours per employee assigned to a forty (40) hour work week and 420 hours per employee assigned to a thirty-five (35) hour work week. Hours granted shall not exceed the total hours available in the Bank.
4. Employees must make contributions to the Sick Leave Bank on January 2 of each calendar year. Any employee who does not make a contribution to the Bank shall not be eligible to apply to the Bank for any sick leave.
5. Members of the bargaining unit will who wish to be allowed eligible to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated apply to the Bank for sick leave days per year shall contribute eight (8) hours of sick leave if assigned to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments hour work week and seven hours of sick leave if assigned to a thirty-five (535) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payhour work week.
46. The member An employee who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored applies to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick must have used all available accrued and accumulated leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need ariseincluding vacation and personal leave.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated Part-time employees may participate on a pro rated basis.
D) Any unused sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leaveremaining in the Sick Leave Bank on December 31 shall not be carried forward into the next year.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to E) If during the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First calendar year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave BonusBank falls below three hundred fifty (350) hours, the Sick Leave Bank Committee may solicit additional contributions of one additional day (8 hours or 7 hours) from those employees who made a contribution on January 2 of that calendar year.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members The purpose of this bank shall be to provide teachers who have exhausted all paid leave with additional sick leave days for a catastrophic illness or injury. Application to draw days from this pool must be recommended by a committee comprised of the bargaining unit will be allowed Superintendent, Treasurer, GAEA President and a GAEA member on the appropriate form to donate and transfer a the Superintendent. The Superintendent may grant up to the maximum number of three forty-five (345) sick leave days. All accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their during the time of the sick leave due to a current serious shall be exhausted before days from the pool may be used. No recipient of leave from the sick leave bank shall earn additional sick, personal or catastrophic illnessany other type of leave while using the donated leave. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member Association shall send a written notice to the Treasurer that details the number of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to be deducted from each bargaining unit member, which shall also include a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 signed statement from each year.
2member authorizing the Treasurer to transfer the days. A committee comprised The donation of days to the sick leave pool shall not affect any “Perfect Attendance” section of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bankcontract. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments ratio of five (5) days donated equal one (1) day into the pool for a recipient. Donors may donate any number of days up to a total of three (3) recipient days (15 donor days) to this program per school year. Sick leave will be deducted from the current total accumulation of the donor who must have at least seventy-five (75) accumulated sick days in order to make a timedonation. A maximum of 200 days shall be kept for use at any one time in the sick bank . Once the total accumulation in the pool drops below one hundred (100) days, the Association may solicit additional days from the certificated/licensed staff members in the District. Use of this program is limited to cases of catastrophic or life-threatening illness or injury to a bargaining unit member, spouse, child or domestic partner as approved by the Association. For purposes of this procedure, the term “catastrophic illness or injury” shall include only those illnesses or injuries which are calamitous in nature, constituting a great misfortune. Examples of a catastrophic or life-threatening illness include, but are not limited to, the following: accident resulting in multiple fractures or amputation of a limb, AIDS, ALS, cancer, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, a condition causing paralysis, a rare disease, severe burn involving over twenty (20) percent of the body, severe head injury requiring hospitalization, spinal cord injury or stroke. The Sick Leave Bank shall program may not be used for a routine pregnancy, any injuries related to drug or alcohol use or a chronic injury that is not life threatening or is easily manageable (e.g. high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.). This sick leave bank may not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4, nor shall it prevent or prolong a bargaining unit member from applying for and going on disability retirement. The member who borrows days All information will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored be kept confidential to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeeextent permitted by law.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer Employees may deposit a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted of their sick leave due allowance in the Sick Leave Bank each year. Employees, who have protracted illness and who have used up the sick leave to a current serious or catastrophic illnesswhich they are entitled, may apply to draw on the Bank. The operation of the Bank and withdrawals there from shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines will applyguidelines:
1. The enrollment period for each member All deposits must be made by October 1 of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year, provided that the employee has been employed for 12 months prior to any request for withdrawal.
2. A committee comprised of Only employees who deposit in the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionBank may be permitted to make withdrawals.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall All requests for withdrawals must be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from made on the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a timeappropriate form with specific reason stated.
4. The Sick Leave Bank shall may be used for illness only. Days may not be used as a means withdrawn to permit an employee to stay at home for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end other members of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employeefamily.
5. In the case where event of a new contract or an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost extension of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bankexisting one, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum balance of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from in the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bankis carried over.
6. Loans from Changes in the sick leave bank will regulations or operation of the Sick Leave Bank must be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisemade through collective bargaining.
7. A loan Employees who receive time from the Bank will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leavepaid at their current salary rate.
8. The Association President decision to grant or his/her designee deny a Sick Leave Bank request shall be responsible for presenting made on the majority vote of a Committee made up of two members of Local 1703 and two members of the school administration. The vote shall be final and binding on all parties and shall not be subject to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)appeal or arbitration.
9. First year bargaining members Membership in the Sick Leave Bank shall be voluntary.
10. One third of an employee's accrued sick leave will be placed in the Sick Leave Bank when he or she retires.
11. Within thirty (30) days of October 1 of each year, an updated list of Sick Leave Bank participants and Sick Leave Bank balances will be provided to the Union.
12. Initial withdrawal will be permitted for up to 80 days. Prior to the expiration of the 80 days employees may transfer one (1) day when accumulated request an additional 60 days subject to the approval of the Sick Leave Bank Committee.
13. All vacation and sick leave must be exhausted before applying to the sick leave bank.
14. Employees collecting Workers Compensation benefits are not eligible to apply to the sick leave bank.
15. Any member awarded compensation through a lawsuit or settlement for the illness or injury, in which the member is borrowing from the sick leave bank, is required to pay back the borrowed time. Upon receipt of the payment, the district would reinstate the number of sick days into the bank without penalty on based upon the Personal/Sick Leave Bonuspayment made.
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Sick Leave Bank. A) The State and the Union agree to establish a Sick Leave Bank Committee who shall be responsible to administer a Sick Leave Bank in each bargaining unit covered by the Master Agreement. A separate sick leave bank may be established in a particular department by mutual Agreement.
B) Each Sick Leave Bank Committee shall be composed of six members, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Union and three (3) by the State. The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall establish the rules and procedures to be used by employees who have contributed to the Sick Leave Bank. Each Sick Leave Bank Committee may decide, by majority vote, to permit sick leave bank donations to be made on an as needed basis. Decisions of the Sick Leave Bank Committee to grant sick leave bank days shall be by majority vote, shall be final, and shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of the contract.
C) The following provisions must be included in the rules and procedures adopted by the Sick Leave Bank Committee:
1. The Committee must review the sick leave utilization of any member of the Sick Leave Bank who applies for sick leave from the bank. Sick leave will not be granted to an applicant with evidence of prior sick leave abuse in his or her personnel file or attendance record. Prior utilization of sick leave does not by itself indicate sick leave abuse.
2. The Committee must require adequate evidence of catastrophic illness or injury, which is not job-related, of an employee only (not any family member).
3. The maximum amount of sick leave that the Committee may grant shall be 480 hours per employee assigned to a forty (40) hour work week and 420 hours per employee assigned to a thirty-five (35) hour work week. Hours granted shall not exceed the total hours available in the Bank.
4. Employees must make contributions to the Sick Leave Bank on January 2 of each calendar year. Any employee who does not make a contribution to the Bank shall not be eligible to apply to the Bank for any sick leave.
5. Members of the bargaining unit will who wish to be allowed eligible to donate and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated apply to the Bank for sick leave days per year shall contribute eight (8) hours of sick leave if assigned to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments hour work week and seven hours of sick leave if assigned to a thirty-five (535) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payhour work week.
46. The member An employee who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored applies to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bankmust have used all available accrued and accumulated leave including vacation and personal leave.
67. Loans from All sick leave hours accrued while discharging sick leave hours granted by the sick leave bank will committee must be limited discharged prior to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated discharging available sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leavebank hours.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated Part-time employees may participate on a pro-rated basis.
D) Any unused sick leave days. (See Appendix B)remaining in the Sick Leave Bank on December 31 shall not be carried forward into the next year.
9. First E) If during the calendar year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave BonusBank falls below three hundred fifty (350) hours, the Sick Leave Bank Committee may solicit additional contributions of one additional day (8 hours or 7 hours) from those employees who made a contribution on January 2 of that calendar year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Bank. Members Under this agreement, licensed staff covered by this contract may voluntarily become members of the bargaining unit NCCTA sick leave bank by contributing one (1) sick leave day upon joining the bank for the establishment and operation of the bank. Additional days needed to operate the sick bank within the terms explained in the Master Contract will be allowed assessed alphabetically from the sick bank membership at a rate of one day per member per assessment. This bank is to donate assist employees who have long term illness and transfer a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members disabilities and who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:accumulations.
1. The enrollment period Only individuals who have contributed to the bank are eligible for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each yearbenefits.
2. A committee comprised Membership and benefits are available only to bargaining unit members who have been employed by the Xxx County School District (NCSD) for a minimum of one (1) year. You must also be a member of the sick bank as of October 15th of the previous year in order for the member to utilize it.
3. The maximum cumulative number of days which any one person can be granted from the bank during one (1) school year is twenty (20) days. The maximum cumulative number of days which any one person can be granted from the bank during his/her period of employment with NCSD is forty-five (45) days.
4. Benefits from the sick bank up to ten (10) days to one member may be approved by the NCCTA President with appropriate proof of medical need provided by the applicant for benefits. Applicants for benefits beyond ten (10) days from the sick leave bank must make application through the Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) of the School District. The JAC shall be empowered to develop criteria to determine long term illness or disability. Based on this criteria, JAC will formulate a standing list of medical conditions to be approved by the School Board.
5. Members must notify the NCCTA President 5 days before their sick leave runs out, to be eligible to receive days from the sick bank. The Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) will determine emergencies, such as hospitalization on a case-by-case basis.
6. The Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) shall consist of one (1) School Board Member, three (3) Administrators selected by the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances of sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.four
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Sick Leave Bank. Members 1. The District and the CSEA shall jointly administer a voluntary Sick Leave Bank (SLB). The purpose of the bargaining SLB is to aid unit will employees who suffer a prolonged personal illness, excluding routine Maternity Leave, and have exhausted all leave accruals during the illness.
2. The SLB shall be allowed to donate and transfer administered by a maximum of three (3) accumulated person Committee consisting of a District Representative, the CSEA Unit President, and a Union member appointed by the Unit President.
3. Employees may only become members of the Sick Leave Bank during the month of September each year and shall be required to donate two (2) sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their days. Employee donating sick leave due shall voluntarily consent to do so in writing. Sick leave donated by an employee may not be withdrawn.
4. To remain a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily SLB an employee must donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 each year.
2. A committee comprised of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen by sick leave day during the Superintendentmonth of October of each year except as noted in 5.
5. All days in the SLB shall carry over from year to year. Each October 1st, and the days in the SLB shall be evaluated. If the SLB has three hundred fifty (350) days or more, continuing members shall not be required to contribute during that year. If the SLB has fewer than three hundred fifty (350) days continuing members shall be required to donate one (1) Association member chosen sick leave day. In this event, new members who donated two (2) days in September will not be required to donate an additional day to maintain membership.
6. A unit employee may make application for SLB usage subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) the employee has completed at least one (1) year of continuous service and has fully contributed to the bank pursuant to 4 and 5 above;
(b) the employee is unable to perform the duties of his/her regular job due to non-work related illness or injury;
(c) the employee has exhausted all other forms of his/her paid leave accruals which shall include sick leave, compensatory time, personal leave and vacation;
(d) the employee has served a thirty (30) consecutive calendar day waiting period from the date that they most recently were excused from work for said injury/illness. The waiting period can be satisfied by any combination of paid and unpaid time off;
(e) the application shall be made on a standard form prescribed and available at the District’s Central Office. The application shall include written verification of the employee’s medical condition by a physician selected and paid for by the Association Presidentemployee.
7. The SLB Committee shall meet as soon as practicable, shall administer however, not later than 30 calendar days from receipt of request application, to review the Bankcompleted application(s). The Committee shall approve/approve or disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3an application by majority vote. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members Each application shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from considered on an individual basis. Each employee shall authorize the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% release of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored work attendance records to the bankCommittee for review with their application. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days If requested from the Sick Leave Bankby any committee member, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for shall also authorize the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arise.
7. A loan will be considered only after the individual has used all release of his/her accumulated sick leave days formal disciplinary record, if any for review. The Committee shall have the right to have a physician of its own choosing verify the employee’s condition. The cost of any verification shall be assumed by the District. The decision of the Committee shall be final and has used possible advances of sick leavebinding. The decision shall not be subject to review under the grievance procedure as outlined in Article 20 or any other legal method.
8. The Association President or his/her designee An employee shall be responsible entitled to apply for presenting a minimum of ten (10) days up to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B).
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonus.forty
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Sick Leave Bank. Members A. The purpose of the sick leave bank is to relieve teachers from the undue financial burdens as a result of an absence from work due to illness, injury, or incapacitation sufficiently severe that would make their presence in school inadvisable.
B. Any certified personnel in the bargaining unit will as defined in Article I, Paragraph A, shall be allowed eligible to donate and transfer become a maximum of three (3) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave bank.
C. All donated days lose their identity and become property of the sick leave bank.
D. Once a member, a teacher will remain a member of the bank as long as he/she has met the necessary donations.
E. If the bank falls below 75 days, then each member shall be assessed up to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 two (2) days per year.
F. The bank will be open for teachers to become members for thirty (30) working days following the opening of school each year.
1. New teachers may become members and if so, they will contribute two (2) days for the first time. The donation must be made within thirty (30) working days following the date of employment.
2. A Teachers who have been in the School Corporation may become members by paying all back assessments that should have been paid had the teacher joined the bank when that teacher first had the opportunity to join.
G. The sick leave bank committee comprised shall consist of the Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designeetwo (2) other representatives appointed by the Association, one (1) Administrator chosen by the Superintendent, and one (1) Association member chosen a second representative of the Board appointed by the Association PresidentSuperintendent. The Superintendent shall be the chairperson of the committee.
H. The procedure to obtain use of the sick leave bank is as follows:
1. Written application by the teacher or members of the teacher's family accompanied by a physician's certificate stating the nature, length of the disability, and prognosis of the teacher's condition, shall administer be submitted to the Bankchairperson of the sick leave bank committee; Form is included in Appendix H.
2. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretionapplicant must be a member of the sick leave bank.
3. Eligible and approved bargaining unit members shall be granted up to a maximum of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not bank may be used as a means only by the individual contributor for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance payhis/her personal illness.
4. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to Days from the bank may be used only for sick those working days shall cause said days to be deducted from that the final pay(s) due to individual contributor is contracted during the employeeregular school year.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request The applicant must use all available sick and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick personal leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks before application for use of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed approved by the sick leave committee. However, the sick leave bank committee may grant days retroactively. Application shall be acted upon by the entire committee, and any positive decision must be by a majority vote of the committee. The chairperson must inform the applicant, or where advisable a member of the family, of the decision of the committee. The decision of the sick leave bank committee shall be final.
6. The chairperson shall report any positive committee decision to the bank at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisebusiness office.
7. A loan will The maximum number of days that may be considered only after the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave granted per teacher shall be twenty (20) working days and has used possible advances of sick leaveper school year.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting Part-time teachers who donate to the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated sick leave days. (See Appendix B)bank on a pro rata basis receive prorated benefits.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer one (1) day when accumulated A person who has used days from the Bank will be required to repay these days to the sick Bank at a rate of three (3) days per year until all the days have been paid back. If an employee:
a. Leaves the employment of the school corporation before the total number of days is paid back, then the remaining days owed will be deducted from the employee’s total accumulated personal illness leave days left at that time. However, at no time will the equivalent of the remaining days be deducted from the teacher’s salary.
b. Retires or dies before all days owed are paid back, the employee will not be required to pay back the balance owed.
c. Remains an employee of the Flat Rock-Hawcreek Schools and decides to withdraw from the Bank, any days donated remain the property of the Bank and any days owed to the bank without penalty on shall be deducted the Personal/Sick Leave Bonussame as if the person were continuing to be an active member.
d. Owes the Bank, repayment will begin with the school year immediately following withdrawal of days from the Bank.
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Sick Leave Bank. Members a. Each employee covered by this Agreement will assign one of the bargaining unit will be allowed to donate and transfer a maximum of three his/her credited fourteen (314) accumulated sick leave days per year to a member or members who have exhausted their sick leave due to a current serious or catastrophic illness. The following guidelines will apply:
1. The enrollment period for each member of the bargaining unit to voluntarily donate unused sick leave days to a Sick Leave Bank is September 1 through October 15 sick leave bank. The assignment shall be made at the initiation of employment in each school year.
2. b. A committee comprised teacher who suffers an illness of prolonged duration may apply for permission to draw upon the accumulated leave of the sick leave bank, which, if approved, will become effective after a forty (40) school day waiting period.
c. Applications will be submitted to the District Superintendent or his/her designee, the President of the Association, or his/her designee, one (1) Administrator chosen . Applications will be jointly evaluated and approved by the District Superintendent and the Erie 1 Professional Education Association designee as per the guidelines in Appendix F. If no agreement can be reached by both parties, a mutually agreed upon arbitrator will be selected to render a decision. An appeal may be made to a third party selected by the District Superintendent, /designee and one (1) Association member chosen by the Association President, shall administer the Bank. The Committee shall approve/disapprove applications for requests, as described in Paragraph 3, at its discretion.
3. Eligible d. The terms of this section are not applicable to employees employed at less than the equivalent of half-time.
e. The contributions and approved bargaining unit members benefits provided by this section shall be granted up to a maximum pro- rated for employees employed the equivalent of twenty (20) days from the Bank, per request and a total maximum of forty (40) days per school year. Days should be requested in increments of five (5) days at a half-time but less than full-time. The Sick Leave Bank shall not be used as a means for increasing retirement compensation and/or severance pay.
4. f. The member who borrows days will pay back each year the days at the rate of 50% of his/her annual accumulated sick leave at the end of the contract year until the total number of days borrowed has been restored to the bank. Any person who leaves district employment while indebted to the bank for sick days shall cause said days to be deducted from the final pay(s) due assigned to the employee.
5. In the case where an employee has applied to borrow days from the Sick Leave Bank, but the employee’s final check and/or summer wages may not be sufficient to cover the cost of the days requested from the Sick Leave Bank, the parties agree that such an employee may apply for the maximum of twenty (20) days per request and forty (40) days per school year to be borrowed from the Sick Leave Bank, and the Committee may approve the application, provided that the Board may recover the costs of the borrowed sick leave days by deducting days from the Sick Leave Bank total, if the final check or checks of the employee are not sufficient to cover the indebtedness to the Sick Leave Bank.
6. Loans from the sick leave bank will be limited to those individuals who have contributed to determined by the bank number of employees employed as of October 1, on at any time. Initial new hires will be exempted from the October 15 deadline to submit the form. They may choose to donate least a day(s) to the Bank during the first year of their limited contract should the need arisehalf-time basis or more.
7. A loan will be considered only after g. All unused portions of the individual has used all of his/her accumulated sick leave days and has used possible advances bank will accumulate up to a limit of three times the number of employees in the bargaining unit with the excess being maintained. In a year in which the sick leave bank accumulation exceeds the limit, no deduction shall be made from an individual teacher's annual sick leave.
8. The Association President or his/her designee shall be responsible for presenting to h. Upon the Treasurer properly signed forms transferring donated complete exhaustion of all days in the sick leave days. bank during any school year, the District will provide up to one hundred (See Appendix B)100) sick days to be available for use in that school year in accordance with sick leave bank procedures.
9. First year bargaining members may transfer i. In addition, after exhaustion of the District contribution, the bank will be open for one (1) additional mandatory day when accumulated to the sick leave bank without penalty on the Personal/Sick Leave Bonusdeposit by each employee in (f) above.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
