Sick Leave Definition and Use. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption or acceptance of a child in need of xxxxxx care. Sick leave shall not be applicable to surgical or other procedures, which may be postponed without significant medical effect to the summer or a school holiday or vacation period. The immediate family for purposes of this Section shall include: spouse, children, parents, parents-in-law, brothers, sisters, grandparents, great-grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in- law, daughters-in-law, and legal guardians or wards. The Administration may approve the use of sick leave for the serious illness or death of someone with whom the employee has a significant relationship who is not a member of the immediate family or household; such decision shall be non-precedential. Serious illness shall be defined as that which jeopardizes the life of the family member or a medical emergency, which confronts a family member.
Sick Leave Definition and Use. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. Sick leave shall not be applicable to surgical or other procedures, which may be postponed without significant medical effect to the summer or a school holiday or vacation period. The immediate family for purposes of this Section shall include: spouse, children, parents, parents-in-law, brothers, sisters, grandparents, great-grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, and legal guardians or wards. The Administration may approve the use of sick leave for the serious illness or death of someone with whom the employee has a significant relationship who is not a member of the immediate family or household; such decision shall be non-precedential. Serious illness shall be defined as that which jeopardizes the life of the family member or a medical emergency, which confronts a family member.
