Sick Leave Exchange Benefits Eligibility. Sick Leave Exchange days may be awarded to Joint Sick Leave Bank and Exchange members for use on regularly scheduled duty days for (1) temporarily incapacitating and debilitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine of the member that is not likely to result in permanent disability of that employee or (2) to allow the member to care for an immediate family member (adopted, xxxxxx, or natural child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, spouse/life partner, or anyone who has lived regularly in the household) facing temporarily incapacitating and debilitating personal illness, injury, or quarantine. In order to be eligible for Sick Leave Bank benefits, a member must qualify for approved leave under personal illness. The purpose of the Joint Sick Leave Bank and Exchange is to allow continuation of salary and benefits for the employee. The Joint Sick Leave Bank and Exchange operates independently, and is not governed by and does not impact the employee’s rights under the FMLA. The use of leave allocated under the Joint Sick Leave Bank and Exchange does not guarantee that an employee will maintain his or her position.
