Common use of Sick Leave for Family Illness Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave for Family Illness. Employees may use up to 80 hours per calendar year of their current sick leave bank, if available, for leave from work to care for a family member who has a medical condition ("Paid Family Medical Leave"). Caring for a family member includes transporting the family member to and from a medical appointment related to the medical condition. The use of this Paid Family Medical Leave will be administered per current sick leave language. Medical documentation related to the family member's medical condition must be provided when requested. Failure to provide the medical documentation when requested will result in the Paid Family Medical Leave being denied. For purposes of this provision, "family member" exclusively includes the employee's: parent, biological or adopted child, spouse, domestic partner, biological or adopted grandchild, or grandparent. This Paid Family Medical Leave will run concurrent with FMLA leave, to the extent FMLA is applicable to the need for the leave, but will not run concurrent with any other paid leave for family members (i.e., Local 702 hospitalization). This Paid Family Medical Leave, a benefit to the employees, has been negotiated and duly bargained with the Unions representing the employees and shall be the full amount of paid leave available to employees for the purposes of caring for a family member with a medical condition, notwithstanding state or municipal laws that may otherwise provide for other similar types of paid leave.