Common use of Sick Leave: Leave of Absence for Illness or Injury Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave: Leave of Absence for Illness or Injury. A unit member employed five (5) days a week for a full fiscal year shall be granted twelve (12) days' leave of absence for illness or injury, exclusive of all days a unit member is not required to render service to the District with full pay, for a fiscal year of service. Unused sick leave may be accrued indefinitely. The unit member may convert unused sick leave to retirement credit in accordance with law. 13.3.1 All unit members employed on a ten-month (10) basis shall earn ten (10) days of sick leave per school year. Unit members on eleven (11) month work year shall earn eleven (11) days sick leave per year; and those unit members on a twelve (12) month work year shall earn twelve (12) days of sick leave per year. 13.3.2 A unit member employed less than five (5) days per week shall be entitled, for a fiscal year of service, to that proportion of twelve (12) days' leave of absence for illness or injury as the number of days a unit member is employed per week bears to five (5). When such unit members are employed for less than a full fiscal year of service this and the preceding paragraph shall determine that proportion of leave of absence for illness or injury to which they are entitled. Pay for any day of such absence shall be the same as the pay which should have been received had the unit member served during the day of illness. Each unit member, at the beginning of the unit member's work year, shall be eligible for the number of sick leave days corresponding to the number of months in the unit member's work year. 13.3.2.1 A less than twelve (12) month unit member serving as a summer employee for no less than fifteen (15) days shall receive one (1) additional day of sick leave per year to correspond with the number of hours worked in the summer. Unused summer sick leave shall be credited to the unit member's regular sick leave balance. 13.3.3 A unit member may utilize sick leave for pregnancies or disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy and recovery therefrom. 13.3.4 If a unit member is quarantined by the County or City Health Department of the unit member's county or city of residence because of the illness of another person, the absence shall be paid leave and shall not be charged to sick leave. In all other circumstances involving quarantine, the unit member shall use sick leave. In all cases, the District shall require that the unit member provide written verification of quarantine and the dates thereof from the controlling agency. Without such verification, the absence shall be unpaid. 13.3.5 A doctor's certificate or other proof of illness or disabling conditions may be required by the District for any illness or disabling condition in which the absence is six (6) consecutive days or more. However, the District, upon probable causes, reserves the right to require a unit member to furnish proper proof of cause of future absence when called upon to do so. Such notification should be submitted to the immediate supervisor upon the first day of return to duty. The unit member in turn will forward the information to the Personnel Department. At District expense, the District may require, in accordance with the law, a statement from a physician of its choice verifying the unit member's ability to perform the tasks entailed in the unit member's assignment. 13.3.5.1 If an employee is referred for a fitness for duty evaluation and the employee is found unfit for duty, the employee may appeal the fitness for duty physician’s determination. The employee will then be sent to a second District-approved physician where the determination of whether the employee is fit or unfit for duty (with or without restrictions) will be final. ● If the fitness for duty determination differs from the employee’s personal physician, the employee will be placed in paid administrative leave, retroactively to the date the employee was released to return to work by their personal physician, until completion of the second fitness for duty evaluation, if one is requested. ● A request for a second fitness for duty evaluation must be received in writing to Personnel Department or postmarked no later than ten (10) calendar days from the date of the written notification to the employee regarding the fitness for duty determination. 13.3.6 When a unit member has been sick or injured for an extended period of time and all accumulated sick leave has been used, the unit member shall be paid the difference between the unit member's own salary and the amount paid for a substitute, but in no case less than 50% of the unit member's regular salary. This benefit shall apply for up to five (5) calendar months for any illness in any school year. The five (5) month period begins for the first illness or injury in any school year on the day of absence following the last day of sick leave earned during that year. At the expiration of all sick leave benefits, the unit member may request a health leave.

Sick Leave: Leave of Absence for Illness or Injury. A unit member employed five (5) days a week for a full fiscal year shall be granted twelve (12) days' leave of absence for illness or injury, exclusive of all days a unit member is not required to render service to the District with full pay, for a fiscal year of service. Unused sick leave may be accrued indefinitely. The unit member may convert unused sick leave to retirement credit in accordance with law. 13.3.1 All unit members employed on a ten-month (10) basis shall earn ten (10) days of sick leave per school year. Unit members on eleven (11) month work year shall earn eleven (11) days sick leave per year; and those unit members on a twelve (12) month work year shall earn twelve (12) days of sick leave per year. 13.3.2 A unit member employed less than five (5) days per week shall be entitled, for a fiscal year of service, to that proportion of twelve (12) days' leave of absence for illness or injury as the number of days a unit member is employed per week bears to five (5). When such unit members are employed for less than a full fiscal year of service this and the preceding paragraph shall determine that proportion of leave of absence for illness or injury to which they are entitled. Pay for any day of such absence shall be the same as the pay which should have been received had the unit member served during the day of illness. Each unit member, at the beginning of the unit member's work year, shall be eligible for the number of sick leave days corresponding to the number of months in the unit member's work year. 13.3.2.1 A less than twelve (12) month unit member serving as a summer employee for no less than fifteen (15) days shall receive one (1) additional day of sick leave per year to correspond with the number of hours worked in the summer. Unused summer sick leave shall be credited to the unit member's regular sick leave balance. 13.3.3 A unit member may utilize sick leave for pregnancies or disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy and recovery therefrom. 13.3.4 If a unit member is quarantined by the County or City Health Department of the unit member's county or city of residence because of the illness of another person, the absence shall be paid leave and shall not be charged to sick leave. In all other circumstances involving quarantine, the unit member shall use sick leave. In all cases, the District shall require that the unit member provide written verification of quarantine and the dates thereof from the controlling agency. Without such verification, the absence shall be unpaid. 13.3.5 A doctor's certificate or other proof of illness or disabling conditions may be required by the District for any illness or disabling condition in which the absence is six (6) consecutive days or more. However, the District, upon probable causes, reserves the right to require a unit member to furnish proper proof of cause of future absence when called upon to do so. Such notification should be submitted to the immediate supervisor upon the first day of return to duty. The unit member in turn will forward the information to the Personnel Department. At District expense, the District may require, in accordance with the law, a statement from a physician of its choice verifying the unit member's ability to perform the tasks entailed in the unit member's assignment. 13.3.5.1 If an employee is referred for a fitness for duty evaluation and the employee is found unfit for duty, the employee may appeal the fitness for duty physician’s determination. The employee will then be sent to a second District-approved physician where the determination of whether the employee is fit or unfit for duty (with or without restrictions) will be final. ● • If the fitness for duty determination differs from the employee’s personal physician, the employee will be placed in paid administrative leave, retroactively to the date the employee was released to return to work by their personal physician, until completion of the second fitness for duty evaluation, if one is requested. ● • A request for a second fitness for duty evaluation must be received in writing to Personnel Department or postmarked no later than ten (10) calendar days from the date of the written notification to the employee regarding the fitness for duty determination. 13.3.6 When a unit member has been sick or injured for an extended period of time and all accumulated sick leave has been used, the unit member shall be paid the difference between the unit member's own salary and the amount paid for a substitute, but in no case less than 50% of the unit member's regular salary. This benefit shall apply for up to five (5) calendar months for any illness in any school year. The five (5) month period begins for the first illness or injury in any school year on the day of absence following the last day of sick leave earned during that year. At the expiration of all sick leave benefits, the unit member may request a health leave.