Sick Leave Plan The benefits of the Company’s Sick Leave Plan shall be considered as part of this Agreement. However, it is recognized that its provisions are not an automatic right of an employee and the administration of this plan and all decisions regarding the appropriateness or degree of its application shall be vested solely in the Company. The Company’s Sick Leave Plan will provide that probationary and regular employees will commence with a credit of eight days at 100 percent (100%) and 15 days at 75 percent (75%) pay, payable from the first day of sickness. This credit will continue to be available until the employee attains his/her first annual accumulation date as a regular employee. At the time of this accumulation date and each subsequent accumulation date he/she will acquire additional credits of eight days at 100 percent (100%) pay and 15 days at 75 percent (75%) pay. The accumulation of credits will be subject to the provisions of the Company’s Sick Leave Plan. Regular part-time employees shall receive a pro-rated number of sick days. When a regular part-time employee is absent due to illness on a scheduled day of work, they shall be paid for the hours of work scheduled for that day provided sick leave credits are available. Normally employees will be expected to arrange routine medical or dental appointments during non-working hours. Where such appointments cannot be arranged during non-working hours and the employee can be released from his/her duties, then the time shall be charged against an employee's sick leave time except in the case of medical appointments of less than half a day where normal earnings will be maintained. Employees who are on sick leave for 30 days or more may be eligible to participate in a vocational rehabilitation program in accordance with the Company’s policy. All major medical absence forms will be completed for any absence of four (4) continuous days/shifts or more or when requested by management. The Company will compensate the employee for the cost associated with completing these forms up to a maximum of $30.00. Additionally, the company will compensate the employee for the full cost of all medical notes, medical forms or medical information required to support LTD or other Wellness programs. This provision applies to Doctor’s notes requested by Line Management as part of the administration of the sick leave plan. Employees will be required to submit all forms required by management through their personal physician. Sick Leave benefits are conditional upon receipt of these forms and it is the responsibility of the employee to ensure that the employer receives these forms within a reasonable period of time. Any discipline related to sick leave that is imposed and grieved by the union will be referred directly to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx for resolution.
Sick Leave Use An employee shall be granted sick leave with pay to the extent of the employee's accumulation for absences necessitated by the following conditions:
Sick Leave 8.2.1. Members of the bargaining unit shall be entitled to ten (10) days leave of absence for illness or injury, exclusive of all days they are not required to render service to the District, with full pay for a school year of service. Unit members employed for less than full time shall be entitled to a proportionate number of days’ leave of absence for illness or injury. Credit for leave of absence, in any given year, need not be accrued prior to taking such leave by the unit member, and such leave may be taken at any time during the school year. Sick leave entitlement under this section shall be accumulative, without limit, from year to year. Leaves of absence under this section will be automatic, although the District reserves the right to request verification from a medical authority. 8.2.2. When a member of the bargaining unit is absent from his/her duties on account of illness or accident for a period of five (5) months or less, whether or not the absence arises out of, or in the course of, employment, the amount deducted from the salary due him/her for any month in which the absence occurs shall not exceed the sum which is actually paid a substitute employee employed to fill his/her absence. 8.2.3. The provisions of 8.2.2 relating to compensation shall not apply to the first ten (10) days of absence on account of illness or accident of any full time unit member or to the proportion of ten (10) days of absence to which such unit member employed less than full time is entitled, hereunder, on account of illness or accident. The five (5)-month period stipulated in 8.2.2 begins upon termination of the unit member’s current annual ten (10) days. Accrued leave beyond the ten (10) days is part of the five (5) month period. Unit members may elect to retain accrued sick leave in excess of 10 days by providing written notification to the Personnel Office. 8.2.4. If there is concern by the District management over a unit member’s health, on request of the District or its representative, a member of the bargaining unit shall furnish his/her physician’s written verification as proof of illness or as verification of the state of the unit member’s health. The District may also require the bargaining unit member to be examined by a doctor selected by the District. In the event the District requires an examination by a doctor, it shall be at District expense, and the unit member’s physician may be in attendance at the examination. If the District’s unit member’s health plan will not cover the cost of the attendance of the unit member’s physician, the District will pay the cost. 8.2.5. Upon the expiration of authorized differential pay, the unit member shall be in an unpaid status.