Common use of Sick Leave Sharing Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Sharing. Employees are granted the right to donate sick leave in order to come to the aid of another employee who is suffering from, or who has a relative or household member suffering from, any of the following circumstances which has caused, or is likely to cause, the unit member to take leave without pay or terminate his/her employment. a. An extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition; b. Is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; c. Needs time for the purpose of parental leave to bond with a newborn, adoptive, or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child; d. Is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy; e. Has been called to service in the uniformed services; f. Is a current member or veteran of uniformed services as defined under RCW 41.04.005, or the spouse of such person, needing time for service- related care, g. An employee volunteering needed skills that are accepted by a governmental agency or nonprofit organization engaged in humanitarian relief when a state of emergency has been declared. An employee who has an accrued sick leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days is allowed to donate leave to another employee. Employees cannot donate sick leave days that would result in a sick leave balance going below twenty-two (22) days. All forms of paid District leave available for use by the recipient must be used prior to using shared leave. Employee may apply for Washington State Paid Family Medical Leave, but this is not required to be used prior to requesting shared leave. For an employee who is temporarily disabled because of pregnancy, or is using parental leave, the employee can maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick leave. No employee shall receive an amount of donated leave which totals more than the length of their annual basic employment contract. Requests for the initiation of a sick leave sharing program must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement indicating that a valid medical condition exists which precludes the employee from returning to work. If the medical condition does not exist with the employee, then it must also be established that the family would greatly benefit from the personal attention of the employee. Donated, but unused, leave days shall revert back to the employee who donated the leave days. An employee receiving donated sick leave days shall receive the same benefits and pay as if he or she had been working. Leave shall be deducted from the donor on a one hour-for-one hour use by the recipient. Contributions of sick leave shall be on a voluntary basis and the names of donors shall be kept confidential. The District will make employees aware of the need for donations but shall be precluded from individual solicitations. The names of individuals who do or do not make donations shall not be published.

Sick Leave Sharing. Employees are granted the right to donate sick leave in order to come to the aid of another employee who is suffering from, or who has a relative or household member suffering from, any of the following circumstances which has caused, or is likely to cause, the unit member to take leave without pay or terminate his/her employment. a. An extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition; b. Is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; c. Needs time for the purpose of parental leave to bond with a newborn, adoptive, or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child; d. Is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy; e. Has been called to service in the uniformed services; f. Is a current member or veteran of uniformed services as defined under RCW 41.04.005, or the spouse of such person, needing time for service- related care, g. An employee volunteering needed skills that are accepted by a governmental agency or nonprofit organization engaged in humanitarian relief when a state of emergency has been declared. An employee who has an accrued sick leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days is allowed to donate leave to another employee. Employees cannot donate sick leave days that would result in a sick leave balance going below twenty-two (22) days. All forms of paid District leave available for use by the recipient must be used prior to using shared leave. Employee may apply for Washington State Paid Family Medical Leave, but this is not required to be used prior to requesting shared leave. For an employee who is temporarily disabled because of pregnancy, or is using parental leave, the employee can maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick leave. No employee shall receive an amount of donated leave which totals more than the length of their annual basic employment contract. Requests for the initiation of a sick leave sharing program must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement indicating that a valid medical condition exists which precludes the employee from returning to work. If the medical condition does not exist with the employee, then it must also be established that the family would greatly benefit from the personal attention of the employee. Donated, but unused, leave days shall revert back to the employee who donated the leave days. An employee receiving donated sick leave days shall receive the same benefits and pay as if he or she had been working. Leave shall be deducted from the donor on a one hour-for-one hour use by the recipient. Contributions of sick leave shall be on a voluntary basis and the names of donors shall be kept confidential. The District will make employees aware of the need for donations but shall be precluded from individual solicitations. The names of individuals who do or do not make donations shall not be published.

Sick Leave Sharing. Employees are granted ‌ a. Consistent with the right to donate provisions and requirements of state and federal statutes and this contract, employees may share accumulated annual leave or sick leave in order to come to the aid of with another employee who is suffering who: i. Suffers from, or who has a relative or household member suffering or relative who suffers from, any an extraordinary or severe illness, injury or impairment, or physical or mental condition; is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; needs time for parental leave; is sick or temporarily disabled because of a pregnancy; or has been called to service in the following circumstances uniformed services. ii. Has a condition or circumstance which is of an extraordinary or severe nature, and which has caused, or is likely to cause, the unit member to take employee to: • Apply for leave without pay pay, or; • Terminate employment: iii. Has depleted or terminate his/her employment. a. An extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition; b. Is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; c. Needs time for the purpose of parental will shortly deplete all applicable leave to bond with a newborn, adoptive, or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child; d. Is reserves. A staff member who is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy;pregnancy or using parental leave does not have to deplete all annual and sick leave reserves; he or she can maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick leave in reserve. e. Has iv. The staff member has diligently pursued and been called found to service in the uniformed services;be ineligible to receive industrial insurance benefits. f. Is a current b. A staff member or veteran of uniformed services as defined under RCW 41.04.005, or the spouse of such person, needing time for service- related care, g. An employee volunteering needed skills that are accepted by a governmental agency or nonprofit organization engaged in humanitarian relief when a state of emergency has been declared. An employee who has an accrued sick leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days is allowed to donate may request that the Superintendent transfer a specified amount of sick leave to another employee. Employees cannot donate staff member authorized to receive such leave, as described above. c. A staff member may request to transfer no more than six (6) days of sick leave days during any twelve (12) month period and may not request a transfer that would result in a an accrued sick leave balance going below of fewer than twenty-two (22) days. All forms . d. A staff member who receives personal leave may request that the superintendent transfer a specified amount of paid District personal leave available for use by the recipient must be used prior to using another person authorized to receive shared leave. Employee A staff member may apply for Washington State Paid Family Medical Leave, but this is not required request to be used prior to requesting shared leave. For an employee who is temporarily disabled because of pregnancy, or is using parental leave, the employee can maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick leave. No employee shall receive an amount of donated leave which totals transfer no more than the length accumulated amount of their annual basic employment contract. Requests for personal leave available. e. In the initiation of a sick leave sharing program must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement indicating that a valid medical condition exists which precludes event the employee from returning to work. If the medical condition does not exist with the employee, then it must also be established that the family would greatly benefit from the personal attention of the employee. Donated, but unused, leave days shall revert back to the employee who donated the leave days. An employee receiving donated sick leave days shall receive does not use all leave donated, the same benefits and pay as if he or she had been working. Leave unused donated leave in such employee’s leave account shall be deducted from the donor on a one hour-for-one hour use by returned to donors, prorated, within sixty (60) days after the recipient. ’s use of accumulated leave ceases. f. Contributions of sick leave shall be on a voluntary basis and the basis. The names of donors, non-donors and recipients shall be kept confidential. The District will make employees aware of the need for donations but . g. This provision shall be precluded from individual solicitations. The names of individuals who do or do not make donations shall not be publishedin conformity with rules and regulations as prescribed by RCW 41.04.650, 41.04.655, and 41.04.665.

Sick Leave Sharing. Employees are granted the right to A. Bargaining unit members who have accumulated more than twenty-two (22) leave days may donate accumulated sick leave days to other employees in order any twelve (12) month period. The employee donating the days shall specify the number of days to come be donated. The District shall develop forms and procedures necessary to implement this. Transfers of sick leave under this provision are limited to transfers from employees who do not accrue annual vacation leave. No transfer of sick leave shall result in an employee's account going below twenty-two (22) days. B. The person receiving the aid of another employee who is suffering from, donated days must suffer from or who has have a relative or household member suffering from, any of the following circumstances which has caused, or is likely to cause, the unit member to take leave without pay or terminate his/her employment. a. An extraordinary or severe from an illness, injury, impairment, impairment or physical or mental condition; b. Is , which is of an extraordinary or severe nature, or be a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; c. Needs time , or be temporarily disabled due to pregnancy disability or for the purpose of parental leave to bond with a the employee’s newborn, adoptive, or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child; d. Is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy; e. Has been called to service in the uniformed services; f. Is a current member or veteran of uniformed services as defined under RCW 41.04.005, or the spouse of such person, needing time for service- related care, g. An employee volunteering needed skills that are accepted by a governmental agency or nonprofit organization engaged in humanitarian relief when a state of emergency has been declared. An employee who has an accrued sick leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days is allowed to donate leave to another employee. Employees cannot donate sick leave days that would result in a sick leave balance going below twenty-two (22) days. All forms of paid District leave available for use by the recipient must be used prior to using shared leave. Employee may apply for Washington State Paid Family Medical Leave, but this is not required to be used prior to requesting shared leave. For an employee who is temporarily disabled because of pregnancy, or is using parental leave, the employee can maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick accumulated leave when applying for shared leave. C. An employee may use shared leave non-consecutively. No employee shall receive an amount of donated leave which totals use more than the length number of their annual basic employment contractcontracted workdays per contract year. Requests for The employee may only receive and use up to a maximum of five hundred twenty-two (522) days of shared leave during total District employment. D. In the initiation of a sick leave sharing program must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement indicating that a valid medical condition exists which precludes event the employee from returning to work. If the medical condition does not exist with the employee, then it must also be established that the family would greatly benefit from the personal attention of the employee. Donated, but unused, leave days shall revert back to the employee who donated the leave days. An employee receiving donated sick leave does not use all leave donated, the unused donated leave in such employee's leave account shall be returned to donors, pro-rated, within thirty (30) days after the employee’s request for shared leave ceases. E. An employee using donated leave days shall receive the same benefits and pay as if he or she they had been working. Leave shall be deducted from . F. Except for procedures in (D) immediately above, when leave is donated, the donor on will be required to execute a waiver whereby the donor will be required to agree to not ask for return of the donated leave. G. The District and Association shall each designate one hour-for-one hour use by (1) person who shall serve jointly for the recipient. purpose of reviewing requests for such leave. H. Contributions of sick leave shall be on a voluntary basis and the names of donors and non-donors shall be kept confidential. The District . I. This Agreement will make employees aware of the need for donations but shall be precluded from individual solicitations. The names of individuals who do or do not make donations shall not be publishedconform to state laws and WAC's.