, Sick Leave Time. Benefits may also be available under the Short-Term Disability Income Benefit Plan and/or the Group Long-Term Disability Policy.
, Sick Leave Time. 13.4.1 All eligible employees will accrue sick leave time equivalent to approximately one (1) day for each month of assignment. Time will accrue in hours based on eligible assignments. Hours will be rounded for administrative purposes.
13.4.2 Use of sick leave is allowed for the following: • Mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition that prevents the employee from working; • Obtaining preventative medical care including diagnosis, care, or treatment of mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; • Caring for a family member due to a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition, or obtaining preventative medical care including diagnosis, care, or treatment of mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition for a family member. • Seeking medical attention of themselves or the employee’s family member to recover from a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition caused by domestic abuse, sexual assault, or harassment; obtain services from a victim services organization, obtaining mental health or other counseling, seeking relocation or legal services including preparation for or participation in a civil or criminal proceeding related to or resulting from the domestic abuse, sexual assault, or harassment. • Due to a public health emergency, a public official closed either the employee’s physical work location or the school or place of care of the employee’s child, requiring the employee needing to be absent from work to care for the child. In addition, up to six (6) weeks of sick leave can be used for the purpose of the adoption or placement of adoption of a child or children. The six (6) weeks of sick leave must begin on the day of placement.
13.4.3 Unused sick leave time is carried forward from year to year with no limitation on the number of hours accrued.
13.4.4 Prior approval is not required for sick leave use; however, employees are required to inform the appropriate supervisor of their absence at the earliest possible time. Supervisors may require reasonable documentation related to the use of sick time if the absence is for four or more consecutive days.
13.4.5 There is no reimbursement for sick leave upon separation of employment from the District except in career incentive programs that may be provided by each employee group. 79 Revised: 05/23
, Sick Leave Time. 6.1.1 All employees shall be granted 144 hours of sick leave per calendar year. Sick leave usage will be charged on an hour-for-hour basis.
6.1.2 Employees who have a full bank (864 hours) in their respective sick leave accounts shall have the option at the end of each calendar year of either being paid at 100% for such unused sick leave at the employee’s then current hourly rate, or depositing such payout into their respective 457 retirement account.
6.1.3 Employees who do not have a minimum of 864 hours in their respective sick leave accounts shall not have the option of payment and must deposit such unused sick leave into their respective sick leave accounts until the 864-hour minimum is achieved.
, Sick Leave Time. A Superior Officer shall receive the same sick leave benefits as provided for in the P.B.A. Contract for a member of the Port Jervis Policeman’s Benevolent Association except that the Superior Officer shall be entitled to accumulate over 1440 hours of sick leave and shall be entitled to be paid, upon retirement for up to 180 days of accumulated sick leave at the rate of 100% of the Superior Officer’s base salary in effect at the time of retirement.
, Sick Leave Time. Benefits may also be available under the Short-Term Disability Income Benefit Plan and/or the Group Long-Term Disability Policy.
13.20.5 An employee requesting a medical leave must submit a written request on an Application for Leave of Absence form. This request must be submitted to Benefits Services 30 days in advance or as soon as practicable. The request must include appropriate medical documentation as defined by Human Resources.
13.20.6 Classified requests will be approved or denied by the Executive Director of Human Resources or designee.
13.20.7 The Executive Director of Human Resources will make recommendations to the Board of Education in regard to licensed teacher and licensed administrator leave requests. Leaves for licensed teacher and licensed administrator positions will require approval by the Board of Education.
13.20.8 Following approval of a medical leave, a leave agreement between the employee and the district will be generated. An employee on medical leave must notify Human Resources in writing as prescribed by the written leave agreement. Should an employee wish to extend a medical leave, the employee must present this request in writing to the Executive Director of Human Resources or designee in accordance with the timeline established in the leave agreement. Leaves of absence beyond one year will be extended only under unique circumstances. Failure to request this extension or failure to respond as prescribed in the written leave agreement will automatically terminate the leave of absence at the end of the original leave period. A request for an extension of leave must follow the same original approval process.
13.20.9 Any leave of absence or combination of leaves of absence may not extend beyond two complete school years, following a partial school year. A 260 - day employee may not be on leave longer than 24 months.
13.20.10 When an employee on medical leave returns to duty, he or she shall return to his or her prior assignment or a comparable position. Situations in which the employee is not returned to the same position which he or she left shall be covered by the same policies, procedures and statutes as apply to all other employee transfers.
13.20.11 While on medical leave, the employee retains salary position, unused accrued leave time, and employment status earned prior to the leave of absence.
13.20.12 An employee on medical leave of absence may be required to provide a doctor's release to resume work on a full or part-time...
, Sick Leave Time. Full time employees covered under the terms of this Agreement shall be entitled to paid sick leave.
