Sick Leave Usage for Part-time Employees. Permanent part-time employees shall be entitled to use their accumulated sick leave credits in the following manner:
(a) for the pay period in which sick leave begins and for the next full pay period thereafter, accumulated sick leave shall be granted based on guaranteed shifts and any extra pick-up shifts already scheduled; and,
(b) for illness extending beyond the period covered in (a), accumulated sick leave shall be granted based on the part-time employees’ average weekly paid hours, in twenty-six (26) pay periods immediately prior to the pay period in which the illness commenced. In no case shall the amount sick leave be less than the employees’ minimum employment guarantee.