Common use of Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Memorandum of Agreement, Memorandum of Agreement

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Sick Leave. Each All full-time employee bargaining unit members shall accumulate sick leave credit at the rate of one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month under contract (including the summer months). Xxxx leave credit may not be accumulated during an unpaid leave of absence. Xxxx leave accumulated prior to an unpaid leave of absence shall be entitled to credited upon return from said leave. Each new bargaining unit member or any bargaining unit member who has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked advanced ten (10) days of sick leave. If any of these ten (10) days of sick leave are used, they shall be deducted from the sick leave accumulated during that year of employment, or if necessary, from the following employment year. If a bargaining unit member’s employment ends using advanced sick leave and not earning the same, he/she will have the per diem amount deducted for said unearned sick leave from the last salary check issued by the Board's Treasurer. Substitute teachers who become part of the bargaining unit through greater than sixty (60) consecutive days of service in the same teaching assignment shall be granted sick leave for the first full calendar month after they become part of the bargaining unit. Along with each payroll check, each bargaining unit member will be issued a statement of his/her number of days accumulated sick leave from the Board's Treasurer. Unused sick leave shall have an unlimited accumulation. Sick leave may be used for any absence of the bargaining unit member due to personal Illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others, and for absence due to illness, injury or death in the bargaining unit member's immediate family. For purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account Agreement, immediate family includes parent, grandparent, son, daughter, minor child of non-job related illness xxxxxx parent or injury, including absences minor xxxx of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildguardian, brother, sister, father-aunts, uncles or in-laws bearing any of these relationships, spouse or any individual who is a member of the bargaining unit member’s immediate household. In the event of extended illness or disability, application for a non-paid leave of absence may be made by the affected bargaining unit member to the Board in keeping with Article V, Section F below. A bargaining unit member who has accumulated unused days of sick leave in another school district in Ohio or while in service of state, county, or municipal government, shall present a proper certified record of those days upon employment in this School District and the number of unused days of sick leave on such record shall be credited to the bargaining unit member’s accumulated record. In keeping with applicable law, a "Certificate of Absence" must be filed by the bargaining unit member upon his/her return to duty or motherat the end of each month. The Superintendent/designee may require a report from a Board-indesignated and Board-law. 31.3 Accrued paid physician to justify the use or continued use of sick leave not by a bargaining unit member or to exceed three establish the bargaining unit member’s ability to return to work. Absence of a portion of a day up to one-half (31/2) working days may shall be granted in circumstances where an alleged jobcounted as one-related illness or injury is involvedhalf (1/2) day of sick leave. Absence beyond one-half (1/2) day, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may less than a full day shall be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program counted as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or a full day use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullSECTION 16.1. All employees shall receive sick leave credit at the rate of 4.6 hours per eighty (80) hours of active pay status, but not during leaves of unpaid absence or layoffs. SECTION 16.2. Employees will be charged for sick leave only for days upon which they would have been scheduled to work. Sick leave shall be charged in minimum units of one (1) hour. Sick leave shall not count as hours worked for over-time purposes. SECTION 16.3. The unused sick leave of an employee shall accumulate without limit. SECTION 16.4. Sick leave shall be entitled granted to sick leave with pay an employee, upon approval of the Director and shall be in accordance with the following provisionsfollowing: 31.1 Sick A. All employees must notify the acting shift supervisor on duty at the communications center Director or designee in as much advance time as possible, but in no case later than one (1) hour of scheduled shift, except under exigent circumstances. When making notification employees must give a specific reason for their absence, phone number where they can be reached, and an estimate of when they will return to work. B. No sick leave in excess of (2) two consecutive days shall accrue in an amount equal to be granted unless the number of hours workedsickness, excluding overtimeillness, multiplied or injury has been verified by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidaystreating physician's certification, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is under treatment by a physician. Any employee off sick (2) two or more consecutive scheduled workdays, or (3) days in a (30) day period will be required to be absent present a return to work from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related a licensed physician before returning to pregnancy or childbirthwork. 31.2.2 The employee C. All employees having any serious contagious disease in their families shall immediately notify the Director or designee and shall not report to work until released to do so by the proper authority. D. Where sick leave is absent from work on account requested to care for a member of routine medical the immediate family in excess of (2) two consecutive days, or dental appointments (3) days in a (30) day period, and the family member is under treatment by a physician, the Employer may require a physician's certificate to the effect that the presence of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work necessary to care for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild ill person. Immediate family for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildpurposes shall consist of: parents, grandparents, brother, sister, spouse, child, father-in-law, or mother-in-law, grandchild, or any legal guardian or other person(s) who stands in place of a parent. 31.3 Accrued E. Employees failing to comply with sick leave rules and regulations may not be paid. The Director may initiate investigations when an employee is suspected of abusing sick leave privileges. F. The Director may require an employee to exceed three (3) working days take an examination conducted by a licensed physician chosen by the Director, to determine the employee's physical or mental capability to perform the duties of his position. If found not qualified, the employee may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness placed on sick leave or injury is involveddisability separation. If the employee's physician disagrees with the findings of the Director appointed physician, but a third physician selected by the employee fails to provide medical verification and Director and the physician shall evaluate the physical or mental condition of the employee. The cost of such job-related illness or injuryexaminations shall be paid by the Employer if such costs exceed those paid by insurance. 31.4 Accrued G. Employees shall not be paid for sick leave also may usage if said employee performs work activity outside Belmont County 911 Communication Center eight (8) hours prior to and/or after their leave unless a doctor’s excuse is provided. SECTION 16.5. Sick leave shall be used granted to an employee, upon approval of the Director, in accordance with the Catastrophic following: A. Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 or injury of the City Policy Manual in effect as employee or a member of his/her immediate family where employee’s presence is medically necessary. B. Medical, dental or optical examinations or treatments of the Effective Dateemployee which could not be scheduled during non-work hours. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of SECTION 16.6. If at any time the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for Director or designee detects any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or recurring pattern in the use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either they will meet and discuss the matter with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to employee. In the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation absence of a reasonable explanation for such a pattern, the employee will be referred to the Director. Consistent periods of sick leave usage may indicate a pattern of abuse, for example, but not limited to: • Before or after holidays • Before or after vacation or scheduled days off • Absence following overtime • Continued long term pattern of using sick leave without doctor’s excuse or medical justification • Three or more incidents of usage within any thirty (30) day calendar period without medical documentation. SECTION 16.7. An employee with ten years of service, at the time of retirement from active service with the county, may elect to be paid in cash for one-fourth of the value of his/her earned but unused sick leave credit up to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days. The maximum of such payment shall not exceed three hundred sixty (360) hours or forty-five (45) days. Such payment shall be based on the employee’s rate of pay at the time of retirement. Such payment shall be made only once and shall eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by such the employee. 31.8 An employee may SECTION 16.8. As an incentive for employees not to abuse sick leave, the Employer and the Union agree to implement the following incentive program For the periods January 1-June 30 and July 1-December 31, employees will be required to furnish substantiation rewarded for any absence for which not using sick leave payment during those periods. Employees will receive lump sum cash payments, biannually, based upon Sick hours used during those time periods. Such payments will be made on the next full pay period, immediately following June 30 and December 31 of each year. Money paid will be included with normal payroll, not as a separate instrument. Payment shall be awarded as follows: Sick Leave Used Award (per 6-month period) 0 Shifts or Zero Hours 10% of Earnings in Previous 6-Month Period 1 Shift or 10 hours or less 6% of Earnings in Previous 6-Month Period 2 Shifts or 20 hours or less 4% of Earnings in Previous 6-Month Period SECTION 16.9. When sick leave is requestedbeing used for Bereavement leave, as outlined in Article 15, Section 15.2.C., sick time will not be counted against an employee for the benefits earned in the Sick Leave Incentive programmed, outlined in Article 16, Section 16.8. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid SECTION 16.10. When an employee’s sick leave only for those days and number of hours drops below 40 hours, that employee will be considered to be on “Sick Leave Probation”. “Sick Leave Probation” means that any time the employee calls off sick and their sick leave hours fall below 40 hours, the employee must provide a doctor’s excuse for every sick leave call off until they go off of probation. In order for an employee to go off of “Sick Leave Probation”, an employee’s Sick Leave must accumulate to 80 hours. If a doctor’s excuse is in fact regularly assigned not provided, as required, then that employee will be charged to work or would have been required their balance on the Rolling Overtime Roster, equal to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30time used as Sick Leave.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee bargaining unit member shall be entitled to granted fifteen (15) days of sick leave with pay in accordance with for each year under contract which shall be credited at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to rate of one and one-half (1½) days for each completed month of the number school year, September through June. For less-than-full-time staff, usage of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued prorated. Unused sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required accumulated up to three hundred fifteen (315) work days. Sick leave may be absent used for paid absence from work due to the bargaining unit member’s illness, injury, pregnancy, quarantine or exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others, and for absence due to serious illness or injury in the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee bargaining unit member’s immediate family. Use of paid sick leave in any given school year is absent from work on account of non-job related for serious illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent which requires time off from work on account of routine medical to attend to a relative residing in the bargaining unit member’s immediate household, or dental appointments for a spouse, child, parent, brother or sister, residing outside of the employee bargaining unit member’s immediate household. Misuse of sick leave or any falsification of sick leave documentation by the bargaining unit member may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. If the sick leave qualifies under The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), then the provisions of the following persons who need assistance: Section 4 of this Article apply. See Appendix A. Absence of a child/stepchild for which portion of a day up to one-half (½) shall be counted as one-half (½) day of sick leave. Absence beyond one-half (½) day, but less than a full day, shall be counted as a full day of sick leave. Sick leave may be used in one-quarter (1/4) day increments providing it is not necessary to hire a substitute teacher. In order to receive paid sick leave, proper documentation as designated by the employee is legally responsible, or District shall be provided by the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related bargaining unit member to the illness or injury appropriate supervisor, including a written, signed personal statement justifying use of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed leave. For any absence exceeding three (3) consecutive work days, and in order to receive sick leave pay, the statement must list the name and address of the attending physician, the date of consultation or treatment, and shall authorize the physician to give verifying information of general condition to the Superintendent, or designee, if requested. Should the bargaining unit member prefer, medical verification information, including physician’s reports, medical files and test results may, instead, be provided to a physician designated by the Board for verification purposes. A bargaining unit member may be placed on sick leave for physical or mental disability when observable evidence indicates that the bargaining unit member’s ability to teach has been adversely affected. A physical or mental examination may be required by the Board at its expense to determine the fitness of the bargaining unit member. If so, the Board, through the Superintendent or his/her designee, will provide the bargaining unit member with a list of at least three (3) physicians whom the Board believes are qualified to perform the examination. Within five (5) working days of receiving the list, the bargaining unit member shall select one physician from the list to conduct the examination at Board expense. If the bargaining unit member does not do so, the Board may make its selection from the list or outside of the list. The bargaining unit member may obtain a second medical examination at his/her expense, which may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedsubmitted by the bargaining unit member to the Board for consideration, but shall not be binding on the employee fails to provide medical verification Board’s determination. Each new bargaining unit member shall be advanced five (5) days of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 upon date of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, hire but shall not accumulate any additional paid sick leave until days credited at the one and one-half (11/2) rate per completed month exceed five (5) days. A bargaining unit member may accumulate an additional fifteen (15) days of sick leave in the member’s final year of service immediately prior to his/her retirement above the three hundred fifteen (315) maximum accumulation. However, any additional days above the maximum accumulation shall not be allowed calculated for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciandetermining severance amounts. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time Section 23.1 Accrual For each completed eighty (80) hour pay period in active pay status, an employee shall earns 4.6 hours of sick leave. (Active pay status will be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of defined as hours worked, excluding overtimehours on approved paid leave, multiplied by a factor and hours on paid sick leave.) The amount of 0.04616sick leave time any one (1) employee may accrue is unlimited. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid Employees absent on sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionpaid at their regular rate. 31.2 Accrued sick Section 23.2 Uses Sick leave may be utilized if granted to an employee upon approval of the employee is required to be absent from work employer for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments A. Illness of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawimmediate family requiring the employee’s personal care and attendance. Such leave shall be for such reasonable time as necessary to make appropriate longer term arrangements. 31.3 Accrued B. Exposure of the employee to a contagious disease which would have the potential of jeopardizing the health of the employee or the health of others. C. Medical, dental or optical examination or treatment of employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family, which requires the presence of the employee, and which cannot be scheduled during non-working hours. D. Childbirth and/or related medical conditions of the employee or spouse. E. Injury of the employee after “injury leave” has expired. F. Death of a member of the employee’s immediate family (sick leave usage limited to time actually required: to attend funeral, make necessary funeral arrangements and to take care of the related matters. Maximum usage is limited to five (5) working days). Employees shall be permitted one day (1) of sick leave for bereavement to attend the funeral of an uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or cousin. Bereavement leave shall not be unreasonably denied. When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee’s sick leave credit on the basis of one hour for every one hour of absence from previously scheduled work. Sick leave used at the beginning of a shift shall be no less than two (2) hours unless used for a doctor’s appointment. Employees shall not use sick leave to exceed cover tardiness. Section 23.3 Mark-Off When an employee is unable to report to work, the employee shall notify the employee’s immediate supervisor or other designated person at least two (2) hours (unless extenuating circumstances prohibit doing so) prior to the time the employee is scheduled to report to work on each day of absence, unless other arrangements are made with the employee’s supervisor. Upon return to work an employee shall complete an “Application for Sick Leave” form to justify the use of sick leave. The Employer may, when an employee utilizes sick leave for medical appointments or where an absence is for three (3) working consecutive days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedmore, but require the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilfurnish a certificate from a physician, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationdentist, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianother medical practitioner. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee ‌ Section 41.1 Fire Department bargaining unit employees shall be entitled to sick leave of four and six tenths (4 6/10) hours with pay in accordance with pay, for each completed eighty (80) hours of service, to a maximum of fifteen (15) days per year for forty (40) hours bargaining unit employees, and twenty-one (21) days per year for fifty (50) hour bargaining unit employees. It shall accumulate without limit. Section 41.2 Fire Department bargaining unit employees may use sick leave upon approval of the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal responsible administrative officer, for absence due to the number of hours workedpersonal illness, excluding overtimepregnancy, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilityinjury, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if death in the employee's immediate household whom the employee is required supports. Absence due to be absent from work for sickness in the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injuryimmediate family, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments requiring the continuing presence of the employee at home, to make arrangements for hospitalization or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleother care, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave shall not to exceed three (3) working days consecutive workdays. Additional absence for this purpose may be granted in circumstances where an alleged jobapproved by the Service-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injurySafety Director. 31.4 Accrued Section 41.3 Fire Department bargaining unit employees unable to report for duty for any of the reasons listed above, must report their anticipated absence to the appropriate superior before the start of their scheduled workday and each succeeding day of absence unless other arrangements are authorized by the officer in charge. Section 41.4 When sick leave also may is used, it shall be used in accordance deducted from the employee's credit based on one (1) hour for everyone (1) hour of absence from previously scheduled work. Section 41.5 A Fire Department bargaining unit employee who transfers from other Ohio public employment to the Employer shall be credited with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in unused balance of his accumulated sick leave. An employee is responsible for obtaining certification of his previously accumulated sick leave and submitting it to the Employer within thirty (30) days from his initial employment. Section 4.2.10 41.6 A fire Department bargaining unit employee shall furnish a satisfactory written, signed statement to his department head to justify the use of sick leave. If medical attention is required, a certificate stating the nature of the City Policy Manual in effect as illness from a licensed physician shall be required to justify the use of the Effective Datesick leave. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a physician's certificate, shall be grounds for disciplinary action. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City CouncilSection 41.7 A written, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed signed statement by a licensed physicianphysician may be submitted and/ or requested after a Fire Department bargaining unit employee used five (5) days sick leave in a year or three (3) consecutive workdays. 31.6 If approved by the City, an Section 41.8 Any bargaining unit employee who is enrolled and participating in has a substance abuse treatment program may use bank of 960 hours or more can cash out Section 41.9 Any bargaining unit employee who has a sick time bank of more than nine hundred- sixty (960) hours can exchange a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours, or one day, for an additional vacation day, not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours, or three days, provided the employee maintains a sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, bank of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of at least nine hundred-sixty (960) hours after the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeconverted to vacation leave. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 22:01 Sick leave shall accrue in means the period of time an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account with pay by virtue of non-job related illness being sick or injury, including absences disabled or because of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthan accident for which compensation is not payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. 31.2.2 22:02 All full-time employees shall be credited with two (2) days per month from the date of hiring, with the unused portion of this sickness allowance to accumulate up to a maximum of one hundred and eighty (180) working days. Employees on a part-time basis will have such monthly credit prorated with a maximum accumulation of one hundred and eighty (180) days. Temporary employees, after 3 months of service, will be eligible to receive up to two (2) days per month sick leave coverage (no accumulation). 22:03 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments Board will keep a sick leave record and issue, upon request of the employee or any a statement of accumulated sick leave credits to each employee. 22:04 At the discretion of the following persons who need assistance: a childappropriate supervisor/stepchild for which the principal, an employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent produce a medical statement from a duly qualified medical practitioner for the care related to the any illness or injury in excess of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days days, certifying that the employee was unable to carry out duties due to illness. If the employee’s physician charges a fee for the medical certificate which is over and above the fee paid by the Medical Care Insurance Commission, the employee may be granted in circumstances submit the receipt for such a fee to the appropriate supervisor/principal for reimbursement. In exceptional cases where an alleged job-related illness or injury employee is involved, but the employee fails deemed to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued have excessive sick leave also usage, the Board may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed ask for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation medical statement for any absence for which a specified period of time. 22:05 At its discretion, the Board may require a second medical examination in order to confirm payment of sickness allowance, provided that such an examination shall be completed at Board expense. 22:06 Absence on account of illness shall first be charged against the current year’s accumulation. Absence in excess of the current year’s accumulation shall be charged to the employee’s sick leave payment is requestedcredit standing at the start of the year, but only up to the sick leave required to cover the 105 day elimination period of the LTD benefit plan. Should an employee’s application for LTD benefits be declined, access to sick leave would still be applicable. 31.9 Any eligible part-22:07 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, an employee on Worker’s Compensation or sick leave, shall not continue to accumulate sick leave credits beyond a period of absence of six (6) months. 22:08 It is expected that employees will schedule medical, dental and optical appointments outside of the work day. An employee who is unable to schedule an appointment outside the work day may be granted leave with pay to attend the appointment and such leave will be deducted from the employee’s sick leave entitlement. 22:09 Compulsory Quarantine Wages for time employee lost due to compulsory quarantine shall be entitled paid to paid employees when certified by a medical officer and shall not be chargeable to sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30leave.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fulla. Full-time employee shall be entitled teachers are allowed 12 days a year for sick leave, cumulative to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions:110 days. 31.1 b. Sick leave shall accrue in be granted for personal illness, injury, physical disability or mental disability of an amount equal to employee, and employee's minor child or spouse. Sick leave shall also be granted for a serious health condition (as defined by the number Family and Medical Leave Act of hours worked1993) of the employee's adult children, excluding overtimeparents, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilitysiblings, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if person residing with the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the whom employee is legally responsible. c. Sick leave can be used for death of spouse, parents, siblings, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and spouse's parents, siblings, children, grandparents, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnergrandchildren. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work d. Sick leave can be used for serious health condition, after the care related to the illness second consecutive day for grandparents or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnergrandchildren. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours e. Sick leave can be used for maternity/paternity leave or adoption. The length of accrued time shall not exceed 6 weeks, absent a continuing disability as determined by a doctor. This is paid leave if the parent has the sick leave per calendar year days accumulated, otherwise it shall be unpaid leave. f. Doctor and dentist appointments may be utilized if the employee is required counted as sick leave for employee, children or dependent parents. Teachers are encouraged to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawschedule appointments that will not interfere with a school day. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid g. Unused accumulated sick leave shall not be allowed reimbursed to teachers when they leave the employment of the New Town School District at a rate of forty dollars ($40.00) for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianeach day. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use h. Unused accumulated sick leave for absences resulting from participation over the maximum of 110 days shall be paid back yearly in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationthe amount of $50 per day. 31.7 i. Administration has the right to require documentation when there is reasonable suspicion that it is being abused including the following days. a) A sick day after a holiday or vacation. b) A medical appointment the day before or after a holiday or vacation. c) A medical appointment during the first and last two weeks of the school year and during the ND State Assessment testing period. j. No employee sick leave can be taken during a Professional Development Day (this does not apply to those staff on FMLA leave). k. If sick leave has been depleted, personal leave shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick used before unpaid leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeetakes effect. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each The City and the Union agree that the following sick leave provisions shall apply to the classifications covered under this contract. A. All full-time regular employees shall accrue eleven and eight hundredths (11.08) hours bi-weekly for 56 hours per week personnel and five and fifty-two hundredths (5.52) hours bi- weekly for 42 hours per week personnel and three and sixty-nine hundredths (3.69) hours bi-weekly for 40 hours per week personnel. B. Sick leave may only be used by employees who are: 1. Incapacitated from the performance of their duties, by illness or injury, or 2. Whose attendance is prevented by public health requirements, or 3. Who are required to absent themselves from work for the purpose of keeping an appointment with the doctor [up to a maximum of five (5) calendar days per occurrence], or 4. Who are required to absent themselves from work to attend the funeral of a member of their immediate family [up to a maximum of five (5) working days per occurrence], or 5. Who are required to absent themselves from work to personally care for a member of their family in medical emergencies as substantiated on the leave slip upon approval of the Fire Chief. 6. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions:while absent from duty because of a disability arising from a sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful misconduct. 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid C. All sick leave shall be considered approved by the Fire Chief or his/her designated representatives. Employees who do not become ill on the job shall call in, as time worked for purposes required by the work rules, before the beginning of this sectiontheir shift when using sick leave. 31.2 Accrued D. Any full-time employee who has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthgranted leave without pay. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or E. Immediate family shall be defined as the employee’s mother/stepmother's spouse, child, stepchild, xxxxxx child, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law, brother, sister. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided F. Employees covered by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee this Agreement shall be entitled subject to or be granted the following reporting requirements for payment of sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.:

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time Section 4.1. The Union agrees to encourage employee shall be entitled understanding and appreciation of the: — Need to use sick leave with pay in accordance with only to cover absences due to bonafide incapacitation to perform their assigned duties; and — Benefits and values that accrue to employees who, through the following provisions:accumulation of large amounts of sick leave, are protected against financial hardships resulting from long-term illnesses and accrue additional service credit upon retirement. 31.1 Section 4.2. Sick leave shall accrue be requested in an amount equal to the number of hours workedadvance when appointments have been made for medical, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilitydental, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked optical examinations and care. When prevented from reporting for purposes duty because of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related incapacitating illness or injury: — Employees on regular tours of duty shall notify their immediate supervisor or other officially designated person, including absences as soon as possible (generally within 2 hours after beginning of female employees related the scheduled tour of duty; or, — Employees who tours of duty include shift work shall notify their immediate supervisors or other officially designated person, normally at least 1 hour before the tour of duty is to pregnancy or childbirthbegin. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleSection 4.3. Unless otherwise directed, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be employees absent for the care related to the illness or injury more than 1 day of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid unscheduled sick leave shall not be allowed for any keep their supervisor advised on a daily basis of the anticipated duration of their absence from in order to facilitate adequate work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianscheduling. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programSection 4.4. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation medical certification to substantiate a request for any absence for which approval of sick leave payment is requestedwhen such leave exceeds 3 consecutive work days or for a lesser period when the Employer determines its necessary (i.e., cases of suspected abuse of sick leave). Medical certification must include administratively acceptable evidence to support the approval. Employees who have been absent due to illness for more than 5 days may be required to provide a medical release to return to work and/or may be referred to the Occupational Health Nurse prior to returning to work. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid Section 4.5. All required medical certificates covering sick leave only for those absences will be submitted within 15 calendar days and number of hours after return to duty. If the employee is in fact regularly assigned unable to work provide evidence, despite the employee’s diligent, good faith efforts, he or would have been she must provide it within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 30 calendar days after the Employer makes the request. Section 4.6. Sick leave may be requested and approved subject to regulatory guidance, when the employee: — Receives medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; — Is incapacitated for the performance of his or her duties by physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; — Provides care for a family member who is incapacitated by a medical or mental condition or attends to a family member receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; — Provides care for a family member with a serious health condition; — Makes arrangements necessitated by the death of a family member or attends the funeral of a family member; — Would, as determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider, jeopardize the health of others by his or her presence on the job because of exposure to a communicable disease; or — Must be absent from duty for purposes relating to his or her adoption of a child, including appointments with adoption agencies, social workers, and attorneys; court proceedings; required travel; and any other activities necessary to work, notwithstanding allow the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant adoption to this Article 30proceed.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each 9.01 All full-time employee employees will be credited on January 1 of each year with 12 sick leave days (at 100%) for use in the calendar year. These sick days credited after January 1, 2012, do not accumulate from year to year. 9.02 Regular part-time Nurses will accumulate sick leave credit on a prorata basis of one day for each month of service from date of employment. 9.03 Sick leave means absence from regular attendance by reason of sickness or other physical incapacity. In the event of illness of a school child or preschool child of the nurse, requiring her presence, the nurse shall be entitled to use her sick leave with credit or take leave of absence without pay. School age children shall be defined as all children within the grades of kindergarten to grade 8. However, this will also extend to children through Grade 12 and spouse, parent or parent in-law when the individual is hospitalized or receiving medical treatment. Usage under the above provision will be capped at six (6) days. 9.04 A full-time Nurse on sick leave shall receive pay in accordance with the following provisions:at regular rate until sick leave credits are exhausted. A regular part-time Nurse on sick leave shall receive prorated pay based on her usual work period until sick leave credits are exhausted. 31.1 9.05 Sick leave credits will accrue while a Nurse is on sick leave and until sick leave credits are exhausted. 9.06 At least five (5) days before sick leave credits are exhausted a Nurse who is not able to return to regular employment because of continuing illness or other physical disability, may apply in writing to the Medical Officer of Health for a leave of absence without pay for a specified period. Such application shall be accompanied by an appropriate medical certificate. A Nurse who has not returned to regular employment nor applied for leave of absence as herein set out shall, when sick leave credits are exhausted be deemed to have voluntarily quit employment and shall be entitled to no further employment or employment benefits except termination benefits, if any. 9.07 Sick leave credits will not accrue in an amount equal to any month where a Nurse has been absent without leave or has been absent with leave, but without pay, for more than six working days or, in the number case of hours workeda new Employee, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor hiring after the 6th working day of 0.04616. Paid leave the calendar month. 9.08 When leaving the employ of the Employer for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave any reason the Nurse shall be considered as time worked for purposes entitled to be paid in cash one half (½) of this section. 31.2 Accrued the accumulated sick leave credit at current salary rate up to a maximum of six months' salary, after two (2) years' service (leave of absence without pay excepted) from date of commencement of probationary employment. In the alternative, the said half of the said accumulated sick leave may be utilized if paid to another agency employing the employee is required said Nurse and which has agreed to be absent from work for receive the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work said monies on account of non-job related an accumulated illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthallowance. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account 9.09 A Nurse shall be granted up to four (4) weeks leave with pay for the palliative care of routine medical or dental appointments a member of the employee or any Nurse’s family upon receipt of a note from the following persons who need assistance: a family member’s attending physician. Palliative is defined as “end of life”. Family is defined as mother, father, spouse (including common-law spouse), child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherstepchild, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblegrandparent, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, sister, brother, and grandchild. The payment for such leave will be drawn from the Nurse’s accumulated sick leave bank. In the event that the Nurse does not have the requisite hours available in her sick leave bank, she will have the option of taking the difference between the time available in her sick bank and the time requested off for the palliative leave as time off without pay. A Nurse shall notify the Employer in writing as far in advance as possible of the commencement date of such leave. The above leave is in addition to any absence available under the Employment Standards Act including but not limited to Family Care Giver Leave, Family Medical Leave, or mother-in-lawCritically Ill Child Care Leave. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave 9.10 An Employee shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on report his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement Manager or Designate during the first day on which such Employee is absent from work and within one-half (½) hour of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that time at which the City Attorney may waive the requirement Employee would normally commence duties. Each subsequent continuous day of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled reported to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned Manager or Designate by the time at which the Employee would normally commence duties, unless otherwise reported to work the Manager or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30Designate.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. a. Each full-time employee Educational Interpreter shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days sick leave with pay in accordance with pay, for each year under contract, which shall be credited at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick rate of one and one-fourth (1¼) days per month and the unused sick leave days shall accrue in an amount equal be accumulated to a maximum of 250 days. Educational Interpreters who render (or have rendered prior to the number commencement of this Agreement) part-time service(i.e. less than 35 hours workedper week or on a reduced school year schedule ) shall be entitled to earn paid sick leave on a prorated basis in relation to their respective FTE. b. Educational Interpreters are not eligible to use more than 250 days of sick leave during the duration of this Contract. c. Educational Interpreters, excluding overtimeupon approval of the responsible administrative officer of the District, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid may use sick leave for holidaysabsence due to personal illness, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related exposure to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild contagious disease which could be communicated to others, and for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related absence due to the illness or injury in the Educational Interpreter’s immediate family (which, for the purposes of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblepaid sick leave, shall be defined as mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildspouse, children, grandparents, sister, brother, sistermother-in-law, father-in-lawlaw and, with the approval of the Superintendent, other family members). d. If an Educational Interpreter suffering from a serious injury, illness, or mother-in-lawother conditions applies for retirement due to disability, they may use no more than four (4) weeks of accumulated sick leave after the date of notification of the recommendation for approval of the disability retirement from the retirement system. The Educational Interpreter may nonetheless qualify for the payment of unused sick leave as provided in Article10. 31.3 Accrued e. The Superintendent may require an Educational Interpreter to submit a physician’s statement or other evidence in any case involving suspected sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryabuse. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick f. Educational Interpreters who are on any unpaid leave shall not be allowed for entitled to earn any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciansick leave. 31.6 If approved by g. Educational Interpreters shall use good faith efforts to schedule visits to healthcare providers outside of the Citymember’s regular workday. h. An Educational Interpreter, within the first 12 months of employment, may upon written request be granted an employee advance of up to five (5) paid sick days provided however that an Educational Interpreter who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use separates from employment with the Board prior to repaying the advanced sick days shall be subject to payroll deduction to cover the cost of same. i. Paid sick leave for absences resulting from participation time may not be taken in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationincrements less than ½ day. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, j. Falsification and/or other abuse of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only and any school record associated with such leave may be just cause for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30discharge from employment.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract

Sick Leave. Each full-time 25.1 At the beginning of each school year, each employee shall be entitled to credited with advanced sick leave allowance of twelve (12) days with full pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours workedbe used for absence caused by illness, excluding overtimeinjury, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidayspoor health, vacationmaternity, disabilityquarantine, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injurydisability, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted for personal emergencies as referenced in circumstances where subsection seven (7) Section 25.8 herein. Each employee’s portion of unused sick leave allowance shall accumulate from year to year to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days. 25.2 To conform with State of Washington and OSPI procedures, sick days are allocated and deducted as 8 hour days or portion thereof, and do not relate to the work day definition in this collective bargaining agreement. 25.3 If an alleged job-related illness employee is absent for more than five (5) consecutive work days or injury is involvedthe pattern of absences suggests improper use of sick leave, but the employee fails District reserves the right to provide medical verification of such job-related request a statement from a licensed physician or authorized health care practitioner for the illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued 25.4 Absence due to injury incurred in the course of the employee’s employment shall be charged against sick leave also may to the extent not covered by worker’s compensation and shall be used paid in accordance with Section 22.5, Workers’ Compensation. 25.5 The District will provide each employee with an accounting of his/her accumulated sick leave and all transactions concerning his/her sick leave days. Eight (8) hours equals one (1) sick leave day. 25.6 An employee who is unable to perform the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth duties because of personal illness, maternity, or other disability may, upon request, be granted leave of absence without pay. Leaves for these conditions may be renewed annually. Application for leave and application for renewal of a leave of absence for such conditions shall be made in Section 4.2.10 writing to the Director of Personnel. An employee who has been granted leave may return to service during the period of the City Policy Manual in effect leave after giving ten (10) days written notice to the Superintendent and with written permission of his personal physician. 25.7 Following a serious injury or illness, the certificated employee shall, if requested by the Superintendent, provide to the Superintendent a physician’s statement as to the ability of the Effective Dateemployee to perform his or her duties of employment. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution 25.8 Personal leave may be granted at the discretion of the City CouncilSuperintendent or designee and such leave is defined as follows: 25.8.1 The problem must have been suddenly precipitated and/or must be of such a nature that preplanning is not possible, paid sick or where preplanning could not relieve the necessity for the employee’s absence. 25.8.2 Personal leave shall not be allowed used for recreational or a vocational absence. 25.8.3 It is recognized and agreed the Superintendent has the additional sole discretion to grant emergency leaves for other compelling personal reasons but which do not conform to the above definition, provided that such affirmative decisions shall not be involved thereafter as precedent in any forum or in connection with any other matter. 25.9 Requests for personal emergency leave shall be subject to the following procedures: 25.9.1 The employee must arrange for a substitute during his/her absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use as a result of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianthe emergency. 31.6 If approved by 25.9.2 An employee requesting personal emergency leave shall make application on forms provided in each school at least three (3) days in advance of such leave, if possible, but in no event more than two (2) days after he/she returns to work following the Cityleave, an employee and shall certify that the problem attendant with the request could not be handled outside of the regular workday. 25.10 Employees who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick take leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require reasons not valid under the above definitions will be subject to appropriate verificationdisciplinary actions. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. SECTION 19.1 Each regular full-time salaried employee shall will be entitled to granted sick leave with full pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal for one (1) day (eight [8] hours) for each full calendar month of service. Effective July 1, 2014, sick time will be converted into hours entitling employees to the number full pay for eight (8) sick hours for each full calendar month of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor service. The unused balance of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if carried over and accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of one hundred and forty (140) days or 1,120 hours at any one time. Any excess over this amount shall be deemed to have expired. Sick leave shall be accrued as of the day an employee enters the service of the Employer, and shall be computed and allowed on the calendar year basis. Employees may use sick time in one (1) hour increments for the employee is required or for a member of their immediate family. This sick time may also be used to be absent from work for attend to the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or and dental appointments needs of the employee or a member of his or her immediate family only when they cannot be scheduled after work hours. Employees are encouraged to schedule their medical and dental appointments after work hours when possible. Time off for medical and dental appointments must be approved by your immediate supervisor to avoid scheduling conflicts within your department. Immediate family shall be defined as: Wife, husband, unmarried children, parents, grandparents or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or other relative living in the employee’s mother/stepmotherresidence. Effective July 1, father/stepfather2014, spouse or Domestic Partnerthere will no longer be a separate designation for sick medical time. 31.2.3 The employee is absent SECTION 19.2 A certificate from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year reputable physician may be utilized if required at the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury option of the employee’s grandchildEmployer, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed as evidence of illness after three (3) working days may of absence from employment due to illness, before compensation for the period of illness is allowed. It shall be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance optional with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth Chief of Police whether the physical examination in Section 4.2.10 of such instance shall be administered by the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationPhysician, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed upon request, employee's own medical or osteopathic physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who . In event said certificate is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled required to or be granted substantiate compensable sick leave, either with the costs of such certificate or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or examination shall be at the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement expense of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that Employer. Any member of the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.bargaining unit who uses more than six

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each All regular full-time employee teachers of the Flat Rock Community Schools shall be entitled to allowed a definite number of days in each fiscal year during which they may be absent for sick leave without loss of pay. All absences for sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionfollows: 1. Teachers shall be granted eleven (11) sick leave absence per year. 31.2 Accrued 2. Unused portions of the allowable days of absence each year shall accumulate without limitations from year to year. 3. The Board shall have the right of verification of sick leave in suspected cases of abuse. Any questions of a teacher regarding such verification of sickness shall be in the presence of the Association building representative. 4. In the case of disabilities which are known in advance to the teacher such as pregnancy and non-emergency surgery, the teacher shall provide thirty (30) days notification of the expected beginning of their anticipated absence and notification of the approximate length of their absence for disability purposes. 5. The Board of Education agrees to establish a sick leave bank designed to provide teachers with additional income protection in case of major sickness or illness (while on unpaid leave a teacher may not qualify for sick bank days). The Board agrees to provide two (2) days to the sick bank per year per teacher employed in the District. These days per year non-accumulative may be utilized if distributed by the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasonsF.R.E.A. among one or more teachers. 6. Conditions: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness a. Written application made to F.R.E.A. by teacher or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthdesignee. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerb. Teacher applicants must have exhausted all personal sick leave days. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work c. In the event a teacher does not have at least thirty (30) sick days accumulated to exhaust prior to application for the care related to the illness or injury bank days, a total of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerthirty (30) days of absence must have elapsed before sick bank days may be used. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours d. Teacher applicants must provide a Doctor's statement of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawdisability. 31.3 Accrued e. Teacher applicants accepted by the F.R.E.A. to use sick leave bank days will be granted an initial number of days not to exceed three twenty-five (3) working 25). After expiration of the initial number of days, said teacher may re-apply to the F.R.E.A. in writing for additional days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged jobalso not to exceed twenty-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryfive (25). 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may f. There shall be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 a maximum grant of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed fifty (50) days for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianone teacher per school year. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time Section 1. Sick leave is hereby defined to mean the absence of an employee or officer because of illness, injury, exposure to a contagious disease; Section 2. Sick leave shall be entitled granted as a privilege and not a right, and the claim of such leave shall be subject to such investigation as the Division head deems necessary. Section 3. There is hereby established a sick leave with pay in accordance with schedule which shall apply to the following provisions:Fire Marshal. 31.1 Section 4. There is hereby established a sick leave schedule which shall apply to the Xxxxxxxx Fire Division shift employees. A. Eligibility for sick leave use for shift Xxxxxxxx Fire Division employees covered by this section shall begin immediately. Sick leave shall accrue for an employee scheduled to a 24-hour shift at the following rate: Pay Period 1: 6.5 hours Pay Period 2-26: 5.5 hours Each employee shall have deducted from his accumulated sick leave one (1) hour for each hour of absence while on sick leave. An employee, who does not take the full amount of sick leave granted in any one (1) calendar year, may accumulate the amount from year to year. B. Except as provided for above, all other rules and regulations pertaining to sick leave shall apply to all uniformed members of the Xxxxxxxx Fire Division. Section 5. Up to two hours per visit of sick leave pay may be used for either physician or dental appointments provided the appointment has been scheduled during the employee's regular scheduled hours. Section 6. Sick leave may be used for illnesses attributed to pregnancy. During the time that an amount equal employee or the employee's spouse is considered disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth, or complications thereof, the employee shall be able to use sick leave. The dates of such disability for which payment under the sick leave policy is claimed shall be verified by a statement from a medical doctor. Section 7. The Officer in Charge, Chief of Public Safety, or the Director of Human Resources may require that sick leave be granted only by a certificate evidencing such sickness, signed by the employee's attending medical doctor, or such authority may require the employee report to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by City-designated medical doctor for a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionphysical examination. 31.2 Accrued Section 8. Not more than one (1) day of sick leave may be utilized allowed for attendance upon a member of the immediate family requiring the care or attendance of such employee, with the exception that more than one (1) day may be approved for this purpose if supported by a written statement from the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injuryattending medical doctor, including absences an explanation of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or why the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner's attendance is necessary. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Bargaining Agreement, Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. 26.1 Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 26.1.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.046160.04688 for employees assigned to twenty-four (24) hour shifts, or a factor of 0.04616 for other eligible employees. Paid Only paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, compensatory time off, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 26.1.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related related, illness or injury; routine medical or dental appointments; illness in the immediate family as defined herein, including absences or absence of an eligible female employees employee due to illness, injury or disability related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of . Immediate family shall be limited to the employee or any of eligible employee's mother, father, spouse, domestic partner registered with the following persons who need assistance: a Human Resources Department, child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, stepfather, stepmother, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 stepchild. Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, law or mother-in-in- law. 31.3 26.1.3 Accrued sick leave may also be utilized for job-related illness or injury if the employee is medically required to be absent from work between the date an examining physician determines the employee's condition to be "permanent and stationary" and the date the employee is so notified. Such accrued sick leave may not be utilized if the employee is otherwise entitled to temporary disability leave compensation for the above-referenced period of time. Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but at the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 discretion of the City Policy Manual in effect as Director of Human Resources or designated representative, following the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution notification referred to above. Telephone notice or a notice mailed to the employee's last known address of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee record shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior determined notice to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Memorandum of Agreement, Memorandum of Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullTeachers may be granted sick leave to the extent of their unused, earned, accumulated sick leave under the following terms and conditions: 1. In the first year of employment, a teacher shall earn one and one-time employee half (1 1/2) days of sick leave per month to a maximum of fifteen (15) sick days per year. All other employees covered by this Agreement shall be entitled to credited with fifteen (15) sick leave with pay days on the first official day of the said school year whether or not they report for duty on that date. Such first year teacher will be paid in accordance with his final payment for the following provisions: 31.1 Sick contract year for sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal taken by the teacher for which the teacher did not receive payment during the contract year; and, to the number extent that the teacher has accumulated on the date of hours workedpayment unused sick leave, excluding overtimeand if such payment is made, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid such accumulated sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes deducted from any such accumulation available on the date of this sectionpayment to the extent of payment. 31.2 Accrued 2. There shall be no limit on the amount of sick days that can be accumulated. 3. An employee may only use sick leave may be utilized if the when such employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injurysick, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleinjured, or the employee’s mother/stepmotheran immediate medical procedure is required. However, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury a maximum of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight five (485) hours of accrued sick leave days per calendar school year may be utilized if permitted by the Administration when said employee is required has been absent due to be absent for the care related to the a critical illness or injury of the in such employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick immediate family. Absence for maternity leave shall not be allowed for deemed or paid as sick leave, except to the extent required by law. 4. In the event of absence due to sickness or injury in excess of five (5) consecutive working days or in excess of eight (8) working days during any absence from work occasioned school year, the Committee or the Superintendent, at his sole discretion, may require an examination of the employee by intoxication, or a physician who is mutually agreed to by the parties. Such examination shall be at the expense of the Committee. 5. The parties agree that use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programreasons other than illness constitutes a misuse of the benefits provided. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled Association agrees to or be granted sick leave, either work with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement Committee whenever misuse of the sick leave where program is documented in an effort to control such a problem. The Committee reserves its rights under the law to take reasonable disciplinary action whenever circumstances dictate. 6. Whenever a Member decides to retire pursuant to the retirement laws of Massachusetts (excluding here from any disability retirements), the Committee agrees that it will pay to such Member forty ($40.00) dollars for each day of unused accumulated sick leave in excess of one hundred and eighty (180) days. Teachers intending to avail themselves of this benefit must notify the Committee no later than January 15th of the final school year of such teacher’s service. It is understood that this means the buyback money will not come forth until the following fiscal year. By mutual agreement, the parties may agree to waive the January 15th deadline for notification to the Committee. 7. A three year advanced written notice must be given for sick leave buy back. One- third of the funds will be transferred to a 403(b) each year. If notice is possible; providednot given, howeverthe Committee has the discretion to pay out unused sick leave in the subsequent fiscal year. 8. If a Member selects prepayment of the days beyond one hundred and eighty (180) and uses any of the remaining days, said Member shall reimburse the school system for each day used. 9. If an employee on extended sick leave receives benefits under disability insurance, workers’ compensation, or similar program, then the amount paid shall not exceed the employee’s regular salary. Employees shall have the difference between the insurance benefit and their regular salary paid by the District from available sick leave and the employee shall have deducted from accrued sick leave the appropriate portion of a sick day for each day so covered. In the event that the City Attorney may waive employee receives a check from the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee insurer, the check shall be entitled signed over to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the District. In the event that the employee is in fact regularly assigned receives a lump sum, retroactive check, the check shall be signed over to work or would have been required the District and the portion of personal sick days represented by the amount of the check shall be restored to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30employee’s account.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. SECTION 23.1 Each regular full-time salaried employee shall will be entitled to granted sick leave with full pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal for one (1) day for each full calendar month of service. Effective July 1, 2014, sick time will be converted into hours entitling employees to the number full pay for eight (8) sick hours for each full calendar month of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor service. The unused balance of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if carried over and accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of one hundred and forty (140) days or 1,120 hours at any one time. Any excess over this amount shall be deemed to have expired. Sick leave shall be accrued as of the day an employee enters the service of the Employer, and shall be computed and allowed on the calendar year basis. Probationary employees serving their initial probationary period with the Employer must receive approval from their immediate supervisor to utilize sick leave. Employees may use sick time in one (1) hour increments for the employee is required or for a member of their immediate family. This sick time may also be used to be absent from work for attend to the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or and dental appointments needs of the employee or any a member of his or her immediate family only when they cannot be scheduled after work hours. Employees are encouraged to schedule their medical and dental appointments after work hours when possible. Time off for medical and dental appointments must be approved by your immediate supervisor to avoid scheduling conflicts within your department. Immediate family shall be defined as: Wife, husband, unmarried children, parents and grandparents. Effective July 1, 2014, there will no longer be a separate designation for sick medical time. SECTION 23.2 A certificate from a reputable physician may be required at the option of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleEmployer, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the as evidence of illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed after three (3) working days may of absence from employment due to illness, before compensation for the period of illness is allowed. It shall be granted optional with the Chief of Police whether the physical examination in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness such instance shall be administered by the City Physician, or injury upon request, employee's own medical or osteopathic physician. In the event said certificate is involved, but required to substantiate compensable sick leave the employee fails to provide medical verification costs of such job-related illness certificate or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may examination shall be used in accordance with at the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 expense of the City Policy Manual in effect as Employer. Any member of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee bargaining unit who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.uses more than six

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time ‌ Section 1. As provided by state law, each employee shall earn sick leave credits from their first day of employment at a rate of one (1) working day per month. For calculating credits, 2,080 hours will equal one (1) year. Proportionate credits shall be accumulated each pay period. There shall be no limit as to the number of credits accumulated. Employees shall be entitled to use paid sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisionsafter being employed ninety (90) continuous days. Sick leave credits may be used as follows: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.046161. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury; 2. illness, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy injury or childbirth.death in the employee's immediate family requiring his/her personal attention; 31.2.2 The employee 3. quarantine for contagious disease control, provided certification is absent obtained from work on account of routine medical the attending physician; 4. doctor or dental appointments for treatment of employee's illness, injury or for preventive care; 5. to attend or make arrangements for a funeral of a member of the immediate family. Section 2. Immediate family shall mean spouse or domestic partner, parents, grandparents, siblings, children or grandchildren of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, fatherson-in-law, or motherdaughter-in-law; Section 3. Regular employees scheduled to work less than forty (40) hours per week will earn credits on a pro-rated basis. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedSection 4. Upon termination, but employees who have worked the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee qualifying period shall be entitled to or be granted paid an amount equal to one-fourth (¼) the pay attributed to their accumulated sick leave. Such termination pay will only apply to those credits earned since July 1, either with or without pay, unless he or she1971. Section 5. Abuse of sick leave occurs when an employee uses sick leave for unauthorized purposes, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such when sick leave due is frequent, habitual, excessive, suggests a pattern of usage, or if the supervisor has reason to a personal or family illness prior to believe the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation misrepresenting reasons for using sick leave. Abuse of sick leave shall be cause for dismissal and forfeiture of payment for any absence accumulated sick leave. The Employer reserves the right to require medical statements and/or contact the employee's physician if abuse is suspected. Requests for which written medical statement will be made by the supervisor with the approval of the Department of Human Resources. Section 6. If allowed by state law, sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time benefits may be integrated with any workers' compensation benefits payable to an employee so the employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours receive up to, but not exceed, the amounts the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to workearned, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30except for such disability benefits.

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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullSection 1. Full-time employee employees shall earn sick leave at a rate of four (4) hours a pay period. Section 2. Whenever an employee’s request for sick leave is disapproved, he/she shall be entitled to given a written reason, if requested. Section 3. Sick leave cannot be granted for rest or minor inconveniences. However, sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in must be granted when an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any meets one of the following persons who need assistance: a childconditions: a. Is incapacitated and cannot perform the essential duties of his/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleher position because of physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; b. Receives medical, dental or optical examinations or treatment; or c. Would, per a health authority with jurisdiction or a health care provider, jeopardize the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerhealth of others due to exposure to a communicable disease. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program 4. Employees may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation general family medical care and bereavement purposes as follows in such programorder to: a. Provide care for a family member who is incapacitated by a medical or mental condition or attends to a family member receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; or b. Makes arrangements necessitated by the death of a family member or attends the funeral of a family member. The City Full-time employees may require appropriate verificationuse up to forty (40) hours of sick leave per year for these purposes. Part-time employees use a pro-rated amount. However, if a full-time employee maintains a minimum balance of eighty (80) hours of sick leave, he/she may use additional sick leave, not to exceed one hundred four (104) hours in a leave year. 31.7 No Section 5. Full-time employees who maintain a minimum sick leave balance of eighty (80) hours may use a total of four hundred eighty (480) hours of sick leave each leave year to care for a family member with a serious health condition. However the total allowable amount of sick leave entitlement under Sections 4 and 5 may not exceed four hundred eighty (480) hours. However any sick leave taken under Article 26 to care for a family member is deducted from the four hundred eighty (480) hour entitlement under this Section. Section 6. Employees should request leave in advance for pre-arranged optical, medical, or dental appointments. However, if the absence is unplanned, the Agency must be notified before or within the first hour of the time scheduled to report for duty, unless in the judgment of the Agency there are extenuating circumstances which prevent the employee from doing so. In cases of extended absences, and when an employee provides the Agency with a tentative return to work date, he/she shall only be required to notify the Agency on the first day of each occurrence of illness and shall not be required to call in on a daily basis, unless specifically required by the Agency. Section 7. In individual cases, where the Agency reasonably believes an employee may be abusing sick leave, the Agency may provide the employee advance written notice, indicating the reason(s) that he/she will be required for a period of time, not to exceed six (6) months, to furnish a medical certificate for each subsequent absence.This notice may be given verbally when the leave is requested and followed up in writing when the employee returns to work. If it is determined by the Agency prior to the conclusion of the six (6) month time period, that the requirement is no longer necessary, the employee shall be entitled notified and the previous notice(s) shall be removed from the employee’s OPF and EPF, and returned to or the employee. If the Agency reasonably believes, at the conclusion of the six (6) month time period, that the employee may still be granted abusing sick leave, either and as a result the Agency determines the requirement to still be necessary, a new notice shall be developed in accordance with this Section. In cases where an employee, who because of illness, is released from duty, the Agency may waive the requirement for a medical certificate for that day. Section 8. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 7, an employee shall not be required to furnish a medical certificate to substantiate a request for sick leave of four (4) days or without payless. An employee shall be required to furnish a medical certificate for absences of more than four (4) workdays, unless he except that this requirement may be waived by the Agency in individual cases. If a physician was not consulted, a signed statement from the employee giving the facts about the absence, the treatment used, and the reasons for not having a physician’s statement may be accepted as supporting evidence by the Agency. Section 9. Requests for sick leave and individual sick leave records shall not be available or shedistributed as general information or publicized. Section 10. Except in cases of abuse, sick leave usage shall not be a factor for promotion, discipline, or someone on his other personnel action. Section 11. Leave approving officials are authorized to advance up to thirty (30) days of sick leave for serious illness or disability. Part-time employees can be advanced sick leave in accordance with LWS-8.1, Section 7. Sick leave cannot be advanced when: a. it is known that he/she does not intend to return to duty or when available information indicates that his/her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior return is only a remote possibility; or b. he/she has filed or the City AttorneyAgency has filed an application for disability retirement; or c. he/she has signified his/her intention of resigning for disability. Section 12. When an employee becomes seriously ill or injured at work, the Agency shall arrange for transportation to a physician, medical facility or other designated location. If requested by the employee, or if the employee is unable to request, the Agency shall notify the employee’s family or designated party of the occurrence and location of the employee. Section 13. When an employee is unable to do so because of serious injury, incapacitation or illness, the Agency shall make every reasonable effort to assist the employee’s family in filing appropriate documents for entitlements to the employee or the employee’s family. Section 14. Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) employees shall be eligible upon retirement for a Sick Leave Buy Back option as follows: An employee who attains the required number of years service for retirement shall receive a lump sum payment for forty (40) percent of the value of his or her intent to take such accumulated sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement as of the effective date of their retirement. Section 15. If there is insufficient sick leave where such notice is possible; providedto cover leave already used, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which and advanced sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid has not been approved, excess sick leave only for those days and number of used will be automatically converted to earned credit hours, earned compensatory time, or earned annual leave, in that order. If other accrued leave is insufficient to cover the excess sick leave hours used, the employee is in fact regularly assigned remaining sick leave will be charged to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30leave without pay (LWOP).

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullA. At the beginning of each school year, each Certified Professional Employee shall be credited with ten (10) days (80 hours) or more of sick leave allowance as referred to in this Article or as allowed by Idaho Code 33-1216. Sick leave days shall be accumulated to 280 sick leave days (2240 hours). 1. Part-time employee Certificated Professional Employees shall be entitled to credited with a pro-rata computation of sick leave with pay allowance based upon their FTE. B. Portability of Sick leave: For new hires for the 2015-2016 school year, the District shall accept a Certified Professional Employee’s accumulated sick leave from another district in accordance with Idaho, up to that district’s maximum number of ninety (90) days (720 hours) of transferred sick leave days. 1. Certified Professional Employees who transferred in excess of ninety (90) days (720 hours) of accumulated sick leave, accepted and credited to the following provisions:Certified Professional Employee by the District during or prior to the 2012-2013 school year, shall retain the right to such transferred days. 31.1 C. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal is to be used for absences caused by illness or physical disability, including childbearing of the Certified Professional Employee or to the number Certified Professional Employee’s spouse, resident of hours workedthe Certified Professional Employee’s immediate household, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, dependent or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionminor children or parents. 31.2 Accrued 1. If family illness outside the immediate family should arise, sick leave may be utilized if used with the employee is required to be absent from work for approval of the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthBuilding Administrator. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of 2. For a normal birth, six calendar weeks are the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnermaximum time that sick leave can be used. 31.2.3 3. The employee is absent from work for the care related use of additional days requires doctor certification and approval by Human Resources. D. Written notice shall be given to the illness or injury Building Administrator when it is known in advance that the Certified Professional Employee will be unable to perform his/her duties satisfactorily due to an event defined as sick leave. The notice shall indicate the medical reason and the approximate dates of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerexpected absence. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where E. If an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned exceeds a period of five (5) consecutive working days, the Certified Professional Employee must furnish to Human Resources, a doctor’s certification that medical complications are such that the Certified Professional Employee is unable to carry on his/her duties satisfactorily, and said certification shall also set forth the anticipated time period before the Certified Professional Employee can return to work. F. Upon receipt of a doctor’s certification as outlined above, Human Resources shall grant to the Certified Professional Employee the amount of sick leave days prescribed by intoxicationthe medical certification, or use of narcotics not prescribed until accumulated sick leave days are exhausted by a licensed physicianthe Certified Professional Employee. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City G. A return to work verification must be submitted to Human Resources following any medical procedure that may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to any work accommodations upon their return or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement medical absence of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement Certified Professional Employee of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeefive (5) days or more. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract

Sick Leave. Each ‌ 1. Employees are entitled to sick leave with pay. Sick leave shall accrue at the rate of ten (10) hours for each month of service for full-time employees. Unused sick leave shall continue to be carried over and added to the next year’s accumulation without a maximum total accrual amount. 2. Prior to the use of sick leave, an employee who is ill or unable to work for any reason shall notify his/her immediate supervisor or designee within fifteen (15) minutes following the employee’s normal work reporting time that s/he will be absent from work and on sick leave and, if possible, when s/he plans to return to work. In the case of continuing illness, the employee shall continue to notify his/her immediate supervisor of the inability to report to work on a daily basis. Sheriff’s Department employees will provide at least two (2) hours notice in advance of the start of a scheduled shift when intending to utilize unscheduled leave. 3. Sick leave with pay may be used by employees who: a. Are incapacitated by illness or injury from the performance of their duties, or whose attendance is prevented by public health requirements. b. Are required to absent themselves from work to attend the funeral of a family member who is within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity. Sick leave in such cases may be granted up to a maximum of forty (40) working hours per each occurrence. (See Consanguinity / Affinity Chart attached as Addendum A.) c. Are required to absent themselves from work to personally care for a member of their family who is listed as a: spouse, child, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, xxxxxx child, stepchild, brother, sister, or grandparent. d. Need to be absent from work when receiving medical or dental treatment or examination. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with while absent from duty because of a disability arising from an injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful misconduct. 4. Employees who report sick shall be at their place of residence, a medical facility, or their doctor’s office, or shall notify their supervisor of their whereabouts when using sick leave. Any gainful employment, pursuit of personal business, recreation, travel for recreation or non-sick leave purposes, or other such activity when an employee is on sick leave is considered evidence of abuse of sick leave. 5. An employee who has completed at least five (5) years creditable longevity service shall be compensated for a percentage of his/her accrued sick and disability leave upon separation from service due to resignation, retirement, disability, layoff, or death. If the following provisions: 31.1 Sick separation is due to death of the employee, the compensation due will be paid to the beneficiary(ies) designated by the employee. If the separation is due to layoff, the affected employee at his/her option, may be paid for accrued sick leave as provided below. If the laid off employee is recalled, s/he will begin the sick leave earning and accrual process as though s/he was newly hired. The compensation shall accrue in an amount be equal to the number of hours workedof accrued sick and disability leave, excluding overtimeup to a maximum of one thousand (1000) hours, multiplied by a factor the appropriate percentage of 0.04616. Paid accrued sick and disability leave which is eligible for holidayscompensation (see table below), vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or multiplied by the employee’s motherbase hourly salary including longevity, if applicable, at the time of separation from service. If an employee, so chooses, immediately preceding retirement directly from County employment into the PERS system, he/stepmother, fathershe may elect to convert all of his/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of her accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if compensation provided for within the employee is required to be absent for credit schedule listed above into service credit with Xxx County, consistent with the care related to the illness or injury procedures and regulations of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawPublic Employees Retirement System. 31.3 Accrued 6. If an employee uses forty (40) hours or less of sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedfrom January 1st through December 31st, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or twenty-four (24) hours of additional annual leave or, if the employee so chooses, the reward may be granted sick leave, either with or without received as pay. If requested as pay, unless he the employee shall notify Human Resources in writing on or shebefore December 1st. This bonus shall be paid by separate check on the second payday in January. For purposes of this provision, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, first two (2) work days of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to per each occurrence used for attendance at a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation funeral of a reasonable excuse by such employeeperson up to and through the second degree of consanguinity and/or affinity shall not be counted. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Employee Association Agreement, Employee Association Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full‌ Section 1. Employees shall earn paid sick leave on the following formula: For each completed hour of service, the employee shall earn .0575 sick leave hours up to a maximum of 3 weeks (120 hours) per calendar year. Sick leave accumulation shall be unlimited. Section 2. An employee shall not be permitted to use sick leave which he/she has not accumulated. Section 3. Employees may use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees, for medical examinations, and for illness or injury to an employee’s spouse, child, or employee’s parents. For parents only, employees are limited to three work days per calendar year (January through December). Section 4. A sick leave affidavit or a doctor’s excuse is required to justify the use of sick leave for illness, which should be submitted to the HR Department for review and record keeping if the use of sick leave exceeds three (3) consecutive scheduled workdays. A certificate stating the nature of the illness from a licensed physician shall be required to justify the use of sick leave. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a physician’s certificate shall be grounds for a disciplinary action, including dismissal. Section 5. The WARCOG Director shall permit transfer of sick leave from employment with any other public employer. Section 6. Absence that is chargeable to sick leave accumulation, in accordance with these provisions, shall be charged in increments of one-half (1/2) hour, for the first hour and then one- fourth (1/4) hour increments thereafter. Section 7. An employee who is to be absent on sick leave shall notify the Employer of such absence and the reason therefore within a reasonable timeframe before the start of the work shift each day of absence. Section 8. If the employee fails to submit adequate proof of illness or injury, or in event that upon such proof as is submitted or upon the request of medical examination, the Director finds there is not satisfactory evidence of illness sufficient to justify the employee’s absence, such leave may, be considered an unauthorized leave and shall be without pay. Section 9. Any abuse or patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for disciplinary action. Abuse may include, but is not limited to: 1. Consistent usage of sick leave and/or leave without pay in conjunction with scheduled time off of any type; 2. Consistent usage of sick leave, in one-day increments or less, as it is earned, resulting in an extremely low balance of sick leave as compared to time in service; 3. Consistent usage of sick leave for non-specific illness. Employees will be notified of potential attendance problems under this Article as identified. This initial notification will not count as a disciplinary action. Disciplinary action will be taken if there is an abuse of sick leave and/or unauthorized leave without pay. Progressive discipline for reasons of sick leave/absence abuse shall be followed. Applicable federal, state and local laws shall also apply. Section 10. The Director may require an employee who has been absent due to personal illness or injury, prior to and as a condition of his return to duty, to be examined by a physician designated and paid by the Employer to establish that he is not disabled from the performance of his duties and that his return to duty will not jeopardize the health and safety of other employees. Section 11. When the use of sick leave is due to illness or injury in the immediate family, “immediate family” shall be defined to only include the employee’s spouse and children including non-residential children for whom the employee must assume temporary primary care, and the employee’s parents. Section 12. Upon the retirement of an employee who has not less than ten (10) years of continuous employment with the Employer and who has qualified for retirement benefits from one of the State of Ohio Retirement Plans, such employee shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to his hourly rate of pay at the time of retirement multiplied by one-half (1/2) of the total number of accumulated but unused sick leave with pay in accordance with hours earned by the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to employee, certified by the Director, providing that such resulting number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianexceed Four Hundred Eighty (480) hours. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time Any employee whose record shows frequent absences may be required to obtain medical verification from a health care provider acceptable to the District to qualify for sick leave. Further, the District may require medical verification of disability from a health care provider acceptable to the District when it has reason to believe that the employee is not disabled. Any employee suspected of sick leave abuse may be required to obtain a doctor’s certificate verifying illness or disability in order to qualify for sick leave. Any employee who willfully violates or misuses sick leave shall be entitled subject to discipline, including but not limited to, forfeiture of up to twelve (12) sick leave days. Discipline and forfeiture are subject to the grievance arbitration procedure. The Board shall consider progressive discipline. The Board may impose forfeiture in lieu of suspensions without pay to avoid further time away from work. Any employee unable to report for work because of sickness or disability must so notify his supervisor within at least one-half (1/2) hour before starting time of the reason for his absence in order to be eligible for sick leave with pay for each day of absence, unless absences in accordance with excess of one (1) day can be verified in advance. All employees covered by this Agreement shall earn sick leave at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number rate of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616one (1) day per month. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave There shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued no maximum accumulation. In addition to personal illness, sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted used to apply to illness in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness the immediate family, up to a total of six (6) per year. Immediate family shall be defined as mother, father, spouse, son, daughter; or injury is involvedother persons living in the household with a similar relationship to the family household. Employees shall, but upon legal retirement from the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued MPSERS be compensated for accumulated sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 following manner: 0-30 days no compensation 31-50 days 10% of the City Policy Manual in effect as daily rate 51-80 days 33-1/3% daily rate 81-110 days 40% of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution daily rate 111 + days 50% of the City Councildaily rate Custodial, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationCustodial/Maintenance, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the CityMechanic, an employee who is enrolled Custodial/Groundsworker, and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee Bus Washer/Cleaner Maximum compensation upon retirement shall be entitled to or $7,500.00. Payments shall be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due made to a personal or family illness prior salary deferral plan to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice be mutually agreed upon. Maximum compensation upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee retirement shall be entitled $6,000.00. Payments shall be made to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned a salary deferral plan to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30be mutually agreed upon.

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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time 40.1 The Union and the University agree that regular attendance at work by each employee shall be entitled member is necessary in order to maintain continuous, efficient University services and operations and to prevent hardships on other employees. The Union and University also agree that it is of mutual benefit to expedite the processing of sick leave with requests of employee members. 40.2 Sick leave is an insurance type of benefit. Employee members accrue sick leave at 4.6 hours of sick leave for each 80 hours in an active pay status. It is not expected that employee members will routinely use sick leave as fast as it accrues, but rather that employee members will accumulate sick leave to the extent possible to serve as "insurance" in accordance with the following provisions:event of such illness or injury. 31.1 40.3 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work authorized only for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The A. Illness or injury of: 1. the employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness member; or 2. immediate family members B. Medical, dental, or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy optical examination or childbirth.treatment of: 31.2.2 The 1. the employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments member; or 2. immediate family members C. Exposure of the employee member to a contagious disease which could be communicated to others. 40.4 Immediate family" is defined in Article 16.6(B). 40.5 Sick leave will be approved provided the employee member complies with the following: A. Compliance with departmental call-in requirements. Departmental call-in procedures shall be as follows: 1. When an employee member is unable to report to work, the employee member shall notify their immediate supervisor or any other designated person during the one hour period immediately preceding the time scheduled to report to work on the first day of absence except that if an employee member asserts a hardship which prevented compliance, the University may approve the sick leave despite the noncompliance. 2. When an employee member who works in a department of the following persons who need assistance: University which operates twenty-four hours a child/stepchild day, seven days a week, is unable to report for which work, the employee member shall notify their immediate supervisor or other designated person two hours before the time scheduled to report to work on the first day of absence, unless emergency conditions make this impossible., except that if an employee member asserts a hardship which prevented compliance, the University may approve the sick leave despite the noncompliance. 3. Employee members who work in patient care areas shall notify their immediate supervisor or other designated person as follows: a. First shift - notification by 5:00 am. b. Second shift - notification by 12:00 noon c. Third shift - notification by 6:00 p.m. 4. Subsequent notification beyond the first day of absence will be governed by the nature of the circumstances and the requirements established by the college/department. 5. Each employee member shall be provided at least one telephone number for purposes of call-in. B. Submission of a written, signed sick leave request form specifically setting forth the reasons from 40.3 above for the use of sick leave (on a form provided by the University). Such request forms must be completed in full and submitted to the departmental reporting authority no later than the day the employee returns to work. C. If sick leave is legally responsibleused pursuant to 40.3(B) above, documentation verifying the examination or treatment must be submitted with the OSU Leave Request form. D. If medical attention is required, a certificate from a health care provider stating the date of the medical treatment and the date that the employee member was medically unable to perform normal work duties must be submitted with the OSU Leave Request form. A health care provider must be licensed by the State to deliver health care services. Health care providers are a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, dentist, clinical psychologist, social worker, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, nurse practitioner, nurse mid-wife, or christian science practitioner who certify within the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerscope of their practice. 31.2.3 The E. If an employee is absent member requests sick leave benefits for an absence of three (3) or more consecutive complete scheduled work shifts, the employee member must submit with the OSU Leave Request form either: 1. A certificate from a health care provider as defined in Section 40.5(D), stating the date(s) of the medical treatment and the date(s) that the employee member was medically unable to perform normal work for the duties; or 2. A certificate from a health care related to provider as defined in Section 40.5(D) verifying the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partneran immediate family member. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued 40.6 Sick leave which has been approved will be paid provided sufficient sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if has been accrued to cover the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawabsence. 31.3 Accrued 40.7 Failure to comply with the requirements of Section 40.5 will result in the disapproval and non-payment of sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedpay, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, except that if an employee who is enrolled and participating in member asserts a substance abuse treatment program hardship which prevented compliance, the University may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of approve the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that despite the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeenoncompliance. 31.8 An employee may 40.8 The following shall be required to furnish substantiation just cause for any absence for which disciplinary action under Article 11 whether or not the sick leave payment is requestedhas been approved and/or paid: A. Falsification of the Sick Leave Request or required certificate. 31.9 Any eligible part-B. Excessive absenteeism. Regular attendance at work is expected from all employee members. The University may consider several different factors in determining excessive absenteeism, including but not limited to the following: 1. The overall attendance record of the employee member. The use of approved vacation time employee shall will not be entitled to paid considered when determining excessive absenteeism, except for the use of vacation in lieu of sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30under Section 19.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to A. Employees earn sick leave with at the rate of 4.6 hours for each eighty (80) hours of paid service. If the employee’s only pay in accordance with a pay period is less than four (4) hours of sick pay, the following provisions:employee will not earn sick leave for that pay period. 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to B. There is no limit on the number of sick hours workedthat may be accumulated. Employees who request the use of sick leave are responsible for informing their supervisors prior to the start of their scheduled work period as established in Article 44, excluding overtime(Absences). In order to receive payment, multiplied by employees are required to furnish a factor satisfactory signed statement (application for use of 0.04616sick time) to justify the use of sick leave within three (3) workdays after return to work or the end of the payroll period, whichever occurs first. Paid The University Leave Request/ Approval Form (sick leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave form) shall be considered available to employees in paper form and online. Employees are to use the Uni-versity Leave Request/Approval Form attached hereto as time worked Addendum 4. Medical verification may be required on certain occasions as deemed necessary by the supervisor. Approval for purposes the payment of this sectionsick leave does not, in and of itself, constitute a pre-approved absence and may count as an occurrence per Article 44, (Absences). 31.2 Accrued sick C. Sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work used for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness a. Illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments injury of the employee or any a member of the following persons who need assistance: employee's immediate family, (in the case of a child/stepchild for which member of the immediate family not living with the employee, the appointing authority may credit sick leave when it appears justified; but such cases should be carefully investigated.) b. Death of a member of the employee's immediate family. c. Medical, dental or optical examination or treatment of the employee is legally responsibleor a member of the immediate family. d. When, through exposure to a contagious disease, either the health of the employee would be jeopardized or the employee’s 's presence on the job would jeopardize the health of others. e. Pregnancy and/or childbirth and related conditions. D. Application for sick leave with intent to defraud may result in discipline, up to and including termination, and refund of salary or wage paid for the period of time in question. E. Definition of immediate family: mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or motherdaughter-in-law, son-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, legal guardian or other person who stands in place of a parent. (A xxxxxx child placed with the employee by an agency of the State is a member of the immediate family while actively residing with the employee.) Reference Miami University Policy and Information Manual (MUPIM) 4.5A, paragraph 1 and 3.2 for definition of domestic partner and immediate family. 31.3 Accrued F. Sick leave granted by reason of death in the immediate family will not exceed five (5) work days. G. Parental leave will be applied according to University policy in Miami University Policy and Information Manual (MUPIM). H. Employees retiring from active state service after ten (10) or more years with the state or with any of its political subdivisions may elect to be paid for one-fourth of the accrued but unused sick leave credit. This payment will be based upon the employee's rate of pay at the time of retirement. The maximum payment allowed will be one-fourth of one hundred twenty (120) days. Sick leave conversion does not apply to exceed three any termination or separation other than retirement. Upon accepting such payment, all sick leave credit accrued up to that time will be eliminated. I. An employee's sick leave balance is reported on XxXxxxx.xxx. Part-time employees shall accrue sick leave on a prorated basis. J. For all purposes and all leaves of absence, including but not limited to those referred to in this Article, the University will comply with and exercise its rights under and pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged FMLA). The FMLA provides qualifying employees job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick protected leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, serious health condition that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours makes the employee is in fact regularly assigned unable to work perform his or would have been required her job, or to workcare for a sick family member, notwithstanding the designationor to care for a new child (including by birth, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.adoption or xxxxxx

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-8.1 Full time employee shall be entitled to employees will earn sick leave with pay in accordance with at the following provisions: 31.1 rate of eight (8) hours per full month worked. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required accumulated to a maximum of nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. Employees do not earn eight (8) hours of sick leave in months in which they will miss twenty-one (21) working days due to illness. 8.2 Sick leave may be absent from work authorized for the following reasonsreasons with limits as specified: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related (a) For illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy dental or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical treatment for the employee. Sick leave may be used for a sick or dental appointments of injured child in accordance with Minnesota Statutes. Sick leave usage by the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if subject to approval by the employee is required to be absent department head. The Employer may require verification for the care related to the illness or injury an absence of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) days or more, from a recognized medical authority attesting to the necessity of the leave, ability to return to duty, or other information deemed necessary. (b) Employees shall be able to use up to 160 hours of accrued personal sick leave per year to care for an adult child, spouse, domestic partner (meaning spousal equivalent), sibling, parent, grandparent, or step-parent. Family care leave uses a rolling 12-month period measured backward from the date leave is taken and continuous with each additional leave day taken. Family care leave cannot be carried over to a subsequent year and Employees shall not be eligible for pay for any unused family care leave. Proof of sickness or disability will need to be provided for any family member. (c) A male employee shall be granted five (5) days of sick leave for the birth or adoption of his child. 8.3 An employee unable to work because of illness or accident whose paid sick leave is exhausted, shall be granted a leave of absence for a period not to exceed nine (9) months. Employees will return at the same seniority in the salary schedule, will retain promotion rights and will earn vacation schedule seniority for sick leave under this paragraph. Existence and extent of illness or disability must be verified by a written statement from a medical doctor when requested by the department head or his or her designee. 8.4 Should illness occur while an employee is on vacation, the period of illness may be charged to sick leave and the charge to vacation reduced accordingly. An employee requesting such a change may be required to submit a written statement from a physician attesting to illness and the period of disability. 8.5 Employees injured during the performance of their duties for the Employer and thereby rendered unable to work for the Employer will be paid the difference between the employee's regular pay and Workers Compensation insurance payments for a period not to exceed ninety (90) working days per injury not charged to the employee's vacation, sick leave, or other accumulated benefits, after a five (5) working day initial waiting period per injury. The five (5) working day waiting period shall be charged to the employee's sick leave account less Worker's Compensation insurance payments. If recovery is not complete, an additional recovery period not in excess of thirty (30) sick leave days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury granted. Sick leave shall then be deducted on a prorated basis with no deduction of sick leave being made for that portion of the employee's absence which is involved, but covered by Workers Compensation insurance. No employee can receive more than the employee fails employee's normal take home pay as a result of any library pay supplement to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryWorker's Compensation insurance benefits. 31.4 Accrued sick 8.6 Sick leave also may will be used suspended after the benefits specified in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilsections 8.1, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication8.2, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the Cityand 8.5 have been exhausted. However, an employee who is enrolled and participating in has fulfilled all of the requirements for a substance abuse treatment program vacation which has not been taken may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationrequest vacation during disability. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either 8.7 The Employer provides for Family Medical Leave Act leave in accordance with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or applicable laws. See the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement website of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that U.S. Department of Labor (xxx.xxxxx.xxx) and the City Attorney may waive the requirement State of such notice upon presentation Minnesota Department of a reasonable excuse by such employeeLabor (xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx) for details. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullA. During the first year of employment in Xxxxxxxxx County and during each successive year thereafter, each regular ten-time employee month teacher of the Board of Education shall be entitled to ten (10) days sick leave, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative. Eleven-month teachers shall be entitled to eleven (11) days, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative. Twelve-month teachers shall be entitled to twelve (12) days, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative. Teachers may take sick leave with pay in accordance with fifteen (15) minute increments after the following provisions:first hour of one hour, half day or full day. 31.1 Sick B. Full-time teachers whose sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal has been exhausted and who have been employed by the system for five (5) years or more may request that the Board consider granting ten (10) days beyond their annual allotment (total of twenty [20] days) for one year. Teachers will not be eligible to request and receive this grant more than once within a five (5) year period. Special consideration will be given as to the number of hours workedsuch days allowed for regular teachers who are hired for fractional parts of the year. C. Previously accumulated unused sick leave days will be restored to all teachers returning from an approved leave of absence. D. The Board shall accept transfer of full, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid accumulated sick leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionprofessional personnel from any school system in Maryland. 31.2 Accrued sick X. Xxxx leave may be utilized if used for personal illness, appointments with a health care provider, as well as the care of a family member. Family member is defined as a parent, child, sibling or partner, regardless of where they live. Members of the immediate household are also included. F. Teachers who are absent from work four (4) or more consecutive school days may be requested to submit a doctor's certificate to the benefits office stating that they were unable to report for work; however, the Superintendent may require justification of absence(s) whenever there is reasonable cause to believe an absence(s) is/are not bona fide, or the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthan action plan regarding unsatisfactory attendance. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account G. Teachers unable to perform their duties because of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program pregnancy may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in during such program. The City may require appropriate verificationincapacity. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullSick leave is earned at the rate of one day for each month of employment (excluding July and August for teachers). In their first year of employment, staff will be credited in advance with four sick leave days at the beginning of their employment beginning their fifth month, they will start to earn one day for each month of employment (excluding July and August for teachers). In the event that the teacher leaves the employ of the Society prior to earning the four days advanced at the commencement of the school year, the Society may deduct from the teacher's salary payments an amount equivalent to the used and unearned sick leave for that teacher. Part-time employee shall employees will be entitled to earn sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal proportion to the number percentage of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616time that they work. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued Unused sick leave may be utilized if accumulated to a maximum of 85 working days. Sick leave means the period of time that an employee is required permitted to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account while ill, disabled or quarantined or because of a non-job work related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee accident except an absence for which compensation is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of payable under the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for Workers Compensation Act. Any days during which the employee is legally responsiblehas been absent with full pay for reasons of illness, disability, quarantine, or non-work related accident will be charged against any sick leave accumulated by the employee’s mother/stepmother. Employees may be required to provide an acceptable medical certificate in relation to any absence due to illness and will be required to provide an acceptable medical certificate in relation to any absence due to illness in excess of three consecutive workdays. Where it is not possible for an employee to schedule necessary medical and dental appointments outside school hours, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The time for such appointments will be charged against any sick leave accumulated by the employee. Where an employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to fortyon full-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted time sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone the Society will endeavour to accommodate the employee and may grant a return to duty on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or partial sick leave where the City Attorney, employee produces a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the employee while medically unable to work full-time is capable of working part-time. An employee on partial sick leave will earn sick leave proportionately for the portion of time worked. Deduction of sick leave will be made proportionately for the time not worked. A record of all unused sick leave will be kept by the Society. The Society will advise each employee by September 30th of each year of the amount of his or her intent to take such accumulated sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement as at June 30th of the same year. Any employee will be advised upon application of the amount of his or her sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeaccumulation. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. Each The purpose of sick leave is to provide a benefit to those eligible County employees who are unable to attend work due to short-term illness or injury. It may also be used in conjunction with a long-term medical leave of absence to provide some measure of income protection for extended illness or disabilities. Definition - Sick leave will be considered for a bona fide illness or injury, except illness or injury arising out of and in the course of County employment. Accrual and Accumulation 1. From July 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015, fFull-time employees will accrue sick pay benefits at a rate of 4.615 hours per payroll period (120 hours per year). Beginning September 1, 2015 full-time employee shall be entitled to employees will accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number benefits at a rate of 4.307 hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionper payroll period (112 hours per year). 31.2 Accrued 2. A maximum of 1040 hours of sick leave may be utilized accumulated. 3. Part-time employees will accrue sick pay benefits at a rate of 4.307 hoursone hour for each eighty (80)twenty-six (26) hours worked, not including overtime hours. 4. Sick leave shall not be accrued by temporary employees. General Procedure Sick leave will be considered for a non-work-related, bona-fide illness or injury. Employees will be entitled to utilize sick leave for medical and dental care, treatment of drug or alcohol addiction, injury, pregnancy or sickness which renders an employee incapable of performing his or her required job duties or for exposure to contagious disease under circumstances in which the health of other employees or the public would be endangered by the employees attendance on duty. Employees may utilize their sick time in order to keep medical or dental appointments. Employees may utilize their sick time for the illness of his or her immediate family (Spouse, child(ren), mother/father, and parent-in-law) where the employee’s attendance is required. Only forty (40)twenty (20) hours per fiscal year of the Employee’s sick time may be used for immediate family membersparents or children living outside the home. Sick leave may be used in increments of ¼ (15 minutes) of an hour. Sick leave will not be granted if the employee is required absent due to a disability arising out of and in the course of their employment as governed by the provisions of Workmen's Compensation Laws. SEE WORKER’S COMP. POLICY. When unable to report to work, the employee must notify his/her immediate on duty supervisor in accordance with Standard Operating Guidelines, except in an obvious emergency. During absence due to illness, the employee must notify his/her Center Supervisor daily of their progress and expected date of return. Sick pay will be absent from work paid only for approved absences and for time when the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work would normally be scheduled for work. Employees on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued FMLA sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may consecutive workdays must submit a physician’s certificate in order to receive sick pay, unless waived by the department head. The cost, if any, of the certificate shall be granted in circumstances where an alleged jobpaid by the employee. For a lesser period of absence, the department head may, at his or her discretion, require evidence of illness from a physician for other reasons, as defined by this section. Non-related worker’s compensation illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related or illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may injury caused by the employee's own misconduct, intentional self-inflicted injury or gross negligence shall not be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 basis of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, any paid sick leave. Sick leave shall not be allowed used as vacation leave. Sick leave may be denied when the County has facts showing employees are abusing their sick leave. Sick leave shall not be used for any absence other purpose than outlined in this Agreement or may be subject to discipline. Upon written request with approval, vacation pay may be used to continue compensation during non-FMLA illness when all sick pay has been exhausted. For employees with less than ten (10) years of service upon separation from work occasioned by intoxicationserviceretirement, resignation (except for dismissal for disciplinary cause) or use death, such employee or his beneficiaries shall be paid one-fourth (¼) of narcotics not prescribed by his/her accumulated sick leave up to a licensed physician. 31.6 maximum of two hundred (200) hours. For employees with ten (10) or more years of service upon separation from service (except for dismissal for disciplinary cause), xxxxxx employee or his/her beneficiaries shall be paid one half (1/2) of his/her accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of four hundred (400) hours. Under each case, such amounts shall be paid at the rate of payment based upon the employee's regular rate of pay at the time of separation. Any employee who has accumulated more than eight hundred (800) hours of sick leave may convert once per fiscalcalendar year such excess at a ratio of two (2) hours of sick leave to one (1) hour of vacation leave. Up to a maximum of 160 hours of sick leave may be converted to a maximum of 80 hours of vacation or pay. If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program has reached the vacation accumulation maximum of 320 hours, then an employee may use only convert sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programto pay and not vacation time. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No An employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or on a leave of absence without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such pay will not earn sick leave due benefits until they return to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeepaid status. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each 21.1 Approved sick leave as provided in this section shall be granted with pay. 21.2 All full-time and full-time school year support staff employees shall receive one day of sick leave for each month of employment in the school district. Any part-time clerical employee shall be entitled to receive sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions:on a pro-rated basis. 31.1 21.3 Sick leave benefits shall accrue in an amount equal accumulate to the number of hours workedone hundred and eighty (180) working days. 21.4 Sick leave, excluding overtimewith pay, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes allowed by the school district whenever a support staff employee's absence is due to any type of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness, including illness or injury, including absences of female employees related disability caused or contributed to pregnancy or childbirth, which has prevented the attendance at school and performance of duties on that day or days. 31.2.2 21.5 The superintendent may require an employee is absent to furnish a medical certificate from work on account the school health officer or from a qualified physician as evidence of routine illness, in order to qualify for sick leave pay. However, the final determination as to the eligibility of an employee for sick leave as reserved to the school board. 21.6 In the event that a medical or dental appointments of certificate will be required, the employee will be so advised. 21.7 Sick leave allowed shall be deducted from the accrued sick leave days earned by the employee. 21.8 A support staff may use sick leave to cover absences necessitated by the illness of or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or injury to the employee’s mother/stepmotherchild, father/stepfatheras defined in MN Statute 181.940.sbd.4, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a adult child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, spouse, sibling, parent, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or mother-in-lawstep parent. An employee may also use sick leave benefits for safety leave, defined as providing or receiving assistance because of sexual assault, domestic abuse, or stalking. Such family health care leave shall be limited to the amount of accrued sick 21.9 Sick leave pay shall be approved only upon submission of signed request upon the authorized sick leave form. 31.3 Accrued 21.10 Any office personnel unable to perform duties of employment because of pregnancy, adoption or any medical complications of pregnancy, childbirth or recovery therefrom, may begin leave upon certification from the attending licensed physician that the person is unable to perform such duties, or upon the agreement by said office personnel and the building principal that leave should be commenced, and the office personnel shall be entitled to sick leave not without loss of pay to exceed the extent provided by the above. Leave in excess of unused sick leave credit of such personnel shall be treated as a leave of absence without pay during the period such personnel is unable to work due to the pregnancy, adoption or any medical complication of pregnancy, childbirth, or recovery therefrom. 21.11 An unpaid leave of absence may be granted for health reasons if recommended by the attending physician in writing and approved by the administration and the school board. Time period may be renewable, upon review, up to one (1) year. 21.12 Should an unpaid leave of absence be granted to an employee, upon returning from the leave, the employee shall be placed on the same step and will retain the 21.13 In September and January of each year, employees who earn vacation time shall be allowed to trade three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 days for one (1) additional vacation day. A maximum of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid six (6) sick leave days shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianto be converted to two (2) vacation days per year (September 1 to August 31). 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Office Support Staff Agreement, Office Support Staff Agreement

Sick Leave. ‌ 20.1 Each full-time bargaining unit employee shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days of paid sick leave with pay for each year taken in accordance with the following provisions:provisions of this Article, accruing at one and one-quarter (1¼) sick days for every month in which they are in pay status. All bargaining unit employees may take sick leave in one-quarter (¼) hour increments. For sick time taken in accordance with the provisions of this Article, bargaining unit employees shall be paid their regular straight-time hourly rate of pay for each hour (or portion of each hour) of sick leave taken. 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid 20.2 Unused sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectioncumulative without limitation. 31.2 Accrued 20.3 Bargaining unit employees may use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, injury or pregnancy. Sick leave may also be utilized if used for absence due to illness or injury in the employee is immediate family (defined for this provision as: parents/guardian, spouse, adult and minor children, grandparents, siblings, and corresponding step- and in-law relations, except as may otherwise be required to be absent from work by law). 20.3.1 Bargaining unit employees may use sick leave for the following reasons: 31.2.1 death of any relative listed in 20.3 above. The employee is absent from work length of such absence shall be subject to review, and any limitation on account of non-job related illness or injurysuch absence subject to approval, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthby the Superintendent. 31.2.2 20.4 The employee is absent from work on account Employer maintains the right to investigate any bargaining unit employee’s absence or pattern of routine medical or dental appointments absences (including dock days), to require a physician’s written certification of the employee or nature of any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which bargaining unit employee, and/or to require a fitness-for-duty examination by a physician appointed by the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up Board at the Board’s expense. The Employer also maintains the right to forty-eight (48) hours require a physician’s written certification of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employeean immediate family member’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. A bargaining unit employee who fraudulently requests sick leave or falsifies a physician’s certificate or other sick leave record may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. 31.4 Accrued 20.5 Each new bargaining unit employee (employed less than one (1) year) who has insufficient accumulated sick leave also may to cover an absence shall be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 advanced up to five (5) days of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave leave. Those days shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationadded to, or use supplement, the amount that the bargaining unit employee earns on the basis of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciancompleted months of service. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee 20.6 Bargaining unit employees who is enrolled are not eligible for Family and participating in a substance abuse treatment program Medical Leave may use take sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programthe birth and following the birth of a child for a period of up to six (6) weeks, absent a medical reason to take additional time. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled Absent a medical reason to or be granted sick leavetake more than six (6) weeks, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, bargaining unit employees must request an unpaid leave of his or her intent absence to take such additional time. In order to be granted sick leave due to pregnancy beyond the six (6) week period stated in this paragraph, a personal physician’s statement will be required. 20.7 When a bargaining unit employee is absent for any reason, a report for such absence signed by the bargaining unit employee and their supervisor shall be completed by such bargaining unit employee on the bargaining unit employee timesheet and shall be filed with the Treasurer. 20.8 Up to fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year will be considered unrestricted except that more than five (5) days of bereavement leave per year shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent. For purposes of this Article, “unrestricted” shall mean sick or family illness prior bereavement leave in connection with a person not listed above. These fifteen (15) days are not in addition to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeedays accumulated under paragraph 20.1 above. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each Section 11.1 Sick leave shall be defined as an absence with pay necessitated by: (1) illness or injury to the employee; (2) exposure by the employee to contagious disease communicable to other employees; (3) serious illness, pregnancy, injury, or death in the employee's immediate family where the employee's presence is reasonably necessary; (4) medical, dental and optical examinations or treatments of an employee or member of his immediate family where the employee's presence is necessary; and (5) pregnancy and/or childbirth and other conditions related thereto. Any time a doctor is visited and the time away from the workplace exceeds 2 hours, excluding the related 30 minutes when attached as lunch, applicable and appropriate verification of the visit must be submitted with a sick leave request form before such sick leave request shall be paid. Section 11.2 All full-time employee employees shall be entitled to earn sick leave with at the rate of 4.0 hours for each completed bi-weekly pay period and may accumulate such sick leave without limit. Employees hired after October 15, 2011 will earn 3.1 hours for each completed by-weekly pay period and may accumulate such sick leave without limit. Section 11.3 Sick leave may be used in segments of not less than one-quarter (1/4) hours. Employees shall not use sick leave to cover tardiness. Sick leave payment may not exceed the normal scheduled workday or workweek. If an employee is physically unable to report off work, then an employee’s family member may call in for the employee in accordance with Department rules. If an employee’s family member calls in for the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave employee, the employee shall accrue in an amount equal to contact his supervisor within a reasonable period thereafter and/or the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionEmployer may contact the employee. 31.2 Accrued Section 11.4 An employee who has been absent from work for more than three (3) consecutive work days, due to personal illness or injury, will be required to submit a medical provider statement of the illness or injury. Any abuse or patterned use of sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work just and sufficient cause for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthdisciplinary action. 31.2.2 The Section 11.5 If an employee is absent from work on account fails to submit adequate proof of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury or in the event such proof as is submitted or upon the request of a child/stepchild for which medical examination, the employee Director finds there is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours not satisfactory evidence of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of sufficient to justify the employee’s grandchild's absence, such leave may be considered unauthorized leave and shall be without pay. Any investigation of allegations of sick leave abuse must be based on reasonable suspicion. Section 11.6 An employee's immediate family as referred to herein, shall include his spouse, mother, father, child, step-child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in- law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandparents, grandchild, a legal guardian or other person who stands in place of a parent (loco parentis). Aunts and uncles are considered immediate family only when they reside in the home of the employee. Section 11.7 Employees hired after January 1, 1997 who retire with ten (10) or more years of service shall be paid for one-fourth (1/4) of their accumulated, unused sick leave up to 960 hours. The maximum payment will be 240 hours of sick leave. Employees hired before January 1, 1997, who retire with 20 or more years of service receive 100% of 960 hours. Employees hired before January 1, 1997, who retire with 10-19 years of service, receive 50% of 960 hours. Section 11.8 Bereavement Leave Bargaining unit employees shall be granted bereavement leave of three (3) days in the event of a death in the immediate family. Definition of immediate family for the purpose of this Section shall be the following: an employee’s parent, brother, sister, child, step child, spouse, legal guardian, grandchild, or other person who stands in place of a parent (loco parentis), grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or motherson-in-law. 31.3 Accrued , and daughter-in-law, two (2) days of leave shall be granted in the case of the death of a sister or brother -in-law. Such bereavement leave shall be granted to an employee with pay at the employee’s regular straight time rate of pay and shall not have effect upon the employee’s accumulated sick leave. Additional leave may be taken and deducted from sick leave, if necessary, not to exceed three (3) working 2 days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. SECTION 1. All full time employees covered by this collective bargaining agreement shall, after completing one (1) year of service, be entitled to receive paid sick leave benefits as provided in this Article. Employees shall continue to accrue seniority while on paid sick leave. SECTION 2. Each full-full time employee shall be entitled to a maximum of thirteen (13) paid sick leave days per year, with pay in accordance a limitation of one hundred seventy (170) days accumulation. Each eligible employee with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number more than one (1) year of hours workedservice shall, excluding overtimeon such date, multiplied by a factor be credited with one half (1/2) day of 0.04616. Paid sick leave for holidayseach two (2) week pay period in which they perform work or are on approved vacation in the previous year, vacation, disability, or other paid up to thirteen (13) sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectiondays per year. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account SECTION 3. Eligible employees with less than one (1) year of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect service as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution date of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled this Agreement and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee new employees shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such one-half (1/2) sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to day after the commencement anniversary of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeetheir hiring date for each two (2) week pay period in which they performed work during their anniversary year. 31.8 An employee SECTION 4. In case of illness, employees who have completed their probationary period but have less than one (1) year of service may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which use sick leave payment is requesteddays earned during their first year of employment. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee SECTION 5. Employees shall be entitled to paid use accrued sick leave only days accredited to them for those days and number absences due to bonafide personal illness or illness of hours their minor child. Employees shall be allowed to use a sick day for their spouse in the employee is in fact regularly assigned event an emergency occurs requiring the Employee to work or would have been immediately depart from work. Medical certification will not generally be required to worksubstantiate sick leave absences of one working day. However, notwithstanding medical certificates, or in lieu thereof, a signed written statement from the designationEmployee setting forth the reasons for the sick leave, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant may be required at the discretion of the Employer for each absence, regardless of duration, should the Employer have reason to this Article 30believe the Employee is abusing his sick leave privileges. Falsification of the medical certificate, falsely setting forth the reasons for the absence, or failure to obtain the medical certificate when requested, shall constitute just cause. SECTION 6. Employees shall be entitled to accumulate sick leave days with a limitation of one hundred seventy (170) days accumulation.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time Subd. 1. An employee shall earn sick leave at the rate of one day for each month of service in the employ of the School District, per year. Annual sick leave shall accrue monthly as it is earned on a proportionate basis to the employee's work year and shall accrue up to a maximum of nine (9) days per annum. Subd. 2. Unused sick leave days may be accumulated to a maximum credit of 120 days of sick leave per employee. Subd. 3. Sick leave with pay shall be allowed whenever an employee's absence is found to have been due to illness and/or disability which prevented attendance and performance of duties on that day or days. Subd. 4. The School District may require an employee to furnish a medical certificate from a qualified physician as evidence of illness, indicating such absence was due to illness, in order to qualify for sick leave pay. However, the final determination as to the eligibility of an employee for sick leave is reserved to the School District. In the event that a medical certificate will be required, the employee will be so advised. Subd. 5. Sick leave allowed shall be deducted from the accrued sick leave days earned by the employee. Subd. 6. Sick leave pay shall be approved only upon submission of a signed request upon the authorized sick leave pay request form available at the office. Subd. 7. Sick leave may be utilized during a period of physical disability resulting from a condition of pregnancy. The employee shall provide the School District with a physician's statement certifying the dates of disability. An unpaid leave for child care purposes may be granted at the discretion of the School District. Subd. 8. For purposes of this Article, one “day” for the employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to defined as the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by regularly assigned to him or her in a factor of 0.04616work day. Subd. 9. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid sick leave shall be considered as time worked granted to care for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued a sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, injured spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness child (18 years of age or injury 21 years of a age if attending secondary school), adult child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, sibling, parent, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued stepparent as per Minn. Stat. § 181.9413. Subd, 10. Paid sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may pay shall be granted in circumstances where as “safety leave” for an alleged job-related illness employee to receive assistance or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification assistance to those relatives specified in Subd. 9 because of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilsexual assault, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationdomestic abuse, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianstalking as per Minn. Stat. § 181.9413. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Food Service Worker Agreement, Food Service Worker Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-SECTION 1: POSTING OF SICK LEAVE All absences (including tardiness) in the department must be noted for use in relation to the individual record and must be charged against the proper time credit reserves as indicated in this Agreement. Sick leave records will be posted monthly. SECTION 2: SICK LEAVE GENERALLY After this maximum is reached, no more sick leave credits may be earned by the employee except to the extent of restoring credits subsequently drawn for sick leave and thereby building up accruals again to the 210 day (1,680 hours) maximum. Calculations of sick leave shall be entitled to based on a year beginning January 1st. The unit for computation of sick leave with shall not be less than one-half (1/2) day. Credits cannot be earned for the period an employee is on leave of absence without pay in accordance with or under disciplinary punishment involving loss of work time or for employees who are on one-half (1/2) pay. For the following provisions: 31.1 Sick calculation of sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to credits, the number time recorded on the payroll at the full rate of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave pay shall be considered as time worked "served" by the employee. In order that absence, because of personal illness, may be charged to accumulated sick leave, it must be reported by the employee on the first working day of such absence and within one (1) hour prior to the beginning of the working day. In the event the employee’s illness continues beyond three (3) days, the employee must notify the administrative captain or his designee of the anticipated duration of the absence and thereafter must report their status at least once each week unless excused. PROOF OF ILLNESS: In order to qualify for purposes sick leave, proof of this section. 31.2 Accrued illness may be required to be provided by the employee that is satisfactory to the department head. Failure to provide proof of illness when required will be the basis for discipline. Abuse of sick leave privileges shall also be cause for disciplinary action. Sick leave may be utilized by an employee if desired in any instance of sickness in the employee is required immediate family. Immediate family shall be defined to be absent the employee's spouse, children, step-children and a parent, all residing in the household of the employee. The department head may request a physician's statement of illness from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The an employee is absent from work on account of non-job related if family illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments causes an absence of the employee or any in excess of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted consecutive workdays. In any case in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury which a physician's statement is involvedmandatory, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilemployee, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on upon his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or return to work, shall be required to provide a physician's statement that the City Attorney, of his or her intent employee is fit for duty. Said fit for duty statement must be presented to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness the employer prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required 's return to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-22.01 Sick leave will be granted to employees to a limit of ten (10) hours per month. Part time employee shall be entitled to employees will earn sick leave with pay in accordance with on a pro-rated basis. No sick leave entitlement will be allowed during an employee's probationary period, however, at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick end of such period, the employee's sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal entitlement will date back to the number date of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616hiring. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave Employees may be utilized if the employee is required accumulate up to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight four hundred (48400) hours of accrued sick leave. There wi11 be no payout for unused sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if an employee leaves the employ of the employer. 22.02 Where an employee is required returns to be absent for the care related work following absence due to illness and/or injury, such employees shall be, wherever possible, returned to the illness or injury of same position she held prior to the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued a) Employees are required to notify the front line staff and their supervisor directly, or a message left in their absence, that they will be off sick prior to the start of their shift and with as much notice as possible. 22.03 The Employer reserves the right to request a medical certificate for any absence in excess of three (3) days. The medical certificate must be produced by the employee if requested by the Employer, upon her return to work. 22.04 An employee's sick leave also bank may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Datealso for stress days, their children's illnesses, medical/dental appointments, or days absent due to inclement weather. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided 22.05 The Employer will pay up to a maximum of $200.00 for a Doctor's note or report which is requested by resolution the Employer, which are required either by law or contract. This article shall not apply to any government paid medical services, nor to any request for medical information by the Employer's insurers under the terms of its benefit plans nor to any pre-employment medical examinations. The employee must present the City Council, paid employer with either a receipt or an invoice for same. 22.06 It is understood that during an unpaid sick leave exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, credit for sick leave days shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciansuspended until such employee returns to work. 31.6 If approved by the City, 22.07 During an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted employee’s unpaid sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, employee must provide their portion of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior the premium for benefits to the commencement employer on a monthly basis. It is understood that failure to do so will result in the employee’s benefits being discontinued. Prior to ceasing the benefit, the employer will send notice to the employee of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, amount of premiums and that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeit needs to be paid. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-24:01 For the purpose of this Article a full time employee shall is defined as one who is regularly and routinely scheduled to work seventy-five (75) hours biweekly. Effective January 1st, 2006, seventy-five (75) hours decreases to forty-five (45) hours biweekly. Only those employees so defined are eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Plan. 24:02 Absence for sickness or accident compensated by Workers Compensation will not be entitled to charged against sick leave with credits. An employee may supplement payments received from Workers Compensation up to their normal biweekly pay amount (exclusive of overtime, premiums, etc.) by using available sick leave credits. To access this program the employee must produce the payment statements they receive from WSIB and the Employer will pay the difference on the next payroll run. The employee may not put their sick leave credits into a negative balance. 24:03 Any employee absenting themselves on account of personal illness must notify the Employer on the first day of illness at least four (4) hours, if possible, before the start of their shift. Failure to give such notice, unless such failure is unavoidable, may result in accordance with loss of sick leave benefits for that day of absence. When an employee is absent due to personal illness, a prescribed form requesting sick leave benefits and any forms required under the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal Employers Weekly Indemnity plan will be filled out and signed by the employee. The employee will deliver the forms to the number Employer within seven (7) days of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied the commencement of such absence. The Employer will render assistance in helping employees to complete the required forms. Claim forms will be made available to employees who are off ill. Failure to follow this procedure may result in loss of sick pay benefits for the entire period of absence. 24:04 During any illness the employee will notify the Employer of his intention to return to work as far in advance as possible. 24:05 Employees whose sick leave credits are exhausted may apply in writing for a further unpaid leave if such absence will exceed two (2) months. 24:06 It is understood and agreed by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave both parties that neither pregnancy nor resulting child birth nor complications arising from child birth shall be considered as time worked personal illness for purposes the purpose of this sectionArticle. 31.2 Accrued 24:07 To protect employees from loss of income the Employer has agreed that an employee absenting himself from work due to legitimate illness will be paid their straight hourly wage for all hours missed, from the employees sick leave bank to the extent of his accumulated sick leave credits or to the date when he becomes entitled to benefits under the Employers Group Insurance Plan (Weekly Indemnity) whichever occurs first. Sick leave benefits covered by Weekly indemnity will not be charged against accumulated sick leave. An employee is entitled to further sick leave benefits following the expiration of Weekly Indemnity benefits to the extent their accumulated sick leave credits allow. (a) Employees as defined in Article 24:01 shall accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of nine point five (9.5) hours for every one hundred, fifty (150) hours worked. For employees regularly and routinely scheduled seventy-five (75) hours biweekly they may accrue sick leave benefits to a maximum of six hundred, seventy-five (675) hours. For employees regularly and routinely scheduled forty- five (45) hours up to seventy-five (75) hours biweekly they may accrue sick leave benefits up to a maximum of thirty (30) hours. (b) Sick leave credits shall not be utilized if accrued until the employee is required to has successfully passed probation. Once completed an employee regularly and routinely scheduled seventy-five (75) hours biweekly shall be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to fortycredited with twenty-eight (4828) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, fathercredit. For employees regularly and routinely scheduled forty-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.five

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee The City shall provide Unit members with sick leave subject to the following conditions: 2.1 Unit members shall be entitled to credited with sick leave at the rate of ten (10) hours of sick leave for each month of service or major portion thereof. Unit members shall not be credited with sick leave during leaves of absence without pay exceeding xxxxxx (80) working hours in accordance with any calendar month. 2.2 Unit members failing to satisfactorily complete their probationary period or who resign during their probation period must reimburse the following provisions:City for utilized sick leave. Sick leave may not be used in increments of less than one-half hour. Unit members may use accrued sick leave only after completing their initial one (1) month of service. 31.1 2.3 Unit members hired on or before City Council adoption of the Tentative Agreement on June 19, 2018 may accrue a maximum of one thousand two hundred (1,200) hours of sick leave. The maximum amount of sick leave shall remain seven hundred sixty (760) hours for cash- out upon separation from the City. 2.4 For Unit members hired after June 19, 2018, they may only accrue a maximum of seven hundred fifty (750) hours of sick leave and may only cash out up to that amount upon separation from the City subject to the other applicable provisions of this Section. 2.5 Unit members may not use sick leave at their discretion, but only in cases of actual sickness, illness, injury or quarantine of the Unit member or actual sickness, illness, injury or quarantine of the Unit member’s immediate family, or for bereavement. Sick leave shall accrue be used for personal or family medical, dental, and optical appointments, and for any other appointments for the purpose of obtaining professional diagnosis and/or examinations for a medical or mental health condition of the Unit member or his/her immediate family. Unit members shall also use any accrued sick leave for leave necessitated as the result of pregnancy disability under California Government Code Section 12945, family medical leave under California Government Code Sections 12945.2 and 12945.3 (the Xxxxx-Xxxxx- Xxxxxxx Family Rights Act), or 42 U.S.C. Section 2601, et seq. (the federal Family Medical Leave Act). 2.6 When a Unit member wishes to use accrued sick leave, the Unit member shall notify their Director, or his/her designee, of the intended absence due to sickness, either before, or within one (1) hour after, the time set for beginning the work period, unless the Unit member is incapacitated and physically unable to provide the required notification. Unit members on sick leave shall regularly inform the General Xxxxxx, or his/her designee, of their physical condition. 2.7 When a Unit member uses sick leave, the Unit member shall complete and submit a signed leave request form. When a Unit member uses sick leave in an amount equal excess of three (3) consecutive working days, and there is a pattern of absenteeism, the City may require the Unit member to the number of hours workedpresent upon return to work, excluding overtime, multiplied a medical certification signed by a factor of 0.04616. Paid physician or licensed medical practitioner verifying the need for such sick leave. 2.8 Sick leave hours cashed at separation are not eligible for holidaysthe City’s match under the City’s deferred compensation program. 2.9 When employment terminates, vacation, disability, or other paid leave AME Unit members shall be considered as time worked compensated for one-half (1/2) the value of accrued sick leave, provided the Unit member has 1,825 calendar days (5 years) of service. For purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick subsection, "service" shall mean the length of employment with the City since the most recent date of hire, with no credit for time spent on leaves of absence without pay beyond the initial two (2) weeks of any such leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 of absence. The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours value of accrued sick leave per calendar year shall be calculated using the Unit member’s prevailing pay rate, plus longevity pay, on the date of the Unit member’s separation from City service. A rejected probationary Unit member shall not be paid for any accrued sick leave. 2.10 The Unit member’s Director may be utilized if only approve the employee use of other leaves in lieu of sick leave when a Unit member has no sick leave available and the need for such leave is required due to be absent for the care related to the a catastrophic illness or injury of to the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, Unit member or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or his/her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeefamily. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Memorandum of Understanding

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to A. Ten (10) days of sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked granted annually for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or personal illness, accidental injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related temporary disability to the teacher or accidental injury or illness or injury of a in the immediate family. (Immediate family shall include: spouse, parent, stepparent, child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmotherstep-child, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildxxxxxx child, brother, sister, father-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sibling, grandparent, grandchild or motherparent-in-law.) 31.3 Accrued B. If, after exhausting all sick leave leave, a teacher is absent from his or her duties due to personal accidental injury, illness or pregnancy, the teacher shall receive for a period of not to exceed three twenty (320) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his full contract salary less the amount normally paid a certified substitute teacher if a certified substitute teacher is hired; or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such normally paid a certified substitute teacher if a certified substitute teacher is not hired. C. Career teachers who legally retire shall be paid for accrued sick leave due upon written request at the rate of fifty ($50) dollars per day. Those teachers who have resigned and have taught in the Xxxxxxx Public School System for a minimum of ten (10) years shall also be paid for accrued sick leave at the rate of fifty ($50) dollars per day. Written request by the teacher prior to the effective date of resignation (but not later than June 15th) shall be required. This can only be done once and the District shall pay on a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days. All sick leave days paid upon separation of employment through retirement must have been accrued in the service of Xxxxxxx Public Schools. Sick leave days transferred from other employment will not be considered for reimbursement. Requests for accumulated sick leave reimbursement received after the close of the fiscal year on June 30th will not be paid. D. The Personnel Clerk shall provide each certified employee the following information: 1. Number of sick leave days accumulated 2. Number of sick leave days used during the year 3. Number of sick leave days in reserve At the beginning of each school year, a list showing each teacher’s accumulated sick leave will be given to each principal. E. Unused sick leave days shall accumulate to a personal or family illness maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days per teacher. Official records of all days accumulated above one hundred twenty (120) shall be maintained by the school district for the purpose of teacher retirement. Teachers who have accumulated one hundred twenty (120) days sick leave prior to the commencement of the school year earn an additional ten (10) days when the new school year begins which will be credited to their individual retirement reserve accounts. Board policy D13 – A defines the terms and conditions for shared sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeleave. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Negotiated Agreement

Sick Leave. 22.1 Each full-time bargaining unit employee shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days of paid sick leave with pay for each year taken in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes provisions of this section. 31.2 Accrued Article, accruing at one and one-quarter (1.25) sick days for every month in which they are in pay status. Bus drivers and bus monitors may take sick leave in route increments (i.e., a.m. route, p.m. route, kindergarten route). All other employees may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued take sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, fatherin one-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued quarter (1/4) day increments. For sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used time taken in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 provisions of the City Policy Manual in effect as this Article, employees shall be paid their regular straight-time hourly rate of the Effective Datepay for each hour (or portion of each hour) of sick leave taken. With prior administrative approval, an eight (8) hour employee may work up to one (1) hour of extended time on a given day to make up for time spent at a doctor’s appointment that day. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid 22.2 Unused sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciancumulative without limitation. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program 22.3 Employees may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation absence due to personal illness, injury or pregnancy. Sick leave may also be used for absence due to illness or injury in such programthe immediate family (defined for this provision as: parents/guardian, spouse, adult and minor children, grandparents, siblings, and corresponding step- and in-law relations). 22.3.1 Employees may use sick leave for the death of any relative listed in 22.3 above. The City may require appropriate verificationlength of such absence shall be subject to review, and any limitation on such absence subject to approval, by the Superintendent. 31.7 No 22.4 The Employer maintains the right to investigate any employee’s absence or pattern of absences, to require a physician’s written certification of the nature of any illness or injury of an employee, and/or to require a fitness-for-duty examination by a physician appointed by the Board at the Board’s expense. The Employer also maintains the right to require a physician’s written certification of an immediate family member’s illness or injury. An employee who fraudulently requests sick leave or falsifies a physician’s certificate or other sick leave record may be subject to appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. 22.5 Each new employee (employed less than one year) who has insufficient accumulated sick leave to cover an absence shall be entitled advanced up to or be granted five (5) days of sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she. Those days shall not be added to, or someone supplement, the amount that the employee earns on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorneybasis of completed months of service. 22.6 Employees may take sick leave for the birth and following the birth of a child for a period of up to six (6) weeks, absent a medical reason to take additional time. Absent a medical reason to take more than six (6) weeks, employees must request an unpaid leave of his or her intent absence to take such additional time. In order to be granted sick leave due to pregnancy beyond the six (6) week period stated in this paragraph, a personal physician’s statement will be required. 22.7 When a unit member is absent for any reason, a report for such absence signed by the unit member and the Transportation Supervisor shall be completed by such unit member on the employee timesheet and shall be filed with the Treasurer. 22.8 Up to fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year will be considered unrestricted. For purposes of this Article, “unrestricted” shall mean sick or family illness prior bereavement leave in connection with a person not listed above. These 15 days are not in addition to the commencement days accumulated under paragraph 22.1 above. 22.9 Recognition for attendance: A unit member shall receive one-half (1/2) day’s pay if he/she uses no more than three (3) sick days during the school year. 22.10 An employee can transfer sick leave from previous public employment according to the provisions of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeOhio Revised Code. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which 22.11 This Article shall supersede and take the place of the Ohio Revised Code provisions governing sick leave payment is requestedleave, including ORC 3319.141. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time At the beginning of each school year, each employee shall be entitled to will receive the following sick leave with pay annually: 12-month employees 120 hours 10-month employees 100 hours Unused sick leave will accumulate as follows: All classified employees may accumulate to a maximum of 1440 hours After ten (10) consecutive years of service in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal district and upon termination of employment, employees will receive a lump sum payment for all days of accumulated unused sick leave, up to one 1440 hours maximum, at the rate of thirty-five percent (35%) of his/her current hourly salary times the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616accrued. Paid Sick leave is available to be used for holidays, vacation, personal illness or disability, maternity, personal medical appointments, quarantine, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick communicable disease. Sick leave may be utilized if the used for absences necessitated by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery. The employee is required may use up to be absent from work ten (10) days annually of allotted sick leave for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account necessary care of non-job related illness ill or injurydisabled children, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblespouse, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherparents, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-parents in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working and brothers/sisters. Additional days for care of family members noted above may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programSuperintendent. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An Each employee may be required to furnish substantiation satisfactory proof of the necessity for any absence for which the sick leave, if such proof is requested by the Superintendent. The employee must notify the appropriate supervisor when sick leave payment is requestedrequired. Such notice should be given on the preceding day, if possible. In an emergency, notification shall be made as soon as possible. Sick Leave Bank (a) Establish a sick leave bank for major illness or injury. Employees covered by this agreement may become members of the sick leave bank by voluntarily contributing one sick leave day for the establishment and operation of the bank. This bank is to assist employees who have long term illness or disabilities and have exhausted their sick leave accumulation. 31.9 Any (b) Only individuals who have contributed to the bank are eligible part-time employee for benefits. Application for benefits from the sick leave bank shall be entitled made to paid the Sick Leave Bank Committee. The Committee shall be made up of two members appointed by the Association President and one appointed by the Board of Trustees. The decision of the Committee shall be final. (c) At the beginning of each school year there will be a nine-week open enrollment period. Eligible staff must notify the school district in writing of their desire to participate in the bank on a form by October 15 of each year. The form will allow the employee to accept or decline membership in the sick bank. (d) Enrollment in the bank shall continue automatically from year to year unless notice of withdrawal is given in writing during the enrollment period. Withdrawal will not result in reinstatement of the time contributed to the bank. (e) When the number of days in the bank falls below ten (10), the Committee will inform the bank membership that a special assessment of one sick leave only day per member will be made to replenish the bank. (f) The maximum anyone can contribute to the sick bank at any time is one sick leave day with the exception of upon joining the sick leave bank two days may be contributed if the new member wishes to. (g) Regular sick leave balance must be zero (0) hours prior to use of the sick leave bank. (h) Individuals who draw from the sick leave bank when they have been members for those days and fewer than three (3) years agree to remain in the sick leave bank for the rest of their employment with ECSD. (i) The maximum cumulative number of hours which any eligible person can be granted from the sick bank during one school year is one hundred sixty (160) hours. Requests from the sick leave bank will be granted in increments up to forty (40) hours. The maximum cumulative number of hours which an eligible person can be granted from the sick leave bank during their period of employment with the ECSD is three hundred sixty (360) hours. The sick leave bank is not to exceed one hundred twenty five (125) days or one thousand (1,000) hours. 1. After five (5) years of continuous employment with the District, each employee who uses three (3) days or less of sick leave in the preceding year may sell back up to five (5) days of unused sick leave at the rate of 50% of his/her current hourly daily rate of pay per day. Each employee who uses five (5) days or less of sick leave in the preceding year may sell back up to three (3) days of unused sick leave at the rate of 50% of his/her current hourly daily rate of pay per day. Employees, who wish to take part in the buy-back of unused sick leave for the prior school year, must notify the ECSD in writing no later than August 31st of that year. It is agreed this section, specifically 4-3-1, will be reviewed for possible renegotiation in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 302013.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. 18.1 Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 18.1.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid Only paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, compensatory time off or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 18.1.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-non job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of ; routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleappointments, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a the employee’s child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerdomestic partner registered with the Department of Human Resources. In addition, accrued sick leave may be utilized by an eligible female employee due to illness, injury, or disability related to pregnancy or child-birth. 31.2.4 18.1.3 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-inin- law, step-law. 31.3 Accrued father, step-mother, or step-child. The provisions of this section related to the use of sick leave not for the care related to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related the illness or injury is involvedof the employee’s family members as defined above shall expire at the end of the term of this Agreement. In the negotiations for a successor Agreement, but the employee fails to provide medical verification parties shall review and evaluate the appropriateness of such job-related illness or injurythis benefit. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 18.1.4 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, chronic alcoholism or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 18.1.5 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or shehe, or someone on his or her behalf behalf, notifies his the employee’s immediate superior, Department Director, Director of Human Resources or her immediate superior or the City Attorneydesignee, of his or her the employee’s intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness leave, and of the reasons therefore, prior to or within one (1) hour after the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney Manager or designee may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by of such employee. 31.8 18.1.6 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part18.1.7 A full-time employee of the City shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number without any pay if required to be absent from work on account of hours the any non-job related illness, injury or disability, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth, in all situations where such employee is not entitled to sick leave with pay. No single period of sick leave without pay shall exceed twelve (12) consecutive months, or eighteen (18) cumulative months in fact regularly assigned any period of twenty- four (24) consecutive months. Any employee who is unable to return to work at the expiration of either of these periods of time shall be separated from City service. 18.2 Xxxx leave payoff shall be given to each full-time employee at the time of retirement or would have been required death under one of the following conditions: 18.2.1 Federated Retirement Plan: The employee is: 18.2.1.1 A member of the Federated Retirement Plan, and 18.2.1.2 Retired under the provisions cited in the plan, and 18.2.1.3 Credited with at least fifteen (15) years of service in this retirement plan, or 18.2.1.4 Credited with at least ten (10) years of service prior to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30a disability retirement.

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Samples: Memorandum of Agreement

Sick Leave. 1.1 Each full-time employee teacher shall be entitled to a total of twelve (12) sick leave days with full pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 per school term. Such sick leave shall accumulate without limit. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal be interpreted to the number of hours workedmean personal illness, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilityquarantine at home, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked serious illness or death in the immediate family. The immediate family, for the purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injurySection, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistanceshall include: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleparents, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherspouse, father/stepfatherbrothers, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblesisters, mother/stepmotherchildren, father/stepfathergrandparents, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildgrandchildren, brother, sister, fatherparents-in-law, or motherbrothers-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not , sisters-in-law, legal guardians and any relative living in the same household. Prior to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails return to provide medical verification of such job-related duty from any serious illness or injury, a statement from a physician attesting to the physical and/ or emotional and/ or mental ability of the teacher to perform his/ her work responsibilities must be presented to his/ her immediate supervisor. 31.4 Accrued 1.2 A Sick Leave Bank will be established to provide extended sick leave also may to employees who, as a consequence of a Board-approved prolonged personal illness or hospitalization and recovery, have exhausted their accumulated sick leave. The Sick Leave Bank will be used subject to the following guidelines: 1.2.1 All employees covered by this Agreement and all Unit 10 administrators and supervisors shall have the opportunity to participate in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth Bank. Participation in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual Bank by an employee shall be voluntary. An employee who is not a participant in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave Bank shall not be allowed for any absence eligible to withdraw days from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianthe Bank. 31.6 If approved 1.2.2 A three-member Sick Leave Bank committee will be established each school year to act as the governing body for the administration of the Sick Leave Bank. Said committee shall consist of two (2) employees named by the CityAssociation, and an employee who is enrolled administrator named by the Superintendent. The Sick Leave Bank committee shall be authorized to promulgate written rules and participating regulations for the implementation and administration of the Bank. If the Board goes against the unanimous recommendation of the committee, they must state their reasons in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting writing. 1.2.3 Employees desiring to participate in the Bank shall file written notification of such desire with the Sick Leave Committee at any time from the first full week of school through September 15 of any school year. The employee's participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee the Bank shall be entitled continue from year to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, year unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse revoked in writing by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned between the first full week of school and September 15 of any year. Employees must have accumulated at least 30 unused sick days to work or would have been required be eligible to work, notwithstanding join the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30Bank.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullSection 1. Sick leave is intended for use only in the event of sickness, illness, injury or treatment of sickness, illness and injury, including the receipt of medical care for such sickness or illness. Accumulation of sick leave is permitted, as described below, to afford an employee protection in the event of an extended illness. Sick leave is not earned time off with pay and is not to be treated as such. Section 2. Full-time employees shall be credited with and accumulate paid sick leave on the basis of one day for each month worked (where ―month‖ is determined by contiguous pay periods as determined by the date of the paycheck/direct deposit slip). Employees shall be deemed to have "worked," and therefore entitled to accumulate such leave, in each month in which that employee is paid for 16 or more full days. Paid vacation, personal business, personal holiday, paid holidays and qualified FMLA time will count as days worked; sick days (including sick bank days), disability leave and workers compensation days do not count as days worked, unless such day(s)/time(s) are counted as FMLA time. Section 3. Sick leave shall accumulate from the first month of employment, but sick leave earned during the probation period shall not be granted until after successful completion of that period. Section 4. Sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of 130 days. Section 5. An absence necessary before any sick leave is accumulated or available shall be covered under the provisions for leaves without pay. Employees may elect to apply unused vacation to cover days absent in excess of allowable paid sick leave. Section 6. Sick leave may be requested when it is necessary for an employee to be absent from work because of an emergency illness in his/her immediate household (i.e. a spouse, child, stepchild, xxxxxx child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sibling, and grandchild who lives with the employee or domestic partner as defined by University policy; or for a parent, step parent, parent in law or grandparent). Such a request shall not be unreasonably denied. Section 7. In the case of illness occurring away from work, employees must notify their supervisor of their absence at the earliest possible time and in no event later than the start of their scheduled workday. If necessary, the employee shall notify their supervisor at home. When possible, the employee shall advise their supervisor of how long the absence is expected to continue. The employee shall also notify the supervisor of any change in circumstances which may affect the expected length of absence. If the duration of the absence cannot be determined, the employee shall call in each day of the illness. Section 8. When the University has a basis for believing an employee is abusing the sick leave benefit, it may require that employee, for future absences, to provide a doctor's statement that the employee is unable to work due to a sickness provided the employee has been put on advance notice, in writing, by the Director of Human Resources. In addition, if an employee is absent due to sickness for three (3) or more consecutive days, the University, in its discretion, may require a doctor's statement that the employee is unable to work due to a sickness. Such a statement shall not be routinely required. Section 9. Employees entitled to paid sick leave shall receive one day's pay for each semi-annual period (July 1 through December 31 and January 1 through June 30) in which they do not use any sick leave, or otherwise take time off without pay. These days are earned based on payroll periods which correspond to July 1 to December 31 and January 1 to June 30. Section 10. Upon retirement, an employee shall be entitled to 20 days payment for accumulated sick leave leave. An employee with pay more than 50 sick days accumulated shall also be paid for any of the days in accordance with excess of 50 up to an additional 20 days [i.e. days 51 – 70]. In addition, and not to duplicate any of the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue above allotments, an employee will be paid for any of the sick days earned but not used in an amount equal the last 12 months of employment, up to a total of 12 days. (These 12 days do not count as accumulated days for payment under the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes first two sentences of this section. 31.2 Accrued . The one or two days contributed to the CSEA Sick Leave Bank in an employee’s final year before retirement will not necessarily deplete the 12 sick leave may be utilized if days of the final year as long as the employee has other available days to contribute from previous years.) The maximum allotment at retirement under this formula is required to be absent from work for 52 days (20+20+12), with no pyramiding of days allowed. [See also Article 39, Insurance, Section 4]. Effective July 1, 2012, the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee maximum allotment at retirement under this formula is absent from work on account 60 days, with no pyramiding of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthdays allowed. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee A. All employees, other than new employees, shall be entitled to credited with fifteen (15) working days sick leave at the beginning of the calendar year. All new employees shall be credited with pay 15 working days sick leave, pro rata, with anticipated earned sick leave effective the 92nd day of employment. Employees may be permitted to use sick leave, which means the absence of an employee from duty because of illness, injury, disability, pregnancy disability, exposure to contagious disease, necessary attendance upon a member of the immediate family who is seriously ill, or death in the family, on the basis of and in accordance with established Employer policy, subject to the following provisions:rules and regulations of the New Jersey Department of Personnel. 31.1 B. Xxxx leave is earned pro rata over the course of the year but is credited in advance on January 1st in anticipation of continued employment for the full year. As such unearned sick time may be taken in advance subject to the right of the Employer to receive reimbursement if the employee’s employment is terminated prior to the end of the calendar year. C. Unused, earned sick leave shall accumulate from year to year. D. Sick leave of a duration of five (5) continuous days or greater shall accrue in an amount equal require the employee to submit medical verification. Leaves of ten (10) consecutive days or greater shall require a written request for medical leave with a physician’s medical form prescribing the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid and the reasons the sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionis necessary. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if E. In all cases of illness, whether short or long term, the employee is required to be absent from work for notify his/her immediate supervisor on the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account first day of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight absence within two (482) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if his/her designated start time. If the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury duration of the employee’s grandchildabsence exceeds two days, brother, sister, father-in-lawit will be necessary to report on every third day. It shall be the responsibility of the Employer to establish procedures to permit employees the ability to meet their reporting responsibilities. Failure to report within the specified time frame may result in disciplinary action. F. Any employee who has used more than fifteen (15) sick days in a calendar year, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not for whom there is reasonable cause to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification suspect abuse of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either shall be required, beginning with or without pay, unless he or shethe sixteenth (16th) day, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or upon notice of suspected abuse, to submit a medical form within five (5) days upon return from each subsequent sick leave. For the City Attorneypurpose of this provision, of his or her intent to take such sick leave of five (5) consecutive days or more shall be counted as one (1) day of absence toward the fifteen (15) day threshold. G. A pattern of excessive absenteeism may subject an employee to disciplinary action up to and including termination. For the purpose of this provision a medical leave of five (5) or more consecutive days shall be counted as one (1) day. Requests for accommodations may be made by an employee for chronic medical problems subject to verification of the chronic medical condition and the Employer's ability to provide reasonable accommodations. H. In the event of early departure due to a personal or family illness prior to illness, the commencement of the employees sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeewill be debited in one-half (l/2) hour increments. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued ‌ Front loaded sick leave may be utilized if used in the employee is required to case of absences necessitated by personal illness. In accordance with state law, earned sick leave may be absent from work used for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a minor dependent child/stepchild for which , seventeen (17) years of age or younger, living in the employee is legally responsiblesame household, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness temporary disability or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued because of quarantine in the immediate family, or because of serious health condition of an immediate family member, sick leave not to exceed three provisions shall apply (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where WAC). Serious health condition means an alleged job-related illness illness, injury, impairment, physical or injury mental condition that requires the employee’s personal care and support. The employer is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued responsible for designating if an employee’s absence counts as sick leave also may based on information from the employee. Immediate family means spouse, child, stepchild, xxxxxx child, parent, stepparent, grandparent, sibling, stepsister or stepbr other, equivalent -in-laws. Disabilities immediately related to childbearing shall be used in accordance with considered temporary disabilities. Each Employee shall be furnished an accounting of their accumulated sick leave at the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 beginning of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid year. The sick leave shall not be allowed provisions are as follows: 1. Every person under contract for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationa full school year (180 days), or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee position requiring certification shall be entitled to twelve (12) days annual leave of absence for personal illness, temporary disability or personal injury. Such sick leave not taken during the year shall be granted accumulated from year to year. A certificated Employee under contract as a part-time Employee for a period less than the full school year shall be entitled to that proportion of twelve (12) days leave of absence for illness or injury as the total number of full days contracted bears to one hundred eighty (180) days. Front loaded sick leave used in excess of earned sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or will be deducted from the City Attorney, final paycheck upon separation of his or her intent to take such employment. 2. Pay for any period of absence shall be the same as the pay the Employee would have received by contract for regular services. 3. Personnel claiming sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee benefits for more than five (5) consecutive days may be required to furnish substantiation submit a written statement from a regularly licensed physician which outlines the need for any continued absence for which medically approved reasons. 4. Employees are granted the right to donate sick leave payment to come to the aid of another employee represented by this agreement who is requestedsuffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or terminate his or her employment. 31.9 Any eligible part5. Sick leave is deducted in quarter day increments based upon a 7.5-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick hour workday. 6. Align shared leave only for those days with RCW 28A.400.380 and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30WAC 41.04.650-665.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Section 1. Sick leave without loss of regular pay shall be entitled granted to sick leave with pay employees in accordance with the following provisionsfollowing: 31.1 Sick a) Regular, full-time employees regularly scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 1 day per full calendar month of employment, with a maximum of 12 days annually. No sick leave shall accrue in when an amount equal employee is on an unpaid leave of absence for more than 3 days. b) Regular, part-time employees regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week shall accrue sick leave at a rate of ½ day per calendar month. c) Part-time employees who work between 15 and 19 hours per week shall receive non-cumulative sick leave of 6 days per year, prorated to the number hourly amount normally worked by the employee. Section 2. Employees must notify their supervisors as far in advance as possible of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor their inability to report to work and their anticipated length of 0.04616absence. Paid Sick leave may be taken in hourly increments. Section 3. Sick leave may be granted for holidays, vacation, disability, personal or other paid family sickness or physical incapacity resulting from causes beyond the employee's control. The Employer may require medical verification of illness that lasts for more than 3 working days. Section 4. Accrued but unused sick leave shall not be considered as time worked payable on termination except for retirement. Upon retirement, an employee shall receive ¼ days pay for each unused sick day. Section 5. Funeral leave may be granted if there is a death in the immediate family of the employee with 3 days permitted for each such death. For purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if section "immediate family" means the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherspouse, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to fortymother-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, or motherbrother, sister, son, daughter, grandparents, step-parents, step-children and grandchildren of the employee. One day off with pay shall be granted if there is a death of the employee’s brother-in-law, sister-in law, aunt, or uncle. Time off for funeral leave will not be counted against accrued sick time. 31.3 Accrued Section 6. Xxxx leave may be taken to meet medical or dental appointments when an employee has made a reasonable effort to secure appointments outside his or her working hours provided the department head is notified at least one day in advance. Section 7. The Town shall establish a voluntary master sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related bank for use by employees who suffer prolonged illness or injury is involvedhave an immediate family member who suffers prolonged illness, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryand who have exhausted their sick leave. 31.4 Accrued a) Participation in the master sick leave also bank requires a minimum annual contribution of two sick days from the participating employee’s accumulated sick leave. However, employees may contribute more than two days if they desire. Employees wishing to participate in the master sick leave bank must contribute to the bank during the month of January each year. b) A participating employee shall be used in accordance permitted, upon written application to the First Selectman, and with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of First Selectman’s approval, to withdraw up to thirty days from the City Policy Manual in effect as of bank after his/her own accumulated sick leave has been exhausted. The employee shall be permitted, upon written application to the Effective DateFirst Selectman, and with the First Selectman’s approval, to withdraw one additional thirty-day period. Any employee applying to the First Selectman for leave from the master sick leave bank shall provide documentation clearly demonstrating that the illness warrants such absence. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of c) Any employee who ceases participation in the City Council, paid master sick leave bank shall not be allowed for to withdraw any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciancontributed sick days. 31.6 If approved by d) Any employee withdrawing sick days from the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use master sick leave for absences resulting from participation in bank shall not be required to replace such program. The City may require appropriate verificationdays, except as a regular participating member of the bank. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such e) The First Selectman may approve an employee’s request for sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to from the commencement of bank even if there are no days remaining in the bank and shall debit the sick leave where such notice bank for used days, as the days become available through contributions. The First Selectman reserves the right to deny an employee’s application for leave if there is possible; provided, however, that insufficient employee participation in the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeesick leave bank. 31.8 An employee f) For purposes of the master sick leave bank, a day of leave is equivalent to a day of pay for the participating member, and as such, there shall be no difference in the monetary value between the days contributed by one participating member and the days received by another member. g) Leave from the master sick leave bank may be required used until the participating member qualifies for long term disability. Leave from the master sick bank may not be used to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requestedsupplement payments received through the Town’s long term disability plan. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time 7.1.1 All employees shall receive ten (10) days of sick leave per school year. In the event of twelve (12) month school employees, those involved will receive twelve (12) days of sick leave per school year. Employees working less than the full cooking term shall receive a pro rata proportion based upon ten (10) months. If an employee works more than ten (10) months the employee shall receive one (1) extra day for each extra month of work. The School District shall credit each employee with one (1) day, pro rata, per month of service. Two (2) days will be entitled credited for September. The School District, at its sole discretion, may advance some or all of an employee’s annual sick leave allowance during the employee’s initial year of employment when extenuating medical circumstances exist. Such request must be made in writing (accompanied by a physician’s written statement outlining the conditions of health) directly to the Director of Human Resources. 7.1.2 Unused sick leave may accumulate to a maximum credit of one hundred ninety (190) days of sick leave per employee. 7.1.3 Sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes allowed by the School Board whenever an employee's absence is found to have been due to illness or injury which prevented attendance at the job and performance of this sectionduties on the day or days. 31.2 Accrued sick leave 7.1.4 The Administration may be utilized if the require an employee is required to be absent furnish a medical certificate from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account a qualified physician as evidence of non-job related illness or injury, including absences indicating such absence was due to illness or injury, in order to qualify for sick leave pay. However, the final determination as to the eligibility of female employees related an employee for sick leave is reserved to pregnancy the School Board or childbirththeir designee. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine 7.1.5 In the event that a medical or dental appointments of certificate will be required the employee shall be so advised. 7.1.6 Sick leave may be used for absences due to an illness, injury, or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which physical disability to the employee is legally responsible, or for the amount of time as the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which absence may be necessary. Sick leave may also be used by the employee is legally responsiblefor absences due to an illness, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse injury or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury physical disability of the employee’s grandchildchild, brotheradult child, sisterspouse, fathersibling, step-sibling, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, step-grandchild, stepparent, or motherperson for whom the employee is the in loco parentis for the amount of time as the employee’s absence may be necessary and on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for his/her own illness, injury or physical disability. For purposes of this section the term “child” includes a step-in-lawchild, biological, adopted or xxxxxx child. 31.3 Accrued 7.1.7 Sick leave allowed shall be deducted from the accrued sick leave days earned by the employee. 7.1.8 Sick leave pay shall be approved only upon submission using Employee Access. 7.1.9 A total of sick leave pay and payments paid in lieu of wages allowed under other sections of this agreement where the employee pays all or a part of the contribution or premium shall not to exceed three (3) working the normal total daily wage for the employee. Sick leave days may be divided into one (1) hour units to approximate the total daily wage. 7.1.10 Calculation of the number of hours sick leave will be granted for an employee shall be based upon the average number of hours worked by an employee during the period of four (4) consecutive weeks beginning with the first day of the second week of the school year. A schedule will then be published which will govern the payment of sick leave for the balance of the school year. This shall be amended in circumstances where an alleged job-related the case of changes in classifications involving more hours. In the event of a temporary illness or injury absence in the building causing a temporary increase in hours, the change due to the temporary illness or absence will be disregarded. 7.1.11 In the event that an employee is involvedgiven a leave of absence without pay because a kitchen has been closed down on a temporary basis, but i.e. split shifts or other similar situations, the employee fails to provide medical verification shall retain the accumulation of such job-related illness or injurysick leave while on the leave of absence. 31.4 Accrued 7.1.12 Sick leave pay shall be based on basic hourly rates of pay. 7.1.13 In the event of a change in assigned hours, accumulated sick leave also may hours shall be used in accordance retained as recorded prior to the change of hours. 7.1.14 Employees eligible for full retirement, as defined by the Public Employee Retirement Act (PERA) or who have attained twenty years of service with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 District and are at least age sixty (60) and who resign or retire effective on or before June 30, 2017 shall receive seventy five per cent (75%) of their accrued sick leave to be deposited into the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Dateemployee’s Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) Health Savings Account. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution 7.1.15 Employees may, upon request donate sick leave to any employee in the Union’s bargaining units of the City CouncilSecretarial, paid Custodian, or Food Service. The procedure for requesting and donating sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating as in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.Appendix A-14

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Master Contract

Sick Leave. A. An employee who is unable to perform their duty because of personal illness, adoption of a child, pregnancy, illness or death of father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, child, other close relatives or members of employee’s household, shall be granted sick leave. In addition, the father, or domestic partner, may use sick leave for the birth of their child. For absences of three (3) consecutive workdays or more, or absences as to which sick leave abuse is suspected, the district may require a statement by a physician verifying the illness, and/or certifying the employee’s ability to return to work. B. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number earn one (1) day of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave for each month of employment which shall be credited to the employee at the end of that month, and which shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationused prior to the time that it is earned and credited. However, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, earn no more than one (1) day of his or her intent to take such paid sick leave due times the number of months of employment. Employees shall earn paid sick leave for employment in the summer school program as provided in Florida Statutes. Paid sick leave shall be cumulative from year to year. In no case shall an employee be allowed to use unpaid sick leave until all earned sick leave is depleted. C. Any employee whose personal illness extends beyond the period covered by accumulated sick leave pay should request a personal leave of absence. Unpaid sick leave shall be permitted for a maximum of thirty (30) cumulative workdays per fiscal year. Any unpaid leave provided under FMLA shall count toward this thirty (30) day limit. Leave beyond this period should be a Board approved Leave of Absence. If the employee is unable to or family illness prior unwilling to complete the request for such Leave of Absence, the Employee Services Department may initiate the leave for up to the commencement remainder of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee's contract year. 31.8 An D. Xxxx leave earned in another governmental agency covered by the Florida Retirement System by a non- instructional employee may be required transferred to furnish substantiation for any absence for which Volusia County at the request of the individual. Such leave is credited to the individual's leave account at the same rate sick leave payment is requestedearned for each year of Volusia service. 31.9 Any eligible part-time E. Upon written request, which must be submitted within five (5) days after the end of the employee’s work year, an employee shall be entitled to paid receive an annual payment for accumulated sick leave only that is earned for those days that year and that is unused at the end of the employee’s work year according to the following schedule. 1. During the first three (3) years of service in Volusia County, the hourly rate of pay multiplied by sixty-five percent (65%), times the number of eligible hours of sick leave. 2. During the employee is fourth through sixth (4-6) years of service in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to workVolusia County, notwithstanding the designationhourly rate of pay multiplied by seventy percent (70%), scheduling times the number of eligible hours of sick leave. 3. During the seventh through ninth (7-9) years of service in Volusia County, the hourly rate of pay multiplied by seventy-five (75%), times the number of eligible hours of sick leave. 4. During the tenth and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30beyond years of service in Volusia County, the hourly rate of pay multiplied by eighty percent (80%), times the number of eligible hours of sick leave.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each Section 1: Employees shall accrue sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours per month if full-time, and a proportionate amount if permanent part-time, to a maximum of 960 hours. Section 2: Employees shall earn a Sick Leave Bonus in the form of Annual Leave (8 hours for full-time employee shall be entitled employees assigned to a five (5) day workweek or 10 hours for full-time employees assigned to a four (4) day workweek, 4 hours for permanent part-time) credited to his/her Annual Leave balance for each thirteen pay periods in which no sick leave with pay in accordance is used. The period begins with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue last instance of sick leave. Use of Annual Leave earned in an amount equal this manner is subject to the number same Annual Leave provisions contained in Article 20 of hours workedthis Agreement. Section 3: When permanent employees resign or are laid off from the County service, excluding overtimethey will be paid twenty-five percent (25%) of their accumulated sick leave as of the effective date of such action. Employees who separate from County service by retirement under the Florida Retirement System, multiplied by a factor or death will be paid fifty percent (50%) of 0.04616. Paid their accumulated sick leave for holidaysas of the effective date of their separation. Section 4: Sick Leave is defined as approved absence from work due to personal illness, vacationmedical, dental or optical appointments necessarily arranged during work hours, pregnancy, injury, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work because of exposure to a contagious disease which would endanger others (as determined by County Physician and the employee's personal physician, if submitted). In the event, the County physician and the individual's personal physician disagree as to the seriousness of the contagious disease, the County Physician will consult with the employee's 1. A doctor's excuse may be required after the employee has taken three (3) consecutive sick days, and shall be required after five (5) consecutive sick days. 2. After five (5) occurrences in any continuing twelve (12) month period (an occurrence means a separate incident of at least one full workday in duration), the employee shall present a doctor's excuse for the next occurrence and the employee must be informed of this requirement by written memo after the fifth occurrence. The following reasons:example is provided to assist in calculating occurrences in a continuing twelve (12) month period. Occurrence #1 Tues. & Wed., May 4 and May 5, 1982 16 hours Occurrence #2 Wed., June 16, 1982 8 hours Occurrence #3 Mon. & Tues., August 9 and 10, 1982 16 hours Occurrence #4 Fri., October 29, 1982 8 hours Occurrence #5 Thurs., December 4, 1982 8 hours Employee informed that next occurrence before May 4, 1983 would require a doctor's note. In the above example, occurrence #1 of May 4 and 5, 1982, would "burnoff" (no longer be counted) after twelve (12) months, May 4, 1983; the first of the next five occurrences would then be calculated with June 16, 1982, becoming occurrence #1. 31.2.1 3. If the supervisor suspects abuse of sick leave because of unusual circumstances or a developing pattern, i.e., Fridays/Mondays, before/after a holiday, employee denied annual leave and subsequently claims illness, etc., the supervisor may inform the employee when he/she calls in "sick" that a doctor's excuse will be required in order for the supervisor to "approve" the use of sick leave. 4. If the supervisor has reason to question the doctor's excuse, employee may be required to be examined by a County Physician. If required, the exam will be scheduled within five (5) working days or the employee will suffer no loss in pay (or usage of sick or annual leave) until the employee returns to work. 5. Failure to provide the doctor's excuse as required above will constitute an "offense", and the employee will be disciplined in the following manner. 1st offense - written reprimand (Form 102-111 Employee Notice) and denial of sick leave. The absence is processed as Leave Without Pay. 2nd offense - three (3) days suspension (Form 102-111 Employee Notice) and denial of sick leave. The absence is processed as Leave Without Pay. 3rd offense – termination 6. If it is established that an employee has taken sick leave under false pretenses, the time off shall be processed as Leave without Pay. The employee may also be subject to disciplinary action. 7. To receive leave, the employee shall notify his or her immediate supervisor or department, division, or office director prior to or within one hour after time in which employee normally begins work. Except in unusual circumstances, which shall require approval by the department director, failure to notify the supervisor or department, division, or office director as required will result in the denial of sick leave. An employee in a department, division, or office operating on a twenty-four hour basis must notify his or her department, division, or office director within ninety (90) minutes prior to the beginning of his or her shift. These provisions may be waived by the appointing authority if the employee submits evidence that it was impossible to give such notification. Sick leave may not be granted for a period in excess of the amount of leave the employee has accumulated. In the case of an extended illness when an employee has exhausted his/her sick leave, annual leave must be used until it is absent from work exhausted and/or in accordance with Article 30. The employee may then be placed on account leave of absence without pay. Section 5: Employees covered by this Agreement may participate in the County's Donated Leave Programs subject to the same guidelines and eligibility requirements as non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthrepresented employees. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account Section 6: Except where amended in this Agreement, the sick leave provisions of routine medical or dental appointments Chapter 14 of the employee or any Administrative Code shall apply to bargaining unit employees. Section 7: Employees whose sick leave accrual balance exceeds 500 hours as of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which end of the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury first pay period in November of a child/stepchild for which given year are eligible to participate in the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) Sick Leave Conversion Plan. Only those hours beyond 500 total hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent are eligible for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 conversion. Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.considered

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to ‌ The local sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick benefit provides ten (10) days sick leave shall accrue in per year for regular ten-month teachers, eleven (11) sick leave days for those teachers employed on an amount equal eleven-month contract, and twelve (12) sick leave days for those teachers employed on a twelve-month contract cumulative to one-hundred-twenty days (120) days. When sick leave allowance is exhausted deductions equivalent to the number cost of hours workeda substitute teacher will be made from the teacher's salary for a period not to exceed 20 teaching days, excluding overtime, multiplied by whether or not a factor of 0.04616substitute is hired. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid Xxxx leave shall be considered interpreted as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or those absences caused by illness, accidental injury, including absences of female employees related to or pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee teacher; or any of illness, accidental injury or death in the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleteacher's immediate family-- husband, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherwife, daughter, son, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, fatheror grandchildren and grandparents and corresponding relatives by affinity. Absence for doctor's and/or dental or other medical specialist’s appointments and health examinations for teacher and/or minor dependent children will be charged to sick leave. (2016-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued 2017) When teachers are first employed by this district accumulated sick leave may be transferred into this district from another school not to exceed three (3) working 60 days. Transferred days may shall be granted used first in circumstances where an alleged jobcase of illness and payment for un-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued used sick leave also may upon retirement shall be used only for those days accumulated in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of receiving district. For those teachers who join the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilschool system sometime after school starts, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation that year will be determined by the ratio of the number of days left in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior school term to the commencement total number of days in the sick leave where such notice is possible; providedschool term multiplied by 10, however, that rounded up to the City Attorney may waive the requirement nearest half-day (number of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An days left X 10/180 days). Any employee may be required to furnish substantiation submit appropriate evidence concerning the cause of absence in order to qualify for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 benefits. Appropriate evidence will include any of the following at the direction of the Principal and/or Superintendent. A physician's statement. The employee's statement approved by the principal. Copies of claims submitted for insurance benefits. Such other information as may be indicated by the circumstances. Appropriate evidence will be submitted when requested by the principal or superintendent. Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid who abuses the sick leave only policy is subject to disciplinary action. Sick leave records will be maintained in the central office. Upon resigning from the Oologah School System and after ten years of continuous service in the district, the Board shall reimburse each teacher $20 per day for those each day of unused sick leave over 60 days and number not to exceed 20 days. (amended 1993-94) Upon full retirement from the teaching profession the Board shall reimburse each teacher $30.00 per day not to exceed 100 days for each day of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned unused sick leave. (amended 2004- 2005) If teachers are able to work or would have been required to workverify 120 days of unused sick leave, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.these days will count toward one

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Negotiations Procedural Agreement

Sick Leave. Each 27.01 Regular full-time employees will receive sick leave credits at the rate of one-and-one-half (1½) days every two (2) months up to a maximum of forty (40) days. Regular employees will receive sick leave credits for every two (2) months of paid service prorated by the hours worked to a maximum of forty (40) prorated days. Xxxx leave will be earned and paid at the current rate of pay. 27.02 Unused sick leave credits will accumulate to a maximum of forty (40) working days. Sick days not used in one calendar year will be carried forward to the next year. Used sick days will be added back to the bank at the rate of one (1) day every two (2) 27.03 In order to be entitled to pay for sick leave, employees must report their absence to the Employer, complete the appropriate form, and have it authorized by their immediate supervisor. The Employer in its sole discretion may request satisfactory proof of illness. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the absence being treated as leave without pay. Any abuse of sick leave benefits is cause for discipline, up to and including discharge. 27.04 When an employee is on Employer paid sick leave, all benefits contained in this Agreement will continue to accrue. 27.05 Regular employees transferring to casual status are no longer entitled to sick leave benefits and will lose their banked sick leave credits. Upon termination sick leave credits have no further value. (a) A full-time employee shall be entitled to may claim sick leave with pay from the Employer in accordance with the following provisionsEmployment Standards Act. Such employee may do so before having accumulated sick pay under the Collective Agreement in the quantum prescribed under the Employment Standards Act. (b) A part-time employee may claim sick pay from the Employer in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. Such employee may do so before having accumulated sick pay under the Collective Agreement in the quantum prescribed under the Employment Standards Act. (c) Casual employees shall be eligible for sick leave in accordance with the Employment Standards Act and Regulation administration. (d) For Employment Standards Act and Regulation administration purposes, after 90 consecutive days of employment with an Employer, an employee, for personal illness or injury, is entitled, in each calendar year, to: 31.1 Sick a) Paid leave shall accrue in an amount equal for up to the number of hours workeddays prescribed under the Employment Standards Act, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid and b) Unpaid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes up to the number of this sectiondays prescribed under the Employment Standards Act. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 (e) The employee is absent from work on account prescribed level of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall days within the Employment Standards Act and Regulation does not be allowed for any absence carry over from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianyear to year. 31.6 If approved by (f) Employees may also reference the City, an employee who is enrolled Employment Standards Act and participating Regulation for additional information in a substance abuse treatment program may use regard to statutory sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationprovisions. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Employees shall accrue annual sick leave at the rate of 15 days multiplied by the number of contracted hours per day as noted on employment agreement per year. (Example: 15 days x 7.25 hours = 108.75 hours). Such leave not used in the year of service shall be entitled accumulated for use in subsequent years up to sick leave with pay in accordance with a total accumulation of the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to equivalent of 110 times the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by the employee is contracted to work in a factor of 0.04616day plus the hours advanced in the current school year. Paid leave Absence for holidays, vacationthe employee’s own illness, disability, quarantine or other paid leave disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, child birth and recovery therefrom, shall be considered charged against sick leave, as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized well as sickness in the immediate family and/or household if the employee is required so desires. Essential treatments, examinations for diagnostic purposes, and other absences definitely related to an employee’s health shall be absent from work for allowed as sick leave when such treatment or examinations must be made during the following reasons: 31.2.1 The school time. If an employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments for a period in excess of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or and if they are a member of the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior Sick Leave Bank they may apply to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; providedSick Leave Bank, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 for any additional salary consideration. An employee may be required to furnish substantiation satisfactory medical proof of illness or disability to the Sick Bank. An employee whose illness may reasonably be expected to extend for any 15 days or longer must notify Human Resources as soon as the estimated duration of the absence is reasonably known. Eligible employees will be given the required paperwork for which FMLA. Sick leave will be taken by the ¼ hour. Notwithstanding the reference to unpaid leave in Section 9.5, an employee may use up to eight (8) weeks of accumulated sick leave payment is requestedfor the purpose of caring for a newly adopted child. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment & Human Resources

Sick Leave. Each fullBANK - The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank (Bank) is to provide additional paid leave for full or part-time employee teachers who have exhausted their accrued sick leave benefits as the result of a catastrophic illness or injury. The Bank serves as a depository into which participating teachers may voluntarily contribute days for allocation to other participating teachers. The purpose of the Bank is not to provide unlimited paid sick leave for any medical reason but to alleviate the hardship caused when teachers lose compensation as the result of a catastrophic illness or injury. The Bank is established through the voluntary contribution of one (1) sick leave day each school year. Contributing these days establishes membership in the Bank and eligibility for withdrawal. A contribution form must be completed no later than September 1 each year to qualify for withdrawal within that same school year. Eligibility is discontinued upon termination (voluntary or involuntary) of employment or death. No payment of benefits will be made to terminated teachers or beneficiaries. Administration of the Bank 1. The bank will be administered by a committee (Committee) agreed upon by XXX and the Superintendent and comprised of the Business/HR Manager, an additional representative from Administration, one School Board Member and two HEA members. Each representative shall name an alternate. *Please note all information regarding sick bank requests will be shared with the sick bank committee, including medical information. 2. The HR Department will be responsible for convening the Committee, coordinating donations, processing requests, and maintaining appropriate related records. 3. Requests for use of the Bank will be reviewed by the Committee. The Committee will prepare a written notification to the requesting teacher approving or denying the application. 4. The Committee may not grant Bank days if the Bank does not have available days. 5. An application shall be entitled denied if it is incomplete, lacks supporting statements from a licensed health care provider, or if the teacher fails to sick leave with pay provide any requested documentation. If denied, an application may be resubmitted. 6. The Bank will be administered in accordance with the following provisions:Americans with Disabilities Act and Family and Medical Leave Act requirements. Withdrawals from the Bank 31.1 Sick 1. A contributing teacher must complete an application for Bank days and submit it to Human Resources no later than five (5) working days after all available sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied is exhausted. 2. Applications must be accompanied by a factor statement from a licensed health care provider that includes the beginning date of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidaysthe condition, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes a description of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthand prognosis for recovery. Required paperwork under FMLA would suffice if also requested. 31.2.2 3. The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments Committee will render a written decision to the teacher within five (5) working days of the employee request. In determining catastrophic illness or any of injury, the following persons who need assistancedefinition will be used: A severe medical condition which requires a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employeeteacher’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent absence from work for a prolonged period of time and which results in a substantial loss of income because of the care related exhaustion of all earned sick leave. A qualifying illness of injury might include, but is not limited to the cancer, major non- elective surgery, serious accident, heart attack, or complications of pregnancy. In order to be defined as catastrophic, an illness or injury must be seriously incapacitation, of extended duration, and require the services of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerlicensed health care provider. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours 4. The amount of accrued sick leave per calendar year granted for each request will be determined by the Committee but cannot exceed a maximum of twenty (20) working days. No teacher may receive more than twenty (20) Bank days in a twelve- month period. 5. Any Bank leave granted may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent used only for the care related purpose requested on the application. Any unused portion will be returned to the Bank. 6. Bank leave may be used only for personal injury or illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildteacher, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawnot family members. 31.3 Accrued sick 7. Use of the Bank leave not is considered under the provisions of the FMLA for a serious health condition of oneself and any use is included in the twelve (12) weeks of leave provided under this Act, if applicable. Appeal Procedure- In the event that a teacher is denied benefits from the Bank, he/she may submit a written appeal to exceed three the Superintendent within ten (310) working days may of receiving the denial. A written response shall be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but issued within ten (10) working days from the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 date of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Dateappeal. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Negotiated Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 1. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal is hereby defined to mean the number absence from the administrator’s post of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor duty because of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required personal disabilities due to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work because he or she has been excluded by the School District’s medical authorities on account of routine medical a contagious disease or dental appointments of being quarantined for such a disease in his or her immediate household. 2. Administrators shall be allowed twelve (12) days sick leave per school year. 3. If an employee does not use the employee twelve (12) days sick leave in any one school year, he or any of she shall be allowed to accumulate the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for entire unused portion without limit. 4. Accumulated sick leave shall be reckoned from the date on which the employee was first employed by the school board. If an employee leaves and is legally responsiblere-employed by the Board, his or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerher accumulated sick leave shall be restored. 31.2.3 The employee is 5. All administrators absent from work for due to illness shall be required to fill out a form furnished by the care related to Board of Education stating the nature of his or her illness or injury injury. The Board of Education may, at its discretion, require an administrator to furnish corroboration satisfactory to it, including a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours physician’s certificate of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick 6. Sick leave also time may not be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Datefor any purpose other than personal illness. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid 7. During each school year (July 1 through June 30) one sick leave day shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationeach full month of employment, or use for administrators commencing employment after the opening of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianschool. 31.6 If approved by 8. Where an administrator can anticipate the Cityoccurrence of a specific future disabling event, an employee who such as surgery or pregnancy, he or she shall notify the Superintendent as soon as he or she is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programaware of the pending condition. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee administrator shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on specify in writing his or her behalf best estimate of the dates of commencement and termination of disability. At the time of notification, the administrator shall submit a physician’s certificate attesting to the disabling condition and specifying the physician’s best estimate of the dates of the commencement and termination of the disability. 9. Request for sick leave relating to an anticipated disability shall include dates of onset and return from sick leave. 10. The administrator who anticipates and notifies the Superintendent of a specific disabling event shall become entitled to applicable sick leave benefits. The Board may require certification of such disability. 11. The Board may require that an administrator anticipating a disabling event be placed on sick leave if the administrator’s physical condition results in unsatisfactory performance of assigned duties, and/or the continued performance of those duties impair the administrator’s health. Such incapacity must be established by agreement of the Board’s physician and the administrator’s physician that the administrator cannot continue working. However, if there is a difference of medical opinion between the Board’s physician and the administrator’s physician, a third impartial physician shall examine the administrator and such impartial physician’s medical opinion shall be conclusive and binding on the issue of medical capacity to continue working. 12. In exceptional cases and in the sole discretion of the Board of Education, an administrator who is ill or disabled for a greater number of days than the total number of sick leave days that he or she has accumulated may be paid the difference between his or her immediate superior or salary and the City Attorneypay of a substitute. When granted in an individual case, of his or her intent to take such this additional sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to with pay shall start the commencement day following the last day of the accumulated sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeleave. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each All full-time employee bargaining unit members shall accumulate sick leave credit at the rate of one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month under contract (including the summer months). Xxxx leave credit may not be accumulated during an unpaid leave of absence. Xxxx leave accumulated prior to an unpaid leave of absence shall be entitled to credited upon return from said leave. Each new bargaining unit member or any bargaining unit member who has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked advanced ten (10) days of sick leave. If any of these ten (10) days of sick leave are used, they shall be deducted from the sick leave accumulated during that year of employment, or if necessary, from the following employment year. If a bargaining unit member’s employment ends using advanced sick leave and not earning the same, he/she will have the per diem amount deducted for said unearned sick leave from the last salary check issued by the Board's Treasurer. Substitute teachers who become part of the bargaining unit through greater than sixty (60) consecutive days of service in the same teaching assignment shall be granted sick leave for the first full calendar month after they become part of the bargaining unit. Along with each payroll check, each bargaining unit member will be issued a statement of his/her number of days accumulated sick leave from the Board's Treasurer. Unused sick leave shall have an unlimited accumulation. Sick leave may be used for any absence of the bargaining unit member due to personal Illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others, and for absence due to illness, injury or death in the bargaining unit member's immediate family. For purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account Agreement, immediate family includes parent, grandparent, son, daughter, minor child of non-job related illness xxxxxx parent or injury, including absences minor xxxx of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildguardian, brother, sister, father-or in-lawlaws bearing any of these relationships, aunts, uncles, spouse or motherany individual who is a member of the bargaining unit member’s immediate household. In the event of extended illness or disability, application for a non-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick paid leave not to exceed three (3) working days of absence may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved made by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior affected bargaining unit member to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; providedBoard in keeping with Article V, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeSection F below. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Master Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full1. All employees shall accrue sick leave in accordance with ORS 332.507. Full-time employees shall accrue one day per month worked each school year and employees who serve for a fraction of the fiscal year and/or a fraction of the regular workday shall accrue sick leave benefits on a pro-rata basis. Each employee shall be entitled to furnished with sick leave with pay balances on their paycheck each month. Unused sick leave shall accumulate to an unlimited total. 2. The District shall allow new employees to transfer up to 75 days of unused sick leave from the Oregon school district where they were employed, as provided by ORS 332.507 (4). Upon an employee’s retirement from PERS, the District shall transfer all of their unused accumulated sick leave to PERS according to ORS 332.507 (5). 3. Employees who regularly work a less than five (5) days a week schedule will accrue sick leave hours according to the formula below: Number of Sick Leave Hours Earned Each Month = Total hours scheduled to work in accordance with year divided by total scheduled days worked in a year. 4. An employee shall not consider sick leave as a right which allows absence at any time for other than the following provisions:reasons set forth in this Article and/or statute. Certification of a medical service provider(s) that an illness or injury prevents an employee from carrying out his/her duties shall not usually be required unless the employee is absent in excess of five consecutive days. 31.1 5. Sick leave balances shall be reported to the Public Employees Retirement System upon separation from the district. 6. Sick leave shall accrue in be utilized for medical, dental, and optical appointments on an amount equal hour- for-hour basis. Up to the number ten days per year of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if used to care for an ill family member. The district reserves the employee right to ask for documentation or evidence of illness when such leave is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthused. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account 7. For the purpose of routine medical this Article, “family member” shall be defined to include the employees spouse, domestic partner, parents; the biological, adoptive or dental appointments of the employee xxxxxx children, sibling or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, fathersibling-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren or mother-in-lawspouse's immediate family. Other persons shall be considered as members of the immediate family, provided they are living in the home of the employee or are dependent upon the employee for support, or may be considered as members of the immediate family if they have maintained a familial relationship with the employee at any time in the past. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not 8. When an employee is absent due to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but pursuant to ORS 656 (Workers Compensation) the employee fails may choose to provide medical verification utilize any accrued paid time for the purpose of such job-related illness or injurysupplementing the difference between any Workers Compensation Insurance received and the employee’s regular salary. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Employees in the bargaining unit will earn paid Sick Leave at the rate of fifteen (15) workdays per year. Said Sick Leave is available for use only to the extent earned. Earned Sick Leave shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 cumulative from year-to-year without limit. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave Leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The granted only when an employee is absent from work on account due to: (A) Illness, injury or disability of the employee, pregnancy and childbirth, a pre-scheduled medical appointment; a medical emergency, or treatment for the employee with an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider. Employees will attempt to schedule appointments during non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthwork hours. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical (B) Illness or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or injury in the employee’s immediate family and medical appointments, examinations or treatments for the immediate family member with an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider. Employees will attempt to schedule appointments during non-work hours. (C) Immediate family as used in this Section shall include a spouse, biological, adopted, step child, xxxxxx child, grandchild, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, or mother’s current spouse, father’s current spouse, sister, grandparent, brother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law, or legal dependent of the employee irrespective of residence, or for any relative who permanently resides in the employee’s household for whom the employee has an obligation to provide care. The University may require an employee to provide certification by a medical provider to authenticate the need for the employee to care for the ill family member. 31.3 Accrued sick (D) Continuous use of earned leave not including Sick, Annual, Personal, Advanced Sick Leave, Extended Sick Leave, leave granted through the Leave Reserve Fund, or unpaid Family and Medical Leave shall be granted to exceed three an employee as needed for personal illness. (3E) working days An employee who becomes ill, injured, or suffers a disability while on vacation, may request that his/her leave be charged to Xxxx Leave. The University may require an employee to provide certification of illness or injury by a medical provider when the employee requests a change of leave. (F) Advanced Sick Leave may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in sustained a substance abuse treatment program may use sick temporary, recoverable illness, injury, or serious disability. Approval of this leave requires that all other types of accrued leave have been exhausted. Requests for absences resulting from participation in such programAdvanced Sick Leave shall not unreasonably be denied. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for provide periodic evidence of continued disability. Advanced Sick Leave may be granted at the rate of fifteen (15) working days per year of service to a maximum of sixty (60) working days in any absence one calendar year. Use of Advanced Sick Leave constitutes a debt for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours enforceable upon the employee is in fact regularly assigned employee’s return to work or would have been required upon the employee’s separation from employment, whichever is earlier. Upon return to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling minimum rate of payback for advanced Sick Leave shall be at one-half the rate that Sick Leave and indefinite assignment made pursuant Annual Leave is earned. An employee may elect to pay back Advanced Sick Leave by applying any earned leave or reimbursing the University with cash. Additional requests for Advanced Sick Leave will not be granted until all previously granted Advanced Sick Leave has been repaid. The only exception to this Article provision is in cases where the maximum amount of Advanced Sick Leave had not been requested originally and additional Advanced Sick Leave, consecutive to that already granted, is needed to cover the employee’s continued absence arising from the original illness, injury, or disability. (G) Extended Sick Leave may be granted, subject to Management approval on the basis of verification of medical need by an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider to an employee who sustained a temporary, recoverable, illness, injury, or serious disability. Approval of this leave requires the employee to have 1) completed at least five (5) years of USM or State service, 2) exhausted all other types of accrued leave, and 3) a satisfactory record of Sick Leave usage and work performance. The maximum available cumulative total of Extended Sick Leave is twelve (12) work months. Annual, Sick, and Holiday Leave earned, and Personal Leave credited while on Extended Sick Leave shall be applied as earned/credited. The employee may be required to provide periodic evidence of continued disability. (H) Up to maximum of thirty (30) days of accrued Sick Leave may be used to care for a child immediately following the birth of a child or placement of the child with the employee for adoption. In the case of an adopted child, Xxxx Leave is only available in connection with a documented formal adoption. In the event that both parents are UMCP employees, Xxxx Leave as provided for in this Section, is available to only one parent. When possible, employees are expected to provide advance notice of time taken under this Section to their immediate supervisor.

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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding

Sick Leave. Each Section 1. Sick leave accrual is provided as a form of insurance to minimize loss of compensation to eligible employees due solely to reasons specified below. Section 2. One (1) day of sick leave credit shall be granted for each month in which an eligible full-time employee is in pay status for fifteen (15) or more calendar days. Sick leave credit for eligible part-time employees shall be entitled pro rated. Section 3. Eligible employees may elect to receive monetary compensation for accrued sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisionsas follows: 31.1 Sick Section 4. An eligible employee who separates for any reason other than retirement or death shall not be paid for their accrued sick leave. Section 5. Former eligible employees who are re-employed within three (3) years of their separation from service shall be granted all unused sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal credits, if any, to which they were entitled at time of separation for the number purpose of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid using sick leave for holidaysthe reasons prescribed below. Upon any subsequent retirement or death of a re-employed employee, vacation, disability, or other paid only unused sick leave accrued since the original separation minus that taken within the same period may be compensated per the conversion provisions above. Section 6. Accumulated sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the granted when an eligible employee is required to be absent from work for any of the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness A. Personal physical or injurymental illness, including absences of female employees related injury or health condition to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or accommodate the employee’s mother/stepmotherneed for medical diagnosis, father/stepfathercare, spouse or Domestic Partnertreatment of a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition, or an employee’s need for preventative medical care. 31.2.3 The B. To allow the employee is absent from work to provide care for a family member with a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition, care of a family member who needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury or health condition, or care for a family member who needs preventive medical care; C. When the employee’s place of business has been closed by order of a public official for any health-related reason, or when an employee’s child’s school or place of care has been closed for such reason; D. For absences that qualify for leave under the state’s Domestic Violence Leave Act (DVLA) Section 7. When an eligible employee becomes ill or disabled while on vacation leave, the employee shall be granted accrued sick leave as provided above for the care related condition (in lieu of the approved vacation leave) provided that the employee requests such sick leave within one (1) day after return to work and submits a physician's statement affirming the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerdisability. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick Section 8. Sick leave per calendar year may shall be utilized if reported at the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury beginning of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used absence and in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 Department of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective DatePrinting procedure. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution Section 9. An employee shall file an application for Worker's Compensation in accordance with State law for a period of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, due to injury or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianoccupational disease resulting from University employment. 31.6 If approved Section 10. An employee may voluntarily donate eligible sick leave to another employee under the University Shared Leave Program. Upon notification by the Citypersonnel office that the donated leave is approved, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that hours will be deducted from the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which donor's current sick leave payment is requestedbalance. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Sick Leave. 15.1.1 Each full-time employee faculty member shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days sick leave each year in addition to any sick leave which has been accumulated. This sick leave shall be earned at the rate of one and one-half (1½) days each calendar month and shall accumulate, unlimited, from year to year. 15.1.2 For new teachers in the service of the Blue Hills Regional School District, sick leave will be available after the first day of service. 15.1.3 To be eligible for a day of sick leave, the teacher will be required to call the Superintendent-Director or designee not later than 7:00 a.m. on the day he or she intends to request such leave. A teacher not fulfilling this requirement will not be granted a day of sick leave except in an emergency only, such emergency to be determined by the Superintendent-Director. After five (5) consecutive school days of absence, a teacher may be required to submit medical documentation by the Superintendent-Director or his/her designee. If requested, the medical documentation must be provided within one (1) week of return to work. In cases of suspected abuse of sick leave, the Superintendent-Director is empowered to investigate the legitimacy of the situation. The term "sick leave abuse" is not intended to apply in cases where members of the bargaining unit utilize sick leave for legitimate illness or injury. When the Superintendent-Director suspects sick leave abuse, the Superintendent-Director may require that supporting medical documentation be provided. If requested, the medical documentation must be provided within ten (10) calendar days. For extended sick leave absences of ten (10) consecutive school days or more, the Superintendent-Director reserves the right to require a medical certification of fitness to return to work prior to an employee’s return to work. Failure to provide such documentation may result in the denial of a request to return to work. 15.1.4 A limited sick leave bank may be established and administered by the Association. The purpose of this bank is to provide sick leave to those instructors who have used all of their accrued sick leave. Membership in the bank will require the transfer of one sick day per teacher to the bank. Additional days may be assessed when needed on a uniform basis. 15.2.1 A teacher in this Regional School whose duties bring him/her into direct contact with any student threat, shall, if excluded or removed from employment on account of tuberculosis in a communicable form, be carried on sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification entire period of such job-related illness exclusion or injury. 31.4 Accrued removal but in no case for more than two years beyond the maximum accumulative sick leave also leave, and for such further additional period as he/she may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or under the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement regulations of the sick leave where Committee for other school officers. (Chapter 71, Section 55B of the General Laws.) 15.2.2 No teacher so excluded or removed shall return to employment in a school until properly certified by the Department of Public Health or such notice is possible; provided, however, that county or municipal sanatorium on the City Attorney may waive the requirement basis of such notice upon presentation of x-ray or laboratory examinations as free from tuberculosis in a reasonable excuse by such employeecommunicable form. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Section 1: Employees shall be entitled to receive paid sick leave at a rate equal to their regular straight time hourly rate. Sick leave will not be calculated in determining eligibility for overtime pay. Xxxx leave will begin accruing upon hire. All employees shall earn one (1) day sick leave credit per month. Employees may accumulate unused sick leave to a maximum of one-hundred and twenty (120) days. Section 2: Employees who resign or who have been terminated for any reason will not be paid for any accrued, unused sick leave at termination. Employees retiring from the College with fifteen or more years of service will receive reimbursement at one-half pay for each accumulated sick day. Section 3: The College will provide employees with paid time off for certain qualifying sick and safe reasons in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 New York State Paid Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal Leave Law (NYPSL). Employees must follow departmental notification procedures for reporting absences and to designate the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours use of accrued sick leave per calendar year for NYSPSL qualifying reasons. When using sick leave, Le Moyne College may require a doctor’s note or other documentation to the extent permissible by law. Employees will not be required to disclose confidential information in order to use paid sick leave for NYSPSL qualifying reasons. In addition to using sick time, employees who are unable to report for work may be utilized if eligible for New York State Disability Benefits Law (DBL), New York State Paid Family Leave (PFL), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and/or an unpaid medical leave. The provisions in this Collective Bargaining Agreement, including the paid days off in the form of leave, compensation, other employee benefits, are in lieu of and satisfy the provisions of Labor Law Section 196(b)(9) effective January 1, 2021. Section 4: An employee who fraudulently uses sick leave, or who uses sick leave in an improper manner, is required subject to disciplinary action as per Article XII - Disciplinary Action. Warning notices for improper use of sick leave will be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of removed from the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawfile upon the completion of twelve (12) months worked. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to A. Eighteen (18) days sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectioncredited annually to each certified person. Two (2) days shall be earned per month beginning in September and ending in May. 31.2 Accrued B. The total unused portion of annual sick leave may allowance shall be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to fortytwo hundred and eighty-eight (48288) hours days. Any employee who has a balance greater than 288 as of accrued July 1, 2009 will not lose any excess days. However, accumulation will stop and as sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if is used by such employees, the employee balance will decrease until the balance is required to be absent for within the care related 288 maximum allowance. C. Certificated personnel who transfer from another school to the illness or injury Brown Local School District shall be credited with the unused balance of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued their accumulated sick leave not to exceed three the provisions of Section 16.01, paragraph B. It is the responsibility of the certificated person to see that their accumulated sick leave is on file with the Treasurer. D. Notification of accumulated sick leave will be given on HR kiosk. E. All certificated personnel are required by State statute to furnish a statement on forms prescribed by the Board to justify the use of sick leave. If medical attention is required, the employee’s statement shall list the name and address of the attending physician and the dates when he/she was consulted. The prescribed form must be submitted upon the employee’s return to work within 2 days. Failure to do so will delay the issuance of the employee’s paycheck. F. After five (35) working consecutive days of sick leave the employee may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related requested to provide his/her immediate supervisor a written statement from his/her physician confirming the employee’s illness or injury and authorizing the return to work. X. If a pattern/trend of sick leave abuse is involvednoticed, but the employee fails may be requested to provide medical verification of such job-related confirmation from his/her physician confirming the employee’s illness or injuryinjury and authorizing the return to work. 31.4 Accrued H. Annual and accumulated sick leave also may days shall be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect defined below, provided that a certificated person shall not be eligible to use such days while on a special leave. All certificated personnel may use their accumulated sick leave allowance as of the Effective Datefirst day of their employment year even though they have not been able to report for duty on that day. 31.5 Except I. A certificated person may be absent from regular duties without loss of pay for a period not to exceed the total number of accumulated sick leave days. While on an extended leave, the bargaining unit member must notify the superintendent in writing that he/she intends to return to work or resign. The deadline to do so is by March 31 if to return as otherwise provided by resolution originally expected at the beginning of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationnext school year, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness at least 30 days prior to the commencement of originally expected date if the sick leave where such notice return is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of to occur within a reasonable excuse by such employeeschool year. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each 15.1 Permanent, full-time County employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of one (1) working day for each completed month of service; and each permanent part-time employee shall be entitled eligible for sick leave at his regular rate of pay, with the latter on a prorated basis. Example: A permanent part-time employee regularly working four (4) hours per day. Only work time while employee is so classified shall count toward sick leave eligibility and benefits. 15.2 Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week, as well as temporary or seasonal employees, shall not be eligible for sick leave benefits. 15.3 Sick leave with pay will be granted for bona fide personal illness, medical examination, medical treatment, legal quarantine, or in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 case of an injury and for safety leave as defined in MN Statute 181.9413(b). Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave may also be used for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild and for which safety leave in the employee is legally responsibleEmployee's immediate family requiring the Employee's attendance, and shall be for the actual time required. Immediate family member means an individual's spouse, sibling, parent, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, stepparent, grandparent, son or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness daughter, stepson or injury is involvedstepdaughter, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness xxxxxx child or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, grandson or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programgranddaughter. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee Employee may be required to furnish substantiation provide evidence of being physically able to return to his or her duties following sick leave. Abuse of sick leave may be grounds for discipline or discharge. If Employer requires medical certification, the Employer will be responsible for any absence insurance co-pay. When a worker is eligible for which Workers' Compensation, he/she may, at his/her option, be paid his/her regular wage being the amount charged in time against his/her sick leave payment account. When his/her sick leave is requestedexhausted he/she will receive Workers' Compensation payments only. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee 15.4 When sickness occurs within a period of vacation leave the period of illness may, on presentation of a report from a physician, be charged as sick leave and the charge against vacation leave reduced accordingly. 15.5 Sick leave may also be used in case of death in the immediate family or serious illness in the immediate family requiring the employee's attendance and shall be entitled to paid for the actual time required. This time will be charged against the employee's sick leave only account. 15.6 One work day of sick leave shall be granted for those days each calendar month of employment. Additions to, or deductions from, each employee's sick leave account shall be made monthly. These records shall be kept on forms prescribed by the County Administrator and number shall be subject to his/her review. 15.7 The unused balance of hours the employee is allowance for sick leave may be accumulated not in fact regularly assigned excess of one hundred thirty (130) working days. 15.8 Employees claiming sick leave may be required to work or would file competent written evidence that they have been absent as authorized. If employees have been incapacitated during their absence or a major part thereof, they may be required to workprove evidence of again being physically able to perform their duties. Sick leave is a privilege designed for the purpose stated herein. Each employee and Department Head or Officer shall be held accountable for the reasonable, notwithstanding prudent, bonafide use of sick leave privileges. 15.9 If an employee t a k e s time off for sickness or a death in the designationimmediate family, scheduling he/she shall be paid for the time taken off according to his/her hourly wage rate and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30taken from accumulated sick leave.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Labor Agreement

Sick Leave. Section 26.1 Each full-time regular employee shall be entitled to accrue a maximum of fifteen (15) days sick leave with each year. Lead Drivers 1 and 2 will be paid sick time at a maximum of 8 hours. All other Drivers and Attendants will be paid at their actual route time. This formula will be proportionately adjusted for all spares and all other employee based upon average yearly hours in pay status. The spares and other employees shall be paid the adjusted sick leave pay in accordance with the following provisions:pay period affected by the leave. 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid Section 26.2 Unused sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectioncumulative without limitation. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injurySection 26.3 Employees may, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleupon approval, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programabsence due to personal illness, injury or exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others. The City Sick leave may require appropriate verificationalso be used for absence due to illness, injury or family illness. Employees may also use sick time for death of a family member if special privilege leaves are exhausted. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted Section 26.4 Each employee, upon return from sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or is required to submit a written signed statement to justify the City Attorney, use of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeleave. 31.8 Section 26.5 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible who renders service on a part-time employee basis shall be entitled to paid accumulate sick leave only at the same rate as that granted like full-time employment. (A) Each regular employee is eligible to convert one (1) restricted special privilege leave day (as defined in section 27.3 herein) to an unrestricted special privilege leave day (as defined below) for those days and number of hours each time the employee is has perfect attendance for sixty (60) consecutive work days, subpoenaed court appearances, funeral leaves, jury duty, and tardies which do not result in fact regularly assigned loss of pay, will not count in determining perfect attendance under this attendance incentive plan. Employees are responsible for notifying the District (on forms provided by the District) that they may be eligible for an attendance incentive. (B) An unrestricted special privilege leave day may be used by an employee for any reason subject to the following four conditions: (1) The employee must provide the Assistant Depot Manager with notice five (5) work days prior to taking the special privilege leave day; (2) Special privilege leave will not be taken the day before or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.day after a paid holiday; and, (3) Special privilege leave cannot be taken during the first two (2) weeks of school or the last two

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee A . During the first year of employment in Xxxxxxxxx County and during each successive year thereafter, each regular ten month teacher of the Board of Education shall be entitled to ten (10) days sick leave, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative . Eleven-month teachers shall be entitled to eleven (11) days, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative . Twelve-month teachers shall be entitled to twelve (12) days, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative . Use of sick leave with pay in accordance with must be no less than one-half (1/2) day increments . B . Full-time teachers whose sick leave has been exhausted and who have been employed by the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal system for five (5) years or more may request that the Board consider granting ten (10) days beyond their annual allotment (total of twenty (20) days) for one year . Teachers will not be eligible to request and receive this grant more than once within a five (5) year period . Special consideration will be given as to the number of hours workedsuch days allowed for regular teachers who are hired for fractional parts of the year . C . Teachers on leave of absence do not forfeit sick leave . Teachers who resign and return shall have all previous unused sick leave restored . D . The Board shall accept transfer of full, excluding overtimeaccumulated sick leave for professional personnel from any school system in Maryland . E . Requests for sick leave from teachers because of illness in the family shall be construed to mean illness of a member of the immediate household . Immediate household is limited to the same principal permanent residence as the employee requesting the leave . Teachers may request up to five (5) days of sick leave per year for the qualified illness of their parent or child not living in the immediate household . A qualified illness is a documented illness or infirmity that requires inpatient care in a hospital, multiplied hospice, or residential medical care facility . Additionally, the executive director of human services shall authorize upon request and receipt of acceptable documentation the one time use, per eligible family member, by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours teacher of accrued sick leave per calendar year up to thirty (30) days in the event that the teacher’s parent or child living out of the immediate household is diagnosed with a terminal condition . Other sick leave requests for members of the family not living in the immediate household or in excess of that permitted for a parent or child shall be processed as personal leave . F . Teachers who are absent from work four (4) or more consecutive school days may be utilized if requested to submit a doctor’s certificate to the benefits office stating that they were unable to report for work; however, the superintendent may require justification of absence(s) whenever there is reasonable cause to believe an absence(s) is/are not bona fide, or the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawon an action plan regarding unsatisfactory attendance . 31.3 Accrued sick leave not G . Teachers unable to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification perform their duties because of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program pregnancy may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in during such program. The City may require appropriate verificationincapacity . 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Negotiated Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full1. A non-time probationary employee shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with at the flat rate of 4.00 hours per pay in accordance period. There shall be no limit to the amount of sick leave that can be accrued during the time of employment with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionCounty. 31.2 Accrued sick 2. Sick leave may be utilized if requested when it is used for an illness or injury which prevents the employee from performing the duties of his position; when the employee is required to be absent from work needed for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account care of non-job related immediate family member who has an illness or injury; or for preventative medical, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy vision, dental or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of mental health care for the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury members of the employee’s grandchildimmediate family, brotheras defined in Bereavement Leave. The employee’s sick leave shall be reduced by the actual time taken to the nearest 15-minute increment. If the employee has no available sick leave, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawthe employee’s pay will be reduced by the actual time taken off. 31.3 Accrued sick 3. Sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related for sudden illness or injury is involved, but shall be requested by the employee fails to provide medical verification his supervisor as soon as possible. The employee will make every effort to report it no later than one (1) hour after the beginning of such job-related illness or injurythe employee’s work shift. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also 4. The department director or other supervisor may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 require a physician’s certification of the City Policy Manual in effect as existence of a medical condition necessitating the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any employee’s absence from work occasioned after the third consecutive working day. If abuse of leave is reasonably suspected by intoxicationthe department director, the director may request a physician’s certificate at any time. The physician’s certificate may be requested prior to the anticipated absence, during the absence, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianupon the employee’s return to work. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in 5. When a substance abuse treatment program may use pattern of sick leave develops, such as the repeated requests for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City sick leave on the day before and/or the day after the employee’s days off, this may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted considered abuse of sick leave and the department director may deny utilization of sick leave, either provided advanced notice of such pattern has been discussed with the employee, documented with the Human Resources Department, and the Human Resources Department has notified the Union by e- mail of the alleged abuse. The e-mail notice will be provided to xxxxxx@xxxxxx00.xxx. Nothing in this section shall preclude the department director from taking disciplinary action if the pattern continues. 6. When a medical certificate is requested by the department director, the requested information shall not include information that is legally protected under state or without pay, unless he federal law. The note or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due certificate should be limited to a personal or family illness prior to statement from the commencement of employee’s physician indicating the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours date when the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding started treatment and the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30approximate date of return.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee 10.1 Upon the recommendation of a qualified medical practitioner, sick leave for planned treatment outside the Province of Alberta shall be entitled approved by the Employer. The Employer may require that the recommendation come from an employer-approved medical practitioner. 10.2 For the purpose of this section, a teacher who is granted leave of absence by the Employer shall be advised at the time the leave is granted whether or not he or she shall be considered to be continuously employed during such leave of absence. 10.3 Teachers participating in the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plans shall be allowed sick leave as follows. 10.3.1 Annual sick leave, with pay shall be granted to a teacher for the purpose of obtaining necessary medical or dental treatment, or because of accident, sickness or disability, in accordance with the following provisions:schedule: In the first year of service with the Employer, a teacher shall be granted twenty (20) days of sick leave availability on commencement of employment, with no additional earning of sick leave entitlement during the first year of employment. After one year of service with the Employer, a teacher shall have an entitlement of ninety (90) calendar days sick leave available continuously. In the event of recurring absences related to an illness, disability or injury, only ninety (90) days sick leave shall be available for that particular illness, disability or injury. The Employer will accept the insurer's definition of a recurring illness, disability or injury. 31.1 10.4 Sick leave credits shall accrue in an amount equal to the number not accumulate during periods of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacationsickness, disability, or other paid leave injury during the first year of employment. 10.5 Application for extended disability benefits shall be considered made as time worked for purposes soon as there is medical evidence that the absence is of this sectiona long-term nature. The Employer may require that a teacher receiving benefits under the extended disability plan shall participate in a treatment program through the Employee Assistance Plan. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if 10.6 A certificate, acceptable to the employee is required to be absent employer, from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine an attending qualified medical or dental appointments practitioner detailing the general nature of the employee or any affliction and providing an estimate of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild date of return to work may be required by the Employer to support claims for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injurymore days. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with 10.7 For purposes of Clause 10.6, the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 duration of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid a sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence deemed to be from work occasioned by intoxication, or use the last day worked to the day of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianreturn to work. 31.6 If approved by 10.8 Rather than adhere to Clauses 10.6 and 10.7 on a universal basis, the City, an employee Employer agrees to rely on its administrators to identify those staff members who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use be using sick leave for absences resulting from participation privileges in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationan unprofessional manner. 31.7 No employee 10.9 When a teacher leaves the employ of his/her Employer, all accumulated sick leave credits shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeecanceled. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-34.01 All regular Employees qualify for sick leave benefits provided in this article (for probationary Employees see Article 15.04). Sick leave is defined as the period of time employee an Employee is absent from work with full pay as a result of a disabling injury or illness and is seeking appropriate medical treatment. 34.02 An Employee who is unable to report for work due to illness shall inform her/his supervisor at least two (2) hours before the beginning of their shift, where required on a departmental basis unless it is not reasonably possible for the Employee to do so. In any event, as much notice as possible will be given. Employees shall be entitled notified of the required method of providing notification. 34.03 When illness or injury causes absence from work the following shall apply: (a) The Employer may require medical evidence but not normally for periods of less than five (5) consecutive working days. Such medical evidence shall verify the disability or illness, inability to carry out normal duties, and an estimated date of return to work, and failure to provide such evidence may result in disciplinary measures. The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate the Employee in performing their normal duties or in finding alternate related duties in the department if an Employee is unable to perform their own duties due to illness or injury, and such requirement is substantiated by medical certification. (b) If an Employee requests, and with the agreement of the department head of the employing department, medical certification requested to assess a claim for paid sick leave and provided to the Employer, may be forwarded to Personnel Services for assessment. If the department head does not agree, the assessment will be made in consultation with pay Personnel Services. This information will be kept in accordance a secure location and will be handled with utmost confidentiality. Personnel Services will inform the following provisionsemploying department of: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal a) approval or denial of the claim for paid sick leave b) whether further medical information is being sought c) the estimated date of return to work and any subsequent revisions to the number of hours workedreturn date d) the return to work schedule, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionif applicable e) any functional limitations upon the Employee’s return to work. 31.2 Accrued (c) Frequent periods of sick leave may be utilized reviewed in accordance with Article 34.04 (b) to determine if the employee Employee is required medically fit to carry out responsibilities on a full- time basis. (d) Full salary shall be absent from work paid for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of nonfirst one hundred and twenty-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight five (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3125) working days may be granted of sick leave in circumstances where an alleged jobany 12-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injurymonth period. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with (e) Following the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 elimination period under the terms of the City Policy Manual salary continuance program then in effect (125 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, prior to age 65, as of the Effective Datedate of signing of this collective agreement), eligible Employees shall claim any entitlement under the terms of such program. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed 34.04 An applicant for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, employment or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee Employee may be required to furnish substantiation undergo without cost to such Employee, medical examinations by a physician of the Employer's choice in the following instances: (a) prior to employment but following an offer of employment, provided the medical information sought relates to a bona fide occupational requirement for any absence for which sick leave payment is requestedthe position applied for. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled (b) in order to paid sick leave only for those days and number obtain health certificates, where the Employer in its discretion deems it necessary or desirable, including cases of hours repeated absences of less than five (5) days, provided a duplicate copy of the employee physician's report is in fact regularly assigned given to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30Employee.

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Samples: Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullSection 1. Sick leave benefits shall be provided in accordance with M.C.A. 00-00-000. Section 2. As provided by state law, each employee shall earn sick leave credits from the first full pay period of employment at the rate of one (1) working day per month without restriction as to the number of working days which may be accumulated. For calculating sick leave credits, two thousand eighty (2,080) hours shall equal one (1) year. Proportionate sick leave credits shall be earned and credited at the end of each pay period. Section 3. An employee may not accrue sick leave credits during a continuous leave of absence without pay. Employees are not entitled to be paid for sick leave under the provisions of this act until they have been continuously employed for ninety (90) days. Section 4. Regular part-time employee employees will earn sick leave credits on a pro-rated basis and may use accrued sick leave credits provided they have worked the qualifying period. Section 5. Upon termination, employees who have worked the qualifying period shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in be paid an amount equal to one-quarter (¼) of the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616amount attributed to the accumulated sick leave. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid The pay attributed to the accumulated sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if computed on the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury basis of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law's regular rate of pay at the time of termination of employment with the EMPLOYER. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the Section 6. An employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave credits for: A. Illness; B. Injury; C. Medical Disability; D. Maternity-related disability, including pre-natal care, birth, miscarriage, abortion, or other medical care for absences resulting either employee or child; E. Quarantine for contagious disease control, provided certification is obtained from participation in such programthe attending physician; F. Doctor or dental appointments for treatment of employee's illness, injury, or preventive care. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee When possible, the employee's supervisor shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement notified of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible partappointment at least forty-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.eight

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. ‌ 28.1 Each full-time employee shall administrator will be entitled to granted one (1) day of sick leave with pay in accordance with for each month employed each year. The days will be granted at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick beginning of each school year. Unused sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal will accumulate to the number a total of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionone hundred twenty (120) days. 31.2 Accrued sick 28.2 Sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work used for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related personal accidental injury, illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical accidental injury or dental appointments illness of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleadministrator's immediate family. "Immediate family" shall include spouse, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildchildren, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or motherdaughter-in-law, son-in-law, aunts, uncles, grandparents and grandchildren of employee or employee's spouse. Immediate family shall also include a person living in the administrator's home who is part of the family. 31.3 Accrued 28.3 In case of extended illness or disability, after all accumulated sick leave has been exhausted, an administrator absent from his or her duties due to personal injury, illness or pregnancy may request Sick Leave Sharing as outlined in Board Policy. shall receive for ·a period not to exceed three twenty (320) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies full contract salary less the amount: a. Actually paid a certified substitute for his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of position if a certified substitute is hired: or b. Normally paid a certified substitute for his or her intent position if a certified substitute is not hired. 28.4 After this time, an administrator will be placed on leave without pay until the end of the contract period, or until the administrator recovers sufficiently to take such perform regular duties and returns to work. When an administrator is placed on an unpaid leave of absence due to illness, provisions shall be made whereby the administrator can arrange payment for professional organization dues and insurance programs if there is no conflict with the provisions of the insurance policies. 28.5 Upon retirement or leaving the school district, administrators will be paid $20.00 per day for unused sick leave due accumulated while employed at Chickasha Public Schools, if the administrator notifies the district by April May 25th or his/her plan to a personal or family illness prior to leave the commencement of the district. If notification is received after April May 25th, $10.00 per day for unused sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, accumulated while employed at Chickasha Public Schools will be paid to that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeadministrator. (Revised 2023) 28.6 Days earned from another school district will be used first before days earned in Chickasha Public Schools. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Master Contract

Sick Leave. Each Section 10.1 Sick leave shall be defined as an absence with pay necessitated by: (1) illness or injury to the employee; (2) exposure by the employee to contagious disease communicable to other employees; (3) serious illness, pregnancy, injury, or death in the employee’s immediate family where the employee’s presence is reasonably necessary; or (4) medical, dental and optical examinations or treatments of an employee or member of his immediate family where the employee’s presence is necessary; and (5) pregnancy and/or childbirth and other conditions related thereto. If an employee fails to comply with the provisions of this Article, his/her sick leave application shall be denied and he/she shall not be paid for the absence. Any time a doctor is visited and the time away from the workplace exceeds two (2) hours excluding the related 30 minutes when lunch is attached, verification of the visit must be submitted with a sick leave request form before such sick leave request shall be paid. The Employer may question the validity of sick leave requests or usage. New hire probationary employees shall be required to provide written verification of all incidents of sick leave usage during their probationary period. If an employee fails to submit adequate proof of illness or injury or in the event such proof as is submitted or upon the request of medical examination, the Director finds there is not satisfactory evidence of illness or injury sufficient to justify the employee’s absence, such leave may be considered unauthorized leave and shall be without pay. Any investigation of allegations of sick leave abuse must be based on reasonable suspicion. Section 10.2 All full-time employee employees shall be entitled to earn sick leave with at the rate of 4.6 hours for each completed bi-weekly pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick period and may accumulate such sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal without limit. An employee who transfers from another Columbiana County agency to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid CCDJFS shall retain any sick leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionbalance. 31.2 Accrued sick Section 10.3 Sick leave may be utilized if used in segments of not less than one-quarter (1/4) hours. Employees shall not use sick leave to cover tardiness. Sick leave payment may not exceed the normal scheduled workday or workweek. Section 10.4 The Employer, with reasonable cause, may require an employee is required to be furnish a satisfactory written, signed doctor’s statement to justify use of sick leave. An employee who has been absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from three (3) or more consecutive work on account of non-job related days, due to personal illness or injury, including absences of female employees related will be required to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine submit a medical or dental appointments provider statement of the employee illness or injury. Any abuse or patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for disciplinary action. The Employer must investigate any suspected abuse or misuse of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblesick leave, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 prior to issuing disciplinary action. The employee is absent Employer shall not abuse this right. Employees shall report off from work for the care related sick leave purposes in accordance with Department rules when able. If an employee is physically unable to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild report off work, then an employee’s family member may call in for which the employee is legally responsiblein accordance with Department rules. If an employee’s family member calls in for an employee, the employee shall contact his supervisor within a reasonable period thereafter and/or the Employer may contact the employee. Section 10.5 An employee’s immediate family as referred to herein, shall include his spouse, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to fortystep-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildparent, child, stepchild, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or motherdaughter- in-law, son-in-law, grandparents, grandchild, a legal guardian or other person who stands in place of a parent (loco parentis). Aunts and uncles are considered immediate family only when they reside in the home of the employee. Sick leave may be used to transport immediate family members to a medical appointment if the presence of the employee is required for medical reasons, the Department may require a physician’s certificate to the effect that the presence of the employee is necessary to care for the ill person. 31.3 Accrued Section 10.6 Employees hired after March 1, 1999, who retire with ten (10) or more years of service shall be paid for one-fourth (1/4) of their accumulated, unused sick leave not up to exceed 960 hours. The maximum payment will be 240 hours. Employees hired prior to March 1, 1999 who retire with more than twenty (20) years of service receive 100% of 960 hours. Employees who retire with 10-19 years of service receive 75% of up to 960 hours with a maximum payout of 720 hours. Section 10.7 Bereavement Leave Full-time bargaining unit employees shall be granted bereavement leave of three (3) working days may in the event of a death in the immediate family. Such leave shall be granted in circumstances where direct conjunction with either the date of death or the scheduling of services. Definition of immediate family for the purpose of this Section shall be the same as defined in Section 10.5. A two (2) day leave shall be granted in the case of the death of a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Such bereavement leave shall be granted to an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but employee with pay at the employee fails to provide medical verification employee’s regular straight time rate of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued pay and shall not have effect upon the employee’s accumulated sick leave. Additional leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence taken and deducted from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without paynot to exceed two (2) days, unless he or sheif necessary. Section 10.8 When an employee has an insufficient amount of sick leave, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such has exhausted their sick leave balance, due to a personal or family illness an FMLA qualifying condition and has returned to active pay status, they may use accumulated vacation leave for documented sick leave occurrences. Any accumulated sick leave will be used prior to using vacation leave. Appropriate documentation must be received prior to the commencement employee being compensated. Section 10.9 Employees who maintain attendance, excluding vacation, personal leave and compensatory time, of at least 99% or better for a calendar year and having a sick leave balance of at least 160 hours will be given the option of converting up to twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave to vacation leave. Parties agree to meet on or about May 1st to discuss the feasibility of implementing the cash out provisions of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeesection. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time 1. During a probationary period, an employee shall be entitled to credited with one-half day of sick leave with pay in accordance with during each month of employment. This accrued leave time may be used during the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to probationary period if needed. After the number successful completion of hours workedsix (6) months of service, excluding overtimeabsence from work for any reason, multiplied by a factor an employee shall be credited with sick leave provided in the paragraph below, and shall be permitted to accumulate up to one hundred sixty-five (165) working days of 0.04616paid sick leave to be applied toward time off due to illness or injury. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid Such leave shall be considered as time worked reduced by one day or fraction of a day actually taken for purposes of this sectionsick leave purposes. 31.2 Accrued 2. Each employee will be credited with one day of sick leave during each month his total credited sick leave is less than one hundred sixty-five (165) days and during which he is actively at work for at least fifty percent (50%) of the regularly scheduled work days, exclusive of vacations. 3. Employees may in no event accumulate more than one hundred sixty-five (165) working days of sick leave. 4. Sick leave benefits provided by this Agreement may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to used in cases involving the illness or injury of the employee's child or children, spouse, parents, spouse’s grandchildparents, brothergrandparent, sistergrandchildren, fatherand for medical/dental appointments. Sick leave may be utilized in one-in-law, or mother-in-lawquarter (1/4) hour segments. 31.3 Accrued 5. When continuous sick leave not exceeds five (5) days, the Employer may require as a condition of payment a statement from the employee's physician certifying the nature of the illness and the probable period of disability. An employee must notify the department head within 24 hours of his reason for sick leave. When continuous sick leave exceeds thirty (30) calendar days, the Employer may require a physical examination by a physician selected by the Employer in order to exceed three (3) working days may verify a necessity for the leave. Where the Employer selects a physician for the examination of an employee, such examination will be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but paid for by the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryEmployer. 31.4 Accrued 6. Any false representation made by an employee in connection with a claim for sick leave also may benefits shall be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Datedeemed just cause for discipline. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid 7. Accumulated sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned payable at the time of termination of employment, whatever the reason, except in accordance with Paragraph eight (8) of this Article, and/or unless a physician selected by intoxication, the Employer certifies that the termination of the employment was necessitated by illness or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianinjury and then only so long as such illness or injury continues and the employee permits physical examination at reasonable intervals. 31.6 If approved 8. Any employee with fifteen (15) or more years of cumulative service with the Employer and who retires from such employment shall, at the time of retirement, be credited with an amount computed by multiplying his number of accumulated, unused sick leave by his then current daily rate and then multiplying that amount by twenty-five percent (25%), and such amount shall be retained by the CityEmployer and utilized for the purpose of paying the retiree’s health insurance premiums until such time as the monies are exhausted. A retired employee may opt to change from family to individual coverage, an but not from individual to family. Upon exhaustion of the monies provided for herein, the retired employee who is enrolled and participating may elect to continue in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programthe health insurance plan at his own expense. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee implementation of this provision shall in no way diminish the percentage of retiree health insurance premiums currently paid by the Employer. Unused sick accruals cannot be entitled donated to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement bank upon termination of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeemployment. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each Section 14.1 Sick leave is provided for an illness, injury or disability which renders a full-time employee shall be entitled unable to sick leave with pay in accordance with perform the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal duties of his or her position and which normally requires his or her confinement to home. In the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if event the employee is required to leave his or her home during his or her normal work time, he or she shall advise the Department of that fact. Section 14.2 Full-time employees shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of 13 days per year, 1/2 sick day per pay period, cumulative to 200 days. Section 14.3 The Chief of Police, or his or her designee, may require an employee to furnish a physician's report after five consecutive days of absence, or if a pattern of abuse is shown. Section 14.4 Abuse of sick leave shall be absent from work cause for the following reasons:imposition of discipline. 31.2.1 The Section 14.5 Accumulated unused sick leave may be credited towards the computation of service time at retirement on a calendar day basis. This time cannot be used to qualify an employee for benefits under the retirement system. Section 14.6 In the event an employee is absent from unable to work on account of nondue to an on-the-job related injury or illness, such time off shall be charged against an employee's leave bank, if time is available. If the time off due to injury or illness or injuryis eligible for reimbursement from Workers' Compensation, including absences upon the Town's receipt of female employees related the benefit payment, the employee's leave bank will be restored, to pregnancy or childbirththe extent of the partial benefit received from Workers' Compensation. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account Section 14.7 Employees will be allowed to use up to four (4) days of routine medical or dental appointments their accumulated sick leave credits to cover absences due to sick family member. For the purpose of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a this article, “family members” shall be limited to spouse, domestic partner, child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblestepchild, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherparent, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, fatherparent-in-law, or mothergrandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, step-grandchild, and any xxxx/relative living in the employee’s household. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee A. Instructional Assistants hired prior to June 30, 1994, shall be entitled to credited with fifteen (15) days of sick leave with pay in accordance with at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number start of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor each school year. Accumulation of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued limited to two hundred (200) days. Instructional Assistants hired after June 30, 1994, shall earn sick leave may be utilized if at the employee is required rate of one (1) day per month to be absent from work a maximum of ten (10) days per year for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed their first three (3) working years of employment. Effective with the start of the fourth (4th) year of employment the Instructional Assistant shall be credited with fifteen (15) days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may at the start of each school year. Accumulation of sick leave shall be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, limited to two hundred (200) days. An employee on paid sick leave shall who works the extended day schedule will receive pay based on the extended day schedule. 1. A person who is collecting Workers’ Compensation may use accumulated sick leave to make up the difference, if any, between their regular pay and the Workers’ Compensation payments. 2. Employees who are physically unable to return to their original assignment may be asked to return to work in a different open position within the bargaining unit if they are capable of performing the duties of the new assignment and if they are willing to do so. C. Members of the bargaining unit will receive written notification of their accumulated sick leave by September 30th of each school year. D. In cases where the evidence appears to establish a pattern of sick leave abuse, the Superintendent or their designee may require an employee to verify by a doctor's certificate the listing of any absence as a sick day. An employee who fails to submit a medical certificate will not be allowed paid for the absence and for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationsubsequent absences. When an employee is not paid for failure to submit a medical certificate, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianthe Association will be notified. 31.6 If E. After an absence due to illness has exceeded five (5) consecutive school days, the employee shall provide the School Department with a physician's certificate describing the nature of the illness and the anticipated date of the employee's return to work. F. Members of the bargaining unit serving in the Worcester Public School system for a minimum of twenty (20) years inclusive of approved leaves of absence shall, upon termination, except for dismissal for just cause, receive compensation for unused accumulated sick leave at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for the first one hundred sixty-five (165) days and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for any days beyond one hundred sixty-five (165) days, which shall be included in the employee's final paycheck and recorded as part of the annual salary for their final years of service. G. Whenever an Instructional Assistant is absent from their duties as a result of personal injury caused by assault occurring in the Citycourse of their employment, they will be paid their regular H. An employee will be made aware in writing when their total sick days exceed nine (9) days in any school year. The employee and their Association representative will discuss the reason(s) for the absences with the building principal. I. Instructional Assistants may use up to a maximum of ten (10) sick days per year to attend to the illness of a spouse, child or parent. J. No sick leave allowance will be granted to an employee who is enrolled and participating out of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, unless the employee can produce a doctor's note or other suitable documentation that: 1) medical treatment was sought while outside of the Commonwealth; or 2) the travel out of the Commonwealth is required in order to secure necessary medical treatment. Other exceptions to this policy may be requested from the Superintendent, who shall have the discretion to either grant or deny such a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationrequest. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either A. Leaves with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Employment Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee 10.1 Sick leave shall be entitled to sick earned and granted in accordance with the Civil Service Rules. The accrual rate for eligible employees shall be 0.0539 of a working hour for each full hour on the payroll (14 days per year), excluding overtime. 10.2 In the case of a serious illness or disability of an employee’s child, parent, or household member, the Department Head shall grant leave with pay in accordance with order for the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal employee to care for or make arrangements for the number care of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616such sick or disabled persons. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other Such paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes drawn from the employee’s accumulated sick leave credits. Use of this sectionsuch sick leave shall be limited to forty (40) hours per incident. 31.2 Accrued 10.3 Any employee who has accumulated sick leave may credits, as provided in the Civil Service Rules, shall be utilized if granted up to three (3) days of sick leave to attend the funeral of the employee’s grandparent or grandchild. Any employee is required to who has accumulated sick leave credits as provided above shall be absent from work granted leave with pay for such time as the appointing authority deems necessary for any of the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness 1. Sickness or injury of the employee. 2. Death of the employee’s grandchildmother, father, spouse, child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawother person who is a member of the household. Employees may be granted sick leave for such time as is actually necessary for the following: 1. Office visits to physicians, dentists, or other health care personnel. 31.3 Accrued 2. In the case of sudden sickness or disability of a household member, up to four (4) hours for any one instance. An employee shall be paid under the provisions of this paragraph only for the number of days or hours for which the employee would normally have been paid if the employee had not been on sick leave. No employee shall be granted sick leave not with pay for treatment of chemical dependence more than twice. 10.4 Pregnant employees of the City of Saint Xxxx shall be eligible for the use of paid sick leave and unpaid leave of absence in the same manner as any other disabled or ill City employee. Such paid sick leave eligibility shall begin upon certification by the employee’s attending physician that the employee is disabled in terms of her ability to exceed perform the duties of her position. 10.5 The Department Head or the Human Resources Director may require a physician’s certificate or additional certificates at any time during an employee’s use of sick leave for the purposes stated in 10.2 above. All such certificates shall be forwarded by the appointing officer to the Human Resources Office. If an employee is absent because of the provisions of Article 10.2 above for three (3) working or fewer calendar days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but he/she shall submit to the Department Head a certificate signed by the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with stating the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 nature of the City Policy Manual in effect as of child, parent, or household member’s sickness. If the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilsickness continues for more than three (3) calendar days, paid no further sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence granted unless or until a physician is consulted. The sick leave may be continued from work occasioned and include the day of consultation, but only if a certificate signed by intoxication, or use the physician certifying to the nature and period of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If the person’s sickness is submitted and approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled Department Head and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use forwarded to the Human Resources Office. 10.6 No sick leave shall be granted for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationthe above reasons unless the employee reports to his/her Department Head the necessity for the absence not later than one-half hour after his/her regularly scheduled time to report for work, unless he/she can show to the satisfaction of the Department Head that the failure to report was excusable. 31.7 No 10.7 An employee shall be entitled to paid under the provisions of this paragraph only for the number of days or be granted hours for which he/she would normally have been paid if he/she had not been on sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee (Beginning July 1, 2000 Community Based Correc- tions’ employees refer to Appendix S for Sick Leave information) A. Accrual Regents’ employees 1. All permanent Regents bargaining unit employees of the State shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with at the following provisions: 31.1 rate of one and a half (1-1/2) days for each full month of service. Sick leave shall not accrue during any absence without pay. 2. The Employer and the Union will strive to develop a program in an which employees may, at their sole discretion, select additional benefit options in return for reducing their sick leave accrual. Non-Regents’ Employees 1. All permanent bargaining unit employees of the State shall accrue sick leave at a rate for each full month of service which is based upon the amount equal of sick leave balance according to the number chart in Article IX, Section 10-F below. 2. The Employer and the Union will strive to develop a program in which employees may, at their sole discretion, select additional benefit options in return for reducing their sick leave accrual. (Airport Firefighters see Appendix F-2) B. Utilization of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616Sick Leave 1. Paid Employees may use accrued sick leave for holidayspersonal illness (both physical and mental), vacationbodily injuries, disabilitymedically related disabilities resulting from pregnancy and childbirth, or exposure to contagious disease: (a) which require the employee’s confinement; or (b) which render the employee unable to perform assigned duties; or (c) where performance of assigned duties would jeopardize the employee’s health or recovery. The Appointing Authority may require a medical certificate or other appropriate verification for absences covered by this Section. It is not the Employer’s intent nor will the above language be construed in such a way as to constitute harassment of employees. This language is intended as a vehicle by which the Employer may scrutinize habitual sick leave usage or in those cases where sick leave abuse is suspected. Employees will be permitted to use compensatory time off and/or annual leave in lieu of sick leave when they so request. When a holiday falls while an employee is on paid sick leave, the employee’s sick leave account shall not be considered as time worked charged for purposes of this sectionthe holiday period. 31.2 Accrued 2. Where death occurs in the immediate family of the employee, accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee used, not to exceed three scheduled work days for each such occurrence. Immediate family is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injurydefined as, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleand limited to, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherspouse, father/stepfatherchildren, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblegrandchil- dren, mother/stepmotherxxxxxx children, father/stepfatherstep children, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildlegal wards, brotherparents, sistergrandparents, fatherxxxxxx parents, stepparents, brothers, xxxxxx brothers, stepbrothers, sons-in-law, or motherbrothers-in-law, sisters, xxxxxx sisters, stepsisters, daughters-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, first cousins, corresponding relatives of the employee’s spouse, and other persons who are members of the employee’s household. 31.3 Accrued 3. When an employee is a pallbearer or funeral attendant in a funeral service for someone who is not a member of the employee’s immediate family (as defined in paragraph 2 above), accrued sick leave shall be used not to exceed three one (31) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of day for each such job-related illness or injuryoccurrence. 31.4 Accrued 4. Employees may use accrued sick leave also for personal medical or dental appointments which cannot be scheduled at times other than during working hours. 5. Employees may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 use accrued sick leave for care of and necessary attention to ill or injured members of the City Policy Manual immediate family (as defined in effect as paragraph 2 above). Use of sick leave for this purpose is limited to forty (40) hours (five [5] working days) per year. Effective July 1, 2005, employees may carry over up to forty (40) hours of unused family care leave to the Effective Datenext fiscal year, for a maximum utilization of eighty (80) hours in the next fiscal year. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid 6. Employees may use accrued sick leave during adoption. Such leave shall not exceed five (5) working days. 7. Sick leave shall not be allowed used for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics reasons not prescribed by a licensed physicianspecifically set forth above. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee ‌ 17.1 Employees shall be entitled to credited sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number for each calendar month of service as follows: twelve (12) hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hour employees and ten (10) hours for forty (40) hour employees. The hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year shall be credited to each employee on the first payroll of each month after their first month of employment. Sick leave shall continue to accrue until employee leaves employment with the Township. Newly-hired bargaining unit members shall be credited with a “bank” of twenty-four (24) hours. 17.2 Employees shall be charged for sick leave usage on an hour-by-hour basis. 17.3 Sick leave credit may be utilized if used for: a. Illness, injury or exposure to a contagious or communicable disease. b. Sickness or disability in the immediate family where the presence of the employee is required to reasonably necessary. For the purpose of this section, immediate family shall be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of defined as the employee’s grandchildspouse, children, step-children, parents, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or mother-in-lawany family member living in the employees household. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days c. The Fire Chief or his designee, at their sole discretion, may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use grant sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verificationother family members when requested by the employee. 31.7 No 17.4 Any forty-eight (48) hour employee in active work status, shall be entitled to two (2) twenty-four (24) hour periods for personal leave days, per calendar year. Any forty (40) hour employee shall be entitled to or three (3) eight (8) hour periods for personal days, per calendar year. Personal leave hours can be used in half-hour increments. a. Personal leave days off must be requested at least 24 hours in advance. In emergency cases, personal leave may be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, approval of his or her intent supervision up to take such sick leave due and including the Deputy Chief. Approval may be subject to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeemanpower and departmental needs. 31.8 An employee may b. Personal leave utilized in this manner shall be required deducted from the employee’s sick balance. c. Personal time is subject to furnish substantiation Article 23.1.4.d. 17.5 Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit a member’s rights under the FMLA. The Employer reserves the right to require a member to use paid leave concurrently with FMLA leave for any absence which qualifies and has been designated for which family medical leave under the Act. 17.6 On retirement employees shall be paid their current rate of pay for accumulated sick leave payment is requestedhours up to five hundred seventy six (576) hours for forty-eight (48) hour employees, or up to four hundred eighty (480) hours for forty (40) hour employees. 31.9 Any 17.6.1 On non-retirement, separation of employment that is not from employee termination, the employee may elect to transfer the sick time balance to a new employer, or instead be paid the current rate of pay for accumulated sick leave hours up to five hundred seventy six (576) hours for forty-eight (48) hour employees, up to four hundred eighty (480) hours for forty (40) hour employees. 17.7 If an employee is terminated by the Employer for just cause, which is upheld through the appeals process, the employee is not eligible part-for payment of sick time pay unless the employee provides the Township with a written release and covenant not to sue (on a form provided by and satisfactory to the Township), which releases the Township from all claims arising from his employment and the termination of his employment. In such a case, the former employee shall be entitled to paid the current rate of pay for accumulated sick leave only hours up to five hundred seventy six (576) hours for those days and number of forty-eight (48) hour employees, up to four hundred eighty (480) hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30for forty (40) hour employees.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to credited with fifteen (15) sick leave days with pay in accordance per year with the following provisions: 31.1 earned leave being credited biweekly and accumulated on an hourly basis. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to be accumulated without limit and any accumulation which present employees have at the number effective date of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave this Agreement shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick retained. Sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work requested for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness sickness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments injury of the employee or any a family member. The Superintendent may require the presentation of a medical provider’s certificate in connection with a claim for sick leave. If not received by the time specified, the employee’s absence shall not be chargeable to sick leave. At the discretion of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which Superintendent, subsequent certificates may be required before, or at the time, the employee returns to work. All employees in the bargaining unit are covered by the provisions of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employees may substitute accrued paid sick, vacation, and personal leave in place of the unpaid FMLA leave. Leave the employee is legally responsibleentitled to under the FMLA shall run concurrently with any paid leave the employee may request. To minimize the impact on department operations, or sick leave for medical appointments should be requested at least 5 work days prior except upon emergency. The notification shall include the date, time and estimated duration of the appointment. The Town retains the right request to that the employee reschedule the use of sick leave for “routine” medical appointments if the leave will cause serious hardship for the Town. In the case of absence due to an industrial accident, the Town agrees to make up the difference between the employee’s mother/stepmotherwages and the amount received from Worker’s Compensation. The amount of such difference shall be charges to sick leave when the period of absence exceeds five (5) work days. For serious illness in the immediate family, father/stepfatherup to fifteen (15) working days may be allowed in any one (1) calendar year; such time will be charged to sick leave. Immediate family shall include employee’s spouse, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblechildren, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, step-parents, brothers and sisters, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-lawlaw and other members of the employee’s household. For the birth of a child, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued a female employee may, with the approval of the Town Manager, charge up to four (4) weeks to paid Maternity Leave and charge an additional four (4) weeks to accumulated Sick Leave. A male employee may charge up to four (4) weeks Paternity Leave to accumulated compensatory time, sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but vacation. Such leave shall begin at a time mutually agreed upon by the employee fails and the Superintendent and be subject to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 approval of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective DateTown Manager. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee 1. Line EMPLOYEES covered by this Agreement shall be entitled to earn seven (7) hours of sick leave with per bi-weekly pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 period. Sick leave hours shall accrue for each pay period the EMPLOYEE is in an amount equal full pay status for a majority of the EMPLOYEE’S regularly scheduled bi-weekly hours. Eight hour EMPLOYEES covered by this agreement shall earn four and six-tenths (4-6/10) hours of sick leave per bi-weekly pay period. 2. Xxxx leave may be granted when the EMPLOYEE is incapacitated due to illness, injury, pregnancy, childbirth, or adoption. Sick leave may also be granted when the number EMPLOYEE is quarantined, receiving required medical or dental services or examinations, or upon need to provide care due to injury or illness of hours workedthe EMPLOYEE’S spouse, excluding overtimechildren, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilityparents, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if legal dependent, or in the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments event of the employee or any death of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleEMPLOYEE’S spouse, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherchildren, father/stepfatherparents, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsiblesiblings, mother/stepmothergrandparents, father/stepfathergrandchildren, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to fortyparents-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildin-law, brother, sister, fathersiblings-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued other legal dependent, and the EMPLOYEE must notify the immediate supervisor prior to taking such leave. If an EMPLOYEE does not have adequate accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days time, the EMPLOYEE may be granted the use of other accrued leave time if any, in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness lieu thereof. In no case, however, will sick leave time be used or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injurygranted as vacation time. 31.4 Accrued (a) In all cases, the EMPLOYER’S Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provisions shall apply as a minimum. (b) No more than one-sixth (1/6) of the shift compliment shall be scheduled off at any one time for vacation, compensatory time off and reasonably scheduled sick and/or military leave (see Article 21 - Military Leave, paragraph 2, regarding scheduled leave). 3. Sick leave shall be charged on the basis of actual time used to the nearest quarter (1/4) hour. Holidays occurring during sick leave also may periods shall not be used in accordance counted as sick leave time. 4. An EMPLOYEE requesting sick leave must provide the Fire Chief with evidence acceptable to the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 Fire Chief to substantiate the request if required. 5. Annual Sick Leave Cash Out (a) Any EMPLOYEE who has accumulated more than twelve hundred (1200) hours of the City Policy Manual in effect sick leave as of the Effective Datelast pay day of the calendar year, has the option of "cashing out" those sick leave hours in excess of twelve hundred (1200) hours into their EMPLOYER deferred compensation account up to maximum of 375 hours each year. The following formula will be used to determine the rate of cash out: Years of Continuous Service Rate of Pay 5 years but less than 10 years 12.5¢ on the Dollar 10 years but less than 20 years 25.0¢ on the Dollar 20 years or more 50.0¢ on the Dollar (b) Xxxx leave cash out into deferred compensation will occur once upon the signing of this Agreement and then on the first pay date in February of each year. Election to cash out sick leave must be made by notifying Human Resources in writing/via e-mail no later than January 1st of each year (with the exception of the initial cash out which will require notification within 30 days of the signing of the Agreement, to be cashed out within 60 days after signing). 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution 6. Upon termination of the City Councilemployment, paid each EMPLOYEE shall be compensated for his/her total sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use hours accrued at the following rates: Years of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, Continuous Service Rate of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.Pay ARTICLE 9

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Section 1. Sick leave is the absence of any Employee from work because of illness, accident, exposure to contagious disease or attendance, for a short period of time, upon a member of the Employee's immediate family, seriously ill and requiring care or attendance of such Employee. A certificate of a reputable physician in attendance may be required after being off for a minimum of three (3) consecutive work days as sufficient proof for the need of leave or leaves of absence of the Employee or the need of the Employee's attendance of said member of his family. Section 2. If an Employee is absent for reasons that entitle him to sick leave, he shall promptly notify the Department Head or his designated representative. Absences without notice for five (5) consecutive days shall constitute a resignation, unless for good cause shown, such as inability to notify, due to unusual circumstances, the Employer waives this provision. Section 3. Sick leave shall be entitled earned at the rate of one (1) working day per month of service during the remainder of the first calendar year of service following permanent appointment and fifteen (15) working days per year in every calendar year thereafter. Employees may have up to five (5) personal days a year chargeable to current year's sick leave, upon reasonable advance notice, depending on the circumstances and subject to approval by the Chief or his designee. If the days are not used as personal days, they will revert back to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered and accumulate as time worked for purposes of this sectionsick leave. 31.2 Accrued Section 4. Any Employee who is absent on sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to submit a physician's certificate as evidence substantiating their illness at the discretion of the Employer. The Employer may require an Employee who has been absent because of personal illness as a condition of his return to work, to be absent examined by a physician at the expense of the Employer. Such examination shall establish whether the Employee is capable of performing his normal duties and his return will not jeopardize the health of himself or of the other Employees. Section 5. In case of sick leave due to exposure to contagious disease, a certificate from work the Department of Health as designated by the Employer shall be required. This time off shall be compensated time and not be taken from any sick days which the Employee may have accumulated, so long as exposure to said diseases was while in the performance of any Police duties. Section 6. For employees retiring on or prior to December 31, 1999, the Employer agrees to maintain the benefit, subject to existing requirements, of payment for unused sick leave upon retirement at the rate of eighty percent (80%) of unused sick leave to a maximum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Effective January 1, 2000 the benefit of payment for unused sick leave upon retirement or death or disability shall be at the rate of fifty (50%) percent of unused sick leave to a maximum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars provided the following reasons:requirements are met. 31.2.1 The employee is absent A. Upon death or disability retirement from work on account of a job or non-job related illness injury or injurydeath, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account any Employee regardless of routine medical or dental appointments years of service with the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related Borough. Such payment will be made to the illness Employee or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his Beneficiary. B. The Employee must have had at least twenty (20) years of consecutive service with the Borough as a Police Officer and be retiring from service with the Borough in good standing. Section 7. If the Employee sustains any job related injury, which is recognized as such and covered by Workers' Compensation Insurance, the Borough shall insure payment of full salary to such Employee, for a period of up to one (1) year or her immediate superior until such Employee is placed on disability retirement, whichever first occurs. The Employee shall endorse or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior pay over to the commencement of the sick leave where Borough, temporary disability benefits received in connection with such notice is possible; provided, however, job related injury. The Employees understand and agree that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee they may be required to furnish substantiation for make reimbursement to the insurance carrier in the event of a third party action recovery, and that any absence for which such reimbursement will be in addition to pay over of temporary disability benefits to the Employer. There shall be no charge to any Employee's sick leave payment is requestedin the event of any bona fide job related injury. The Employer shall have the right to require periodic medical examinations of Employees on leave due to job related injuries, at the expense of the Employer. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee 17.1 Employees shall be entitled to accrue one hour of paid sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of for every 40 hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid Employees shall not accrue paid sick leave for holidayshours paid while not working (e.g., vacation, disability, using sick or other paid leave) 17.2 Employees may use their accrued, unused paid sick leave beginning on the 90th calendar day after the start of their employment. Employees may use leave accrued up to the previous pay period. Sick leave must be used in (1) hour increments. Employees shall be considered as time worked paid their normal hourly compensation for purposes each hour of this section. 31.2 Accrued paid sick leave may used; there shall be utilized if no overtime, holiday, or other premium pay. The accrual year is January 1st through December 31st. Following the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments end of the employee or accrual year, any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibleaccrued, or unused sick leave exceeding 40 hours will be transferred to the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnervacation leave bank. 31.2.3 17.3 The employee is absent Employer retains the right to require employees to be examined by a medical provider selected by the Employer when employees are receiving Labor and Industries benefits or upon return from work for the care related to the illness or an on-the-job injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working consecutive days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedmore, but the as permitted by law. An employee who fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may comply shall be used subject to corrective action up to and including discharge. Health care information about employees will be maintained in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Datestate and federal health care privacy laws. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided 17.4 If an employee’s absence exceeds three (3) consecutive days of work, the Employer may require that employee to present sufficient verification to show a qualifying reason for using sick leave. Employees who fail to present such verification when required by resolution of the City Council, Employer may be required to reimburse paid out sick leave and shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciansubject to corrective action up to and including discharge. Any employee dishonestly using sick leave benefits shall be subject to corrective action up to and including discharge. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program 17.5 Employees may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programthe following qualifying reasons: a. An employee’s own or to care of a Family Member’s physical or mental illness, injury or health condition. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leaveThis illness, either with or without pay, unless he or sheinjury, or someone on health condition may include the need for time off from work for medical care and/or treatment; b. Employee’s own or for a Family Member’ preventative care such as a medical, dental, or vision appointment and/or treatment; c. Closure of the employee’s place of business or his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, child’s school/place of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation care by order of a reasonable excuse by such employeepublic official for a health-related reason; and d. Absences that qualify for leave under the Domestic Violence Leave Act (Chapter 49.76 RCW). 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each (1) Sick leave days are, essentially, a form of insurance protection for the employees and are an inchoate right to compensation that does not vest in an employee until the employee has a bona fide sickness, preventing him/her from reporting for and performing the paraprofessional’s duties. For all paid leave time, the employee will be paid for the hours the employee was scheduled to work. The Employer, upon request, will be furnished with proper medical certification when an employee is receiving sick leave pay, and the Employer feels certification to be warranted. Regular, part-time employees shall be credited with sick leave in proportion to the ratio of the employee’s normal work schedule to that of a full-time employee. An employee shall will be entitled to personal sick leave with pay in accordance with earned at the following provisions: 31.1 rate of one and one-half (1 ½) days per month. Sick leave may accumulate up to a maximum of 184 days. (2) Illness shall accrue also include illness of spouse and dependent children and dependent parents, but in an amount equal to no event will the number School Committee pay more than ten (10) days of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid sick leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of in any one (1) year under this section. 31.2 Accrued (3) On October 15 of each school year, the amount of accumulated sick leave time will be provided to individual employees. Disagreements over the number of sick days an employee has accumulated shall be brought to the attention of the administration within thirty (30) days and will be subject to the grievance process. Individuals who fail to comply with this time frame will waive their rights under this provision and the reported total becomes official as of the date of that posting. Henceforth, any new challenges to the amount of accumulated sick leave will be confined to the time that has elapsed between official postings. (4) An employee with twenty (20) or more years of continuous full time service to the South Xxxxxx School System may be utilized notify the Superintendent of the paraprofessional’s intention to retire, and, if the employee so notifies the Superintendent in writing by December 1st of the prior year, unless the retirement is required due to be absent from work sickness or disability is entitled to a one time severance payment upon retirement as follows: five individuals are grandfathered under the prior contract provisions for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee severance payments (provided they keep the 100 day accumulation at the time the benefit is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programreceived). The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possibleindividuals are: 1. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.2. Xxxx Xxxxxx;

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time For each completed eighty (80) hours in active pay status, an employee earns sick leave credit at the rate of four and six tenths (4.6) hours. Active pay status shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of defined as hours worked, excluding overtimehours on approved paid leave, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616and hours on paid sick leave. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick Sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work requested for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments 1. Illness of the employee or any a member of his immediate family. 2. Exposure of employee or a member of his immediate family to a contagious disease which would have the potential of jeopardizing the health of the following persons who need assistance: employee or the health of others. 3. Death of a child/stepchild for member of the employee's immediate family. 4. Medical, dental or optical examinations or treatment of employee or a member of his immediate family which the employee is legally responsiblecannot be scheduled (during non-working hours). 5. Childbirth, or and/or related medical condition where the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse presence is reasonably necessary for the health and welfare of the employee or Domestic Partneraffected family member. 31.2.3 6. Injury of the employee after "injury leave" has expired. Employees can use up to five occurrences (occurrence is each whole or partial day an employee takes off without medical documentation) use of sick leave in any calendar year, without being asked to require medical documentation. Beginning with the sixth occurrence of a one day or more use of sick leave the following steps will apply. 1. Any occurrence of sick leave usage without medical documentation, where the employee or immediate family member required medical attention, shall be counted against the five occurrences of sick leave. (An employee off for one day or more and providing the Sheriff with medical documentation for the reason for the absence shall not be count against the five occurrences.) 2. On the Sixth occurrence within the calendar year the employee shall not receive sick leave pay for such absence. 3. On the seventh occurrence and any subsequent sick leave usage, the employee shall not be paid for such absence and shall also receive a verbal warning that any such subsequent absences shall result in progressive discipline (non-FML sick leave). Progressive discipline for subsequent absences passed the seventh occurrence shall be in the following order; Verbal warning, Written Reprimand, One day suspension, three day suspension, ten day suspension and then termination. 4. In addition to the above procedure to deter to abuse of sick leave the following schedule for an annual sick leave sell back shall be implemented. The employee is absent from work for will have the care related option of selling back up to forty hours of sick leave each December of the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which contract provided the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight has at least five hundred twenty (48520) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar accrued. The pay-out shall be hour for hour based on the amount of usage and paid in the first pay of December of each year may be utilized if of the contract. For computation of how much sick leave the employee has used in the previous twelve months excluding use of sick leave for funeral leave as defined in this article, the time period is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury from December 1 of the employee’s grandchildpreceding year through to December 1 of the year the employee sells back sick leave. This incentive is paid out at one hours pay for each hour sold back. The following table showing the amount of usage and amount qualifying to sell back each year of the contract. Amount of Usage Amount eligible to sell in previous twelve months back in December 0 to 8 hours 40 hours 9 to 16 hours 32 hours 17 to 24 hours 24 hours 25 to 32 hours 16 hours 33 to 40 hours 8 hours 41 or more hours 0 hours Use of sick leave for funeral leave for "immediate family" means mother, father, brother, sister, child, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or mothersister-in-law. 31.3 Accrued , brother-in- law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, legal guardian or other person who stands in the place of parent when hospitalization or death occurs. For use of sick leave not for illness, exposure to exceed three (3) working contagious disease or medical examinations or treatments, the employee’s immediate family means mother, father, spouse or child. Three days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used for the death of a member of the employee’s immediate family for the purpose of attending the funeral and other matters directly related to the death and funeral of the immediate family member. An employee requesting sick leave shall inform the Sheriff or other appointed person of the fact and the reason two (2) hours prior to the time he is scheduled to report to work on each day of absence unless other arrangements have been made with the supervisor. The employee will submit to such medical examination, nursing visit or other inquiry the Employer deems necessary. Sick leave shall be charged in minimum units of one (1) hour. The amount of sick leave time any employee may accrue is unlimited. Employees absent on sick leave shall be paid at their regular rate of pay. Upon the employee's request, vacation leave may be used as sick leave after sick leave is exhausted. In order to use vacation leave for this purpose, the request for use must be made in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth provisions in Article 22 Section 4.2.10 22.3 (no-prescheduled vacation). Employees, who have exhausted sick leave and vacation leave may, at the discretion of the City Policy Manual in effect as Sheriff be granted an unpaid personal leave of absence, not to exceed six (6) months. Employees who transfer between County Departments, or agencies, or who are appointed, reappointed or reinstated within ten (10) years of prior government service will be credited with unused balance of sick leave. Upon formal retirement, under the provisions of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the CityPublic Employee's Retirement System, an employee who is enrolled and participating in with a substance abuse treatment program minimum of ten (10) years' continuous service may use sick leave convert for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled cash payment up to or be granted one quarter (1/4) of his accumulated but unused sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or not to exceed a maximum of two-hundred forty (240) hours. Accepting the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such cash payment eliminates all remaining sick leave due balance up to a personal that time. When employee(s) pass away while in active employment, the surviving spouse or family illness prior others, as spelled out in Section 2113.04 O.R.C., will be eligible to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which receive sick leave payment is requestedfor which the decedent would otherwise have qualified. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullFull-time exempt employees receive at date of hire, ninety-six (96) hours of sick time and on each anniversary date ninety-six (96) hours per year. Sick time is charged in full workday increments where an exempt employee is absent the full workday. Sick time shall not be entitled to sick leave with pay charged on an hourly basis in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616Safe Harbor Policy. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued To receive compensation while absent on sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the Citytime, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled must notify his immediate manager or department head prior to or be granted as soon as possible after, his scheduled reporting time. If an employee is suspected of abusing sick leavetime privileges, either with or without paythe department head may request that the employee provide verification from the employee's physician. Absences for an employee’s illness as well as for appointments for medical, unless he or shedental, optical, or someone on his chiropractic examination, treatment or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior consultation are appropriate uses of sick time. Evidence of malingering or the City Attorneyabuse of this benefit will constitute grounds for prompt disciplinary action by the department head, of his or her intent up to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee and including discharge. Employees may be required to furnish substantiation submit proof of illness or disability and to submit to physical or psychological examinations to ensure they are fit for any absence duty. Bargaining unit members who cannot perform their essential job duties for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible partmedical-time employee related reasons shall have their job duties modified, transferred to another position, placed on a leave-of-absence, or separated from service, at the discretion of the City. For proof of illness a physician’s note shall serve as adequate proof. For disability claims, a physician’s letter detailing the disability shall serve as adequate proof. The physician’s letter, in this case, shall be entitled brought to paid the Human Resource departments benefit division. Once a qualified disability is determined, the City Human Resource/Benefit division will engage in an interactive process with the bargaining unit member as outlined under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Bargaining unit members may receive donated sick leave time from any bargaining and non- bargaining unit employee, employed with the City for more than five (5) years. A bargaining unit member may only receive a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours per donor within a rolling twelve (12) month period. The donated sick time may only be used for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30FMLA qualifying events. Donated sick time shall not be used for intermittent leave.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each fullThis Section applies to employees hired before July 1, 2016. (a) No sick leave payment will be made to a newly hired employee during the probationary period or to a terminating or retiring employee after the last day worked. (b) Full-time employee and regular part-time employees shall be entitled to earn and accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick rate of eight (8) hours sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of for each one hundred seventy-three (173) straight time hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for For purposes of this sectionSection, straight time hours worked shall include paid but unworked holidays, vacations, paid sick leave and County paid leaves of absence. 31.2 Accrued (c) In no event shall accumulated earned sick leave exceed 1,440 hours. (d) An employee may be utilized if utilize paid sick leave when it is established to the Employer's satisfaction that an employee is required to be absent from work incapacitated for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account safe performance of non-job related illness or injury, including absences his duties because of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also (e) An employee may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, use paid sick leave shall when there is a medical emergency in the employee's immediate family (spouse, child or parent). The Human Resources Director must approve such usage. An employee will be allowed to use one sick day when a qualifying medical event occurs. The event must be an unplanned serious medical emergency requiring immediate medical attention such as emergency room treatment, emergency surgery, etc. Routine illnesses and minor injuries requiring medical attention will not be allowed approved for any absence sick pay under this provision. Pre-planned hospital stays and non- emergency (scheduled) surgical events, whether performed on an in or out patient basis, will not be approved for sick pay under this provision. Approval may be granted in a medical situation, such as major surgery, where the employee has been authorized by the immediate family member to make medical decisions on his behalf. Denial of sick pay under this provision does not preclude an employee from work occasioned by intoxicationusing approved personal or vacation time under those provisions of this agreement. (f) No sick leave shall be granted for minor ailments which would not affect the safety of the employee, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianother persons, or of property, while performing job duties. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use (g) Medical certification will generally not be required to substantiate sick leave of absence of three (3) consecutive working days or less; however, medical certificates, or, in lieu thereof, a signed written statement from the employee setting forth the reasons for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted the sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required at the discretion of the County for each absence regardless of duration if the County has reason to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours believe the employee is abusing his sick leave privileges. Falsification of the medical certificate or falsely setting forth the reasons for the absence shall constitute just cause for dismissal. For clarification purposes, this subsection is interpreted as giving the Employer discretion of medical or written statement, and that, in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to the event an employee is ready for work, notwithstanding he may be prevented from working until he obtains the designationmedical statement verifying his illness. (h) Before an employee absent from his duties for twelve (12) consecutive days returns, scheduling he shall satisfy the County that he is fit to again perform his duties. (i) Any unused and indefinite assignment made pursuant accumulated sick leave earned during full time employment shall be available for use by the employee if the employee transfers to this Article 30a regular part time position.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. In accordance with Part A, Section 3, and for clarity the following shall apply: 16:01 The Board shall establish a sick leave account for each Teacher. Full time Teachers will be allocated eleven (11) sick days payable at one hundred percent (100%) of salary on the first day of each school year. When a Teacher’s employment is less than full time, the Teacher’s eligibility for sick leave credits shall be prorated by the ratio that the Teacher’s FTE (full time equivalent) status is to full time. 16:02 Each fullTeacher's sick leave account shall be debited for the number of days absent due to personal illness, injury, personal medical appointments and for which salary was paid, until such account has been depleted. a) Apply to Education (ATE) or I-Menu gives each Teacher access electronically to their record of sick leave including remaining sick leave from the previous year. b) Should a Teacher request a hard copy of the leave statement, they may request one from the leave administrator after November 1 of any year for the time employee frame ending August 31 of the same year. 16:04 The Teacher shall notify the Principal or designate of a known absence and probable date of return. a) A school board may request medical confirmation of illness or injury confirming the dates of absences, the reasons therefore (omitting a diagnosis), the Teacher’s prognosis, any limitations or restrictions. Medical confirmation will be required to be provided by the Teacher as determined by the school board for absences of five (5) consecutive days or greater. b) Where a school board requires the completion of the form found in Part A, Appendix B, the cost shall be reimbursed up to a maximum of $45.00. 16:06 A Teacher who is injured in the course of duty and received indemnity from the Workers’ Safety and Insurance Board shall be entitled to any difference between the amount of the award and the regular salary. 16:07 The Board reserves the right to seek a second medical opinion by a medical specialist to be selected by the Board and the Association. The purpose of such an examination, should special circumstance warrant, is to determine the physical and psychological fitness of a Teacher to continue actively in a position or to return to the position after an absence. The Board agrees to pay for such a medical opinion. The Board also retains the right to withhold payment for sick leave with pay in accordance or to delay a return to teaching after an absence where the Teacher does not comply with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionabove requirements. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted 16:08 Where Teachers have depleted their sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, Board shall continue to provide health benefits and pay its share of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeepremiums as per Board policy. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. A. Each full-time employee covered by this Contract shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal pay, which may be used for personal injury or illness, pregnancy, exposure to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilitycontagious disease, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for illness or death of a member of the immediate family. For purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injuryArticle, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or immediate family shall include the employee’s 's spouse, child, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, respective in-lawlaws, or mother-in-lawother person who assumes a similar relationship to the employee and who resides in the employee's household. 31.3 Accrued sick X. Xxxx leave not to exceed three (3) working days may shall be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involvedcredited and accumulated at the rate of .0575 hours per hour while on active pay status. For purposes of this article active pay status shall be defined as hours actually worked, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilholidays, vacation, paid sick leave, other authorized paid leave, and for school employees, the period between the end of one (1) school year and the start of the succeeding school year. C. Unused sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence cumulative without limit. When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from work occasioned by intoxication, the employee's credit on the basis of one (1) hour or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianportion thereof in no less than fifteen (15) minute increments. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No D. A new full-time employee shall be entitled advanced up to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, five (5) days of his or her intent to take such sick leave due in the first year of employment. Such advance shall apply toward sick leave credit to be earned in that year. Advancement of sick leave to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible new part-time employee shall be entitled prorated based on the employee’s work schedule. X. Xx employee having unused accumulated sick leave from another school district or another Ohio public subdivision shall be credited with such sick leave upon providing verification of such accumulated sick leave. F. In order to qualify as paid sick leave, an employee must furnish to his/her supervisor the appropriate form to justify the use of sick leave. Said form should be furnished on the day of return to work, but must be furnished no later than the following pay day. G. An employee taking five (5) or more consecutive days of sick leave may be required to provide a physician statement or other appropriate verification justifying the use of the sick leave taken. H. An employee must provide a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours notice of a doctor’s appointment or medically-related appointment, except in an emergency situation, in order to be able to use paid sick leave only for those days and number the appointment. I. Falsification of hours the either a written, signed statement or a physician's certificate, shall be grounds for disciplinary action including termination. X. An employee who has exhausted paid sick leave who is in fact regularly assigned still unable to work or would have been required return to work, notwithstanding shall be required to use up to one-half (1/2) of his/her accumulated vacation and personal leave before going on an unpaid leave of absence. K. This Contract does not supersede any rights accorded employees under the designationFamily Medical Leave Act of 1993 as amended. L. The Superintendent may send a letter to any employee who has used sick leave in such a manner that is frequent and sporadic, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant is not related to the treatment of a chronic illness or condition suffered either by the member or those individuals named in Article 7, Section 7.01(A) of the Negotiated Agreement. For the purpose of this Article 30agreement, the parties agree that “frequent and sporadic” may be defined as the use of four (4) sick days during a quarter in such a way that suggests a pattern that could lead to the use of sixteen (16) sick days over the course of twelve (12) months. This letter shall serve notice to the employee that his/her attendance is of concern. This letter shall also remind the employee that the misuse of sick leave may be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Employees in the bargaining unit will earn paid Sick Leave at the rate of fifteen (15) workdays per year. Said Sick Leave is available for use only to the extent earned. Earned Sick Leave shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 cumulative from year-to-year without limit. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave Leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The granted only when an employee is absent from work on account due to: (A) Illness, injury or disability of the employee, pregnancy and childbirth, a pre-scheduled medical appointment; a medical emergency, or treatment for the employee with an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider. Employees will attempt to schedule appointments during non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthwork hours. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical (B) Illness or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or injury in the employee’s immediate family and medical appointments, examinations or treatments for the immediate family member with an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider, up to a maximum of fifteen (15) work days per calendar year. Employees will attempt to schedule appointments during non-work hours. (C) Immediate family as used in this Section shall include a spouse, biological, adopted, step child, xxxxxx child, grandchild, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, or mother’s current spouse, father’s current spouse, sister, grandparent, brother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law, or legal dependent of the employee irrespective of residence, or for any relative who permanently resides in the employee’s household for whom the employee has an obligation to provide care. The University may require an employee to provide certification by a medical provider to authenticate the need for the employee to care for the ill family member. 31.3 Accrued sick (D) Continuous use of earned leave not including Sick, Annual, Personal, Advanced Sick Leave, Extended Sick Leave, leave granted through the Leave Reserve Fund, or unpaid Family and Medical Leave shall be granted to exceed three an employee as needed for personal illness. (3E) working days An employee who becomes ill, injured, or suffers a disability while on vacation, may request that his/her leave be charged to Sick Leave. The University may require an employee to provide certification of illness or injury by a medical provider when the employee requests a change of leave. (F) Advanced Sick Leave may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled sustained a temporary, recoverable illness, injury, or serious disability. Approval of this leave requires the employee to have completed an original probationary period at the USM and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick that all other types of accrued leave have been exhausted. Requests for absences resulting from participation in such programAdvanced Sick Leave shall not unreasonably be denied. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for provide periodic evidence of continued disability. Advanced Sick Leave may be granted at the rate of fifteen (15) working days per year of service to a maximum of sixty (60) working days in any absence one calendar year. Use of Advanced Sick Leave constitutes a debt for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours enforceable upon the employee is in fact regularly assigned employee’s return to work or would have been required upon the employee’s separation from employment, whichever is earlier. Upon return to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling minimum rate of payback for advanced Sick Leave shall be at one-half the rate that Sick Leave and indefinite assignment made pursuant Annual Leave is earned. An employee may elect to pay back Advanced Sick Leave by applying any earned leave or reimbursing the University with cash. Additional requests for Advanced Sick Leave will not be granted until all previously granted Advanced Sick Leave has been repaid. The only exception to this Article provision is in cases where the maximum amount of Advanced Sick Leave had not been requested originally and additional Advanced Sick Leave, consecutive to that already granted, is needed to cover the employee’s continued absence arising from the original illness, injury, or disability. (G) Extended Sick Leave may be granted, subject to Management approval on the basis of verification of medical need by an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider to an employee who sustained a temporary, recoverable, illness, injury, or serious disability. Approval of this leave requires the employee to have 1) completed at least five (5) years of USM or State service, 2) exhausted all other types of accrued leave, and 3) a satisfactory record of Sick Leave usage and work performance. The maximum available cumulative total of Extended Sick Leave is twelve (12) work months. Annual, Sick, and Holiday Leave earned, and Personal Leave credited while on Extended Sick Leave shall be applied as earned/credited. The employee may be required to provide periodic evidence of continued disability. (H) Up to maximum of thirty (30) days of accrued Sick Leave may be used to care for a child immediately following the birth of a child or placement of the child with the employee for adoption. In the case of an adopted child, Sick Leave is only available in connection with a documented formal adoption. In the event that both parents are UMCP employees, Sick Leave as provided for in this Section, is available to only one parent. When possible, employees are expected to provide advance notice of time taken under this Section to their immediate supervisor.

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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee A. As of September 1, 1970, all employees employed shall be entitled to one (1) sick leave with pay day for each month under contract each school year as of the first official day of school, whether or not they report for duty on that day. Unused sick leave days shall be accumulated from year to year to the maximum stipulated by law. B. All summer school employees shall receive one (1) sick leave day per twenty (20) teacher days and said day shall be defined as that employee's normal summer school teacher day assignment. Furthermore, it is expressly understood that those days are not to accumulate, if not used, and shall not be linked in accordance any manner with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionnormal school year sick-leave-day accumulation number. 31.2 Accrued C. Upon retirement, the District will pay the local supplement portion of the unused sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild days for which the employee is legally responsible, or State of Delaware compensates the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The D. An employee is absent from work for shall use the care related benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act upon approval and shall have the option to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of utilize only such accrued sick leave as will allow her/him to retain a balance of ten (10) days accrued sick leave upon return to full employment. E. The Board will include the procedures for Senate Xxxx 190 (Donated Leave) in the Board of Education Policy Manual. The guidelines for this policy will reflect the suggested policy on Donated Leave per calendar year the Delaware School Board Association. F. A physician statement certifying the medical justification for an employee’s absence will not normally be requested for less than five (5) days consecutive absence. Should there, however, be an attendance pattern which appears to suggest abusive use of sick leave days, an employee shall be notified in writing that a physician’s certificate be required for all future absences that are to be charged to sick leave. This certificate requirement will be reviewed each 6 months following such notification. The district may require an employee to be utilized examined by a physician approved by the CREA and the District to determine if the employee individual is required physically capable of continuing to be absent for perform the care related to the illness or injury work duties of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued assignment. The cost of such a physical examination shall be borne by the District. Abuse of sick leave not is subject to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involveddisciplinary action, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryincluding termination. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee A. A bargaining unit member absent from duty because of personal illness shall be entitled to sick paid their full salary for the period of such absence not exceeding a total of ten (10) days in anyone school year, except where the ten (10) day leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours workedis not used up on one school year, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectionit is cumulative without limit. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to B. When a bargaining unit member will be absent from work work, the bargaining unit member shall give notice to the principal or the person designated by the superintendent to receive such notice. If the absence is for consecutive days, the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments principal should be notified of the employee or any probable date of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or return. A certificate by the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse attending physician or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the practitioner that illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which prevented the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partnerfrom working may be required for sick leave in excess of five (5) consecutive days. 31.2.4 Up C. A bargaining unit member shall be allowed up to fortyseventy-eight five (4875) hours of accrued days per year sick leave per calendar accumulated in another district; however, the bargaining unit member must have been employed by such school district during the preceding year may be utilized if and the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury transfer of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave from another Oregon district shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianeffective until the school employee has completed 30 working days in Bethel. 31.6 If approved by the CityD. A bargaining unit member returning from any illness, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use whether or not sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leavebenefits have been paid, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Board or furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled a medical doctor’s certificate of health prior to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required returning to work, notwithstanding in order to safeguard the designationhealth of students and staff. E. If, scheduling at the beginning of a school year, a bargaining unit member previously employed for at least one (1) school year is ill and indefinite assignment made pursuant unable to this Article 30resume their duties and such bargaining unit member unused accumulated sick leave days at the end of the prior school year, the bargaining unit member will be allowed to use such previously accumulated sick leave days while the bargaining unit member remains ill and unable to work. Such bargaining unit member shall not be credited with any additional sick leave days until the bargaining unit member has returned to their duties. F. Sick leave shall be allowed in accordance with state and federal statutes. G. All sick leave benefits shall terminate and/or be forfeited upon termination of employment for any reason except retirement or transfer to another district as provided for by ORS 332.507 and/or 238.350. Upon retirement, one-half (1/2) of the unused sick leave will be allowed in accordance with PERS Administrative Rules. H. Any bargaining unit member obtaining sick leave benefits by fraud, deceit or falsified statement, shall be subject to disciplinary action.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Certified staff of USD 214 shall be entitled to receive 10 days of sick leave with pay at the beginning of each contract year. Unused leave can be accumulated from previous years of employment to a maximum of 60 days. This sick leave shall cover absences for the employee’s own illness, illness in accordance the employee’s immediate family (defined below), or persons who make their home with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616employee. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued This sick leave may also be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work used as bereavement leave for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury members of the employee’s grandchildimmediate family. This provision is effective with the 2013-2014 school year. Staff will be given credit for each previous full year of employment with USD 214 to determine their beginning accrued sick leave. Staff will be granted 10 days for each full year of employment, up to a total of 60 days. Unused sick days can be sold back at the completion of a contract year. A minimum of 30 days of sick time must remain available to the staff member for the next contract year. Payment for unused sick time will not be allowed for staff that do not renew their contract for the next school year. Payments for “sold” sick time will be made with the first payroll of the next school year. Employees who retire from the district and do not obtain employment in another school district for the next school year are also eligible for payment under the schedule below for the total amount of accrued sick time they have earned. A maximum number of 5 days of sick leave will be allowed to “sell” back to the district in any given contract year. *Years of service designated above will be based upon cumulative years of service to USD 214 school district. Up to three (3) sick leave days may be donated to another employee of the district in each contract period. Donated days will be subtracted from the granting employee’s total days. Donated days not used cannot be carried forward into another contract year. Staff will be required to provide proof of medical conditions upon the request of the administration to substantiate absences. Definition: Immediate family – Spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, grandparents, grandchildren, brother, sister, father-uncle, aunt, xxxxx, nephew, and in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 laws of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Councilprevious list where appropriate, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxicationstepchild, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programstepparent. The City may require appropriate verificationSuperintendent will make final determination of other questionable requests. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Teacher Employment Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee (A) Employees shall accrue and be entitled to granted sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Title 5 and OPM regulations. Sick leave charges will be in increments of 15 minutes. (B) Employees shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by submit a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disabilitymedical certificate, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes administratively acceptable evidence, covering periods of this sectionabsence: (1) In excess of 3 work days or a lesser period when the Agency determines it is necessary. 31.2 Accrued (2) In special cases when the employee did not consult a physician, the supervisor may accept accept self- certification that states the reason for incapacitation. (3) When an employee is required to care for a member of his or her immediate family who has a contagious disease, or the employee is exposed to a contagious disease and his presence at work would jeopardize the health of co-workers. In such cases, sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work granted only for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account period of non-job related illness quarantine established by the local health authority or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed attending physician. 31.6 If approved by (4) Regardless of the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted duration of sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee employees may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which provide medical certification to support the sick leave payment when the following Sick Leave Restriction Procedure has been followed: (a) When a supervisor considers that an employee has established a pattern indicating possible misuse of sick leave, the supervisor will counsel the employee, and will assist the employee in developing methods of reducing sick leave usage where that is requestedpossible. 31.9 Any eligible part-time (b) Because one purpose of the counseling is to put the employee shall on notice of the full set of instances which are suspected, the counseling will include all trends which the supervisor has noted and the reason(s) the leave usage has been questioned. A record of the counseling must be entitled given to paid the employee, detailing the discussion including an explanation offered by the employee. (c) It is understood that no single sick leave only for those days and number usage will be controlling in establishing or supporting continuation of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30patterns of alleged leave abuse. (d) The sick leave usage of all employees under sick leave restriction will be reviewed at least every three

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Samples: Labor Management Agreement

Sick Leave. Each full-time employee Employees in the bargaining unit will earn paid Sick Leave at the rate of fifteen (15) workdays per year. Said Sick Leave is available for use only to the extent earned. Earned Sick Leave shall be entitled to sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 cumulative from year-to-year without limit. Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave Leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The granted only when an employee is absent from work on account due to: (A) Illness, injury or disability of the employee, pregnancy and childbirth, a pre-scheduled medical appointment; a medical emergency, or treatment for the employee with an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider. Employees will attempt to schedule appointments during non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthwork hours. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical (B) Illness or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or injury in the employee’s immediate family and medical appointments, examinations or treatments for the immediate family member with an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider. Employees will attempt to schedule appointments during non-work hours. (C) Immediate family as used in this Section shall include a spouse, biological, adopted, step child, xxxxxx child, grandchild, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sisterin-law, father-in-law, or mother’s current spouse, father’s current spouse, sister, grandparent, brother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law, or legal dependent of the employee irrespective of residence, or for any relative who permanently resides in the employee’s household for whom the employee has an obligation to provide care. The University may require an employee to provide certification by a medical provider to authenticate the need for the employee to care for the ill family member. 31.3 Accrued sick (D) Continuous use of earned leave not including Sick, Annual, Personal, Advanced Sick Leave, Extended Sick Leave, leave granted through the Leave Reserve Fund, or unpaid Family and Medical Leave shall be granted to exceed three an employee as needed for personal illness. (3E) working days An employee who becomes ill, injured, or suffers a disability while on vacation, may request that his/her leave be charged to Sick Leave. The University may require an employee to provide certification of illness or injury by a medical provider when the employee requests a change of leave. (F) Advanced Sick Leave may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in sustained a substance abuse treatment program may use sick temporary, recoverable illness, injury, or serious disability. Approval of this leave requires that all other types of accrued leave have been exhausted. Requests for absences resulting from participation in such programAdvanced Sick Leave shall not unreasonably be denied. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for provide periodic evidence of continued disability. Advanced Sick Leave may be granted at the rate of fifteen (15) working days per year of service to a maximum of sixty (60) working days in any absence one calendar year. Use of Advanced Sick Leave constitutes a debt for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours enforceable upon the employee is in fact regularly assigned employee’s return to work or would have been required upon the employee’s separation from employment, whichever is earlier. Upon return to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling minimum rate of payback for advanced Sick Leave shall be at one-half the rate that Sick Leave and indefinite assignment made pursuant Annual Leave is earned. An employee may elect to pay back Advanced Sick Leave by applying any earned leave or reimbursing the University with cash. Additional requests for Advanced Sick Leave will not be granted until all previously granted Advanced Sick Leave has been repaid. The only exception to this Article provision is in cases where the maximum amount of Advanced Sick Leave had not been requested originally and additional Advanced Sick Leave, consecutive to that already granted, is needed to cover the employee’s continued absence arising from the original illness, injury, or disability. (G) Extended Sick Leave may be granted, subject to Management approval on the basis of verification of medical need by an accredited, licensed, or certified medical provider to an employee who sustained a temporary, recoverable, illness, injury, or serious disability. Approval of this leave requires the employee to have 1) completed at least five (5) years of USM or State service, 2) exhausted all other types of accrued leave, and 3) a satisfactory record of Sick Leave usage and work performance. The maximum available cumulative total of Extended Sick Leave is twelve (12) work months. Annual, Sick, and Holiday Leave earned, and Personal Leave credited while on Extended Sick Leave shall be applied as earned/credited. The employee may be required to provide periodic evidence of continued disability. (H) Up to maximum of thirty (30) days of accrued Sick Leave may be used to care for a child immediately following the birth of a child or placement of the child with the employee for adoption. In the case of an adopted child, Sick Leave is only available in connection with a documented formal adoption. In the event that both parents are UMCP employees, Sick Leave as provided for in this Section, is available to only one parent. When possible, employees are expected to provide advance notice of time taken under this Section to their immediate supervisor.

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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding

Sick Leave. Each full-22.01 Sick leave will be granted to employees to a limit of ten (10) hours per month. Part time employee shall be entitled to employees will earn sick leave with pay in accordance with on a pro-rated basis. No sick leave entitlement will be allowed during an employee's probationary period, however, at the following provisions: 31.1 Sick end of such period, the employee's sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal entitlement will date back to the number date of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616hiring. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave Employees may be utilized if the employee is required accumulate up to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight four hundred (48400) hours of accrued sick leave. There wi11 be no payout for unused sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if an employee leaves the employ of the employer. 22.02 Where an employee is required returns to be absent for the care related work following absence due to illness and/or injury, such employees shall be, wherever possible, returned to the illness or injury of same position she held prior to the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued a) Employees are required to notify the front-line staff and their supervisor directly, or a message left in their absence, that they will be off sick prior to the start of their shift and with as much notice as possible. 22.03 The Employer reserves the right to request a medical certificate for any absence in excess of three (3) days. The medical certificate must be produced by the employee if requested by the Employer, upon her return to work. 22.04 An employee's sick leave also bank may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Datealso for stress days, their children's illnesses, medical/dental appointments, or days absent due to inclement weather. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided 22.05 The Employer will pay up to a maximum of $200.00 for a Doctor's note or report which is requested by resolution the Employer, which are required either by law or contract. This article shall not apply to any government paid medical services, nor to any request for medical information by the Employer's insurers under the terms of its benefit plans nor to any pre-employment medical examinations. The employee must present the City Council, paid employer with either a receipt or an invoice for same. 22.06 It is understood that during an unpaid sick leave exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, credit for sick leave days shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physiciansuspended until such employee returns to work. 31.6 If approved by the City, 22.07 During an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted employee’s unpaid sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, employee must provide their portion of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior the premium for benefits to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice employer on a monthly basis. It is possible; provided, however, understood that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required failure to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is do so will result in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.the

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Agreement

Sick Leave. leave credit system is xxxxxx established for every teacher who is under contract. The Director of Education or Designate shall have power to do and perform all things necessary for the conduct of the sick leave credit system, including the power, subject to appeal to the Board, to allow or disallow any sick leave credit or deduction charged against the accumulated credits under this system. Any concerns that arise to the of the number of sick days in a member’s Sick Leave Credit, may be resolved through the Joint Relations If resolution is not reached through the matter shall be forwarded through Article Grievance and Arbitration Procedure. The Director of Education or Designate shall keep a register in which shall be entered the credits, the credits and the deductions charged against the accumulated credits. This will be shared with the teachers in September and February. Transfer for accumulative sick leave credits the immediate prior employing board will be accepted to a maximum of days, provided that: The prior employing board has established a sick leave credit plan. There was no intervening employment to interrupt the continuity of employment under which sick leave credits were accumulated. This does not apply to a teacher affected by redundancy. Each full-time employee eligible teacher shall be entitled to have of the unused portion of their annual sick leave transferred annually to their accumulated sick leave credit, to a maximum of days. After five (5) days continuous absence caused by no leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes allowed unless a certificate of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine qualified medical or dental appointments practitioner is to the Director of Education or Designate to the inability of the employee to attend to his or her duties. Notwithstanding subsection the Director of Education, or Designate may require an employee to submit the certificate required thereunder for a period of absence of less than five (5) days. This request shall be within the period of absence. The Board reserves the right to have any employee examined and by another doctor. Where a teacher is required or requested by the Board or any provision of this Agreement to provide the following persons who need assistance: Board with a child/stepchild for which medical or other documentation prepared by a physician, practitioner, hospital or health facility, the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related employer will pay any associated costs directly to the illness service provider or injury to the affected teacher within calendar days of receiving invoice outlining such costs. In cases where the absence is due to an accident covered under the Safety and Insurance Act or covered under any other type of accident insurance, the of which are paid by the Board, the period of absence to be charged against the credit shall be reduced to give effect only to the net salary paid by the Board. Xxxx leave credit of twenty (20) days annually will be credited to each teacher at the beginning of each school year and a child/stepchild for which proportionate credit will apply to: Part-time teachers under contract with the employee is legally responsibleBoard, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse and Teachers commencing employment after September and Teachers employment prior to June Those teachers who have already accumulated or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued more sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee September shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take retain such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeeaccumulation. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Leave. Each 1. All full-time employee school employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of one day per month. New employees shall have one year's sick leave credit when they begin work but starting with the second year it shall accumulate at one day per month. Sick leave shall be pro-rated for part-time employees and shall accumulate on a pro-rated basis 2. Unused sick leave days may accumulate to a maximum of 120 days of sick leave per employee. Sick leave pay shall cease when the income protection insurance plan becomes operative at 120 days. Only employees with 30 hours or more per week on contract are entitled to sick income disability protection. 3. Sick leave with pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered allowed whenever an employee’s absence is found to have been due to illness which prevented his/her attendance at school and performance of duties on that day or days. Except as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued provided below and under the Family and Medical Leave Act, sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The individual employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related only. Leave will be granted with pay up to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted per year, deductible from sick leave, in circumstances where an alleged job-related the event of serious illness or injury is involvedin the immediate family. For the purpose of this section, but immediate family shall include spouse, children (not covered by statute) and parents of the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injuryemployee. 31.4 Accrued 4. The School District may require an employee to furnish a medical certificate from a qualified physician as evidence of illness, indicating such absence was due to illness, in order to qualify for sick leave also may be used in accordance with pay, however the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program final determination as set forth in Section 4.2.10 to eligibility of an employee for sick leave is reserved to the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective DateSchool District. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of 5. In the City Council, paid sick leave shall not event that a medical certificate will be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the Cityrequired, an employee who is enrolled and participating in will be advised within a substance abuse treatment program may use reasonable time. 6. Sick leave allowed would be deducted from accrued sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or days earned by the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may 7. Sick leave pay shall be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requestedapproved only upon submission of a request using the approved district process. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee 8. Employees who are absent because of illness shall be entitled notify their respective supervisors. Supervisors shall report these absences to paid sick leave only for those days the Director of Food and number Nutrition Services. 9. The School District will comply with Family and Medical Leave Act of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 301993.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Labor Agreement

Sick Leave. A. Each regular full-time or regular part-time employee shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with at the rate of .0463 hours for each hour in a regular pay in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to the number of hours worked, status excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid call- back and standby duty. B. Unused sick leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this sectioncumulative from year to year, with no accrual limit. 31.2 Accrued X. Xxxx leave usage may not exceed the employee's accrued sick leave balance reported at the end of the prior pay period. D. The Air Pollution Control Officer, or his/her designee, may require evidence in the form of a physician's certificate, or otherwise, of the adequacy of the reason for any employee's absence during the time for which sick leave was requested. Under no circumstances is sick leave to be used in lieu of, in addition to, or as vacation. A physician's certificate may also be required in order to determine correctness of payroll records. E. When a member of their immediate family is seriously ill or injured and requires their presence and attendance, an employee may be allowed by their appointing authority to use his/her accumulated sick leave to attend such family member. F. Up to a maximum of five days (40 hours) of their accumulated sick leave may be utilized if the allowed by their appointing authority to an employee is required to be absent for absence from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account duty because of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirthany and each death in their immediate family. 31.2.2 The employee G. For the purposes of Section E and F above, "immediate family" is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsibledefined as husband, or the employee’s mother/stepmotherwife, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchildparent, brother, sister, child, xxxxxxxxx, grandparent, grandchild, and mother-in-law or father-in-law, domestic partner, or mother-in-lawdomestic partner’s child (as defined by AB 25) of the employee. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may X. Xx employee may, when necessary and at the discretion of the Air Pollution Control Officer, be granted up to two hours leave with pay to make voluntary non- remunerated blood donations to non-profit blood banks in circumstances where the county. Time off in excess of two hours and up to an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also additional two hours may be used for this purpose, but such additional time off shall be charged to accumulated sick leave. Leave for the purpose of donating blood shall not exceed five times in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Dateany one calendar year. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid I. No payment shall be made to any employee for unused sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence accumulated to their credit at the time of their termination from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physicianAPCD service. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Memorandum of Understanding

Sick Leave. A. Each employee in the service of the County for less than ten (10) years shall be credited with sick leave at the rate of one and one-fourth (1%) working days for each month of full-time service, which is cumulative from year to year. Sick leave accrual will be pro-rated for any time on leave without pay. Part-time employees shall accrue sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Each employee in the service of the County for ten (10) or more continuous years of service shall be credited with sick leave at the rate of one and one-half (1Y2) working days for each month of full-time service, which is cumulative from year to year. Leave without pay over 30 days will not be counted toward continuous years of service for purposes of determining the rate of accrual. B. An employee is entitled to use accrued sick leave with pay in accordance only: 1. When incapacitated to perform the duties of his/her position due to sickness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; 2. When quarantined; 3. When receiving required medical or dental service or examination; 4. For adoption of a child if the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources or any other appropriate public agency requires the employee to remain at home with the following provisions:child; and 31.1 5. Upon illness in the employee's immediate family where such illness requires his/her attendance. For this purpose, "immediate family" means the employee's relatives up to and including the 2nd degree of Affinity and Consanguinity (see Appendix 12-D); C. If any employee does not have adequate accrued sick leave time, the Sheriff may grant the use of accrued vacation time in lieu thereof. In no case, however, will sick leave be granted in lieu of vacation time. D. Sick leave shall accrue in be charged on an amount equal to the number hourly basis for each full hour or major portion of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor an hour of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: taken. Holidays occurring during a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave period shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use counted as sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such programtime. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee Xxxx leave taken during a pay period shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such charged before sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of the sick leave where such notice earned that pay period is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employeecredited. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to work or would have been required to work, notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to this Article 30.

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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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