Common use of Sick/Personal Necessity Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick/Personal Necessity Leave. 7.1.1. Each unit member has twelve days of sick/personal necessity leave per school year, which is accumulated from year-to-year without limit. 7.1.2. A unit member who has been employed for a period of one or more school years, and who subsequently accepts a position in another school district, shall have transferred with him/her to the second district the total amount of leave of absence for illness or injury to which he/she is entitled under Education Code Section 44978. Employees of other school districts who are employed by the Acalanes District will be credited with the accumulated number of days of sick leave recorded in former districts under Education Code Section 44979. 7.1.3. Unit members who are absent on account of illness or accident shall be entitled to differential compensation in accordance with Education Code Section 44977. 7.1.4. Upon the request of Human Resources Department, a doctor’s certificate may be requested of the unit member as proof of illness or injury after three consecutive days of absence or after twelve days of absence during one school year. Verification of need for personal necessity absence may be requested of the unit member by the Director of Human Resources after three consecutive days of absence or after twelve days of absence during one school year. 7.1.5. Unit members shall report their absences in advance to the Human Resources Department substitute system. 7.1.6. Personal necessity leave may be used by unit members for family, personal, or religious obligations. Religious obligations are defined as attendance at religious services and observance of religious holidays. The unit member must hold a sincere, bona fide religious belief as defined by the California Fair Employment Housing Act and Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act. 7.1.7. The employee shall notify in writing the Human Resources Department, as soon as feasible for personal necessity leave in excess of three days, except in urgent situations such as the death or serious illness of a member of the immediate family or an accident involving the employee’s person or property or the person or property of a member of the immediate family. 7.1.8. After any absence due to personal necessity, the employee shall verify the absence by submitting a completed and signed District absence form to his/her immediate supervisor. 7.1.9. Routine medical/dental appointments may not be scheduled on staff development days.

Sick/Personal Necessity Leave. 7.1.1. 7.4.1 Each unit member has twelve days of sick/personal necessity leave per school year, which is accumulated from year-to-year without limit. 7.1.2. 7.4.2 A unit member who has been employed for a period of one or more school years, and who subsequently accepts a position in another school district, shall have transferred with him/her to the second district the total amount of leave of absence for illness or injury to which he/she is entitled under Education Code Section 44978. Employees of other school districts who are employed by the Acalanes District will be credited with the accumulated number of days of sick leave recorded in former districts under Education Code Section 44979. 7.1.3. 7.4.3 Unit members who are absent on account of illness or accident shall be entitled to differential compensation in accordance with Education Code Section 44977. 7.1.4. 7.4.4 Upon the request of the Director of Human Resources DepartmentResources, a doctor’s certificate may be requested of the unit member as proof of illness or injury after three consecutive days of absence or after twelve days of absence during one school year. Verification of need for personal necessity absence may be requested of the unit member by the Director of Human Resources after three consecutive days of absence or after twelve days of absence during one school year. 7.1.5. 7.4.5 Unit members shall report their absences in advance to the Human Resources Department substitute system. 7.1.6. 7.4.6 Personal necessity leave may be used by unit members for family, personal, or religious obligations. Religious obligations are defined as attendance at religious services and observance of religious holidays. The unit member must hold a sincere, bona fide religious belief as defined by the California Fair Employment Housing Act and Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act. 7.1.7. 7.4.7 The employee shall notify in writing the Human Resources DepartmentAssociate Superintendent of Administrative Services, as soon as feasible for personal necessity leave in excess of three days, except in urgent situations such as the death or serious illness of a member of the immediate family or an accident involving the employee’s person or property or the person or property of a member of the immediate family. 7.1.8. 7.4.8 After any absence due to personal necessity, the employee shall verify the absence by submitting a completed and signed District absence form to his/her immediate supervisor. 7.1.9. 7.4.9 Routine medical/dental appointments may not be scheduled on staff development days.