Common use of Sickness or Death Clause in Contracts

Sickness or Death. 1) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed sick leave, without loss of pay, as provided by Florida law. The unused portion of sick leave shall be accumulated from year to year to the limit permitted by Statutes. "Sick Leave" shall be defined as personal illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or illness or death of a member of his/her immediate family. "Immediate family" shall be defined as spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, son-in-law, or any relative or dependent who resides in the bargaining unit Member’s household. District employees may allow his or her family members (spouse, child, parent, or sibling) to use the sick leave that has accrued to the employee if the family members are also district employees in accordance with Florida Statute. The family member can only use the donated sick leave when all of his or her sick leave has been depleted. Effective the 1997-98 school year, an optional sick leave buy-back program for 50% of an employee’s daily rate for unused sick leave. This provision is not retroactive for sick leave days accumulated in prior contract years. 2) The Board shall provide terminal pay to any bargaining unit member upon the bargaining unit member’s retirement (for this purpose retirement is defined as being vested in the Florida Retirement System) or the bargaining unit member’s beneficiary if service is terminated by death. Such terminal pay shall be in accordance with Florida Statute 1012.61; however, all employees must have a minimum of ten (10) years of full-time experience in Hernando County. Years of service do not have to be consecutive. 3) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed leave of absence without loss of seniority for illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or member of his/her immediate family, as defined in 11.10(1). 4) Sick leave taken by new instructional employees hired on or after July 1, 2011, will be charged against leave earned in the District until exhausted prior to using any leave transferred from a qualifying employer, thereby reducing the District’s liability for sick leave/terminal payouts. For new instructional employees hired on or after July 1, 2011, sick leave transferred into the district from another qualifying employer (as allowable by law), will not be eligible for sick leave/terminal payout. 5) An instructional staff member employed in the District, who interrupts service and subsequently returns to an instructional position within the District who was not eligible to receive terminal payout and did not transfer out his/her sick leave balance, shall have the option of banking the previous sick leave balance or donating the sick leave balance to the instructional sick leave bank. At the time of resignation, the employee may choose to donate or bank the sick leave balance. If the sick leave balance is banked it will become valid on the first contract day of the employee’s return to employment with the District. If no choice is elected upon resignation, as a default the hours will be donated to the sick leave bank. This section does not apply to Personal Leave.

Sickness or Death. 1) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed sick leave, without loss of pay, as provided by Florida law. The unused portion of sick leave shall be accumulated from year to year to the limit permitted by Statutes. "Sick Leave" shall be defined as personal illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or illness or death of a member of his/her immediate family. "Immediate family" shall be defined as spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, son-in-law, or any relative or dependent who resides in the bargaining unit Member’s household. District employees may allow his or her family members (spouse, child, parent, or sibling) to use the sick leave that has accrued to the employee if the family members are also district employees in accordance with Florida Statute. The family member can only use the donated sick leave when all of his or her sick leave has been depleted. Effective the 1997-98 school year, an optional sick leave buy-back program for 50% of an employee’s daily rate for unused sick leave. This provision is not retroactive for sick leave days accumulated in prior contract years. 2) The Board shall provide terminal pay to any bargaining unit member upon the bargaining unit member’s retirement (for this purpose retirement is defined as being vested in the Florida Retirement System) or the bargaining unit member’s beneficiary if service is terminated by death. Such terminal pay shall be in accordance with Florida Statute 1012.61; however, all employees must have a minimum of ten (10) years of full-time experience in Hernando County. Years of service do not have to be consecutive. 3) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed leave of absence without loss of seniority for illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or member of his/her immediate family, as defined in 11.10(1). 4) Sick leave taken by new instructional employees hired on or after July 1, 2011, will be charged against leave earned in the District until exhausted prior to using any leave transferred from a qualifying employer, thereby reducing the District’s liability for sick leave/terminal payouts. For new instructional employees hired on or after July 1, 2011, sick leave transferred into the district from another qualifying employer (as allowable by law), will not be eligible for sick leave/terminal payout. 5) An instructional staff member employed in the District, who interrupts service and subsequently returns to an instructional position within the District who was not eligible to receive terminal payout and did not transfer out his/her sick leave balance, shall have the option of banking the previous sick leave balance or donating the sick leave balance to the instructional sick leave bank. At the time of resignation, the employee may choose to donate or bank the sick leave balance. If the sick leave balance is banked it will become valid on the first contract day of the employee’s return to employment with the District. If no choice is elected upon resignation, as a default the hours will be donated to the sick leave bank. This section does not apply to Personal Leave.in

Sickness or Death. ‌ 1) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed sick leave, without loss of pay, as provided by Florida law. The unused portion of sick leave shall be accumulated from year to year to the limit permitted by Statutes. "Sick Leave" shall be defined as personal illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or illness or death of a member of his/her immediate family. "Immediate family" shall be defined as spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, son-in-law, or any relative or dependent who resides in the bargaining unit Member’s household. District employees may allow his or her family members (spouse, child, parent, or sibling) to use the sick leave that has accrued to the employee if the family members are also district employees in accordance with Florida Statute. The family member can only use the donated sick leave when all of his or her sick leave has been depleted. Effective the 1997-98 school year, an optional sick leave buy-back program for 50% of an employee’s daily rate for unused sick leave. This provision is not retroactive for sick leave days accumulated in prior contract years. 2) The Board shall provide terminal pay to any bargaining unit member upon the bargaining unit member’s retirement (for this purpose retirement is defined as being vested in the Florida Retirement System) or the bargaining unit member’s beneficiary if service is terminated by death. Such terminal pay shall be in accordance with Florida Statute 1012.61; however, all employees must have a minimum of ten (10) years of full-time experience in Hernando County. Years of service do not have to be consecutive. 3) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed leave of absence without loss of seniority for illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or member of his/her immediate family, as defined in 11.10(1).11.10(1).‌ 4) Sick leave taken by new instructional employees hired on or after July 1, 2011, will be charged against leave earned in the District until exhausted prior to using any leave transferred from a qualifying employer, thereby reducing the District’s liability for sick leave/terminal payouts. payouts.‌ For new instructional employees hired on or after July 1, 2011, sick leave transferred into the district from another qualifying employer (as allowable by law), will not be eligible for sick leave/terminal payout. 5) An instructional staff member employed in the District, who interrupts service and subsequently returns to an instructional position within the District who was not eligible to receive terminal payout and did not transfer out his/her sick leave balance, shall have the option of banking the previous sick leave balance or donating the sick leave balance to the instructional sick leave bank. bank.‌ At the time of resignation, the employee may choose to donate or bank the sick leave balance. If the sick leave balance is banked it will become valid on the first contract day of the employee’s return to employment with the District. If no choice is elected upon resignation, as a default the hours will be donated to the sick leave bank. This section does not apply to Personal Leave.