Special Sick Leave. If an employee is medically unable to work full time, but is capable of working a reduced load, the employee may be permitted to work at such reduced load, receive full pay, and use pro rated earned sick leave to make up the difference between the reduced workload and the regular full-time workload. Earned sick leave used in this manner shall be deemed Special Sick Leave. The President or his/her designee may require appropriate medical documentation that the employee can work part time but not full time. Additionally, the President or his/her designee may consider operational needs in deciding whether the employee may work on a part-time basis. An employee's request to use Special Sick Leave shall not be unreasonably denied.
Special Sick Leave. Where the employee has insufficient sick leave to cover a period of absence, the Director-General will give genuine consideration to the provision of additional sick leave on pay along with a range of options to support employees to return to work. Sick leave of any special nature will be included in the aggregate of sick leave taken, but such leave will be noted on the employee’s personal file.
Special Sick Leave. Any staff member whose employment requires exposure to unusual employment hazard shall be granted special sick leave credits not to exceed 105 hours in a calendar year. Such sick leave credits shall be available and sick leave granted upon written recommendation by the Administration to the Director of Human Resources that it has been determined by blood tests or other approved method and supported by a statement from a qualified physician that the health of the staff member required such sick leave to permit recuperation from exposure to such occupational hazards.
Special Sick Leave. With effect from the 1.6.2015, Special Sick Leave up to 30 days may be granted to an employee once during his/her entire period of service for donation of kidney/ organ.
Special Sick Leave. Employees disabled from their regular work by injury received in the course of employment shall be granted special sick leave, not exceeding sixty (60) working days except with special approval of the District Board of Directors. Such special sick leave shall not be charged against sick leave earned pursuant to Article 14.
1. An employee may be requested to perform temporary limited duties during such period of disability if the attending physician finds the employee able to perform such duties. Every employee entitled to special sick leave shall, for each day of such special sick leave taken, be paid the difference between the employee's regular salary or wage and the amount of Workers' Compensation disability payments to which such employee is entitled for such day; provided, that such differential shall not be paid for any day on which the employee declines to perform temporary limited duties requested of them pursuant to the first paragraph of this article.
Special Sick Leave. In the event any teacher has utilized all sick leave benefits and requests an unpaid leave of absence for personal health reasons, such leave shall be granted for a maximum duration of the remainder of the school terms and one additional school term next following the exhaustion of all sick leave benefits. If, at the conclusion of such leave, the employee is unable to return to work, said employee shall conclusively be determined to be totally and permanently disabled and his or her employment shall cease. In such case, the board shall cooperate with the employee in assisting the employee with the Illinois Downstate Teachers' Retirement System for securing any disability benefits the employee may be entitled to receive. B2. Bereavement Leave - Teachers will be granted four (4) bereavement days with pay for the death of immediate family members. The “immediate family” will be defined as: spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, step-parents, legal guardians, civil union partner, aunts, uncles, and stepchildren of a teacher and their spouse.
Special Sick Leave. Where a situation occurs in any employee's family, due to an illness or hospitalization, which necessitates the employee's absence from work, the employee shall be allowed to take up to five (5) days sick leave per year. Family members shall be as specified in Article 23.06.
Special Sick Leave. For each 12-month period, commencing after 6 months of continuous employment, employees may apply for up to 5 days’ special sick leave. This option becomes available where the employee has exhausted their sick leave entitlement. Special sick leave will be granted and paid on the production of a medical certificate. Payment for special sick leave will be at the ordinary rate of pay. Special sick leave does not accumulate.
Special Sick Leave. (a) Special sick leave is a grant of paid sick leave additional to the annual or cumulative entitlement, and its application is reserved for long term employees (over 10 years) for occasions of long term illness only.
(b) Special sick leave shall be granted by the General Secretary if the employee:
i. has 10 or more years of service;
ii. has been or will be absent for a period of at least three months; and
iii. has exhausted or will exhaust, all normal sick leave entitlements.
(c) The grant of special sick leave shall be calculated on the basis of 22 working days for each 10 years of completed service.
Special Sick Leave. 107.1 The employer may grant paid special sick leave for a period of no more than 3 months in cases of serious illness or other justifiable cause on the recommendation of the Police Medical Officer or registered medical practitioner.
107.2 Paid special sick leave will be granted at the employer’s discretion.
