Substituting Sick Leave for Annual Leave Clause Samples
The 'Substituting Sick Leave for Annual Leave' clause allows employees to convert days of annual leave into sick leave if they become ill during a scheduled vacation. In practice, this means that if an employee falls sick while on approved annual leave and provides appropriate medical documentation, the affected days are reclassified as sick leave rather than being deducted from their annual leave balance. This clause ensures that employees do not lose their entitled vacation time due to unforeseen illness, thereby protecting their right to rest and recuperate.
Substituting Sick Leave for Annual Leave. Whenever circumstances within a period of annual leave would justify the granting of sick leave rather than annual leave, sick leave may be granted by the leave approving official, and the charge against annual leave reduced accordingly. Application for substitution must be made not later than two working days after the employee returns to duty and must be supported by such evidence as required by Article 26, ▇▇▇▇ Leave.
Substituting Sick Leave for Annual Leave.
A. Whenever circumstances within a period of annual leave would justify the granting of sick leave rather than annual leave, the leave-approving official may grant substitution of sick leave. Substitutions may also occur for maternity/paternity and bereavement purposes.
B. When substituting leave, the employee must work with the timekeeper and supervisor to ensure time is recorded properly.
C. Substitutions need to be made by the employee as soon as possible after returning to duty, but not later than 3 business days or the end of the biweek, whichever is longer.
D. Such requests must be supported by evidence, if required, for a request for use of Sick Leave as set forth in Article 24, Section 2.