Use of Sick Leave for Care of Family. Additionally, a bargaining-unit member may, upon notice to their Department Chair and, if requested, submittal of a physician’s statement as described above, use five days of their sick leave or the FSU sick leave bank (concurrent with any FMLA entitlement used) for the purpose of caring for the spouse, child, xxxxxx child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, brother, sibling, grandparent, grandchild of either the bargaining-unit member or their spouse, person for whom the bargaining-unit member is legal guardian, or for a person living in the bargaining- unit member’s immediate household who is seriously ill. A bargaining- unit member may apply to use additional sick leave time from their sick leave or the sick leave bank for these purposes. A request to use a total of 6-90 days shall be granted unless a majority of the Sick Leave Committee votes to deny the request or to authorize a lesser amount than that requested. A request to use a total of more than 90 days shall be granted if a majority of the Sick Leave Committee votes to approve the request. If a bargaining-unit member’s request for the use of sick leave or sick leave bank for these purposes for more than five days is denied, the bargaining-unit member must return to work for at least one full semester (six months in the case of a librarian) before applying again for the same illness for the same individual. Bargaining-unit members shall also be covered, as applicable, by the Family Medical Leave Act (for details, consult the Division of Human Resources) and by the Small Necessities Leave Act,5 which permits eligible employees to take up to a total of 24 hours of leave within a 12-month period to attend a child’s school activity or accompany a child or elderly relative to a doctor’s appointment.
