Using Sick Leave. Sick leave shall be guaranteed to employees using the following guidelines:
1. When an employee is incapacitated for the performance of their duties due to illness, injury, pregnancy, and/or confinement. This will also coincide with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) if it is a qualifying event.
2. If an employee’s immediate family (parent, spouse, child, step child, step parent) is suffering from an illness or injury, up to forty (40) hours of sick leave may be utilized.
3. For a medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment.
4. When, through exposure to illness, the presence of the employee at his/her post of duty would jeopardize the health of others.
5. For the birth of a child.
6. The Department Supervisor may require a doctor’s certification to establish the employee illness.
7. When an employee’s sick leave extends beyond three (3) workdays, the City may require a doctor’s certification clearing the employee for a return to work.
Using Sick Leave. 12.2.6.1 At the beginning of each fiscal year, the full amount of sick leave granted under this Section shall be credited to each unit member.
12.2.6.2 Credit for sick leave need not be accrued prior to taking such leave and such leave may be taken at any time during the year. However, a new unit member of the District shall not be eligible to take more than six days until the first day of the calendar month after completion of six months of active service with the District. If a unit member terminates District employment having used more sick leave than has been accrued, an adjustment will be made on the final warrant.
12.2.6.3 A unit member shall be able to use one half of their annual sick leave earnings to be used for an ill family member. Family member for the purpose of this article is defined as: spouse; registered domestic partner; biological child, xxxxxx child or adopted child; step child; legal xxxx; child of registered domestic partner; child of a person standing in loco parentis when the unit member was a child; biological parent, xxxxxx parent, or adoptive parent; stepparent; or legal guardian of a unit member. For example: A unit member who earns ten (10) days of sick leave in a work year may use up to five (5) days of sick leave per year for this leave; a unit member who earns twelve (12) days of sick leave in a work year may use up to six (6) days of sick leave per work year for this leave.
12.2.6.4 If an illness continues beyond exhaustion of accrued and accumulated sick leave, and beyond exhaustion of certain other leave benefits, the unit member shall be entitled to extended sick leave benefits subject to the conditions set forth in section 12.3 below. A unit member is not entitled to a payout of earned, unused days of sick leave upon separation of employment.
Using Sick Leave. Employees may utilize their sick leave for the following purposes:
A. When the employee is unable to perform their work duties by reason of an off-the- job illness or injury, necessity for dental or medical care, or exposure to contagious disease under circumstances which the health of the employee with whom associated or members of the public necessarily dealt with would be endangered by attendance on duty.
B. When an employee is unable to perform their work duties by reason of an on-the- job injury or occupational illness, set forth in Article 14.
C. An employee may utilize their sick leave allowance by reason of illness or injury in the immediate family of the employee when the employee's attendance is required to care for the immediate family member. "Immediate family" is defined as mother, father, spouse, domestic partner, sister, brother, children (including xxxxxx or court appointed children), step children, grandparents, grandchildren, and in-laws or other relatives residing in the employee's household which requires the employee’s absence from work. For purposes of this Article, where sick leave benefits are extended to “spouses”, domestic partners shall be considered a spouse, and relatives of domestic partners shall be considered a spouse’s relatives. A charge shall be made against sick leave credits for time absent from work only.
D. For other OFLA qualifying absences. Represented part-time employees who work an average of twenty (20) or more hours per week will be eligible to use sick leave for OFLA qualifying absences. An employee may utilize his sick leave or vacation account until such time as the employee is eligible to receive disability insurance payments under PERS or the City’s long term disability insurance policy. A charge against the employee's sick leave or vacation account shall be made on a prorated basis and in proportion to the pay received from the City. All sick leave payments shall cease upon the depletion of the employee's sick leave account. Employees who have depleted their accumulated sick time shall draw from their vacation, personal holiday, and/or compensatory time banks to receive pay for absences that occur after their sick leave accounts are depleted, unless they are part-time employees working an average of twenty (20) or more hours per week or are on OFLA and/or FMLA leave.
Using Sick Leave i) An employee may take sick leave if:
(1) The employee is sick or injured; or
(2) The employee’s spouse or partner is sick or injured, or
(3) A person who depends on the employee for care is sick or injured.
Using Sick Leave a) Sick leave is defined to mean a period in which the Employee is incapacitated for the performance of assigned duties by sickness or injury, or by pregnancy, childbirth and recovery from them, or period of time required for medical, surgical, dental, or optical examination or treatment, or where through exposure to a contagious disease, the presence of the Employee on duty would jeopardize the health of others.
b) Loss of time due to an illness of the Employee’s spouse, children, other relatives or members of the Employee’s household, which requires the Employee’s personal care and attention shall be charged against the Employees accumulated sick leave.
c) Sick leave shall be used in multiples of not less than one-quarter (1/4) hour.
d) If an Employee is unable to report for duty because of illness, the Employee shall notify the supervisor or designee, in accordance with the Employer’s call in policy prior to the beginning of the Employee’s work shift.
Using Sick Leave. This policy applies to all employees of Intercity Transit, unless leave specifics are otherwise outlined in a labor agreement, if applicable.
Using Sick Leave. Employees may utilize their sick leave for the following purposes:
A. When the employee is unable to perform their work duties by reason of an off-the- job illness or injury, necessity for dental or medical care, or exposure to contagious disease under circumstances which the health of the employee with whom associated or members of the public necessarily dealt with would be endangered by attendance on duty.
B. When an employee is unable to perform their work duties by reason of an on-the- job injury or occupational illness, set forth in Article 14.
C. An employee may utilize their sick leave allowance by reason of illness or injury in the immediate family of the employee when the employee's attendance is required to care for the immediate family member. "Immediate family" is defined as mother, father, spouse, domestic partner, sister, brother, children (including xxxxxx or court appointed children), stepchildren , grandparents, grandchildren, and in-laws. Additionally, employees may use sick leave to care for other relatives who reside in the employee's household whose care requires the employee’s absence from work. For purposes of this Article, where sick leave benefits are extended to “spouses”, a domestic partner as defined in Section 16.6 shall be considered a spouse, and immediate family members of a domestic partner shall be considered a spouse’s immediate family members, as required by applicable law. A charge shall be made against sick leave credits for time absent from work only.
D. For other OFLA qualifying absences and/or leave covered by Oregon’s Sick Leave Law. Represented part-time employees who work an average of twenty (20) or more hours per week will be eligible to use sick leave for OFLA and Oregon Sick Leave Law qualifying absences. An employee may utilize their sick leave or vacation account until such time as the employee is eligible to receive disability insurance payments under PERS or the City’s long-term disability insurance policy.
Using Sick Leave. Employees may utilize their allowance of sick leave when they are unable to perform their work duties by reason of personal illness or injury, or for any of the circumstances as specified in Section 2 above. In such event, the employee shall notify the City of absence due to illness or injury, or for other authorized reasons specified above and the nature and expected length thereof as soon as possible prior to the beginning of his regular scheduled work shift, unless he is unable to do so because of the serious nature of the injury or illness. The City may, at its option, require a physician’s statement of the nature and identity of the illness or injury, the need for the employee’s absence and an estimated duration of the absence, for absences over three days in length, prior to allowing the employee to return to work and receive payment for the sick leave taken. However, when in the judgment of the City, reason exists to suspect that an employee has abused the sick leave privilege, the City shall be able to notify the employee in writing that the City shall require that employee to obtain a physician’s statement certifying the reason for any further use or uses of sick leave in any amount until the alleged abuse of sick leave has ceased. Where the City finds the employee is, by reason of his illness or injury, unable to perform services with the regularity, efficiency or degree of safety to himself or to others which the City finds necessary to the proper operation of the department and safety of fellow employees and the public, or where the City finds that the employee’s illness or injury is a state where it may present an unnecessary and unreasonable risk of infection to other employees, the City shall have the right to require that he absent himself and take further sick leave, or, if the employee’s sick leave has been exhausted, that he remain on leave with the option to use accrued vacation, compensatory, or floating holiday time to cover a continuing absence due to illness or injury.
Using Sick Leave. Xxxx leave shall be used only upon approval of the employee's department head and only for the following reasons: illness, quarantine, pregnancy, personal injury, death of an immediate family member, or instances where illness in the immediate family requires the care and/or attendance of the employee. A maximum of sixty (60) hours accrued sick leave per year may be used toward non-FMLA qualified sickness in the immediate family; vacation hours, leave without pay, or other appropriate leave will be used for any hours over the maximum. Immediate family shall be defined as the employee's father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, child, grandchild or grandparent related by blood, current marriage, or adoption or any legal guardian.
Using Sick Leave. Employees must make every effort to communicate to the Co-operative that they intend to use their Sick Leave as early as possible prior to the commencement of their scheduled shift. The Co-operative reserves the right to request reasonably sufficient proof that an employee is entitled to use Sick Leave for sickness, illness or injury. The Co-operative shall pay for medical reports required in connection with Sick Leave, up to a maximum of fifty dollars ($50.00), subject to provision of adequate receipt or invoice to the Co-operative. Employees may use twenty-four (24) hours of Sick Leave each calendar year for medical appointments, medical emergencies, or direct family illness involving their children, spouse or parents. The Co-operative shall apply any accumulated Sick Leave of an Admin Clerk to supplement Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability (or similar benefits) at the Admin Clerk’s request in writing, but not to exceed the Admin Clerk’s normal earnings.
