Voluntary Sick Leave Pool Sample Clauses
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Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. The intent of the “Voluntary Sick Leave Pool” (VSLP) is to allow St. Johns County School District employees to voluntarily donate their earned hours of leave for use by another employee as specified by the donor. Employees who have been employed one (1) year, in which they have earned sick leave, will qualify to donate leave hours. This program will be in addition to the “Sick Leave Bank” outlined in the negotiated agreements, which is intended for terminal conditions. Qualifying for this program is not predicated on membership in the “Sick Leave Bank.” An employee wishing to donate sick leave hours to an individual: • Must have been consecutively employed for more than one (1) year in a position which earns sick leave. • Must have a minimum of 160 hours of sick leave available at the time of donation. • May donate up to 24 hours per contract year. An employee who is in need of paid donated sick leave hours: • Will not be allowed more than 100 days per year of approved leave. • Must have been employee for one (1) full contract year. • Effective January 20, 2022, no leave without pay is required. • Must be on approved FMLA leave or Board approved medical leave of absence. • Must be in a position which earns sick leave. • Will not accrue sick leave days while being paid through the Voluntary Sick Leave Pool leave. Miscellaneous: • Donated hours which are not used, by the receiving employee will be transferred to the “Sick Leave Bank” for use in terminal conditions of members. • Employees who have been paid out (through retirement or separation from employment with the District) all sick leave, must be in unpaid status equal to the number of hours they were previously paid out. • The donated hours may only be used by the original recipient. • The Pool will be managed by the HR Department. • Proper forms will be developed by the District and used for the donated hours. • The donation of hours will remain anonymous, notwithstanding the Florida Sunshine Laws which may apply.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. Non-probationary teachers who have a significant illness or a member of the immediate family with a significant illness (using FMLA guidelines) who have exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave shall be allowed to utilize the sick leave pool pursuant to the following:
Subd. 1. It is the teacher's responsibility to report to a designated official of the exclusive representative, the number of sick hours needed.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. At the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1) an employee may elect to donate one half sick leave day (4 hours) to the sick leave pool. Employees hired during the course of the fiscal year will have thirty (30) days from their start date to elect to donate to the sick leave pool. Only those employees that donate leave are eligible to draw leave from the sick leave pool. In the event an employee, or a member of the employee’s family (a dependent or person for whom the employee is responsible for the care of), sustains a serious injury or illness and is under the care of a health care provider, and the employee has exhausted all banks, except YES days, the employee may seek additional sick leave from the sick leave pool, in order to maintain their salary, by way of the following procedure:
1. Submit in writing a request to access a specific number of sick leave days from the sick leave pool to the Human Resource Department using designated form. The request must include a statement from the attending health care provider. If the request is made to attend appointments with a health care provider, the employee may be required to submit verification of attendance at scheduled appointments.
2. The request will be considered by the Executive Director of Human Resources, or designee, and the Union President, or their designee(s).
3. Approved sick leave will be added to the requesting employee’s sick leave bank for use during the specified period. Unused sick leave will be returned to the sick leave pool. Days can be rescinded if proper documentation or verification is not submitted. The maximum number of days an employee may request or be awarded in sick leave days under this article is as follows: 12 month employee: 12 days 11 month employee: 11 days 10 month employee: 10 days The voluntary sick leave pool is in no way to be used in lieu of or in conjunction with Extended Sick Bank. Unused days in the pool will carry-over from year to year and will not expire at the end of the fiscal year (June 30). Once the pool is exhausted, no other requests can be considered for that year. A report will be given to the Union from Human Resources showing the usage and stating the balance at the end of each fiscal year.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. Non-probationary teachers who have a significant illness or a member of the immediate family with a significant illness (using FMLA guidelines) who have exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave shall be allowed to utilize the sick leave pool pursuant to the following:
Subd. 1. It is the teacher's responsibility to report to a designated official of the exclusive representative, the number of sick days needed.
Subd. 2. Teachers shall indicate on a form provided by
Subd. 3. The exclusive representative shall forward these forms to the appropriate district official, who shall make the necessary changes in accumulated sick leave.
Subd. 4. In no instance, shall the teacher be allowed to receive sick leave days once the teacher has qualified for LTD or is eligible to return to work.
Subd. 5. A teacher who requests sick leave donations shall not have access to the grievance procedure. All donations are strictly voluntary. The district is responsible for monitoring and recording changes in accumulated sick leave.
Subd. 6. Donation of sick leave days to the pool shall not count as days used for the purpose of qualifying for the Wellness Incentive of Section 1. Subd. 12 of this article.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. Non-probationary teachers who have a significant illness or a member of the immediate family with a significant illness (using FMLA guidelines) who have exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave shall be allowed to utilize the sick leave pool pursuant to the following:
Subd. 1. It is the teacher's responsibility to report to a designated official of the exclusive representative, the number of sick hours needed.
Subd. 2. Teachers shall indicate on a form provided by the exclusive representative, the number of hours to be donated to the teacher.
Subd. 3. The exclusive representative shall forward these forms to the appropriate District official, who shall make the necessary changes in accumulated sick leave.
Subd. 4. In no instance, shall the teacher be allowed to receive sick leave hours once the teacher has qualified for LTD or is eligible to return to work.
Subd. 5. A teacher who requests sick leave donations shall not have access to the grievance procedure. All donations are strictly voluntary. The District is responsible for monitoring and Subd. 6. Donation of sick leave hours to the pool shall not count as hours used for the purpose of qualifying for the Wellness Incentive of Section 1. Subd. 12 of this article.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. Non-probationary educators who have a significant illness or a member of the immediate family with a significant illness (using FMLA guidelines) who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave shall be allowed to utilize the sick leave pool pursuant to the following:
Subd. 1. It is the educator's responsibility to report to a designated official of the exclusive representative, the number of sick hours needed.
Subd. 2. Educators shall indicate on a form provided by the exclusive representative, the number of hours to be donated to the educator.
Subd. 3. The exclusive representative shall forward these forms to the appropriate District official, who shall make the necessary changes in accumulated sick leave.
Subd. 4. In no instance shall the educator be allowed to receive sick leave hours once the educator has qualified for LTD or is eligible to return to work.
Subd. 5. An educator who requests sick leave donations shall not have access to the Subd. 6. Donation of sick leave hours to the pool shall not count as hours used for the purpose of qualifying for the Wellness Incentive of Section 1. Subd. 12 of this article.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. 8.3.A. Voluntary Sick Leave Pool Membership
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. At the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1) an employee may elect to donate one half sick leave day to the sick leave pool. Only those employees that donate leave are eligible to draw leave from the sick leave pool. In the event an employee, or a member of the employee’s family (a dependent or person for whom the employee is responsible for the care of), sustains a serious non-work related injury or illness and is hospitalized or confined to home, under the care of a health care provider, and has exhausted all banks, the employee may seek additional sick leave from the sick leave pool, in order to maintain their salary during the period of disability, by way of the following procedure:
1. Submit in writing a request to access a specific number of sick leave days from the sick leave pool to the Executive Director of Employee Services. The request must include a statement from the attending health care provider, and an explanation of the reason(s) the request should be considered.
2. The request will be considered by the Executive Director of Employee Services and the Union President, or their designee(s).
3. Approved sick leave will be added to the requesting employee’s sick leave bank for use during the specified period of disability. Unused sick leave will be returned to the sick leave pool. Employees are not to request or be awarded additional sick leave exceeding their yearly allocation of sick days. The voluntary sick leave pool is in no way to be used in lieu of or in conjunction with Extended Sick Bank. Unused days in the pool will expire at the end of the fiscal year (June 30). Once the pool is exhausted, no other requests can be considered for that year.
Voluntary Sick Leave Pool