Accumulation of Sick Leave: Each regular full-time employee shall receive 12 days of sick leave per year. Sick leave will be granted to new hires after serving a one hundred eighty (180) day period and will be pro-rated for the remainder of the fiscal year. If the employee leaves before a year is concluded, the pro-rated number of days would be paid back to the District from the final paycheck or other means as the District desires.
Employees may accumulate no more than one hundred twenty (120) days of unused sick leave.
Employees hired prior to July 1, 2013 who accumulated more than one hundred twenty (120) days of unused sick leave as of the end of fiscal year 2013, shall have the total number of accumulated days of unused sick leave in excess of one hundred twenty (120) days set aside in a sick/retirement bank to be available for future use. The allotment of unused sick leave in excess of one hundred twenty (120) days shall be credited to the sick/retirement bank one time only on July 1, 2013 and shall be based on the total accumulation of unused sick days at the close of fiscal year 2013. For example, an employee with a total accumulation of one hundred seventy (170) unused sick days at the end of fiscal year 2013 shall have fifty (50) days credited to his/her sick/retirement bank on July 1, 2013. Employees with days in the sick/retirement bank may access these days in the event their sick leave balance is expended down to zero. Otherwise, the sick/retirement bank shall be available for their use in conjunction with the Post-Employment Insurance Benefit subject to applicable regulations under law (see Part III – Benefits). Once used, the sick/retirement bank days may not be increased or replaced in future years.
Sick Leave Benefits: All regular full-time employees shall be paid sick leave benefits for all regularly scheduled working time lost by reason of illness or injury as defined herein, up to the total time accumulated by the employee. The Superintendent may require substantiation of said illness or injury.
Part-time employees shall accumulate sick leave benefits on a pro rata basis.
Definitions and General Provisions: Time lost due to the closing of schools by order of the County Board of Health or other competent authority shall not result in any loss of wages or accumulated sick leave.
An employee returning from any illness or injury, whether or not sick leave benefits have been paid, may be required to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Board or furnish a medical doctor's certificate of health prior to returning to work, in order to safeguard the health of students and fellow employees.
Employees shall not receive sick leave benefits in lieu of, or in addition to, payments received under the Worker's Compensation Act.
Any employee who has been proven to obtain sick leave benefits and/or worker’s compensation benefits by fraud, deceit, or falsified doctor’s statement shall be subject to suspension, discharge or other penalty as determined by the Board.
Sick leave benefits may be used for the purpose of time lost for oral surgery or physical examinations required for diagnostic purposes or required medical or psychological treatments. Oral surgery shall be deemed to be the treatment of the diseases, injuries or defects of the human jaw and the associative structure including extraction, periodontal surgery, injury, or any cutting with a knife.
Up to ten (10) days of accrued sick leave may be used annually to care for ill or ailing members of an employee’s immediate family (mother, mother-in-law, father, father-in-law, children, spouse and domestic partner). Said members do not have to reside with the employee. Such leave shall be deducted from accumulated sick leave. Said days shall be for illness or accident not covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
In addition, up to ten (10) days of accrued sick leave may be used annually to care for ill or ailing members of an employee’s immediate family (adult children, adult siblings, and grandchildren) who are not covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Such leave shall be deducted from accumulated sick leave.
Rev: 6-11-2018
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