Sick Leave Sample Clauses

Sick Leave. 8.1 Effective July 1st each year every employee shall be credited with fifteen (15) days of sick leave. New employees will deposit one sick day to the Sick Leave Bank in the first year of employment. 8.2 Individuals first employed after July 1st of any year shall be credited with one day of sick leave per month until the next July 1st when they shall be credited with 15. 8.3 Unused sick leave shall accumulate from year to year without limit. 8.4 Sick leave shall be granted for absence due to personal illness, injury, disability, or exposure to contagious diseases, except that employees may use up to five (5) days of accrued sick leave per contract year to care for members of their immediate family in the event of unforeseen short-term illness. In addition, sick leave may be used during the period of certified disability resulting from the birth of a child. 8.5 An employee with a minimum of ten (10) years’ service who provides notification of retirement by October 1st of the school year preceding the school year in which the employee intends to retire shall receive a lump sum payment to be computed by multiplying the number of the employee’s unused accumulated sick leave days by $40.00, but not to exceed $4,000. The only exception for the October 1st notification deadline shall be for an employee who is currently experiencing/dealing with an extreme medical situation involving the employee or the following relatives of the employee: spouse, child, sibling, or parent, including any individual who has acted in place of and as parent or spouse to the employee or employee’s spouse; in that case, the employee shall give the required notice as soon as possible. Best efforts will be made to include this lump sum payment in the employee’s final paycheck. If an employee who has a minimum of ten (10) years’ service is laid off pursuant to ARTICLE X, said employee may elect to receive the lump-sum payment described above in lieu of recall to a subsequent vacancy should one occur. 8.6 There shall be no loss of rights to salary increments while on sick leave. 8.7 Employees injured on the job and receiving Worker's Compensation may, upon their request, be granted sick leave, provided they have sick leave credit available, to the extent that they will receive such amount as will, when added to the amount of the Worker's Compensation, result in the payment to them of their full salary. 8.8 In the event of the death of an employee covered by this Agreement, the employee’s d...

Sick Leave. 22.01 Any abuse of these provisions may be considered cause for disciplinary action. 22.02 All regular employees shall be entitled to one and one-half (1-1/2) days sick leave for each full month of employment and any unused portion of such sick leave shall accumulate to the credit of such employees. 22.03 All regular employees shall be entitled to sick leave with pay up to the amount of their accumulated sick leave credits. Probationary employees shall not be entitled to such credits until they become regular employees, at which time sick leave credits will be established as of the date of hiring, except that probationary employees may draw an advance on their accumulations. Eligible employees will be advised of their accumulated sick leave credit days as of December 3lst of each year, by means of a slip attached to their pay cheque. 22.04 Employees absent from work in excess of three (3) working days due to medical reasons must submit a medical physician's certificate to cover the absence, and may at the discretion of the department head be required to produce a physician's statement to cover any shorter period of absence due to medical reasons. Normally the physician's statement to cover absences of three (3) days or less will be asked for in advance. 22.05 Any regular employee who has had at least five (5) years of continuous service shall, upon termination of his employment for any reason, be entitled to a sick leave gratuity equal to his salary at the time of such termination of service, for one-half (1/2) of the number of days of sick leave standing to his credit at that date, provided, however, that the amount of such gratuity shall in no case exceed six (6) months of his salary at that date. 22.06 In cases where absence is caused by accident or illness for which the employee is receiving compensation from the Workplace Safety Insurance Board, the period of absence to be charged against his sick leave credit shall be reduced to give effect only to the net salary paid by the Region to such employee with respect to such absence. 22.07 No wage payments shall be made to an employee claiming compensation beyond the limit of his credit on sick leave, unless or until an award has been made by the Workplace Safety Insurance Board.

Sick Leave. Section 1. The contract provisions governing absences and leaves of personnel are patterned after state laws and regulations. Each full-time permanent employee is entitled to accumulate one day of sick leave per month of employment. Such sick leave is to be accrued in the following manner. A. Each full-time permanent employee shall be credited with four days of sick leave at the end of the first month of employment of each contract year and shall, thereafter, be credited for one day of sick leave for each month of employment, which shall be credited to the employee at the end of the month and which shall not be used prior to the time it is earned and credited to the employee; however, each employee shall be entitled to earn no more than one day of sick leave times the number of months of employment during the year of employment. If the employee terminates his/her employment and has not accrued the four sick days available to him/her, the School Board may withhold the average daily amount for the sick days utilized but unearned by the employee. Such sick leave shall be cumulative from year to year and there shall be no limit on the number of days of sick leave an employee may accrue. B. Employees who are employed on a full-time basis during the summer session shall be eligible to accrue sick leave pursuant to the above provisions. C. Full-time employees who are eligible to accrue sick leave may use up to six days personal leave with pay per year, provided that such days shall be charged against the employee's current sick leave accrual. This leave is non-cumulative. Section 2. All unused accumulated sick leave days earned after July 1, 1954 will be restored to employees previously employed upon returning to employment in the school system, except for employees who have retired. Section 3. Sick leave shall be approved in the following two categories. A. Illness of self or illness and/or death of: MotherHusband ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children Father Wife Stepparents Sister Child Stepchildren Brother ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parent Grandchild Mother-in-law Son-in-law Uncle Father-in-law Daughter-in-law Aunt Brother-in-law Grandmother Niece Sister-in-law Grandfather Nephew B. Illness and/or death of: Persons who reside in the same residence as the person who is requesting sick leave.

Sick Leave. A. During the first year of employment in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County and during each successive year thereafter, each bargaining unit members shall accrue fourteen (14) days of leave per year, in which the bargaining unit member is entitled to the flexibility of using sick leave in the following manner (family illness, self-sick, and up to five (5) personal days. A bargaining unit member may use any or all of the fourteen (14) annual allotted days for illness in the immediate family. As part of a qualifying Family Medical Leave, a bargaining unit member may use up to thirty (30) days of his/her accumulated sick leave for illness in the immediate family, less any annual sick leave days previously used from the current year’s appropriation for this purpose. Immediate family shall mean spouse, children, mother, father, or anyone who lives regularly in the household. B. A unit member may request to leave school for emergency reasons; such request must be approved by the principal or his/her designee. The unit member will not incur loss of salary or accumulated sick leave when his/her classes are covered by regular teachers, student teachers and/or assistants. The principal and his/her designee will not be required to obtain such volunteers. Emergency leave, without loss of benefits, will not be provided if volunteers are not available. C. Upon a unit member’s retirement, he/she shall receive thirty ($30.00) for each unused day of sick leave accumulated up to two hundred and nine (209) days. Should the unit member die while in active service, the designated beneficiary shall receive the amount of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each unused day of sick leave accumulated up to two hundred and nine (209) days. At the option of the bargaining unit member, all or a portion of the stipend may be placed into a tax deferred or sheltered annuity plan. Note: Unused days of sick leave will also be converted to months of creditable service by the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. D. Unused sick leave shall accumulate without limit. Unit members will be notified of the number of sick leave days on the employee portal. E. The Board reserves the right to require a physical examination, at Board expense, of unit members on extended sick leave without pay. F. Unit members shall be permitted to join and receive benefits from a Unit I Sick Leave Bank by contributing two (2) sick leave days. Days shall not be accepted from any bargaining unit member who has less than ten (10) accumula...

Sick Leave. Each employee shall accrue sick leave at the rate of one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days or the equivalent per completed calendar month of continuous full-time service, including authorized leave with pay, provided that:

Sick Leave. (1) A worker who is unable through sickness or accident to attend his duties shall notify the employer not later than 10.00am on the day he first absents himself from duty. (2) A worker shall be entitled to paid sick leave in respect of any period of absence on account of illness. Sick leave entitlements shall accumulate on the following basis and be calculated pro rata for each completed month of service:- (a) For service after 1 January 1948 six days per annum. (b) For service after 1 January 1975 nine days per annum. (c) For service after 1 January 1979 ten days per annum. Provided that in calculating the amount due to a worker through sickness, there shall be deducted therefrom any sum or sums previously paid to him hereunder. (3) The term "sickness" shall not include any case where the worker is entitled to compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act. (4) No worker shall be entitled to the benefits of this clause unless he produces proof of his sickness satisfactory to his employer. This proof shall be in the form of a Medical Certificate if the absence is for three days or more, provided that a Medical Certificate may be required for any absence after a worker has claimed in the aggregate four days absence in any one year. (5) Except as aforesaid, a worker shall not be entitled to payment for time lost through sickness or accident. (6) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause a worker, or in the event of the worker's death his next-of-kin, shall be entitled to receive payments at the appropriate rate for any sick leave accumulated under the provisions of subclause (2) hereof, if he ceases to be employed by the Company. (a) except in the event of the worker's death at least two years consecutive service have been completed. (b) in calculating a worker's entitlement for payment under the provisions of this subclause a maximum of eight days per annum shall accumulate and any part of the first eight days' leave taken in any one year shall be deducted from the amount of leave which may have accumulated under the provisions of subclause (2) hereof. (c) each worker has an option to take up eight days of unused sick leave paid on an annual basis, provided further that the remaining sick leave credit totals 160 hours. (d) for service prior to 1 September 1985 the calculation for payment under this subclause shall be a maximum of six days per annum. (7) Where a worker on annual or long service leave becomes ill or meets with an accident and...

Sick Leave. 31:01 It is agreed by both parties that earned sick leave entitlement shall be granted by the Foundation where an employee is unable to be at work and perform the employee’s regular duties as a result of illness or injury. 31:02 The sick leave to which an employee is entitled shall accumulate: (a) During the first four (4) years of calendar service at the rate of 4.0 (3.625) hours for each 80 (72.5) hours of accumulated service. (b) After the first four (4) years of calendar service, at the rate of 8.0 (7.25) hours for each 80 (72.5) hours of accumulated service. 31:03 Sick leave with pay up to but not exceeding the net amount of entitlement will be paid to hourly paid employees based on the number of hours they normally would have been scheduled to work on the day they were absent on sick leave. 31:04 Sick leave shall not accumulate beyond two hundred eight (208) working days (1,664 [1,508] hours). 31:05 An employee who has been absent on sick leave with pay, upon returning to work, shall continue to accumulate sick leave up to a maximum of two hundred eight (208) working days (1,664 [1,508] hours) in accordance with Sections :02. 31:06 An employee shall accumulate sick leave credits from the date of commencement of employment. 31:07 Sick leave shall not be taken in advance of when it is earned. 31:08 Sick leave shall not accumulate during periods when an employee is absent on sick leave and/or absent on Workers Compensation for a period of more than ten (10) consecutive working days 31:09 Where an employee is to be absent because of illness, the employee shall endeavour to notify the immediate supervisor of the absence due to illness at least one (1) hour prior to, if a shift employee, and not more than thirty (30) minutes after, if an office employee, the normal hour of beginning work, or as soon thereafter as the means of communication permit. 31:10 An employee who has been absent because of sickness for a period of more than three (3) consecutive working days shall furnish, when requested by the Foundation, at any time during this period of sickness, a medical certificate certifying that the employee is or was unable to be present at work because of the illness. Where an employee fails to produce a medical certificate acceptable to the Foundation, the employee shall not be entitled to be paid for the period of absence. 31:11 An employee who has been absent because of sickness for a period of three

Sick Leave. The parties agree that any current collective agreement provisions and/or Board policies/practices/procedures related to Sick Leave that do not conflict with the clauses in the Sick Leave article in the Central Agreement shall remain as per August 31, 2014. Such issues include but are not limited to:

Sick Leave. 22.01 Sick leave is provided by the Employer as a form of insurance, for the purpose of maintaining regular earnings during absences due to illness or accidents for which compensation is not payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act or for quarantine by a Medical Officer of Health. 22.02 The Employer recognizes that alcoholism, drug addiction and mental illness are illnesses which can respond to therapy and treatment, and that absences from work due to such therapy shall be considered sick leave. 22.03 After an Employee has completed their probationary period, they shall be allowed a credit for sick leave from the date of employment at the rate of one (1) working day for each full month of employment up to a maximum credit of forty-five (45) working days, provided however, that an Employee shall not be entitled to apply sick leave credit prior to the completion of their probationary period. Sick leave shall not accrue during periods of the following absences, which exceed thirty (30) calendar days: (a) illness; (b) injury; (c) layoff; (d) leave of absence; (e) unpaid leave while in receipt of weekly indemnity as provided for by the Short Term Disability Insurance Plan or the Long Term Disability Insurance Plan; (f) periods while in receipt of compensation from the Workers’ Compensation Board. 22.04 Employees reporting sick shall advise the Employer as soon as possible and regularly thereafter as required by the Employer. After three (3) consecutive days of sick leave, or upon mutual agreement between the Union and the Employer, to which the Union shall not reasonably deny, Employees may be required to substantiate, in the form prescribed by the Employer, any claim for sick leave. The Employee shall be reimbursed for the fee incurred by the Employee for submitting satisfactory proof of any claim for sick leave. 22.05 Subject to Clauses 22.01, 22.02 and 22.03 above, an Employee granted sick leave shall be paid, at their Basic Rate of Pay for regularly scheduled shifts absent due to illness, and the number of hours thus paid shall be deducted from their accumulated sick leave credits up to the total amount of their accumulated credits at the time the sick leave commenced. 22.06 When an Employee has accrued the maximum sick leave credit identified in 22.03 they shall no longer accrue sick leave credits until such time as their total accumulation is reduced below the maximum. At that time they shall recommence accumulating sick leave credits. 22.07 If an Empl...