Effective Date: 1/1/2007
* Regular full-time employees
* Regular part-time employees
Eligible employees will accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of 5 days per year (.42 of a day for every full month of service). Sick leave benefits are calculated on the basis of a "benefit year," the 12-month period that begins when the employee starts to earn sick leave benefits.
Employees can request use of paid sick leave after completing a waiting period of 365 calendar days from the date they become eligible to accrue sick leave benefits. Paid sick leave can be used in minimum increments of one day. An eligible employee may use sick leave benefits for an absence due to his or her own illness or injury, or that of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee.
Employees who are unable to report to work due to illness or injury should notify their direct supervisor before the scheduled start of their workday if possible. The direct supervisor must also be contacted on each additional day of absence. If an employee is absent for three or more consecutive days due to illness or injury, a physician's statement must be provided verifying the disability and its beginning and expected ending dates. Such verification may be requested for other sick leave absences as well and may be required as a condition to receiving sick leave benefits. Before returning to work from a sick leave absence of 10 calendar days or more, an employee must provide a physician's verification that he or she may safely return to work.
Sick leave benefits will be calculated based on the employee's base pay rate at the time of absence.
Unused sick leave benefits will be allowed to accumulate until the employee has accrued a total of 5 calendar days worth of sick leave benefits. If the employee's benefits reach this maximum, further accrual of sick leave benefits will be suspended until the employee has reduced the balance below the limit.
Sick leave benefits are intended solely to provide income protection in the event of illness or injury, and may not be used for any other absence. Unused sick leave benefits will not be paid to employees while they are employed or upon termination of employment.