Common use of Accrual and Use Clause in Contracts

Accrual and Use. All employees shall accrue eight (8) hours of sick leave pay per month starting from their date of hire. Sick leave may be taken in not less than one (1) hour increments, when an employee uses a full day of sick time (12 hours for 12 hour shift employees, 8 hours for 8 hour shift employees), his accrual bank shall be reduced by 12 hours for 12 hour shift employees or 8 hours for 8 hour shift employees unless the use of sick time is related to a catastrophic illness or injury as defined in Section 11.4. In the event that sick leave is utilized in relation to a catastrophic illness as defined in Section 11.4 sick time shall then be deducted at the rate of 8 hours per day regardless of the length of shift (8 or 12). There shall be no limit of the number of sick hours that may be accrued or used by an employee of this bargaining unit for the purposes of sick leave. Sick leave shall be used only for the illness of the employee and the employee’s child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent.