Common use of Procedure for Use of Sick Bank Clause in Contracts

Procedure for Use of Sick Bank. A. A participating employee who is not on an unpaid leave may utilize paid sick leave days from the sick bank for personal illness for which the employee does not receive benefits under TRS, upon: 1. presentation to the Superintendent, with a copy to the Association President, of satisfactory evidence of personal illness or disability, and 2. the exhaustion of the employee's sick leave days, or an absence from the school of thirty (30) working days after the beginning of illness or injury, whichever occurs later. B. Unused days in the sick bank at the end of the year will accumulate for the following year. C. Should the employee receive benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, said employee shall show proof that he/she has applied for such benefits. The sick bank will supplement the difference between such disability benefits and the employee’s salary less amount withheld for income tax deduction with a proportionate day deduction from the sick bank.