Sick Leave Pool. a. Pool Participants must have been employed for a minimum of one (1) full year of service with the Employer and have a minimum of ten (10) days accrued sick leave. b. When the requirements set forth in this section and any others established by the committee have been met, the employee shall be compensated for all unpaid days up to the maximum set by the committee for that particular claim. c. Each new employee to the sick leave pool shall contribute one (1) day of earned sick leave during each enrollment period. Any employee who contributes one (1) day, within the window period, to the Sick Leave Pool shall have it returned to his account if the bank fails to become operable. d. The Pool shall be regulated by the following minimum requirements: (1) No participant shall be eligible to use more than one hundred (100) days during the course of any one school year. (2) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until she/he has exhausted all personally- accrued sick, and annual leave. (3) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until he has been absent for at least ten (10) consecutive days of which at least five (5) consecutive days have been without pay. (4) The pool shall be applicable only to the injury or illness of the participant. (5) Participants applying for days from the Sick Leave Pool must file with the committee an application, accompanied by a medical certificate and justification for protracted leave. The committee can request a second medical opinion at the cost of the applicant. (6) Participants who are proven guilty of abuse of the Pool will repay the days drawn from the Pool and be assessed appropriate penalties. (7) Any participant withdrawing sick leave from the Pool shall not be required to replace those days except as a regular contributing member. (8) All participating members shall contribute one (1) day at the window entry period if the Pool balance reaches below two hundred fifty (250) days. (9) In no event will the balance of days assigned to the Pool be below zero (0). (10) Participants who choose to withdraw from the Pool shall not have their contributed sick leave and/or annual leave days returned.
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Sick Leave Pool. a. Pool Participants must have been employed 24.1 All full-time instructional employees shall be eligible for a minimum of voluntary participation in the sick leave pool after one (1) full year of service with the Employer and have employment in Bay County, provided such employee has accrued a minimum of five (5) sick leave days.
24.2 Participating employees shall make equal contributions to the sick leave pool.
A. One (1) day shall be contributed in the first (lst) month of eligibility.
B. An additional day shall be contributed each time the balance of days in the sick leave pool falls below twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of members in the sick leave pool.
C. In the event a member does not have a day of sick leave to contribute to the pool, one (1) day will be taken or contributed as soon as that day becomes available.
24.3 A participating employee who chooses to withdraw from participation in the sick leave pool shall not be eligible to withdraw any sick leave days already contributed, and withdrawal from the pool will not be effective until one (1) pay period after the employee submits written notice to the Human Resources Department of his/her intent of withdrawal.
24.4 Any sick leave time drawn from the pool by a participating member must be used for the instructional employee’s personal catastrophic illness, accident, or injury, excluding workers’ comp and pregnancy that keeps an employee temporarily off the job.
A. Sick leave pool days are not intended to be used in place of disability retirement.
B. Sick leave pool members are not eligible for benefits for a pre-existing condition.
▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave pool days shall not be used for an employee who is on unpaid leave of absence.
24.5 Participating employees shall be eligible to draw three (3) ten (10) day increments from the sick leave pool for any one (1) illness, injury, accident or complication thereof during one (1) school year.
A. A maximum of thirty (30) sick leave days per year may be utilized. Exceptions may be considered at the discretion of the Sick Leave Pool Committee.
B. A school year shall be defined as the fiscal year employed by the school district.
C. Employees may draw no more than sixty (60) sick leave days during his/her entire membership period.
24.6 Each application for ten (10) days accrued sick leaveshall be accompanied by a physician’s statement, including the doctor’s description in lay terms of the condition.
b. When A. Photo copies of the requirements set forth in this section and any others established by doctor’s statement will be accepted.
B. A certificate from a second doctor attesting to the committee have been met, the member’s illness or accident may be required.
24.7 A participating employee shall not be compensated eligible to use sick leave from the pool until all of his/her sick leave has been depleted.
A. Application for all unpaid sick leave days up must be made within twenty (20) working days after the sick leave is depleted.
B. The employee will be eligible to draw from the pool only after the member has been absent for seven (7) continuous working days without pay. Sick leave days would become effective on the eighth (8) day of absence.
C. Applications for extension must be submitted prior to the maximum set by the committee for that particular claim.
c. Each new employee to expiration of the sick leave pool shall contribute one (1) day of earned sick leave during each enrollment period. Any employee who contributes one (1) day, within the window period, to the Sick Leave Pool shall have it returned to his account if the bank fails to become operabledays.
d. The Pool shall be regulated by the following minimum requirements:
(1) No participant shall be eligible to use more than one hundred (100) days during the course of any one school year.
(2) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until she/he has exhausted all personally- accrued sick, and annual leave.
(3) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until he has been absent for at least ten (10) consecutive days of which at least five (5) consecutive days have been without pay.
(4) The pool shall be applicable only to the injury or illness of the participant.
(5) Participants applying for days from the Sick Leave Pool must file with the committee an application, accompanied by a medical certificate and justification for protracted leave. The committee can request a second medical opinion at the cost of the applicant.
(6) Participants who are proven guilty of abuse of the Pool will repay the days drawn from the Pool and be assessed appropriate penalties.
(7) Any participant 24.8 Participating employees withdrawing sick leave from the Pool days shall not be required to replace those days except as a regular contributing membermember to the sick leave pool.
24.9 The Sick Leave Pool Committee will consist of seven (8) All participating 7) members who are appointed annually. Five (5) of the members shall contribute one be appointed by the ABCE President. The Superintendent shall appoint the remaining members. (1) day at One person from the window entry period if Human Resources Department will be a non-voting member of the Pool balance reaches below two hundred fifty (250) days.
(9) In no event will the balance of days assigned to the Pool be below zero (0committee).
(10) Participants who choose A. The committee shall establish procedures for identifying and recording contributions to withdraw and withdrawals from the Pool shall not have their contributed sick leave and/or annual pool. The procedures shall be reviewed annually.
B. Periodic notification of the status of the pool shall be reported to members.
C. Immediate notification shall be given if additional days are levied to replenish the pool.
D. The committee shall review each request from the members to preclude abuse or misuse of the days in the sick leave days returnedpool and monitor the member’s responsibility in using his/her own personal sick leave.
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Sick Leave Pool. a. Pool Participants must have been employed for a minimum of one (1) full year of service with the Employer and have a minimum of ten (10) days accrued sick leave.
b. When the requirements set forth in this section and any others established by the committee have been met, the employee shall be compensated for all unpaid days up to the maximum set by the committee for that particular claim.
c. Each new employee to the sick leave pool employee shall contribute one (1) day of earned sick leave during each enrollment period. Any employee who contributes one (1) day, within the window period, to the Sick Leave Pool shall have it returned to his account if the bank fails to become operable.
d. The Pool shall be regulated by the following minimum requirements:
(1) No participant shall be eligible to use more than one hundred (100) days during the course of any one school year.
(2) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until she/he has exhausted all personally- personally accrued sick, and annual leave.
(3) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until he has been absent for at least ten (10) consecutive days of which at least five (5) consecutive days have been without pay.
(4) The pool shall be applicable only to the injury or illness of the participant.
(5) Participants applying for days from the Sick Leave Pool must file with the committee an application, accompanied by a medical certificate and justification for protracted leave. The committee can request a second medical opinion at the cost of the applicant.
(6) Participants who are proven guilty of abuse of the Pool will repay the days drawn from the Pool and be assessed appropriate penalties.
(7) Any participant withdrawing sick leave from the Pool shall not be required to replace those days except as a regular contributing member.
(8) All participating members shall contribute one (1) day at the window entry period if the Pool balance reaches below two hundred fifty (250) days.
(9) In no event will the balance of days assigned to the Pool be below zero (0).
(10) Participants who choose to withdraw from the Pool shall not have their contributed sick leave and/or annual leave days returned.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sick Leave Pool. a. Pool Participants must have been employed for a minimum of one (1) full year of service with the Employer and have a minimum of ten (10) days accrued sick leave.
b. When the requirements set forth in this section and any others established by the committee have been met, the employee shall be compensated for all unpaid days up to the maximum set by the committee for that particular claim.
c. Each new employee to the sick leave pool shall contribute one (1) day of earned sick leave during each enrollment periodthe window entry period between August 1 and August 31. Any employee who contributes one (1) day, within the window period, to the Sick Leave Pool shall have it returned to his account if the bank fails to become operable.
d. The Sick Leave Pool shall have a minimum of one thousand (1,000) days on deposit before becoming operable.
e. The Pool shall be regulated by the following minimum requirements:
(1) No participant shall be eligible to use more than one hundred (100) days during the course of any one school year.
(2) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until she/he has exhausted all personally- accrued sick, and annual leave.
(3) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until he has been absent for at least ten (10) consecutive days of which at least five (5) consecutive days have been without pay.
(4) The pool shall be applicable only to the injury or illness of the participant.
(5) Participants applying for days from the Sick Leave Pool must file with the committee an application, accompanied by a medical certificate and justification for protracted leave. The committee can request a second medical opinion at the cost of the applicant.
(6) Participants who are proven guilty of abuse of the Pool will repay the days drawn from the Pool and be assessed appropriate penalties.
(7) Any participant withdrawing sick leave from the Pool shall not be required to replace those days except as a regular contributing member.
(8) All participating members shall contribute one (1) day at the window entry period if the Pool balance reaches below two hundred fifty (250) days.
(9) In no event will the balance of days assigned to the Pool be below zero (0).
(10) Participants who choose to withdraw from the Pool shall not have their contributed sick leave and/or annual leave days returned.
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Sick Leave Pool. a. Pool Participants participants must have been employed for a minimum of one (1) full year of service with the Employer and have a minimum of ten six (106) days of accrued sick leave.
b. . When the requirements set forth in this section and any others established by the committee have been met, the employee participant shall be compensated for all unpaid days up to the maximum set by the committee for that particular claim.
c. . Each new employee participant may, during the period September 1 to September 30, which shall be the “window” period established to contribute to the sick leave pool shall Pool, contribute one (1) day of earned sick leave during each enrollment periodto the Sick Leave Pool. Any employee If the Pool fails to become operable, any participant who contributes contributed one (1) day, within the window period, to the Sick Leave Pool shall have it returned to his account if the bank fails to become operable.
d. participant’s account. The Sick Leave Pool shall be regulated by the have a minimum of one thousand (1,000) days on deposit before becoming operable. The following minimum requirements:
(1) requirements for the operation of the Pool shall apply: No participant shall be eligible to use for more than one hundred (100) days during the course of any one school year.
(2) . No participant shall be eligible to use access the Pool until she/he all accrued sick leave and personal leave has exhausted all personally- accrued sick, and annual leave.
(3) been exhausted. No participant shall be eligible to use utilize the Pool until he the participant has been absent for at least ten (10) consecutive days of which at least five (5) consecutive days have been without pay.
(4) The pool days. Access to the Pool shall be applicable only to the catastrophic injury or illness of the participant.
(5) . Participants applying for days from the Sick Leave Pool must file with the committee submit an application, accompanied by a medical certificate and application which must include justification for protracted leavethe leave and a certificate from a physician. The committee Committee can request require a second medical opinion at from a physician selected by the cost of Committee to be paid for by the applicant.
(6) participant. Participants who are proven guilty determined to have abused use of abuse of the Pool days will repay reimburse the days drawn from the Pool and will be assessed appropriate penalties.
(7) subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the provisions of this Article. Any participant withdrawing sick leave utilizing days from the Pool shall not be required to replace reimburse those days except as a regular contributing member.
(8) All participating members shall contribute one (1) day at participant. In the window entry period if event the operation of the Sick Leave Pool is more expensive than anticipated by the District, the District may discontinue operation of the Pool balance reaches below two hundred fifty upon thirty (25030) days.
(9) In no event will the balance of days assigned written notice to the Pool be below zero (0)Association.
(10) Participants who choose to withdraw from the Pool shall not have their contributed sick leave and/or annual leave days returned.
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Sick Leave Pool. a. Pool Participants must To assist ALL personnel who suffer illness or disability, a sick leave share agreement shall be established as follows: Such bank is to be administered by the sick leave bank committee pursuant to the guidelines that have been employed for a minimum established. The sick leave bank will only be activated when the need arises. All USD 258 employees who are party to this agreement wishing to join the sick leave bank, upon voluntary written agreement shall donate 2 days of one (1) full year of service with the Employer and have a minimum of ten (10) days accrued sick leave.
b. When the requirements set forth in this section and any others established by the committee have been met, the employee shall be compensated for all unpaid days up to the maximum set by the committee for that particular claim.
c. Each new employee chargeable leave to the sick leave pool bank by September 30 of the current school year.
a. Said participating USD 258 members who have depleted their chargeable leave and accumulated sick leave may draw upon the bank as provided: . Any USD 258 employee who joins the bank for the current school year may make an application for up to twenty (20) days. Upon the completion of the twenty (20) day period, additional entitlement may be extended by the sick leave committee upon demonstration of need by the applicant.
b. At the end of the contract year, the unused days in the sick leave bank shall contribute be distributed as follows: . If the number of unused days is less than the number of participants’, those days shall be carried in the sick leave bank for the next contract year.
i. If the number of unused days is more than the number of participants, each participant shall be credited with one (1) day of earned sick leave during each enrollment periodand the remainder carried in the sick leave bank for the next contract year.
ii. Any employee who contributes Days carried from the previous contract year would be used first, only after those days are exhausted would current year contributions be activated.
c. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a sick leave bank committee consisting of one (1) dayelementary, within one middle, and one high school teacher chosen by ▇▇▇▇, HNEA President, and the window period, to the Sick Leave Pool shall have it returned to his account if the bank fails to become operablesuperintendent.
d. The Pool superintendent may require a statement from the staff member’s physician certifying that he/she is incapable of performing his/her duties as a result of an accident or illness. The physician may be asked to certify in writing the number of days absence the given illness or disability requires.
e. Subject to the foregoing requirements, the sick leave bank committee will determine the eligibility for the use of the sick leave bank and the amount of leave to be granted. The following general criteria shall be regulated considered by the following minimum requirements:committee in administering the bank and in determining the amount of leave: . Medical evidence of serious illness or disability
(1) No participant shall be eligible to use more than one hundred (100) days during i. Maternity leave
ii. Prior utilization of sick leave
iii. Length of service in the course of any one school year.bank
(2) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until she/he has exhausted all personally- accrued sick, and annual leave.
(3) No participant shall be eligible to use the Pool until he has been absent f. The process for at least ten (10) consecutive days of which at least five (5) consecutive days have been without pay.
(4) The pool shall be applicable only to the injury or illness of the participant.
(5) Participants applying asking for days from the sick leave pool is as follows: the applicant will fill out the sick leave pool request (Appendix C2) and send it to the superintendent, the superintendent will send the form to the HNEA President and the president will meet with each individual sick leave committee member. If the request is denied the committee will meet to discuss the reason for denial and the employee will receive a written response in regards to the decision from the sick leave committee. The decision of the sick leave bank committee with respect to eligibility entitlement shall be final and binding and not subject to appeal or to grievance and arbitration. See Appendix C: Sick Leave Pool must file with the committee an application, accompanied by a medical certificate and justification for protracted leave. The committee can request a second medical opinion at the cost of the applicant.
(6) Participants who are proven guilty of abuse of the Pool will repay the days drawn from the Pool and be assessed appropriate penalties.
(7) Any participant withdrawing sick leave from the Pool shall not be required to replace those days except as a regular contributing member.
(8) All participating members shall contribute one (1) day at the window entry period if the Pool balance reaches below two hundred fifty (250) days.
(9) In no event will the balance of days assigned to the Pool be below zero (0).
(10) Participants who choose to withdraw from the Pool shall not have their contributed sick leave and/or annual leave days returned.Contract
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Sources: Master Agreement