SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. 1. All permanent employees with benefits shall be entitled to sick leave on the basis of one and one-half (1 ½) days for each calendar month worked, pro-rated for theassigned hours fraction in the case of part-time positions. 2. Employees shall not be granted paid sick leave until they have completed three (3) months' service. After three (3) months' service, employees shall be entitled to sick leave credit on the basis of one and one-half (1 ½) days for each month worked, retroactive to the first complete calendar month of employment. 3. Twelve (12) month employees shall be credited with eighteen (18) days sick leave January 01, of each calendar year. 4. Ten (10) month employees shall be credited with fifteen (15) days sick leave January 01, of each calendar year. It is understood that ten (10) month employees who work one (1) day in July and/or August shall be credited with one and one half days (1 ½) days sick leave for each month. Statutory Holiday pay and/or vacation pay paid in July or August to ten (10) month employees does not qualify the employee for the additional sick leave credits. 5. Employees absent due to illness who return from paid sick leave will have their sick leave entitlement calculated proportionately based upon the date the employee returns to work. 6. If an employee terminates before the end of the calendar year the employer shall recover any overpayment of sick leave. Such overpayment shall be recovered from vacation credits, severance pay, vacation deferment and/or from the employee's final pay. 7. An employee who has exhausted accumulated sick leave credits shall be placed on sick leave without pay. 8. An employee on sick leave without pay shall continue to accumulate sick leave credits for a maximum of six (6) months from the date of being placed on sick leave without pay.
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