30 • Employees who are scheduled to work 2080 hours the previous year will be granted 80 hours on January 1st of each year • Employees who are scheduled to work 2184 hours the previous year will be granted 84 hours on January 1st of each year • Employees who are scheduled to work 2757 hours the previous year will be granted 100 hours on January 1st of each year On January 1st of each year, Regular Part-time Employees will earn 1 hour of paid Sick Leave for every 30 hour work week the employee worked the previous year, up to 48 hours of paid Sick Leave per year. There will be no carry-over of sick leave from year to the next and any unused Sick Leave will be forfeited by all employees on December 31 of each year. Paid Sick Leave is not paid out upon termination of employment. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR USE OF SICK LEAVE Sick Leave is provided to the Employee to use for the following purposes: • To recover from an illness or injury that prevents the employee from working. • For doctor or dentist appointments that cannot be scheduled at times other than during the workday. • For a hospital stay or home bed rest ordered by physician. • For psychological examination & treatment (includes related counseling). • If the employee's household is quarantined due to contagious disease of a resident member. • To take care of a member of the employee's Immediate Family (See Definitions & Acronyms) who is ill or injured. • To "bridge" the waiting period for Short-Term Disability Insurance benefits,as provided in Section 5, below, an eligible employee may use up to ten (10) days of Sick Leave. An employee who requests the use of Sick Leave to care for a family member may be required to provide a health care provider's written justification of the need for the employee's presence. Abuse of Sick Leave may result in Corrective Action up to and including termination. Sick Leave benefits will not be paid for sickness and injury incurred by any employee who is on any leave without pay as a result of that employee's misconduct as defined in Chapter IV of this Manual. In addition, Sick Leave benefits will not be paid for days when an employee is working elsewhere for another employer. The Sick Leave benefit is granted and is intended to be used on an annual basis. Sick Leave which is not used by the December 31st of each calendar year does not carry-over from year-to-year. SICK LEAVE USE To request Sick Leave, employees must notify their supervisor immediately upon knowing that Sick Leave is required. If an employee is unable to provide notice, the employee is responsible for having someone provide notice for them. The employee must notify their supervisor of the following: The date the Sick Leave will begin, The estimated date of return, and A phone number where the employee can be reached. Employees must maintain daily contact with their supervisor for any period of absence beyond one day, unless the employee has provided a health care provider's certification covering a specified period of absence.
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