Common use of Additional Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Additional Sick Leave. 13 At the beginning of each fiscal year, each Classified employee shall be credited with a total of 100 working 14 days of paid sick leave which shall be compensated at not less than 50% of the employee’s regular salary. 15 Such paid leave becomes available only after the employee has exhausted all entitlement to sick leave 16 provided in Section 2 of this Article. An employee may request to have his/her accumulated vacation 17 and/or compensatory time off applied to additional sick leave day(s); however, the amount an employee 18 is paid shall not exceed the employee’s regular pay. Additional sick leave shall not accumulate from year 19 to year. 20 Additional sick leave can only be used for extended illnesses or injuries subject to consultation with and 21 approval by Human Resources. In any event, the absence for illness or accident must be verified by a