Common use of Authorized Absences Clause in Contracts

Authorized Absences. All employees are entitled to sick leave with full pay for personal illness of fifteen (15) days annually not including absences covered by Worker's Compensation. 1. Sick leave may be used in the following cases: a. personal illness or physical incapacity; b. enforced quarantine of an employee in accordance with the community health regulations; c. emergency dental or medical appointments or other sickness prevention measures, provided it is not possible to arrange an appointment at a time when the employee is off-duty. 2. Unused sick leave may be accumulated from year to year up to a total of two hundred (200) days as long as the employee remains continuously in the service of the Board. All accumulated leave shall be determined annually as of July 1 of each year. 3. New employees shall be granted a proportionate number of sick leave days from the date of employment to July 1. An employee who terminates or is terminated (exclusive of lay off because of staff reduction) in the course of the work year shall be deducted a proportionate number of sick leave days from the date of termination to July 1. 4. a. If requested by the Superintendent or his designee, an employee shall provide a certificate from his/her physician confirming that his/her absence is or has been due to illness when the employee has been absent five (5) or more consecutive workdays or ten (10) or more nonconsecutive workdays within one work year.