Common use of For Bargaining Clause in Contracts

For Bargaining. Unit Members hired prior to July 1, 2008: (a) All members, hired prior to July 1, 2008, covered by this Agreement shall accumulate eight (8) hours of sick leave per month not to exceed ninety-six (96) hours per year, with a maximum accumulation of nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. An employee while on sick leave will be deemed to be on continued employment for the purpose of computing all benefits referred to in this Agreement. (b) Employees absent from work due to claimed illness and to qualify for paid sick leave shall inform the Employer of such absence by telephone one (1) hour prior to the starting time of their scheduled shift. (c) If the Employer feels an employee is abusing sick leave privileges the Employer may request and receive a doctor's statement showing proof of the illness before returning to work. (d) No less than 60 calendar days prior to an Employee’s retirement, the Employee may request that his/her unused accumulated sick leave be converted into vacation leave at the rate of 4 hours of vacation per each 8 hours of accumulated sick leave which the Employee may use to extend his/her retirement date or may be taken as cash paid time. This cash paid time shall be made at the Employee’s current hourly wage scale, with a maximum payment for four hundred and eighty (480) hours of converted sick time. If the employee chooses the Physicians Health Plan (PHP) upon retirement, he/she will forfeit the four hundred and eighty (480) sick leave hours cash-out. (e) For Employees hired prior to July 1, 2008, after an employee has accumulated nine hundred and sixty (960) sick hours, the Employer will pay the employee, in his/her regular bi-weekly paycheck, fifty percent (50%) of all unused sick leave over 960 hours for the preceding twelve (12) months. It is understood by the Union that after payment of the 50% of sick leave time for the preceding year, the maximum accumulation for cash-out will revert back to 960 sick hours. (f) Sick leave time shall be used for legitimate Employee illness or Employee disability only.

For Bargaining. Unit Members hired prior to July 1, 2008: (a) All members, hired prior to July 1, 2008, covered by this Agreement shall accumulate eight (8) hours of sick leave per month not to exceed ninety-six (96) hours per year, with a maximum accumulation of nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. An employee while on sick leave will be deemed to be on continued employment for the purpose of computing all benefits referred to in this Agreement. (b) Employees absent from work due to claimed illness and to qualify for paid sick leave shall inform the Employer of such absence by telephone one (1) hour prior to the starting time of their scheduled shift. (c) If the Employer feels an employee is abusing sick leave privileges the Employer may request and receive a doctor's statement showing proof of the illness before returning to work. (d) No less than 60 calendar days prior to an Employee’s retirement, the Employee may request that his/her unused accumulated sick leave be converted into vacation leave at the rate of 4 hours of vacation per each 8 hours of accumulated sick leave which the Employee may use to extend his/her retirement date or may be taken as cash paid time. This cash paid time shall be made at the Employee’s current hourly wage scale, with a maximum payment for four hundred and eighty (480) hours of converted sick time. If the employee chooses the Physicians Health Plan (PHP) upon retirement, he/she will forfeit the four hundred and eighty (480) sick leave hours cash-out. (e) For Employees hired prior to July 1, 2008, after an employee has accumulated nine hundred and sixty (960) sick hours, the Employer will pay the employee, in his/her regular bi-weekly paycheck, fifty percent (50%) of all unused sick leave over 960 hours for the preceding twelve (12) months. It is understood by the Union that after payment of the 50% of sick leave time for the preceding year, the maximum accumulation for cash-out will revert back to 960 sick hours. (f) Sick leave time shall be used for legitimate Employee illness or Employee disability only.