Common use of Illness Leave Clause in Contracts

Illness Leave. Any teacher or his/her authorized agent may request illness leave under the following conditions. (1) The teacher’s Sick Leave Bank is exhausted of useable days. (2) The teacher, still being unable to report for duty, shall be considered an active employee without pay for a period of 90 calendar days by the Business Office. During these 90 calendar days, the Business Office will credit the teacher with one and one-half days of accumulative sick leave time for each 30 days and will continue to pay Blue Cross/Blue Shield Premiums, the Life Insurance Premium, the Optical Insurance Premium, and the Dental Insurance Premium. (3) Fifteen calendar days prior to the expiration of the ninety calendar days, if the teacher, at that time, feels that he/she will be unable to return to active duty at the conclusion of the ninety-day period, he/she, or his/her authorized agent, may file a written request, accompanied by a written corroborative statement from the certified contract employee’s physician, with the Superintendent to be placed on an illness leave at the conclusion of the ninety-day period. (4) Failure to specifically request an illness leave will automatically terminate the teacher’s employment with the Ecorse Public Schools. (5) Each teacher who wishes to designate an authorize agent for the purpose of requesting an illness leave, shall sign the following statement to be placed on file: “In the case of incapacitating illness where I cannot request an illness leave on my own behalf, I name the bargaining agent’s President as my authorized agent for the purpose of requesting an illness leave in my behalf.” Teacher’s Signature (6) Before returning to work, the employee must be certified by his/her physician as ready and able to return to his/her full work assignment. In addition, the Board may require that the employee be certified by a State Board certified physician at the Board’s expense.

Illness Leave. Any teacher or his/her authorized agent may request illness leave under the following conditions. (1) The teacher’s Sick Leave Bank is exhausted of useable days. (2) The teacher, still being unable to report for duty, shall be considered an active employee without pay for a period of 90 calendar days by the Business Office. During these 90 calendar days, the Business Office will credit the teacher with one and one-half days of accumulative sick leave time for each every 30 days and will continue to pay Blue Cross/Blue Shield Premiums, the Life Insurance Premium, the Optical Insurance Premium, and the Dental Insurance Premium. (3) Fifteen calendar days prior to before the expiration of the ninety calendar days, if the teacher, at that time, feels that he/she will be unable to return to active duty at after the conclusion of the ninety-day periodninety days, he/she, or his/her authorized agent, may file a written request, accompanied by a written corroborative statement from the certified contract employee’s physician, with the Superintendent to be placed on an illness leave at after the conclusion of the ninety-day periodninety days. (4) Failure to specifically request an illness leave will automatically terminate the teacher’s employment with the Ecorse Public Schools. (5) Each teacher who wishes to designate an authorize authorized agent for the purpose of requesting to request an illness leave, shall sign the following statement to be placed on file: “In the case of incapacitating illness where I cannot request an illness leave on my own behalf, I name the bargaining agent’s President as my authorized agent for the purpose of requesting an to request illness leave in my behalf.” Teacher’s Signature (6) Before returning to work, the employee must be certified by his/her physician as ready and able to return to his/her full work assignment. In addition, the Board may require that the employee be certified by a State Board certified physician at the Board’s expense.