Illness or Disability. 1. At the beginning of each school year, bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more shall be credited with eleven (11) sick days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarters) of a day shall be credited with five and one-half (5.5) sick days. If a teacher is employed for less than the full school year, the allowance is reduced by one day for each month of the school year in which they are not employed. The unused portion shall accumulate from year to year to a limit of two hundred twenty (220) days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarter) of a day will be charged for a ½ (half) day each time they are absent. Bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more will be charged for a full day. The sick days may be used by bargaining unit members for illness, disability, which shall include all disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, or related medical conditions; medical treatment of the member of the bargaining unit; or serious illness of a member of the immediate family of the bargaining unit member. (Immediate family shall be interpreted as: mother, father, wife, husband, child, sister, and brother; or the family unit living in the teacher's household.) Employees who have accumulated one hundred (100) sick leave days prior to any given year will be able to use up to three (3) of these days, under the same provisions as personal days with appropriate notice to and approval of the Board or its designee. 2. The Board shall maintain records of all sick days. On or before the first pay period in October, the Board shall provide a written statement to each teacher of his/her number of accumulated sick days and any unused personal leave days earned through the last school day of June of the previous school year. In the event legislation allows the application of sick day accumulation toward retirement, all days shall be made applicable for retirement purposes including those beyond two hundred twenty (220). 3. Upon the termination of services with the school district, teachers with more than twenty (20) days accumulated shall be paid for all unused days beyond the twenty (20) to a maximum pay out for two hundred (200) days. The rate of pay shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per day. 4. A sick leave bank shall be maintained by the Association. Days are to be accumulated from one year to the next. Each new teacher shall contribute one sick day. If the number of days in the common bank is below two-thirds (2/3) of the number of teachers contributing to the leave bank, then each teacher shall contribute one (1) day from their sick leave allowance. Use of the days shall be limited to the point of eligibility for long-term disability only. Sick Bank Information is contained in Attachment D of this agreement. Retirees may transfer days beyond their accumulated amount of two hundred twenty (220) days to the sick bank. The maximum number of days transferred by all bargaining unit members shall not exceed two hundred (200) days per school year. School year is defined as September 1 through August 31. At the start of each school year and bimonthly thereafter, the Board will report to the Association the balance of sick leave days remaining in the sick leave bank and their usage to date. 5. A teacher who is unable to teach because of personal illness as indicated in writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O. and/or Board appointed doctor, and who has exhausted all sick leave available, shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for the duration of such illness up to one (1) year. Leave requests should be scheduled by the teacher at semester break when possible. Further extensions shall be granted if the illness, as indicated by additional writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O., supports such extensions. Upon return from leave, a teacher will be assigned to the same or similar position from which he/she was granted leave. A teacher returning from leave shall give written notification by mail to the Personnel Office at least by March 1st or forty- five (45) calendar days before the end of the semester break, or before any point of time during the school year of his/her intent to return from leave to full-time teaching. A teacher on leave or returning from leave shall also be included in the reduction of staff or recall procedure. If a teacher does not give notification of intent to return from leave at least forty
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Sources: Teacher's Master Agreement, Teacher's Master Agreement
Illness or Disability. 1. At the beginning of each school year, bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more shall be credited with eleven nine (119) sick days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarters) of a day shall be credited with five four and one-one half (5.54.5) sick days. If a teacher is employed for less than the full school year, the allowance is reduced by one day for each month of the school year in which they are not employed. The unused portion shall accumulate from year to year to a limit of two hundred twenty (220) days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarter) of a day will be charged for a ½ (half) day each time they are absent. Bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more will be charged for a full day. The sick days may be used by bargaining unit members for illness, disability, which shall include all disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, or related medical conditions; medical treatment of the member of the bargaining unit; or serious illness of a member of the immediate family of the bargaining unit member. (Immediate family shall be interpreted as: mother, mother-in-law, father, father-in-law, step parent, wife, husband, child, sister, and brother; or the family unit living in the teacher's household.) ). Employees who have accumulated one hundred (100) sick leave days prior to any given year will be able to use up to three (3) of these days, under the same provisions as personal days with appropriate notice to and approval of the Board or its designee.
2. The Board shall maintain records of all sick days. On or before the first pay period in October, the Board shall provide a written statement to each teacher of his/her number of accumulated sick days and any unused personal leave days earned through the last school day of June of the previous school year. In the event legislation allows the application of sick day accumulation toward retirement, all days shall be made applicable for retirement purposes including those beyond two hundred twenty (220).
3. Upon the termination of services with the school district, teachers with more than twenty (20) days accumulated shall be paid for all unused days beyond the twenty (20) to a maximum pay out for two hundred (200) days. The rate of pay shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per day. At the end of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 years, teachers may sell back up to 10 sick days from their accumulated sick days at a value of sixty dollars per day. Teachers may take advantage of this opportunity in either or both of those years. In order to be eligible to sell back the days, a teacher must have no less than twenty days accumulated after selling back the accumulated days.
4. A sick leave bank shall be maintained by the Association. Days are to be accumulated from one year to the next. Each new teacher shall contribute one sick day. If the number of days in the common bank is below two-two- thirds (2/3) of the number of teachers contributing to the leave bank, then each teacher shall contribute one (1) day from their sick leave allowance. Use of the days shall be limited to the point of eligibility for long-term disability only. Sick Bank Information is contained in Attachment D of this agreement. Retirees may transfer days beyond their accumulated amount of two hundred twenty (220) days to the sick bank. The maximum number of days transferred by all bargaining unit members shall not exceed two hundred (200) days per school year. School year is defined as September 1 through August 31. At the start of each school year and bimonthly thereafter, the Board will report to the Association the balance of sick leave days remaining in the sick leave bank and their usage to date.
5. A teacher who is unable to teach because of personal illness as indicated in writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O. and/or Board appointed doctor, and who has exhausted all sick leave available, shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for the duration of such illness up to one (1) year. Leave requests should be scheduled by the teacher at semester break when possible. Further extensions shall be granted if the illness, as indicated by additional writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O., supports such extensions. Upon return from leave, a teacher will be assigned to the same or similar position from which he/she was granted leave. A teacher returning from leave shall give written notification by mail to the Personnel Human Resources Office at least by March 1st or forty- forty-five (45) calendar days before the end of the semester break, or before any point of time during the school year of his/her intent to return from leave to full-time teaching. A teacher on leave or returning from leave shall also be included in the reduction of staff or recall procedure. If a teacher does not give notification of intent to return from leave at least forty (40) to forty-five (45) days in advance, a certified letter, with a copy to the Association President, shall be sent from the Human Resources Office to the employee's last known address indicating that his/her employment rights will be forfeited if he/she does not respond within ten (10) day after receipt of the letter.
6. Upon approval, a teacher whose projected leave time is abandoned due to serious changes in his/her economic or personal status shall be granted the next available teaching position or will be placed in a position currently held by a temporary employee. If neither of the above positions are available, the teacher will be granted permanent substitute status. The employee will be compensated at the rate of $100.00 daily with full health, vision, and dental benefits. The employee will accrue seniority and receive prorated sick and personal leave days.
7. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board may, at the Board's expense, require a teacher to submit to a mental or physical examination by appropriate specialists to determine whether involuntary sick leave is warranted. If the report of the Board's doctor and the report of the employee's doctor are in disagreement or conflict, the controversy shall bypass the grievance procedure and, instead, the affected employee shall be examined at Board expense by an appropriate specialist in the area of controversy at St. John's Hospital, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Hospital, or at the University of Michigan Medical Center at ▇▇▇ Arbor. This final determination shall be binding on the parties. Any teacher so placed on sick leave of absence shall have the right to a hearing in accordance with the Tenure Law. Any teacher, whose personal illness extend beyond the period compensated, will be granted a leave of absence without pay or increment for such time as is necessary for complete recovery. Return from leave shall be in accordance with the procedure in Article XI, Section A., #5 and #6.
8. Any teacher who is absent because of an injury or disease compensable under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Law may use accrued sick days to supplement workers compensation pay to bring them to their full contractual amount. In such case, accrued sick leave may be used in increments of less than a half day as needed.
9. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) The Board will grant up to twelve (12) weeks of family and medical leave during any twelve (12) month period to eligible employees in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). All requests for such leave will be made to the Superintendent or designee. When the need is foreseeable, such notice will be given thirty (30) days before the start of the FMLA leave. If it is not possible for the employee to give thirty (30) days notice, the employee will give as much notice as practicable. Proper certification of the reason for the leave must be provided. Teachers will receive all rights and benefits for the duration of the leave including the accrual of seniority. All child care leaves allowable under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will be unpaid.
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Sources: Teacher's Master Agreement, Teacher's Master Agreement
Illness or Disability. 1. At the beginning of each school year, bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more shall be credited with eleven (11) sick days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarters) of a day shall be credited with five and one-half (5.5) sick days. If a teacher is employed for less than the full school year, the allowance is reduced by one day for each month of the school year in which they are not employed. The unused portion shall accumulate from year to year to a limit of two hundred twenty (220) days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarter) of a day will be charged for a ½ (half) day each time they are absent. Bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more will be charged for a full day. The sick days may be used by bargaining unit members for illness, disability, which shall include all disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, or related medical conditions; medical treatment of the member of the bargaining unit; or serious illness of a member of the immediate family of the bargaining unit member. (Immediate family shall be interpreted as: mother, father, wife, husband, child, sister, and brother; or the family unit living in the teacher's household.) Employees who have accumulated one hundred (100) sick leave days prior to any given year will be able to use up to three (3) of these days, under the same provisions as personal days with appropriate notice to and approval of the Board or its designee.
2. The Board shall maintain records of all sick days. On or before the first pay period in October, the Board shall provide a written statement to each teacher of his/her number of accumulated sick days and any unused personal leave days earned through the last school day of June of the previous school year. In the event legislation allows the application of sick day accumulation toward retirement, all days shall be made applicable for retirement purposes including those beyond two hundred twenty (220).
3. Upon the termination of services with the school district, teachers with more than twenty (20) days accumulated shall be paid for all unused days beyond the twenty (20) to a maximum pay out for two hundred (200) days. The rate of pay shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per day. At the end of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, teachers may sell back up to 10 sick days from their accumulated sick days at a value of sixty dollars per day. Teachers may take advantage of this opportunity in either or both of those years. In order to be eligible to sell back the days, a teacher must have no less than twenty days accumulated after selling back the accumulated days.
4. A sick leave bank shall be maintained by the Association. Days are to be accumulated from one year to the next. Each new teacher shall contribute one sick day. If the number of days in the common bank is below two-two- thirds (2/3) of the number of teachers contributing to the leave bank, then each teacher shall contribute one (1) day from their sick leave allowance. Use of the days shall be limited to the point of eligibility for long-term disability only. Sick Bank Information is contained in Attachment D of this agreement. Retirees may transfer days beyond their accumulated amount of two hundred twenty (220) days to the sick bank. The maximum number of days transferred by all bargaining unit members shall not exceed two hundred (200) days per school year. School year is defined as September 1 through August 31. At the start of each school year and bimonthly thereafter, the Board will report to the Association the balance of sick leave days remaining in the sick leave bank and their usage to date.
5. A teacher who is unable to teach because of personal illness as indicated in writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O. and/or Board appointed doctor, and who has exhausted all sick leave available, shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for the duration of such illness up to one (1) year. Leave requests should be scheduled by the teacher at semester break when possible. Further extensions shall be granted if the illness, as indicated by additional writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O., supports such extensions. Upon return from leave, a teacher will be assigned to the same or similar position from which he/she was granted leave. A teacher returning from leave shall give written notification by mail to the Personnel Human Resources Office at least by March 1st or forty- forty-five (45) calendar days before the end of the semester break, or before any point of time during the school year of his/her intent to return from leave to full-time teaching. A teacher on leave or returning from leave shall also be included in the reduction of staff or recall procedure. If a teacher does not give notification of intent to return from leave at least forty (40) to forty-five (45) days in advance, a certified letter, with a copy to the Association President, shall be sent from the Human Resources Office to the employee's last known address indicating that his/her employment rights will be forfeited if he/she does not respond within ten (10) day after receipt of the letter.
6. Upon approval, a teacher whose projected leave time is abandoned due to serious changes in his/her economic or personal status shall be granted the next available teaching position or will be placed in a position currently held by a temporary employee. If neither of the above positions are available, the teacher will be granted permanent substitute status. The employee will be compensated at the rate of $100.00 daily with full health, vision, and dental benefits. The employee will accrue seniority and receive prorated sick and personal leave days.
7. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board may, at the Board's expense, require a teacher to submit to a mental or physical examination by appropriate specialists to determine whether involuntary sick leave is warranted. If the report of the Board's doctor and the report of the employee's doctor are in disagreement or conflict, the controversy shall bypass the grievance procedure and, instead, the affected employee shall be examined at Board expense by an appropriate specialist in the area of controversy at St. John's Hospital, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Hospital, or at the University of Michigan Medical Center at ▇▇▇ Arbor. This final determination shall be binding on the parties. Any teacher so placed on sick leave of absence shall have the right to a hearing in accordance with the Tenure Law. Any teacher, whose personal illness extend beyond the period compensated, will be granted a leave of absence without pay or increment for such time as is necessary for complete recovery. Return from leave shall be in accordance with the procedure in Article XI, Section A., #5 and #6.
8. Any teacher who is absent because of an injury or disease compensable under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Law may use accrued sick days to supplement workers compensation pay to bring them to their full contractual amount. In such case, accrued sick leave may be used in increments of less than a half day as needed.
9. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) The Board will grant up to twelve (12) weeks of family and medical leave during any twelve (12) month period to eligible employees in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). All requests for such leave will be made to the Superintendent or designee. When the need is foreseeable, such notice will be given thirty (30) days before the start of the FMLA leave. If it is not possible for the employee to give thirty (30) days notice, the employee will give as much notice as practicable. Proper certification of the reason for the leave must be provided. Teachers will receive all rights and benefits for the duration of the leave including the accrual of seniority. All child care leaves allowable under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will be unpaid.
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Sources: Teacher's Master Agreement
Illness or Disability. 1. At the beginning of each school year, bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more shall be credited with eleven (11) sick days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarters) of a day shall be credited with five and one-half (5.5) sick days. If a teacher is employed for less than the full school year, the allowance is reduced by one day for each month of the school year in which they are not employed. The unused portion shall accumulate from year to year to a limit of two hundred twenty (220) days. Bargaining unit members working less than ¾ (three quarter) of a day will be charged for a ½ (half) day each time they are absent. Bargaining unit members working ¾ (three quarters) of a day or more will be charged for a full day. The sick days may be used by bargaining unit members for illness, disability, which shall include all disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, or related medical conditions; medical treatment of the member of the bargaining unit; or serious illness of a member of the immediate family of the bargaining unit member. (Immediate family shall be interpreted as: mother, father, wife, husband, child, sister, and brother; or the family unit living in the teacher's household.) Employees who have accumulated one hundred (100) sick leave days prior to any given year will be able to use up to three (3) of these days, under the same provisions as personal days with appropriate notice to and approval of the Board or its designee.
2. The Board shall maintain records of all sick days. On or before the first pay period in October, the Board shall provide a written statement to each teacher of his/her number of accumulated sick days and any unused personal leave days earned through the last school day of June of the previous school year. In the event legislation allows the application of sick day accumulation toward retirement, all days shall be made applicable for retirement purposes including those beyond two hundred twenty (220).
3. Upon the termination of services with the school district, teachers with more than twenty (20) days accumulated shall be paid for all unused days beyond the twenty (20) to a maximum pay out for two hundred (200) days. The rate of pay shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per day.
4. A sick leave bank shall be maintained by the Association. Days are to be accumulated from one year to the next. Each new teacher shall contribute one sick day. If the number of days in the common bank is below two-thirds (2/3) of the number of teachers contributing to the leave bank, then each teacher shall contribute one (1) day from their sick leave allowance. Use of the days shall be limited to the point of eligibility for long-term disability only. Sick Bank Information is contained in Attachment D of this agreement. Retirees may transfer days beyond their accumulated amount of two hundred twenty (220) days to the sick bank. The maximum number of days transferred by all bargaining unit members shall not exceed two hundred (200) days per school year. School year is defined as September 1 through August 31. At the start of each school year and bimonthly thereafter, the Board will report to the Association the balance of sick leave days remaining in the sick leave bank and their usage to date.
5. A teacher who is unable to teach because of personal illness as indicated in writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O. and/or Board appointed doctor, and who has exhausted all sick leave available, shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for the duration of such illness up to one (1) year. Leave requests should be scheduled by the teacher at semester break when possible. Further extensions shall be granted if the illness, as indicated by additional writing by a qualified M.D. or D.O., supports such extensions. Upon return from leave, a teacher will be assigned to the same or similar position from which he/she was granted leave. A teacher returning from leave shall give written notification by mail to the Personnel Human Resources Office at least by March 1st or forty- forty-five (45) calendar days before the end of the semester break, or before any point of time during the school year of his/her intent to return from leave to full-time teaching. A teacher on leave or returning from leave shall also be included in the reduction of staff or recall procedure. If a teacher does not give notification of intent to return from leave at least forty (40) to forty-five (45) days in advance, a certified letter, with a copy to the Association President, shall be sent from the Human Resources Office to the employee's last known address indicating that his/her employment rights will be forfeited if he/she does not respond within ten (10) day after receipt of the letter.
6. Upon approval, a teacher whose projected leave time is abandoned due to serious changes in his/her economic or personal status shall be granted the next available teaching position or will be placed in a position currently held by a temporary employee. If neither of the above positions are available, the teacher will be granted permanent substitute status. The employee will be compensated at the rate of $100.00 daily with full health, vision, and dental benefits. The employee will accrue seniority and receive prorated sick and personal leave days.
7. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board may, at the Board's expense, require a teacher to submit to a mental or physical examination by appropriate specialists to determine whether involuntary sick leave is warranted. If the report of the Board's doctor and the report of the employee's doctor are in disagreement or conflict, the controversy shall bypass the grievance procedure and, instead, the affected employee shall be examined at Board expense by an appropriate specialist in the area of controversy at St. John's Hospital, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Hospital, or at the University of Michigan Medical Center at ▇▇▇ Arbor. This final determination shall be binding on the parties. Any teacher so placed on sick leave of absence shall have the right to a hearing in accordance with the Tenure Law. Any teacher, whose personal illness extend beyond the period compensated, will be granted a leave of absence without pay or increment for such time as is necessary for complete recovery. Return from leave shall be in accordance with the procedure in Article XI, Section A., #5 and #6.
8. Any teacher who is absent because of an injury or disease compensable under the Michigan Workers' Compensation Law shall be supplemented with a sufficient amount to maintain his/her regular salary for up to one hundred eighty (180) days. Days lost up to one hundred eighty (180) while a teacher is covered by Workers' Compensation will not be charged against the teacher's sick leave.
9. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) The Board will grant up to twelve (12) weeks of family and medical leave during any twelve (12) month period to eligible employees in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). All requests for such leave will be made to the Superintendent or designee. When the need is foreseeable, such notice will be given thirty (30) days before the start of the FMLA leave. If it is not possible for the employee to give thirty (30) days notice, the employee will give as much notice as practicable. Proper certification of the reason for the leave must be provided. Teachers will receive all rights and benefits for the duration of the leave including the accrual of seniority. All child care leaves allowable under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will be unpaid. Such unpaid child care leaves under FMLA shall commence at the teacher’s request following notification to the district of the end of the disability period.
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Sources: Master Agreement