Common use of SICK LEAVE (Continued Clause in Contracts

SICK LEAVE (Continued. during the regular school day. 10.5 Teachers whose unused sick leave will not count toward retirement will receive thirty-five percent (35%) of a substitute’s daily rate for any unused sick days at the time of retirement from the Buena Park School District. (3/97) 10.6 Catastrophic Leave Bank (5/98) 10.6.1 Bargaining unit members shall be eligible to use catastrophic sick leave under this Article if, 10.6.1.1 A unit member suffers a catastrophic injury or illness that is expected to incapacitate the unit member for an extended period of time (in excess of ten (10) days); or 10.6.1.2 Taking extended time off from work creates a financial hardship for the employee because he or she has exhausted all his or her accumulated sick leave. 10.6.2 A unit member who has exhausted all accumulated sick leave (Article 10) and who has made a donation of at least one (1) day to the Bank prior to their request, shall be eligible to request sick leave from the Bank. 10.6.3 A unit member may donate up to two (2) days to the Bank annually, so long as the minimum number of accumulated sick leave days available from the prior years’ accumulations in the unit member’s own sick leave account does not fall below ten (10) days. 10.6.4 The donation of sick leave by the unit member shall be irrevocable. The unit member shall file a “Certificated Sick Leave Bank Deposit Form” with the payroll office. A donation to the Bank shall be a general donation from prior years’ accumulations, and shall not be considered a donation to a specific unit member for his exclusive use. 10.6.5 Leave from the Bank may not be used for illness or disability which qualifies the unit member for workers’ compensation benefits unless he has exhausted all workers’ compensation leave and his own paid leave. 10.6.6 When a unit member can reasonably be presumed to be eligible for disability retirement under STRS or, if applicable, Social Security, he may be asked to apply for such retirement. Failure of the unit member to submit a complete application, including medical information provided by the applicant’s physician, within twenty (20) days of the request, will disqualify the unit member from withdrawing sick leave from the Bank. 10.6.7 Following initial enrollment, bargaining unit members may join the Bank during the annual open enrollment period (October 1 - 31 only). 10.6.8 A unit member wishing to use this Bank shall submit a “Certificated Sick Leave Bank Request for Withdrawal Form.” This form shall be submitted to the Personnel Office. The request shall clearly state the details of the catastrophe and the amount of sick leave requested. Appropriate written verification of the catastrophic illness or injury must be included with the request. The unit member should be prepared to provide additional documentation on the nature and severity of the illness or injury, if requested. 10.6.9 The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall consider the request of the unit member within ten (10) calendar days of the request form being filed with the Personnel Office. This Committee shall consist of two (2) members selected by the District, three (3) members selected by the Association, and one (1) from the Personnel Office to provide information who shall be a non- voting member of the Committee. Approval of the request shall require a majority vote of the voting Committee members. The decision of the Committee shall be final. 10.6.10 The maximum number of duty days a unit member will be allowed to request at one time for a single catastrophic illness/injury shall not exceed twenty-five (25) work days. A unit member may request a specific number of days when the request is submitted on the form available in the Personnel Office. The unit member may request up to an additional twenty-five (25) work days, should the condition continue, by filing an additional request for consideration by the Committee. 10.6.11 Any days approved by the Sick Leave Bank Committee thatare unused by the unit member shall be returned to the Bank. 10.6.12 If a unit member uses a day from the Bank, pay for that day shall be at the same rate the unit member would have received had the unit member worked that day. No distinction shall be made as to the differing pay rates of the donor’s recipients. 10.6.13 During September of each year, the Payroll Office shall provide the Association with a statement specifying the number of days available in the Bank as of September 1 of that year and the number of days used in the previous year. 10.6.14 Donated days not used in any given year shall be carried over for use in a subsequent year and shall remain a part of the Bank. If, in any given year, the request(s) for utilization exhausts the number of days in the Bank, the Bank will be closed for the remainder of the year. By mutual agreement, the District and Association can agree to solicit unit members for an additional donation of days. 10.6.15 If the Bank is discontinued for any reason, the days remaining in the Bank shall be forfeited.

SICK LEAVE (Continued. during (1) An employee with a paid sick leave bank of eighty (80) hours or less after satisfying the regular school dayelimination period for either short or long term disability may elect to retain either all or none of their remaining sick leave bank. 10.5 Teachers whose unused (2) If the employee elects to retain a sick leave will not count toward retirement will receive thirty-five percent (35%) of a substitute’s daily rate for any unused sick days at the time of retirement from the Buena Park School District. (3/97) 10.6 Catastrophic Leave Bank (5/98) 10.6.1 Bargaining unit members shall be eligible to use catastrophic sick leave under this Article if, 10.6.1.1 A unit member suffers a catastrophic injury or illness that is expected to incapacitate the unit member for an extended period of time (in excess of ten (10) days); or 10.6.1.2 Taking extended time off from work creates a financial hardship for bank, the employee because he or she has exhausted all his or her accumulated sick may not use any time from that bank until the employee returns from unpaid medical leave. 10.6.2 A unit member who has exhausted all accumulated (3) If the employee does not return from unpaid medical leave, the time retained in the employee’s sick leave (Article 10) and who has made a donation of at least one (1) day bank will be lost to the Bank employee, such that the employee will receive no compensation for the retained sick leave. In any other circumstances except those described above, employees will continue to be required to use all paid sick leave prior to their requestgoing on an unpaid medical leave of absence, shall be eligible to request sick leave from the Bankin accordance with Article 9.6. 10.6.3 A unit member may donate up to two (2) days to the Bank annually, so long as the minimum number 9.8 An employee who is granted a leave of accumulated sick leave days available from the prior years’ accumulations in the unit member’s own sick leave account does not fall below ten (10) days. 10.6.4 The donation of sick leave by the unit member shall be irrevocable. The unit member shall file a “Certificated Sick Leave Bank Deposit Form” with the payroll office. A donation to the Bank shall be a general donation from prior years’ accumulations, and shall not be considered a donation to a specific unit member for his exclusive use. 10.6.5 Leave from the Bank may not be used absence without pay for illness or disability which qualifies shall be accorded an unqualified right to be reinstated to: (1) Their former position in their department if the unit member absence is for workers’ compensation benefits unless he has exhausted sixty (60) calendar days or less, or (2) A position in their department in the classification held at the time the leave started, if the absence is longer than sixty (60) calendar days, except in either case when all workers’ compensation leave and his own paid leavepositions in such class have been abolished. 10.6.6 When 9.9 If all positions in the classification in the department have been filled, in order to accommodate a unit member can reasonably be presumed person who returns to be eligible work after illness, the employee with the least amount of seniority in the department in the classification shall vacate their position subject to any eligibility for disability retirement transfer or reduction that they may have acquired under STRS or, if applicable, Social Security, he this Agreement. 9.10 Employees on sick leave with or without pay may be asked to apply for such retirement. Failure not engage in other employment without the written approval of the unit member to submit a complete application, including medical information provided by the applicant’s physician, within twenty (20) days of the request, will disqualify the unit member from withdrawing sick leave from the BankEmployer. 10.6.7 Following initial enrollment, bargaining unit members may join the Bank during the annual open enrollment period (October 1 - 31 only). 10.6.8 A unit member wishing 9.11 An employee must present a statement from their physician attesting to use this Bank shall submit a “Certificated Sick Leave Bank Request for Withdrawal Form.” This form shall be submitted their fitness to the Personnel Office. The request shall clearly state the details of the catastrophe and the amount of sick leave requested. Appropriate written verification of the catastrophic illness or injury must be included with the request. The unit member should be prepared return to provide additional documentation on the nature and severity of the illness or injury, if requested. 10.6.9 The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall consider work at the request of the unit member Employer. 9.12 Should illness occur while an employee is on vacation the period of illness may be charged to sick leave and the charge to vacation reduced accordingly. An employee requesting such a change may be required to submit a written statement from a physician attesting to the illness and the period of disability. 9.13 Permanent and probationary employees who are injured while performing work within ten the scope of their employment for ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County and by reason thereof are rendered incapable of performing their duties, on or after January 1, 2000, shall upon approval by Human Resources, be granted sick leave for each work day up to a maximum of one hundred and thirty (10130) calendar days of the request form being filed with the Personnel Officefor which Workers' Compensation payments are made for said injury or illness, said sick leave not to be charged against normal sick leave they have accumulated. This Committee shall consist of two (2) members selected by the District, three (3) members selected by the Association, and one (1) from the Personnel Office to provide information who additional sick leave shall be a non- voting member of the Committee. Approval of the request shall require a majority vote of the voting Committee members. The decision of the Committee shall be final. 10.6.10 The maximum number of duty days a unit member will be allowed granted in an amount equal to request at one time for a single catastrophic illness/injury shall and not exceed twenty-five (25) work days. A unit member may request a specific number of days when the request is submitted on the form available in the Personnel Office. The unit member may request up to an additional twenty-five (25) work days, should the condition continue, by filing an additional request for consideration by the Committee. 10.6.11 Any days approved by the Sick Leave Bank Committee thatare unused by the unit member shall be returned to the Bank. 10.6.12 If a unit member uses a day from the Bank, pay for that day shall be at the same rate the unit member would have received had the unit member worked that day. No distinction shall be made as to the differing pay rates of the donor’s recipients. 10.6.13 During September of each year, the Payroll Office shall provide the Association with a statement specifying the number of days available in the Bank as of September 1 of that year and the number of days used in the previous year. 10.6.14 Donated days not used in any given year shall be carried over for use in a subsequent year and shall remain a part of the Bank. If, in any given year, the request(s) for utilization exhausts the number of days in the Bank, the Bank will be closed for the remainder of the year. By mutual agreement, the District and Association can agree to solicit unit members for an additional donation of days. 10.6.15 If the Bank is discontinued for any reason, the days remaining in the Bank shall be forfeited.exceeding the

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The unit member may request up to an additional twenty-five (25) work days, should the condition continue, by filing an additional request for consideration by the Committee. 10.6.11 Any days approved by the Sick Leave Bank Committee thatare unused by the unit member shall be returned to the Bank. 10.6.12 If a unit member uses a day from the Bank, pay for that day shall be at the same rate the unit member would have received had the unit member worked that day. No distinction shall be made as to the differing pay rates of the donor’s donor·s recipients. 10.6.13 During September of each year, the Payroll Office shall provide the Association with a statement specifying the number of days available in the Bank as of September 1 of that year and the number of days used in the previous year. 10.6.14 Donated days not used in any given year shall be carried over for use in a subsequent year and shall remain a part of the Bank. If, in any given year, the request(s) for utilization exhausts the number of days in the Bank, the Bank will be closed for the remainder of the year. By mutual agreement, the District and Association can agree to solicit unit members for an additional donation of days. 10.6.15 If the Bank is discontinued for any reason, the days remaining in the Bank shall be forfeited.

SICK LEAVE (Continued. during 1) An employee with a paid sick leave bank of eighty (80) hours or less after satisfying the regular school dayelimination period for either short or long term disability may elect to retain either all or none of their remaining sick leave bank. 10.5 Teachers whose unused 2) If the employee elects to retain a sick leave will not count toward retirement will receive thirty-five percent (35%) of a substitute’s daily rate for any unused sick days at the time of retirement from the Buena Park School District. (3/97) 10.6 Catastrophic Leave Bank (5/98) 10.6.1 Bargaining unit members shall be eligible to use catastrophic sick leave under this Article if, 10.6.1.1 A unit member suffers a catastrophic injury or illness that is expected to incapacitate the unit member for an extended period of time (in excess of ten (10) days); or 10.6.1.2 Taking extended time off from work creates a financial hardship for bank, the employee because he or she has exhausted all his or her accumulated sick may not use any time from that bank until the employee returns from unpaid medical leave. 10.6.2 A unit member who has exhausted all accumulated 3) If the employee does not return from unpaid medical leave, the time retained in the employee’s sick leave (Article 10) and who has made a donation of at least one (1) day bank will be lost to the Bank employee, such that the employee will receive no compensation for the retained sick leave. In any other circumstances except those described above, employees will continue to be required to use all paid sick leave prior to their requestgoing on an unpaid medical leave of absence, shall be eligible to request sick leave from the Bankin accordance with Article 9.6. 10.6.3 A unit member may donate up to two (2) days to the Bank annually, so long as the minimum number 9.8 An employee who is granted a leave of accumulated sick leave days available from the prior years’ accumulations in the unit member’s own sick leave account does not fall below ten (10) days. 10.6.4 The donation of sick leave by the unit member shall be irrevocable. The unit member shall file a “Certificated Sick Leave Bank Deposit Form” with the payroll office. A donation to the Bank shall be a general donation from prior years’ accumulations, and shall not be considered a donation to a specific unit member for his exclusive use. 10.6.5 Leave from the Bank may not be used absence without pay for illness or disability which qualifies shall be accorded an unqualified right to be reinstated to: 1) Their former position in their department if the unit member absence is for workers’ compensation benefits unless he has exhausted sixty (60) calendar days or less, or 2) A position in their department in the classification held at the time the leave started, if the absence is longer than sixty (60) calendar days, except in either case when all workers’ compensation leave and his own paid leavepositions in such class have been abolished. 10.6.6 When 9.9 If all positions in the classification in the department have been filled, in order to accommodate a unit member can reasonably be presumed person who returns to be eligible work after illness, the employee with the least amount of seniority in the department in the classification shall vacate their position subject to any eligibility for disability retirement transfer or reduction that they may have acquired under STRS or, if applicable, Social Security, he this Agreement. 9.10 Employees on sick leave with or without pay may be asked to apply for such retirement. Failure not engage in other employment without the written approval of the unit member to submit a complete application, including medical information provided by the applicant’s physician, within twenty (20) days of the request, will disqualify the unit member from withdrawing sick leave from the BankEmployer. 10.6.7 Following initial enrollment, bargaining unit members may join the Bank during the annual open enrollment period (October 1 - 31 only). 10.6.8 A unit member wishing 9.11 An employee must present a statement from their physician attesting to use this Bank shall submit a “Certificated Sick Leave Bank Request for Withdrawal Form.” This form shall be submitted their fitness to the Personnel Office. The request shall clearly state the details of the catastrophe and the amount of sick leave requested. Appropriate written verification of the catastrophic illness or injury must be included with the request. The unit member should be prepared return to provide additional documentation on the nature and severity of the illness or injury, if requested. 10.6.9 The Sick Leave Bank Committee shall consider work at the request of the unit member Employer. 9.12 Should illness occur while an employee is on vacation the period of illness may be charged to sick leave and the charge to vacation reduced accordingly. An employee requesting such a change may be required to submit a written statement from a physician attesting to the illness and the period of disability. 9.13 Permanent and probationary employees who are injured while performing work within ten the scope of their employment for ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County and by reason thereof are rendered incapable of performing their duties, on or after January 1, 2000, shall upon approval by Human Resources, be granted sick leave for each work day up to a maximum of one hundred and thirty (10130) calendar days of the request form being filed with the Personnel Officefor which Workers' Compensation payments are made for said injury or illness, said sick leave not to be charged against normal sick leave they have accumulated. This Committee shall consist of two (2) members selected by the District, three (3) members selected by the Association, and one (1) from the Personnel Office to provide information who additional sick leave shall be a non- voting member of the Committee. Approval of the request shall require a majority vote of the voting Committee members. The decision of the Committee shall be final. 10.6.10 The maximum number of duty days a unit member will be allowed granted in an amount equal to request at one time for a single catastrophic illness/injury shall and not exceed twenty-five (25) work days. A unit member may request a specific number of days when the request is submitted on the form available in the Personnel Office. The unit member may request up to an additional twenty-five (25) work days, should the condition continue, by filing an additional request for consideration by the Committee. 10.6.11 Any days approved by the Sick Leave Bank Committee thatare unused by the unit member shall be returned to the Bank. 10.6.12 If a unit member uses a day from the Bank, pay for that day shall be at the same rate the unit member would have received had the unit member worked that day. No distinction shall be made as to the differing pay rates of the donor’s recipients. 10.6.13 During September of each year, the Payroll Office shall provide the Association with a statement specifying the number of days available in the Bank as of September 1 of that year and the number of days used in the previous year. 10.6.14 Donated days not used in any given year shall be carried over for use in a subsequent year and shall remain a part of the Bank. If, in any given year, the request(s) for utilization exhausts the number of days in the Bank, the Bank will be closed for the remainder of the year. By mutual agreement, the District and Association can agree to solicit unit members for an additional donation of days. 10.6.15 If the Bank is discontinued for any reason, the days remaining in the Bank shall be forfeited.exceeding the