Sick Leave Coverage Clause Samples

Sick Leave Coverage. (A) Sick leave shall be granted for the express purpose of protecting the employee within the limits of this policy against loss of income and other benefits that might normally accrue as result of his/her absence for reasons of personal illness, disability due to pregnancy, or illness of his/her immediate family, defined herein to include spouse and children, which requires that he/she be absent from work. The Employer may request a physician's report verifying the illness to insure against abuse of the sick leave privilege. The expense of such physician's report shall be borne by the Employer. The Employer shall select the physician. (B) Credit for sick leave shall be made upon assuming regular employee status or at the beginning of the fiscal year, as appropriate, for all of the remaining months of the fiscal year, at a rate of one day per month, in addition to those days previously credited and not used, except that the total accumulation shall be unlimited. (C) Probationary employees accumulate sick leave but are not credited with or granted said leave until they achieve regular employee status. (D) An employee injured on any other gainful employment, outside of East Lansing Public Schools employment, shall not be eligible for sick benefits. (E) The Employer may request a physician's statement verifying the use of sick leave when there exists a reasonable suspicion of abuse. It is agreed by the parties that if any adverse action should result, the employee will be afforded the opportunity to obtain a second opinion. The report issued by the second opinion physician shall be placed in the employee’s personnel file at the employee’s request. The Employer may request a physician’s report to verify that an employee is fit to work including performing food handling when appropriate. Employees shall notify the Employer of the necessity for taking sick leave, providing time for the Employer to arrange for substitutes where required. Other than in extraordinary circumstances the Employer will be notified no later than one (1) hour (no later than 2 hours for shifts starting on or after 12:00 p.m.) prior to the beginning of the employee’s shift. Employees who will be absent longer than the first anticipated shift must notify their supervisor on the day following the first missed shift.