Sick Leave Sharing Clause Samples

Sick Leave Sharing. The Board shall administer a sick leave sharing program accessible to teachers who exhaust or will likely exhaust all their accumulated leave, and have used statutory additional sick leave (20 days) less the cost of the substitute. The sick leave sharing program shall be governed by the guidelines in Appendix D which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. (July 2015)

Sick Leave Sharing. An employee who has an accumulated sick leave balance of more than thirty (30) days, may request the Director of Human Resources to transfer a specified amount of sick leave to another employee authorized to receive leave. Such transfer request must be made in writing. In no event may an employee request a transfer that would result in his/her sick leave accumulation going below thirty (30) days. Such a transfer of leave days must be made for the benefit of an eligible employee and, once transferred, is irrevocable. In order to be eligible to receive donated leave under this program, the “receiving” employee or family member (as defined in section 3.520) “must”: a. Suffer from an illness or injury expected to incapacitate the employee (or family member) for an extended period of time which creates a financial hardship for the employee because he/she has exhausted all available paid leave entitlement. b. Provide verification of catastrophic injury or illness as required by the District. c. Have exhausted all accrued paid leave credits. d. Have been found ineligible for benefits under worker’s compensation. An employee who needs additional sick leave and believes he/she meets the eligibility requirements outlined above shall contact either the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or the OUEA President to make his/her formal request for sick leave sharing contributions. Transferred days shall be deducted from the employee’s sick leave accumulation and will be credited to the sick leave accumulation of the employee to whom the days were transferred. The value of the leave transferred shall be based upon the leave value of the person receiving the leave. In situations where more than one (1) employee is offering to transfer sick leave to another employee, sick leave transfers shall be implemented in an equitable manner. The maximum benefit to be received by any employee for any single catastrophic illness or injury is twelve consecutive months. Any employee who received paid leave pursuant to this program shall use any leave credits that he/she continues to accrue on a monthly basis before receiving paid leave pursuant to this sick leave sharing program.

Sick Leave Sharing. Employees are granted the right to donate sick leave in order to come to the aid of another employee who is suffering from, or who has a relative or household member suffering from, any of the following circumstances which has caused, or is likely to cause, the unit member to take leave without pay or terminate his/her employment. a. An extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition; b. Is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; c. Needs time for the purpose of parental leave to bond with a newborn, adoptive, or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child; d. Is sick or temporarily disabled because of pregnancy; e. Has been called to service in the uniformed services; f. Is a current member or veteran of uniformed services as defined under RCW 41.04.005, or the spouse of such person, needing time for service- related care, g. An employee volunteering needed skills that are accepted by a governmental agency or nonprofit organization engaged in humanitarian relief when a state of emergency has been declared. An employee who has an accrued sick leave balance of more than twenty-two (22) days is allowed to donate leave to another employee. Employees cannot donate sick leave days that would result in a sick leave balance going below twenty-two (22) days. All forms of paid District leave available for use by the recipient must be used prior to using shared leave. Employee may apply for Washington State Paid Family Medical Leave, but this is not required to be used prior to requesting shared leave. For an employee who is temporarily disabled because of pregnancy, or is using parental leave, the employee can maintain up to forty (40) hours of sick leave. No employee shall receive an amount of donated leave which totals more than the length of their annual basic employment contract. Requests for the initiation of a sick leave sharing program must be accompanied by a doctor’s statement indicating that a valid medical condition exists which precludes the employee from returning to work. If the medical condition does not exist with the employee, then it must also be established that the family would greatly benefit from the personal attention of the employee. Donated, but unused, leave days shall revert back to the employee who donated the leave days. An employee receiving donated sick leave days shall receive the same benefits and pay as if he or she had been working. Leave shall be deducted from the donor on a one hour-for-one hour use by ...

Sick Leave Sharing. The District shall offer a shared leave program in accordance with state law and regulations. Details are available in Board Policy 5406.

Sick Leave Sharing. After exhausting all sick leave, Emergency/Personal Business, and Vacation days, the support employee may request participation in the Sick Leave Sharing. The sick leave sharing shall permit district employees to donate sick leave to a fellow district employee who is pregnant or recovering from childbirth or who is suffering from or has a relative or household member suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or to terminate employment. A Support Employee can only use the "Sick Leave Sharing" after one (1) full year of service to the school district. The maximum number of days any employee can draw from the sharing is one hundred (100) days annually. The maximum number of days an employee may donate is two (2) days per sharing. The Support Employee who is requesting an account be established must: 1. Send a written request to the Superintendent explaining the reasons that an account needs to be established. 2. Complete a request form for donated sick leave. 3. Provide medical documentation. The Superintendent will: 1. Sign and approve or disapprove all requests. 2. Consider each request separately 3. Consider all catastrophic illness/accident requests 4. Upon approval of the request, will notify the Clerk of the Board, who will then establish a sick leave sharing account and notify district employees that an account has been established. Donations for sick leave sharing, pursuant to the request for donated sick leave, shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the notice of request. Any requests by an employee for the establishment of more than one sick leave sharing account during a contract year, shall be subject to review and approval by the Superintendent or designee. Request by an employee for the establishment of a sick leave sharing account(s) in a subsequent contract year shall be subject to review and approval by the Superintendent or designee.

Sick Leave Sharing. Bargaining unit members who have accumulated more than 176 hours of sick leave may donate accumulated sick leave to other employees in College Place School District bargaining unit. The employee may not donate more than six (6) days of leave during any school year. (RCW 41.04.

Sick Leave Sharing. A. Any personnel who has exhausted his/her regular sick leave may request additional days from the Superintendent. He/she will present the facts of the situation to the staff for consideration. Following this, donations of days will be requested from sympathetic personnel. If that is then exhausted, the process will be repeated as often as necessary. B. With prior board approval, the donor shall retain eligibility for the sick leave bonus and the recipient will not be eligible for the bonus.

Sick Leave Sharing. 5.3.1 The intent of this provision is to assist faculty members who have serious health problems and have exhausted their sick leave and other fully paid leave. Faculty members may donate at any time up to a maximum of forty (40) hours of sick leave (regular monthly and/or hourly) per year in increments of no less than one (1) hour. This donation may be made to another specific faculty member or to the sick leave pool. The identity of the donor shall not be disclosed to the recipient. In addition, faculty members contemplating retirement may donate no more than forty (40) hours to the sick leave pool at the time of retirement. 5.3.2 The net effect of this donation will be to extend the total paid leave available for a faculty member receiving the sick leave donation. Faculty members receiving such a donation shall receive hour for hour credit, in paid status, for sick leave donated by other faculty members. 5.3.3 It is expressly understood that participation in the sick leave sharing plan is voluntary and shall require the written authorization of the faculty member. Faculty members voluntarily participating in this program shall hold the District and LBCCFA harmless for any and all disputes arising out of this provision.

Sick Leave Sharing. The parties agree to set up a sick leave bank consistent with state law. The total number of days in the bank will come from employee donation. The bank may be drawn upon by unit members who are suffering from or have a relative or household member suffering from an extraordinary or severe illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition which has caused or is likely to cause the employee to take leave without pay or terminate his employment. Unit members will be allowed to donate sick leave to non-unit employees of the school district.