Common use of Sick Leave Sharing Program Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Sharing Program. A. A full-time employee may donate sick leave to another employee for the following reasons: 1. The donee has exhausted or will exhaust all earned sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe injury, illness, impairment, pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth and recovery there from or physical or mental condition on the donee; or 2. The donee has exhausted or will exhaust all earned sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe injury, illness, impairment or physical or mental condition of a relative (spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent or parent); and 3. The condition has caused or is likely to cause the donee to take leave without pay or to terminate employment. 4. The employee may donate any amount of sick leave, which does not cause that employee’s sick leave balance to fall below thirty (30) days. 5. An employee may receive up to ninety (90) donated days. 6. An employee requesting donated days must first provide the Board with a medical certificate from a licensed physician or Health Care Provider (HMO) verifying the severity or extraordinary nature and expected duration of the condition. The certificate shall be on the physician’s letterhead. 7. The employee receiving donated days is to receive his or her normal rate of pay. 8. All sick leave available for use by the donee must be used prior to using shared sick leave. 9. Shared sick leave available for usage records shall be maintained separately from regular sick leave records. 10. Any donated sick leave, which is not used, shall be returned to the donating employee on a pro-rated basis. 11. The Board is the determining body as to whether the donee meets the criteria as defined in this Section and has previously abided by District leave policy.