Common use of Sick Leave Sharing Program Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Sharing Program. The operation and administration of the Sick Leave Sharing Program shall be by the Administrative Office. A full-time employee may donate sick leave to another employee without loss of incentive benefits for the following reasons: 1. the donee has exhausted or will exhaust all available sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe: injury, illness, impairment or physical or mental condition of the donee, including pregnancy, miscarriage, or childbirth and recovery therefrom; or 2. the donee has exhausted or will exhaust all available sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe injury, illness, impairment or physical or mental condition, including pregnancy, miscarriage, or childbirth and recovery therefrom, of a relative (spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent or parent) or household member (one who resides in the same home as the employee and who shares a duty to provide financial support with the employee) of the donee; and 3. The condition has caused, or is likely to cause, the donee to take leave without pay or to terminate employment. The employee may donate any amount of sick leave which does not cause that employee's sick leave balance to fall below 25 days. Use of days shall be limited to one (1) occurrence within two (2) consecutive contract years. The maximum number of days granted per application shall be limited to the maximum accumulated sick leave days the employee has at the beginning of the year of the application not to exceed 100 days. Should an employee's maximum accumulated days be less than twenty-five (25), he/she shall be granted up to twenty-five (25) days. An employee requesting donated days must first provide the Superintendent or designee the most current FMLA form or other district approved form, which must contain the recommended beginning and ending dates of the requested leave, verifying the severe or extraordinary nature and expected duration of the condition. Employees desiring to donate days shall complete a written authorization transferring days to the ill or injured employee. Donations will be accepted in a chronological sequence until the requested number of days is reached. Surplus donations will be returned to the donor(s). The employee receiving donated days is to receive his or her normal rate of pay. Exceptions may be allowed only by appeal to and approval of the Board of Education. (Amended 2013)

Sick Leave Sharing Program. The operation and administration of the Sick Leave Sharing Program shall be by the Administrative Office. A full-time employee may donate sick leave to another employee without loss of incentive benefits for the following reasons: 1. the donee has exhausted or will exhaust all available sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe: injury, illness, impairment or physical or mental condition of the donee, including pregnancy, miscarriage, or childbirth and recovery therefrom; or 2. the donee has exhausted or will exhaust all available sick leave due to an extraordinary or severe injury, illness, impairment or physical or mental condition, including pregnancy, miscarriage, or childbirth and recovery therefrom, of a relative (spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent or parent) or household member (one who resides in the same home as the employee and who shares a duty to provide financial support with the employee) of the donee; and 3. The condition has caused, or is likely to cause, the donee to take leave without pay or to terminate employment. The employee may donate any amount of sick leave which does not cause that employee's sick leave balance to fall below 25 days. Use of days shall be limited to one (1) occurrence within two (2) consecutive contract years. The maximum number of days granted per application shall be limited to the maximum accumulated sick leave days the employee has at the beginning of the year of the application not to exceed 100 days. Should an employee's maximum accumulated days be less than twenty-five (25), he/she shall be granted up to twenty-five (25) days. An employee requesting donated days must first provide the Superintendent with a medical certificate from a licensed physician or designee the most current FMLA form or other district approved form, which must contain the recommended beginning and ending dates of the requested leave, health care provider verifying the severe or extraordinary nature and expected duration of the condition. Employees desiring to donate days shall complete a written authorization transferring days to the ill or injured employee. Donations will be accepted in a chronological sequence until the requested number of days is reached. Surplus donations will be returned to the donor(s). The employee receiving donated days is to receive his or her normal rate of pay. Exceptions may be allowed only by appeal to and approval of the Board of Education. (Amended 2013)