Common use of Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible a. Full-time teachers are allowed 12 days a year for sick leave, cumulative to 110 days. b. Sick leave shall be granted for personal illness, injury, physical disability or mental disability of an employee, and employee's minor child or spouse. Sick leave shall also be granted for a serious health condition (as defined by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) of the employee's adult children, parents, siblings, or other person residing with pay the employee for whom employee is legally responsible. c. Sick leave can be used for death of spouse, parents, siblings, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and spouse's parents, siblings, children, grandparents, or grandchildren. d. Sick leave can be used for serious health condition, after the second consecutive day for grandparents or grandchildren. e. Sick leave can be used for maternity/paternity leave or adoption. The length of time shall not exceed 6 weeks, absent a continuing disability as determined by a doctor. This is paid leave if the parent has the sick leave days accumulated, otherwise it shall be unpaid leave. f. Doctor and dentist appointments may be counted as sick leave for employee, children or dependent parents. Teachers are encouraged to schedule appointments that will not interfere with a school day. g. Unused accumulated sick leave shall be reimbursed to teachers when they are unable to perform their duties because leave the employment of illness or injurythe New Town School District at a rate of forty dollars ($40.00) for each day. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a h. Unused accumulated sick leave over the maximum of fifteen (15110 days shall be paid back yearly in the amount of $50 per day. i. Administration has the right to require documentation when there is reasonable suspicion that it is being abused including the following days. a) hours A sick day after a holiday or vacation. b) A medical appointment the day before or after a holiday or vacation. c) A medical appointment during the first and last two weeks of paid the school year and during the ND State Assessment testing period. j. No sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty can be taken during a Professional Development Day (130) hours are entitled this does not apply to paid sick leave those staff on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused FMLA leave). k. If sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leavebeen depleted, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the personal leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisused before unpaid leave takes effect.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is 1. 260-Day and 239-Day work calendar GESSA employees shall be eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours days of paid sick leave per term after commencement school year, two days of their appointmentwhich are put into the GESSA employee’s sick leave bank each year until a total of twenty (20) are accrued. 2. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one203-hundred and thirty Day work calendar GESSA employees shall be eligible for thirteen (13013) hours are entitled to days of paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to per school year, two days of which are put into the next. Unused GESSA employee’s sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end bank each year until a total of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingtwenty (20) are accrued. 21.03 In cases 3. 186.5-Day work calendar GESSA employees shall be eligible for twelve (12) days of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject per school year, two days of which are put into the GESSA employee’s sick leave bank each year until a total of twenty (20) are accrued. 4. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, or serious illness or death in the immediate family or household. 5. Sick leave days shall be credited to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for individual GESSA employee’s sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on account at the beginning of the GESSA employee’s work year. Sick leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation accumulated up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)240 days at the end of the fiscal year. 21.07 It 6. The Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources may require the GESSA employee to provide the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources with a physician’s certificate. If the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources believes there may have been an abuse of the sick leave policy, the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources may require an examination by a physician selected by the District. An examination by a physician selected by the District shall be at the Board’s expense. 7. Sick leave may only be taken in increments of no less than one quarter (1/4) of the employee’s regular workday. A GESSA employee, when ill, must call his/her immediate supervisor prior to his/her start time each day unless reported by the employee that he/she will be absent for an extended period of time or is understood thaton approved leave for other medical circumstances. Failure of a GESSA employee to notify his/her supervisor or designee of his/her illness may result in a pay deduction. 8. A non-probationary GESSA employee who is absent for reasons ordinarily associated with sick leave, on the Employee's return to workwho has exhausted his/her sick leave, it may not be practicable to return the Employee access additional sick leave by “borrowing” days from his/her next year’s sick leave allocation, subject to the same positionfollowing requirements: a. The maximum amount an employee is allowed to “borrow” is five (5) days; and b. The “borrowing” will require the prior written approval of the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources; and c. The days “borrowed” must be repaid from otherwise available sick leave, personal leave, emergency leave or vacation days. The employee must repay the “borrowed” days at a rate of no less than one (1) day per school year. No further “borrowing” for the employee is available until the employee repays in full the days “borrowed”. An employee who is otherwise absent without using any such cases, alternative duties available sick leave shall lose per Diem pay for each day of absence. Per Diem pay for a GESSA employee shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisinterpreted as an amount equal to the GESSA employee’s annual salary divided by the required number of days in the GESSA employee’s work calendar.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An A. At the beginning of each school year, each Certified Professional Employee is eligible for shall be credited with ten (10) days (80 hours) or more of sick leave allowance as referred to in this Article or as allowed by Idaho Code 33-1216. Sick leave days shall be accumulated to 280 sick leave days (2240 hours). 1. Part-time Certificated Professional Employees shall be credited with pay a pro-rata computation of sick leave allowance based upon their FTE. B. Portability of Sick leave: For new hires for the 2015-2016 school year, the District shall accept a Certified Professional Employee’s accumulated sick leave from another district in Idaho, up to that district’s maximum number of ninety (90) days (720 hours) of transferred sick leave days. 1. Certified Professional Employees who transferred in excess of ninety (90) days (720 hours) of accumulated sick leave, accepted and credited to the Certified Professional Employee by the District during or prior to the 2012-2013 school year, shall retain the right to such transferred days. C. Sick leave is to be used for absences caused by illness or physical disability, including childbearing of the Certified Professional Employee or to the Certified Professional Employee’s spouse, resident of the Certified Professional Employee’s immediate household, dependent or minor children or parents. 1. If family illness outside the immediate family should arise, sick leave may be used with the approval of the Building Administrator. 2. For a normal birth, six calendar weeks are the maximum time that sick leave can be used. 3. The use of additional days requires doctor certification and approval by Human Resources. D. Written notice shall be given to the Building Administrator when they are it is known in advance that the Certified Professional Employee will be unable to perform their his/her duties because satisfactorily due to an event defined as sick leave. The notice shall indicate the medical reason and the approximate dates of illness or injuryexpected absence. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty E. If an absence from work exceeds a period of five (1305) hours are entitled consecutive working days, the Certified Professional Employee must furnish to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveHuman Resources, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to doctor’s certification that medical complications are such that the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Certified Professional Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any unable to carry on his/her duties satisfactorily, and said certification shall also set forth the anticipated time period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an before the Certified Professional Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's can return to work. F. Upon receipt of a doctor’s certification as outlined above, it may not be practicable to return the Employee Human Resources shall grant to the same position; in such casesCertified Professional Employee the amount of sick leave days prescribed by the medical certification, alternative duties shall or until accumulated sick leave days are exhausted by the Certified Professional Employee. G. A return to work verification must be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandissubmitted to Human Resources following any medical procedure that may require any work accommodations upon their return or medical absence of the Certified Professional Employee of five (5) days or more.

Sick Leave. 21.01 Sick leave days should be entered in the absence management system by the Employee no later than twenty-four (24) hours from the use of the sick day. Each full-time Employee shall be granted 12 (twelve) sick leave days. An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because employed after the beginning of illness a school year or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at terminated before the end of their contract period shall be granted a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject bank adjusted according to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid following: a. All sick leave subject days previously accumulated by an Employee while employed by the Agency shall be credited to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for them. Any sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until days not used by the end of the term, subject school year shall be added to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request sick leave days available for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation the following year, up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)150 days. 21.07 It is understood thatb. Criteria for utilization of sick leave days by an Employee shall be: i. Personal illness, injury, quarantine or medical appointments; ii. Serious illness in the immediate family, i.e., spouse/partner, child, father or mother that requires the presence of the Employee. iii. For the birth of a biological child, a maximum of ten (10) sick days may be used in order to care for the individual who gave birth. c. The Employee shall notify the administrator of their impending absence stating the period of leave and where they can be contacted during the day. Each Employee shall give such notification prior to their scheduled on-the-job starting time. d. The Employee may be required by the Superintendent to give a written, signed statement from the Employee’s physician or from the Employee indicating the reason for such absence when reporting to work on the Employee's return to workfirst working day following their absence. Additionally, it may not be practicable to return the Employee may be asked to complete paperwork to assist the Agency in determining if the use of sick time qualifies as a serious health condition under the Family Medical Leave Act. Failure to comply with this provision can result in the withholding of pay for such leave days. e. Accumulated sick leave time shall terminate upon termination of employment. f. Upon notification to the same position; in such casesAgency of retirement by the end of February, alternative duties up to 50 sick days shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisreimbursed at a rate of $75 per day upon the Employee’s retirement.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for A. During the first year of employment in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County and during each successive year thereafter, each regular ten-month teacher of the Board of Education shall be entitled to ten (10) days sick leave, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative. Eleven-month teachers shall be entitled to eleven (11) days, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative. Twelve-month teachers shall be entitled to twelve (12) days, the unused portion of which shall be accumulative. Teachers may take sick leave in fifteen (15) minute increments after the first hour of one hour, half day or full day. B. Full-time teachers whose sick leave has been exhausted and who have been employed by the system for five (5) years or more may request that the Board consider granting ten (10) days beyond their annual allotment (total of twenty [20] days) for one year. Teachers will not be eligible to request and receive this grant more than once within a five (5) year period. Special consideration will be given as to the number of such days allowed for regular teachers who are hired for fractional parts of the year. C. Previously accumulated unused sick leave days will be restored to all teachers returning from an approved leave of absence. D. The Board shall accept transfer of full, accumulated sick leave for professional personnel from any school system in Maryland. ▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave may be used for personal illness, appointments with pay when a health care provider, as well as the care of a family member. Family member is defined as a parent, child, sibling or partner, regardless of where they live. Members of the immediate household are also included. F. Teachers who are absent from work four (4) or more consecutive school days may be requested to submit a doctor's certificate to the benefits office stating that they were unable to report for work; however, the Superintendent may require justification of absence(s) whenever there is reasonable cause to believe an absence(s) is/are not bona fide, or the employee is on an action plan regarding unsatisfactory attendance. G. Teachers unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid pregnancy may use sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingduring such incapacity. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick 1. Sick leave shall be granted to faculty covered by this agreement. Sick leave with pay when they are is hereby defined to mean the necessary absence from duty due to illness, childbearing, or exposure to contagious disease, and may include absence due to death in the immediate family of the faculty member or necessary attendance of a member of immediate family who is ill. “Immediate family” shall be defined as a parent, spouse, domestic partner, child (including step-child or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child), mother-in-law, father-in- law, or other dependent family member. The faculty member shall provide the College with appropriate medical documentation from a healthcare provider caring for the person, the reason for the employee’s leave, and such documentation shall state the probable duration of the employee’s requested leave. Sick leave shall be granted by the College as follows: a. When a faculty member is appointed, the member will be included in the non- classified accrued leave system. Existing faculty shall carry forward any unused sick leave accumulated as beginning balances. Accrued rate for faculty will be fifteen (15) working days per year to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) working days. b. While on sick leave, a faculty member will accrue time toward promotion, seniority, graduate leave, sabbatical leave and salary increment but will not accrue time toward sick leave. c. If a faculty member is unable to perform their duties because of due to illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave accident, whether or not this occurs on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not day of specifically scheduled activities, the employee shall be accumulated from one term responsible to notify the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing Department Chairperson as soon as possible in advance of the such illness and its anticipated duration. The chairperson shall then convey this information along with other uses of sick leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentappropriate Academic ▇▇▇▇. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Each full time certificated employee shall receive ten (10) sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because days per full year of employment. Part time employees, or those who work full time for a portion of the year, will receive sick leave days on a prorated basis. Unlimited unused sick leave shall be accumulated as long as the employee remains continuously in the service of the District. Sick leave may be used for maternity leave for the employee or for the illness, accident, or death of the employee’s spouse, children, or parents. A doctor’s verification of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid may be required for any sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the nextclaims. Unused sick leave will be transferred to/from other districts in Idaho according to Idaho Code and severance allowance will be in accordance with Idaho Code. Sick Leave Bank: The purpose of the sick leave bank is to alleviate the hardship caused by extended illness or injury to the employee beyond the employee’s accumulated sick leave days. Each employee of the District, who is hired in a certificated position and covered by this contract, may participate in the sick leave bank. Additionally, any certificated administrator or classified supervisor may participate in the sick leave bank. To join, each employee shall contribute two (2) days of his/her earned sick leave days to the sick leave bank. The contributed sick leave days shall form a fund of sick leave days that will be available to all eligible participating professional employees upon recommendation of the Sick Leave Bank Committee. Employees must join within thirty (30) calendar days following the renewal or commencement of their contract. The employee must join before being diagnosed with any illness for which he/she will request leave. In order for an employee to be eligible to apply for sick leave benefits from the Sick Leave Bank, the employee must first be a contributor to the bank and have been absent from work due to incapacitation from illness or accident for all of his/her accumulated sick and personal leave days and been absent five (5) additional days without pay. The employee must apply for benefits within thirty (30) days after the first day he/she would be eligible for benefits. (including loss of all sick leave and personal days and forfeiting 5 days salary.) Sick Leave Bank benefits may be granted only to Sick Leave Bank members and not for illness of any other person including family. Benefits may not be granted for causes incident to childbirth unless such birth has no monetary value and complications which result in the inability of the mother to return to work. Benefits will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify granted for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingroutine Caesarean births. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is 1. Teachers of Missoula County Public Schools shall be eligible for sick benefits. Part-time teachers will receive prorated sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because benefits based upon number of illness or injuryhours assigned. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty 2. Teachers will receive twelve (13012) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid days sick leave per term after year accumulative to one hundred twenty (120) days. Teachers commencing the school year at one hundred twenty (120) days shall receive a twelve (12) day credit for that year and transfer of the first personal leave day (making one hundred thirty-three (133) days available at the commencement of their appointmentthe school year). Employees whose appointments The District will pay unused sick leave more than one hundred twenty (120) days at the substitute rate of pay for that year. Such payment will be made on or before September 20th of the succeeding school year. 3. The full amount of accumulated sick leave will be in effect from the starting date of the contract. 4. Accumulated sick leave may be used for absences due to illness of the employee including maternity, or illness of family, relative or friends. 5. Teachers who are fewer than oneabsent for five (5) or more continuous days due to illness, may be required to furnish the School District with a medical certificate from a licensed physician indicating the absence was due to illness in order to qualify for sick leave. In the event that a medical certificate will be required, the teacher will be so advised before he or she returns to school. 6. In the event a teacher cannot arrange for a medical appointment after the regularly-hundred scheduled student day, the teacher may schedule an appointment during the regular student-contact day under the terms of this provision. 7. A new teacher shall not be eligible for these benefits until he or she has actually begun work. One who is employed after the school year begins shall be eligible for the pro-rata portion of such leave based on the full school year during which he or she has served. All part-time employees will receive pro-rata benefits. 8. Any leave adjustments or compensation shall be made on or before September 20th of the succeeding year. 9. Sick leave and thirty (130) hours are entitled extended sick leave may, at the option of the teacher and her physician, be used for absences necessitated by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth and recovery there from. Teachers who invoke this sick leave provision as maternity leave shall be responsible for notifying the Human Resources Office of her intent to paid use such leave. 10. Teachers will be provided with a written monthly accounting of accumulated sick leave on a pro- rated monthly basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 21.1 Full time employees shall earn sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty 1.25 days per month (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick 15 days per year). Sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not can be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)) days in total. The sick leave year is September 1st to August 31st. 21.07 It is understood that21.2 APT members shall, as soon as practical, apply for disability benefits from the University’s Group Insurance Plan. APT member will receive their normal salary and benefits up to the amount of sick leave credits available. Sick leave usage will be prorated based on the Employee's difference between the member’s salary and the disability benefit. 21.3 When an APT member terminates employment, he/she shall not be entitled to any payout resulting from earned but unused sick leave. 21.4 The University shall maintain a system to record sick leave for each APT member that shall be available for review by the APT member. Discrepancies or disputes that arise over an APT member’s sick leave will be raised with and/or by the Human Resources Department. 21.5 An APT member ▇▇▇ utilize up to seven accumulated sick leave days in a calendar year in the event of care required by a family member when no alternative care is available. With the approval of the Director or equivalent, additional sick leave days may be utilized if required. Requests will not be unreasonably withheld. 21.6 In the event that any APT member is unable to report to work due to illness, he/she shall make every attempt to notify his/her Director or equivalent as soon as possible but no later than his/her official start time each day. 21.7 A member absent for three (3) consecutive days may be required to submit information from a medical practitioner confirming the illness immediately upon return to work. Any costs associated with obtaining this information shall be the responsibility of the employer. 21.8 APT members shall make every effort to schedule routine medical, it dental and optical examinations during non- working hours. In instances where a member requires time off from work for these reasons, such time shall be charged against sick leave credits. 21.9 Any APT member who fails to meet the requirements respecting sick leave or is absent in excess of earned sick leave credits may not be practicable considered to return the Employee be absent without pay and his/her pay may be deducted to reflect such absence. 21.10 In any sick leave year, an APT member may utilize a maximum of sick leave days accumulated to the same position; end of the previous sick leave year plus the 15 days’ sick leave that will be earned during the current sick leave year. If the APT member resigns or has their employment terminated, he/she shall reimburse the University for sick leave taken in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisexcess of sick leave credits actually earned.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Section 4.1. The Union agrees to encourage employee understanding and appreciation of the: — Need to use sick leave with pay when they are unable only to cover absences due to bonafide incapacitation to perform their duties assigned duties; and — Benefits and values that accrue to employees who, through the accumulation of large amounts of sick leave, are protected against financial hardships resulting from long-term illnesses and accrue additional service credit upon retirement. Section 4.2. Sick leave shall be requested in advance when appointments have been made for medical, dental, or optical examinations and care. When prevented from reporting for duty because of incapacitating illness or injury. 21.02 : — Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum on regular tours of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must duty shall notify their Supervisor in writing immediate supervisor or other officially designated person, as soon as possible in advance (generally within 2 hours after beginning of the leave commencingscheduled tour of duty; or, — Employees who tours of duty include shift work shall notify their immediate supervisors or other officially designated person, normally at least 1 hour before the tour of duty is to begin. 21.03 In Section 4.3. Unless otherwise directed, employees absent for more than 1 day of unscheduled sick leave shall keep their supervisor advised on a daily basis of the anticipated duration of their absence in order to facilitate adequate work scheduling. Section 4.4. An employee may be required to furnish medical certification to substantiate a request for approval of sick leave when such leave exceeds 3 consecutive work days or for a lesser period when the Employer determines its necessary (i.e., cases of severe suspected abuse of sick leave). Medical certification must include administratively acceptable evidence to support the approval. Employees who have been absent due to illness for more than 5 days may be required to provide a medical release to return to work and/or may be referred to the Occupational Health Nurse prior to returning to work. Section 4.5. All required medical certificates covering sick leave absences will be submitted within 15 calendar days after return to duty. If the employee is unable to provide evidence, despite the employee’s diligent, good faith efforts, he or injury where she must provide it within a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties reasonable period of time, but no later than 30 calendar days after the Employer makes the request. Section 4.6. Sick leave may be requested and approved subject to regulatory guidance, when the Employee providing satisfactory employee: — Receives medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; — Is incapacitated for the performance of his or her duties by physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; — Provides care for a family member who is incapacitated by a medical documentation or mental condition or attends to support their request a family member receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; — Provides care for leavea family member with a serious health condition; — Makes arrangements necessitated by the death of a family member or attends the funeral of a family member; — Would, as determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a TA may be granted up to 10 hours health care provider, jeopardize the health of additional paid sick leave subject to others by his or her presence on the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent job because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up exposure to a maximum communicable disease; or — Must be absent from duty for purposes relating to his or her adoption of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood thata child, on the Employee's return to workincluding appointments with adoption agencies, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assignedsocial workers, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisattorneys; court proceedings; required travel; and any other activities necessary to allow the adoption to proceed.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible Section 1. Full-time employees shall earn sick leave at a rate of four (4) hours a pay period. Section 2. Whenever an employee’s request for sick leave with pay is disapproved, he/she shall be given a written reason, if requested. Section 3. Sick leave cannot be granted for rest or minor inconveniences. However, sick leave must be granted when they are unable to an employee meets one of the following conditions: a. Is incapacitated and cannot perform their the essential duties of his/her position because of illness physical or mental illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; b. Receives medical, dental or optical examinations or treatment; or c. Would, per a health authority with jurisdiction or a health care provider, jeopardize the health of others due to exposure to a communicable disease. 21.02 Section 4. Employees whose appointments are one-hundred may use sick leave for general family medical care and thirty (130) hours are entitled bereavement purposes as follows in order to: a. Provide care for a family member who is incapacitated by a medical or mental condition or attends to a maximum family member receiving medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; or b. Makes arrangements necessitated by the death of fifteen a family member or attends the funeral of a family member. Full-time employees may use up to forty (1540) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement year for these purposes. Part-time employees use a pro-rated amount. However, if a full-time employee maintains a minimum balance of eighty (80) hours of sick leave, he/she may use additional sick leave, not to exceed one hundred four (104) hours in a leave year. Section 5. Full-time employees who maintain a minimum sick leave balance of eighty (80) hours may use a total of four hundred eighty (480) hours of sick leave each leave year to care for a family member with a serious health condition. However the total allowable amount of sick leave entitlement under Sections 4 and 5 may not exceed four hundred eighty (480) hours. However any sick leave taken under Article 26 to care for a family member is deducted from the four hundred eighty (480) hour entitlement under this Section. Section 6. Employees should request leave in advance for pre-arranged optical, medical, or dental appointments. However, if the absence is unplanned, the Agency must be notified before or within the first hour of the time scheduled to report for duty, unless in the judgment of the Agency there are extenuating circumstances which prevent the employee from doing so. In cases of extended absences, and when an employee provides the Agency with a tentative return to work date, he/she shall only be required to notify the Agency on the first day of each occurrence of illness and shall not be required to call in on a daily basis, unless specifically required by the Agency. Section 7. In individual cases, where the Agency reasonably believes an employee may be abusing sick leave, the Agency may provide the employee advance written notice, indicating the reason(s) that he/she will be required for a period of time, not to exceed six (6) months, to furnish a medical certificate for each subsequent absence.This notice may be given verbally when the leave is requested and followed up in writing when the employee returns to work. If it is determined by the Agency prior to the conclusion of the six (6) month time period, that the requirement is no longer necessary, the employee shall be notified and the previous notice(s) shall be removed from the employee’s OPF and EPF, and returned to the employee. If the Agency reasonably believes, at the conclusion of the six (6) month time period, that the employee may still be abusing sick leave, and as a result the Agency determines the requirement to still be necessary, a new notice shall be developed in accordance with this Section. In cases where an employee, who because of illness, is released from duty, the Agency may waive the requirement for a medical certificate for that day. Section 8. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 7, an employee shall not be required to furnish a medical certificate to substantiate a request for sick leave of four (4) days or less. An employee shall be required to furnish a medical certificate for absences of more than four (4) workdays, except that this requirement may be waived by the Agency in individual cases. If a physician was not consulted, a signed statement from the employee giving the facts about the absence, the treatment used, and the reasons for not having a physician’s statement may be accepted as supporting evidence by the Agency. Section 9. Requests for sick leave and individual sick leave records shall not be available or distributed as general information or publicized. Section 10. Except in cases of abuse, sick leave usage shall not be a factor for promotion, discipline, or other personnel action. Section 11. Leave approving officials are authorized to advance up to thirty (30) days of sick leave for serious illness or disability. Part-time employees can be advanced sick leave in accordance with LWS-8.1, Section 7. Sick leave cannot be advanced when: a. it is known that he/she does not intend to return to duty or when available information indicates that his/her return is only a remote possibility; or b. he/she has filed or the Agency has filed an application for disability retirement; or c. he/she has signified his/her intention of resigning for disability. Section 12. When an employee becomes seriously ill or injured at work, the Agency shall arrange for transportation to a physician, medical facility or other designated location. If requested by the employee, or if the employee is unable to request, the Agency shall notify the employee’s family or designated party of the occurrence and location of the employee. Section 13. When an employee is unable to do so because of serious injury, incapacitation or illness, the Agency shall make every reasonable effort to assist the employee’s family in filing appropriate documents for entitlements to the employee or the employee’s family. Section 14. Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) employees shall be eligible upon retirement for a Sick Leave Buy Back option as follows: An employee who attains the required number of years service for retirement shall receive a lump sum payment for forty (40) percent of the value of his or her accumulated sick leave as of the effective date of their appointmentretirement. Section 15. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid If there is insufficient sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ to cover leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused already used, and advanced sick leave has no monetary value and not been approved, excess sick leave used will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick automatically converted to earned credit hours, earned compensatory time, or earned annual leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of that order. If other accrued leave is insufficient to cover the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid excess sick leave subject to hours used, the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for remaining sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on will be charged to leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75LWOP). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for ‌ Section 1. As provided by state law, each employee shall earn sick leave with credits from their first day of employment at a rate of one (1) working day per month. For calculating credits, 2,080 hours will equal one (1) year. Proportionate credits shall be accumulated each pay when they are unable period. There shall be no limit as to perform their duties because the number of credits accumulated. Employees shall be entitled to use paid sick leave after being employed ninety (90) continuous days. Sick leave credits may be used as follows: 1. employee illness or injury; 2. illness, injury or death in the employee's immediate family requiring his/her personal attention; 3. quarantine for contagious disease control, provided certification is obtained from the attending physician; 4. doctor or dental appointments for treatment of employee's illness, injury or for preventive care; 5. to attend or make arrangements for a funeral of a member of the immediate family. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are Section 2. Immediate family shall mean spouse or domestic partner, parents, grandparents, siblings, children or grandchildren of the employee or spouse of the employee, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law; Section 3. Regular employees scheduled to work less than forty (40) hours per week will earn credits on a pro-rated basis. Section 4. Upon termination, employees who have worked the qualifying period shall be entitled to be paid an amount equal to one-hundred and thirty fourth (130¼) hours are entitled the pay attributed to a maximum their accumulated sick leave. Such termination pay will only apply to those credits earned since July 1, 1971. Section 5. Abuse of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid occurs when an employee uses sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused for unauthorized purposes, or when sick leave is frequent, habitual, excessive, suggests a pattern of usage, or if the supervisor has no monetary value and will not reason to believe the employee may be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify misrepresenting reasons for paid using sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance . Abuse of sick leave shall be cause for dismissal and forfeiture of payment for any accumulated sick leave. The Employer reserves the right to require medical statements and/or contact the employee's physician if abuse is suspected. Requests for written medical statement will be made by the supervisor with the approval of the leave commencingDepartment of Human Resources. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveSection 6. If allowed by state law, a TA sick leave benefits may be granted integrated with any workers' compensation benefits payable to an employee so the employee shall receive up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to to, but not exceed, the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentamounts the employee would have earned, except for such disability benefits. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible 1. This leave shall cover absences for the teacher's own illness or illness in the immediate family. Immediate family shall include spouse, children, mother, father, sister, brother, grandchildren, grandparents and in-laws. It shall also include anyone living in the residence of said teacher. 2. The Board may require that teachers submit a medical affidavit (doctor's statement) verifying any sick leave with absence for which they have reasonable cause to believe the absence was not due to illness. If the board so requires, the board shall pay when they are unable any additional expenses incurred by the teacher for securing such an affidavit if the medical affidavit confirms the absence due to perform their duties because illness. 3. A Sick Leave Assistance Pool shall be established which contains those unused days contributed to the Pool by participating teachers. Any participating teacher shall be eligible to request additional sick leave from the Pool. Additional contributions may be made through May 1st of that school year unless it occurs during the teacher’s final year of employment. Application forms may be requested from the District Personnel Office and will be sent electronically to the requesting member. The completed application can be returned electronically, or by inter-school mail marked “Attention SLAP” to the The Associations Liaison. On the form, the contributor is to sign his/her name, indicate the number of days contributed and return to the Central Office. Copies shall be furnished to the contributing teacher and the Sick Leave Assistance Pool Committee (SLAPCO). In the event of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid which exhausts an eligible teacher's sick leave, he/she may request additional sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentdays from the Pool. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not Days granted, but unused, shall be accumulated from one term returned to the nextPool. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out The balance of SLAP days in the pool at the end of a termthe contract year will be carried over for use the following year. To qualify Guidelines and procedures for paid administering the Pool and terms and conditions of individual grants shall be established by SLAPCO. Application for additional sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance leave shall be reviewed by the SLAPCO composed of five (5) members appointed by the Association. The decision of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases committee shall be final. Four (4) copies of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties the application shall be prepared. The applicant shall retain one, and subject the other three (3) copies shall go to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveCentral Office, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject the ACTA President and SLAPCO. Once the decision on the application has been made, the committee will provide written notification to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible teacher, the Superintendent, and the ACTA President. Application for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may pool days must be granted until completed and submitted for review no later than 5 business days after the end last contract day. The Associations Liaison will keep records of the termnumber of days in the pool, subject to applications received, and days granted. New or non- participating teachers may participate in the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leavePool by contributing one (1) day on or before September 20. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties Donations shall be assignedrestricted to one (1) day only, and Article 13.06 shall applyunless the number of days remaining in the Pool falls below four hundred (400). In that event, mutatis mutandisa call for additional days will be issued by SLAPCO.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Teachers may be granted sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform the extent of their duties because unused, earned, accumulated sick leave under the following terms and conditions: 1. In the first year of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are employment, a teacher shall earn one and one-hundred and thirty half (1301 1/2) hours are entitled days of sick leave per month to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick days per year. All other employees covered by this Agreement shall be credited with fifteen (15) sick leave per term after commencement days on the first official day of their appointmentthe said school year whether or not they report for duty on that date. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to Such first year teacher will be paid in his final payment for the contract year for sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will taken by the teacher for which the teacher did not be accumulated from one term receive payment during the contract year; and, to the next. Unused sick leave extent that the teacher has no monetary value and will not be paid out at accumulated on the end date of a term. To qualify for paid payment unused sick leave, Employees and if such payment is made, such accumulated sick leave shall be deducted from any such accumulation available on the date of payment to the extent of payment. 2. There shall be no limit on the amount of sick days that can be accumulated. 3. An employee may only use sick leave when such employee is sick, injured, or an immediate medical procedure is required. However, a maximum of five (5) days per school year may be permitted by the Administration when said employee has been absent due to a critical illness in such employee’s immediate family. Absence for maternity leave shall not be deemed or paid as sick leave, except to the extent required by law. 4. In the event of absence due to sickness or injury in excess of five (5) consecutive working days or in excess of eight (8) working days during any school year, the Committee or the Superintendent, at his sole discretion, may require an examination of the employee by a physician who is mutually agreed to by the parties. Such examination shall be at the expense of the Committee. 5. The parties agree that use of sick leave for reasons other than illness constitutes a misuse of the benefits provided. The Association agrees to work with the Committee whenever misuse of the sick leave program is documented in an effort to control such a problem. The Committee reserves its rights under the law to take reasonable disciplinary action whenever circumstances dictate. 6. Whenever a Member decides to retire pursuant to the retirement laws of Massachusetts (excluding here from any disability retirements), the Committee agrees that it will pay to such Member forty ($40.00) dollars for each day of unused accumulated sick leave in excess of one hundred and eighty (180) days. Teachers intending to avail themselves of this benefit must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance the Committee no later than January 15th of the leave commencingfinal school year of such teacher’s service. It is understood that this means the buyback money will not come forth until the following fiscal year. By mutual agreement, the parties may agree to waive the January 15th deadline for notification to the Committee. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may 7. A three year advanced written notice must be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible given for sick leave with buy back. One- third of the funds will be transferred to a 403(b) each year. If notice is not given, the Committee has the discretion to pay during any period out unused sick leave in which they are on leave without pay or under suspensionthe subsequent fiscal year. 21.05 Where 8. If a Member selects prepayment of the days beyond one hundred and eighty (180) and uses any of the remaining days, said Member shall reimburse the school system for each day used. 9. If an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their employee on extended sick leave entitlementreceives benefits under disability insurance, workers’ compensation, or similar program, then the amount paid shall not exceed the employee’s regular salary. Employees shall have the difference between the insurance benefit and their regular salary paid by the District from available sick leave without pay may and the employee shall have deducted from accrued sick leave the appropriate portion of a sick day for each day so covered. In the event that the employee receives a check from the insurer, the check shall be granted until signed over to the end District. In the event that the employee receives a lump sum, retroactive check, the check shall be signed over to the District and the portion of personal sick days represented by the amount of the term, subject check shall be restored to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedemployee’s account. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 15.1. Sick leave shall be earned by permanent full-time employees at the rate of eight (8) hours for each full month of service. 15.2. Unused earned sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of nine hundred sixty (960) hours. At the discretion of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners, sick leave earned in excess of nine hundred sixty (960) hours may be allowed for catastrophic illness. 15.3. Sick leave may be authorized for actual illness or injury, legal quarantine, acute dental or medical treatment necessitating the employee's absence or for serious illness in the employee's immediate family when the employee's presence is necessary." Immediate family", for the purposes of this section, shall be defined as the employee's spouse, child, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇ or parent. Sick leave usage shall be subject to approval and verification by the Employer who may reasonably require the employee to furnish a report from a recognized medical authority attesting to the necessity of the leave or other information the Employer deems necessary. 15.4. To be eligible for sick leave payment, an employee must notify the Employer prior to the starting time of the employee’s scheduled shift. This notice may be waived if the Employer determines that the employee could not reasonably be expected to comply with pay when they are unable to perform their duties this requirement because of illness or injurycircumstances beyond the control of the employee. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred 15.5. An employee injured on duty and thirty (130) hours are entitled eligible for Worker's Compensation benefits may elect to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid use sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentor vacation leave to supplement Worker's Compensation benefits provided that the total leave and compensation shall not exceed his/her normal full pay. 15.6. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid who have accumulated sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA balance may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of trade their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until hours to cover the end cost of health and wellness-related expenses for the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support employee and their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation eligible dependents up to a maximum of seventysix-five hundred dollars ($75600.00) per year, provided a minimum of two weeks of sick leave hours remains after reimbursement (80 hours for full-time employees, and pro-rated for part-time employees). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties . Reimbursements under this section shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisgoverned by the County Sick Leave for Fitness Policy.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for SECTION 19.1 Each regular full-time salaried employee will be granted sick leave with full pay when they are unable for one (1) day (eight [8] hours) for each full calendar month of service. Effective July 1, 2014, sick time will be converted into hours entitling employees to perform their duties because full pay for eight (8) sick hours for each full calendar month of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred service. The unused balance of sick leave may be carried over and thirty (130) hours are entitled accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of fifteen one hundred and forty (15140) days or 1,120 hours at any one time. Any excess over this amount shall be deemed to have expired. Sick leave shall be accrued as of paid the day an employee enters the service of the Employer, and shall be computed and allowed on the calendar year basis. Employees may use sick leave per term after commencement time in one (1) hour increments for the employee or for a member of their appointmentimmediate family. This sick time may also be used to attend to the medical and dental needs of the employee or a member of his or her immediate family only when they cannot be scheduled after work hours. Employees whose are encouraged to schedule their medical and dental appointments are fewer than one-hundred after work hours when possible. Time off for medical and thirty (130) hours are entitled dental appointments must be approved by your immediate supervisor to paid avoid scheduling conflicts within your department. Immediate family shall be defined as: Wife, husband, unmarried children, parents, grandparents or any other relative living in the employee’s residence. Effective July 1, 2014, there will no longer be a separate designation for sick leave on medical time. SECTION 19.2 A certificate from a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not reputable physician may be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out required at the end option of a termthe Employer, as evidence of illness after three (3) days of absence from employment due to illness, before compensation for the period of illness is allowed. To qualify for paid It shall be optional with the Chief of Police whether the physical examination in such instance shall be administered by the City Physician, or upon request, employee's own medical or osteopathic physician. In event said certificate is required to substantiate compensable sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance the costs of such certificate or examination shall be at the expense of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end Employer. Any member of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.bargaining unit who uses more than six

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 40.1 The Union and the University agree that regular attendance at work by each employee member is eligible for necessary in order to maintain continuous, efficient University services and operations and to prevent hardships on other employees. The Union and University also agree that it is of mutual benefit to expedite the processing of sick leave with requests of employee members. 40.2 Sick leave is an insurance type of benefit. Employee members accrue sick leave at 4.6 hours of sick leave for each 80 hours in an active pay when they are unable status. It is not expected that employee members will routinely use sick leave as fast as it accrues, but rather that employee members will accumulate sick leave to perform their duties because the extent possible to serve as "insurance" in the event of such illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled 40.3 Sick leave shall be authorized only for the following reasons: A. Illness or injury of: 1. the employee member; or 2. immediate family members B. Medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment of: 1. the employee member; or 2. immediate family members C. Exposure of the employee member to a maximum contagious disease which could be communicated to others. 40.4 Immediate family" is defined in Article 16.6(B). 40.5 Sick leave will be approved provided the employee member complies with the following: A. Compliance with departmental call-in requirements. Departmental call-in procedures shall be as follows: 1. When an employee member is unable to report to work, the employee member shall notify their immediate supervisor or other designated person during the one hour period immediately preceding the time scheduled to report to work on the first day of fifteen (15) hours of paid absence except that if an employee member asserts a hardship which prevented compliance, the University may approve the sick leave per term after commencement despite the noncompliance. 2. When an employee member who works in a department of the University which operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, is unable to report for work, the employee member shall notify their immediate supervisor or other designated person two hours before the time scheduled to report to work on the first day of absence, unless emergency conditions make this impossible., except that if an employee member asserts a hardship which prevented compliance, the University may approve the sick leave despite the noncompliance. 3. Employee members who work in patient care areas shall notify their immediate supervisor or other designated person as follows: a. First shift - notification by 5:00 am. b. Second shift - notification by 12:00 noon c. Third shift - notification by 6:00 p.m. 4. Subsequent notification beyond the first day of absence will be governed by the nature of the circumstances and the requirements established by the college/department. 5. Each employee member shall be provided at least one telephone number for purposes of call-in. B. Submission of a written, signed sick leave request form specifically setting forth the reasons from 40.3 above for the use of sick leave (on a form provided by the University). Such request forms must be completed in full and submitted to the departmental reporting authority no later than the day the employee returns to work. C. If sick leave is used pursuant to 40.3(B) above, documentation verifying the examination or treatment must be submitted with the OSU Leave Request form. D. If medical attention is required, a certificate from a health care provider stating the date of the medical treatment and the date that the employee member was medically unable to perform normal work duties must be submitted with the OSU Leave Request form. A health care provider must be licensed by the State to deliver health care services. Health care providers are a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, dentist, clinical psychologist, social worker, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, nurse practitioner, nurse mid-wife, or christian science practitioner who certify within the scope of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid practice. E. If an employee member requests sick leave on benefits for an absence of three (3) or more consecutive complete scheduled work shifts, the employee member must submit with the OSU Leave Request form either: 1. A certificate from a pro- rated basishealth care provider as defined in Section 40.5(D), stating the date(s) of the medical treatment and the date(s) that the employee member was medically unable to perform normal work duties; or 2. ▇▇▇▇ A certificate from a health care provider as defined in Section 40.5(D) verifying the illness or injury of an immediate family member. 40.6 Sick leave which has been approved will be paid provided sufficient sick leave has been accrued to cover the absence. 40.7 Failure to comply with the requirements of Section 40.5 will result in the disapproval and non-payment of sick leave pay, except that if an employee member asserts a hardship which prevented compliance, the University may approve the sick leave despite the noncompliance. 40.8 The following shall be just cause for disciplinary action under Article 11 whether or not the sick leave has been approved and/or paid: A. Falsification of the Sick Leave Request or required certificate. B. Excessive absenteeism. Regular attendance at work is expected from all employee members. The University may consider several different factors in determining excessive absenteeism, including but not limited to the following: 1. The overall attendance record of the employee member. The use of approved vacation time will not be accumulated from one term to considered when determining excessive absenteeism, except for the next. Unused use of vacation in lieu of sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingunder Section 19. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for a. Any teacher employed on a full-time basis shall be entitled to four (4) days of sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because at the beginning date of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are onefirst employment during each contract year. Thereafter, full-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum time teachers shall accrue one day of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement for each month of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not employment which shall be accumulated from one term credited to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out teacher at the end of a termthe month and which may not be used prior to the time it is earned and credited to the teacher. To qualify No teacher may earn more than one (1) day of sick leave times the number of months of employment during the regular school year. Any leave charged against accrued sick leave shall be with full compensation. Permanent part-time teachers shall accrue leave on the same basis as full-time teachers, adjusted to the number of hours they teach. Such leave shall be taken only when the person is unable to perform his/her duty during the regular school year because of personal illness or illness or death of father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, child or other close relative by blood relationship of affinity or member of his/her household. Full-time teachers may utilize accrued sick leave for paid pregnancy. The School Board may withhold the average daily amount for any sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of leave days used but not earned by the leave commencingemployee if the employee terminates employment. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible b. A claim for sick leave with pay during any period shall be filed through the administrator to the Superintendent, by no later than five (5) days after the teacher returns to duty. The claim shall be in which they writing and shall set forth the days absent. It shall be duly signed by the claimant certifying that the facts are on leave without pay or under suspensiontrue and correct and that the claim is valid and legal. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because c. Teachers shall be entitled to transfer sick leave credit from the most recent place of illness employment in excess other Florida School Districts and the Department of Education provided that the days transferred in do not exceed days earned in the Wakulla School District. d. A teacher may authorize the use of their accrued sick leave entitlementby their spouse, child, parent or sibling if also a district employee. Sick leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall donated cannot be forfeitedused until all the individual’s sick leave has been depleted, excluding sick leave in any existing Sick Leave Bank, if the recipient participates in a Sick Leave Bank. Donated sick leave shall have no terminal pay value. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for A. During the first full three school years of service, unit members will be entitled to twelve (12) sick leave days per year. Beginning with pay when the fourth full year of service, they are unable will be entitled to perform their duties because thirteen (13) sick leave days per school year. Nurses will be entitled to twelve (12) sick leave days in each school year. After completing three years of illness or injuryservice, nurses shall be entitled to thirteen (13) sick days each school year. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and B. Staff members absent on sick leave more than five (5) consecutive school days may be required by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee to present a medical doctor's or dentist's statement regarding the cause of the absence. Statements from chiropractors do not satisfy the requirements of this section unless accompanied by a physician's note. Effective September 2003, if an employee is absent for more than twenty (20) consecutive school days or thirty (13030) hours are entitled cumulative school days in one school year, and where there is reasonable suspicion that abuse of sick leave may be occurring, the Superintendent may, upon written notice, require the employee to be examined by a maximum licensed physician. Upon submission of a list of three or more physicians designated by the Superintendent, at least one of which being of the same gender as the employee, the employee will have three days in which to make an appointment with one of the doctors on the list. Where the suspicion exists, the Superintendent shall inform the individual five days prior to requiring an employee to be examined. In such circumstances, the Committee will pay for the cost of said examination. C. All staff members who have fifteen (15) hours years of paid service or more as members of the bargaining unit, shall upon retirement no earlier than June 30th and no later than August 31st or death, receive a sick leave compensatory benefit of sixty dollars ($60) per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid day for all accumulated sick leave on a pro- rated basis. provided the individual gives written notification to the administration not later than November 1st of the school year in which s/he intends to be his/her last year of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ leave will Public Schools. Effective 2015 – 2016 school year, the Committee shall not be accumulated from one term obligated to expend more than $115,000. Effective 2016 – 2017 school year, the Committee shall not be obligated to expend more than $115,000. Effective 2017 – 2018 school year, the Committee shall not be obligated to expend more than $115,000. In order to be eligible for the benefits of this section, an irrevocable letter of resignation for purposes of retirement must have been given to the nextSuperintendent no later than November 1st of the school year in which he or she intends to be his/her last year of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools. Unused In the event that this amount is insufficient to satisfy the requests of all applicants for a given year, applicants shall be disqualified in order of inverse date of receipt of their letter of application until the amount is sufficient to pay the remaining applicants. Ties will be broken by disqualifying applicants in inverse order of seniority. An individual so disqualified shall be freed from the restrictions imposed in his/her letter of resignation and may apply for the benefit pursuant to the terms of this article in another school year. In the event of death, said situation shall take precedence over the above- mentioned procedure. Further, said sick leave has no monetary value and will not compensatory benefits shall be paid out to the staff member's estate at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance the fiscal year regardless of the staff member's length of service. The sick leave commencing. 21.03 compensatory benefit shall be paid by the August 31st immediately following the completion of the school year, which is the applicant's last year of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools. In cases the event that there are unexpended funds in Article 33 (Retirement Incentive), said unexpended funds will be used to fund obligations under Article 18C (Sick Leave Compensatory Benefit). Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Section C of severe illness Article 18, the superintendent, in his/her sole discretion, may grant an employee with fifteen years of service or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties more the retirement incentive provided for by Section C when the employee wishes to retire during the school year and the superintendent has determined that such retirement date will not be unduly disruptive to the education of students. The exercise of the superintendent’s discretion shall not be subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentgrievance or arbitration provision in Article 3. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for a. Each full-time Educational Interpreter shall be entitled to fifteen (15) days sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because pay, for each year under contract, which shall be credited at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one and one-hundred fourth (1¼) days per month and thirty (130) hours are entitled the unused sick leave days shall be accumulated to a maximum of fifteen 250 days. Educational Interpreters who render (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after or have rendered prior to the commencement of their appointmentthis Agreement) part-time service(i.e. Employees whose appointments are fewer less than one-hundred and thirty (13035 hours per week or on a reduced school year schedule ) hours are shall be entitled to earn paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will prorated basis in relation to their respective FTE. b. Educational Interpreters are not be accumulated from one term eligible to the next. Unused use more than 250 days of sick leave has no monetary value during the duration of this Contract. c. Educational Interpreters, upon approval of the responsible administrative officer of the District, may use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others, and will not be paid out at for absence due to illness or injury in the end Educational Interpreter’s immediate family (which, for the purposes of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor shall be defined as mother, father, spouse, children, grandparents, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law and, with the approval of the Superintendent, other family members). d. If an Educational Interpreter suffering from a serious injury, illness, or other conditions applies for retirement due to disability, they may use no more than four (4) weeks of accumulated sick leave after the date of notification of the recommendation for approval of the disability retirement from the retirement system. The Educational Interpreter may nonetheless qualify for the payment of unused sick leave as provided in writing as soon as possible Article10. e. The Superintendent may require an Educational Interpreter to submit a physician’s statement or other evidence in any case involving suspected sick leave abuse. f. Educational Interpreters who are on any unpaid leave shall not be entitled to earn any sick leave. g. Educational Interpreters shall use good faith efforts to schedule visits to healthcare providers outside of the member’s regular workday. h. An Educational Interpreter, within the first 12 months of employment, may upon written request be granted an advance of up to five (5) paid sick days provided however that an Educational Interpreter who separates from employment with the leave commencingBoard prior to repaying the advanced sick days shall be subject to payroll deduction to cover the cost of same. 21.03 In cases i. Paid sick leave time may not be taken in increments less than ½ day. j. Falsification and/or other abuse of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick and any school record associated with such leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request just cause for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeiteddischarge from employment. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 21.1 Approved sick leave as provided in this section shall be granted with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injurypay. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one21.2 All full-hundred time and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum full-time school year support staff employees shall receive one day of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement for each month of their appointmentemployment in the school district. Employees whose appointments are fewer than oneAny part-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid time clerical employee shall receive sick leave on a pro- pro-rated basis. 21.3 Sick leave benefits shall accumulate to one hundred and eighty (180) working days. 21.4 Sick leave, with pay, shall be allowed by the school district whenever a support staff employee's absence is due to any type of illness, including illness or disability caused or contributed to pregnancy or childbirth, which has prevented the attendance at school and performance of duties on that day or days. 21.5 The superintendent may require an employee to furnish a medical certificate from the school health officer or from a qualified physician as evidence of illness, in order to qualify for sick leave pay. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term However, the final determination as to the next. Unused eligibility of an employee for sick leave has no monetary value and as reserved to the school board. 21.6 In the event that a medical certificate will not be paid out at required, the end employee will be so advised. 21.7 Sick leave allowed shall be deducted from the accrued sick leave days earned by the employee. 21.8 A support staff may use sick leave to cover absences necessitated by the illness of a termor injury to the employee’s child, as defined in MN Statute 181.940.sbd.4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or step parent. To qualify An employee may also use sick leave benefits for paid sick safety leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing defined as soon as possible in advance providing or receiving assistance because of sexual assault, domestic abuse, or stalking. Such family health care leave shall be limited to the amount of accrued sick 21.9 Sick leave commencingpay shall be approved only upon submission of signed request upon the authorized sick leave form. 21.03 In cases 21.10 Any office personnel unable to perform duties of severe illness employment because of pregnancy, adoption or injury where a TA any medical complications of pregnancy, childbirth or recovery therefrom, may begin leave upon certification from the attending licensed physician that the person is fully restricted from performing their TA duties unable to perform such duties, or upon the agreement by said office personnel and subject the building principal that leave should be commenced, and the office personnel shall be entitled to sick leave without loss of pay to the Employee providing satisfactory extent provided by the above. Leave in excess of unused sick leave credit of such personnel shall be treated as a leave of absence without pay during the period such personnel is unable to work due to the pregnancy, adoption or any medical documentation to support their request for leavecomplication of pregnancy, a TA childbirth, or recovery therefrom. 21.11 An unpaid leave of absence may be granted for health reasons if recommended by the attending physician in writing and approved by the administration and the school board. Time period may be renewable, upon review, up to 10 hours one (1) year. 21.12 Should an unpaid leave of additional paid absence be granted to an employee, upon returning from the leave, the employee shall be placed on the same step and will retain the 21.13 In September and January of each year, employees who earn vacation time shall be allowed to trade three (3) sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible days for one (1) additional vacation day. A maximum of six (6) sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may days shall be granted until the end of the term, subject allowed to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation be converted to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up two (2) vacation days per year (September 1 to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75August 31). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for ‌ Section 41.1 Fire Department bargaining unit employees shall be entitled to sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred four and thirty six tenths (1304 6/10) hours are entitled with pay, for each completed eighty (80) hours of service, to a maximum of fifteen (15) days per year for forty (40) hours of paid bargaining unit employees, and twenty-one (21) days per year for fifty (50) hour bargaining unit employees. It shall accumulate without limit. Section 41.2 Fire Department bargaining unit employees may use sick leave per term after commencement upon approval of the responsible administrative officer, for absence due to personal illness, pregnancy, injury, or death in the employee's immediate household whom the employee supports. Absence due to sickness in the immediate family, requiring the continuing presence of the employee at home, to make arrangements for hospitalization or other care, shall not exceed three (3) consecutive workdays. Additional absence for this purpose may be approved by the Service-Safety Director. Section 41.3 Fire Department bargaining unit employees unable to report for duty for any of the reasons listed above, must report their anticipated absence to the appropriate superior before the start of their appointmentscheduled workday and each succeeding day of absence unless other arrangements are authorized by the officer in charge. Section 41.4 When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee's credit based on one (1) hour for everyone (1) hour of absence from previously scheduled work. Section 41.5 A Fire Department bargaining unit employee who transfers from other Ohio public employment to the Employer shall be credited with the unused balance of his accumulated sick leave. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred An employee is responsible for obtaining certification of his previously accumulated sick leave and submitting it to the Employer within thirty (13030) days from his initial employment. Section 41.6 A fire Department bargaining unit employee shall furnish a satisfactory written, signed statement to his department head to justify the use of sick leave. If medical attention is required, a certificate stating the nature of the illness from a licensed physician shall be required to justify the use of sick leave. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a physician's certificate, shall be grounds for disciplinary action. Section 41.7 A written, signed statement by a licensed physician may be submitted and/ or requested after a Fire Department bargaining unit employee used five (5) days sick leave in a year or three (3) consecutive workdays. Section 41.8 Any bargaining unit employee who has a bank of 960 hours or more can cash out Section 41.9 Any bargaining unit employee who has a sick time bank of more than nine hundred- sixty (960) hours are entitled can exchange a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours, or one day, for an additional vacation day, not to paid exceed seventy-two (72) hours, or three days, provided the employee maintains a sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to bank of at least nine hundred-sixty (960) hours after the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick is converted to vacation leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for The purpose of sick leave with pay when they is to provide a benefit to those eligible County employees who are unable to perform their duties because of attend work due to short-term illness or injury. It may also be used in conjunction with a long-term medical leave of absence to provide some measure of income protection for extended illness or disabilities. Definition - Sick leave will be considered for a bona fide illness or injury, except illness or injury arising out of and in the course of County employment. Accrual and Accumulation 1. From July 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015, fFull-time employees will accrue sick pay benefits at a rate of 4.615 hours per payroll period (120 hours per year). Beginning September 1, 2015 full-time employees will accrue sick pay benefits at a rate of 4.307 hours per payroll period (112 hours per year). 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one2. A maximum of 1040 hours of sick leave may be accumulated. 3. Part-hundred and thirty time employees will accrue sick pay benefits at a rate of 4.307 hoursone hour for each eighty (13080)twenty-six (26) hours are worked, not including overtime hours. 4. Sick leave shall not be accrued by temporary employees. General Procedure Sick leave will be considered for a non-work-related, bona-fide illness or injury. Employees will be entitled to a maximum utilize sick leave for medical and dental care, treatment of fifteen drug or alcohol addiction, injury, pregnancy or sickness which renders an employee incapable of performing his or her required job duties or for exposure to contagious disease under circumstances in which the health of other employees or the public would be endangered by the employees attendance on duty. Employees may utilize their sick time in order to keep medical or dental appointments. Employees may utilize their sick time for the illness of his or her immediate family (15Spouse, child(ren), mother/father, and parent-in-law) where the employee’s attendance is required. Only forty (40)twenty (20) hours per fiscal year of paid the Employee’s sick time may be used for immediate family membersparents or children living outside the home. Sick leave per term after commencement may be used in increments of their appointment¼ (15 minutes) of an hour. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ Sick leave will not be accumulated from one term granted if the employee is absent due to a disability arising out of and in the nextcourse of their employment as governed by the provisions of Workmen's Compensation Laws. Unused SEE WORKER’S COMP. POLICY. When unable to report to work, the employee must notify his/her immediate on duty supervisor in accordance with Standard Operating Guidelines, except in an obvious emergency. During absence due to illness, the employee must notify his/her Center Supervisor daily of their progress and expected date of return. Sick pay will be paid only for approved absences and for time when the employee would normally be scheduled for work. Employees on non-FMLA sick leave has no monetary value and will for three (3) consecutive workdays must submit a physician’s certificate in order to receive sick pay, unless waived by the department head. The cost, if any, of the certificate shall be paid by the employee. For a lesser period of absence, the department head may, at his or her discretion, require evidence of illness from a physician for other reasons, as defined by this section. Non-worker’s compensation illness or injury or illness or injury caused by the employee's own misconduct, intentional self-inflicted injury or gross negligence shall not be paid out at the end basis of a term. To qualify for any paid sick leave, Employees must notify . Sick leave shall not be used as vacation leave. Sick leave may be denied when the County has facts showing employees are abusing their Supervisor sick leave. Sick leave shall not be used for any other purpose than outlined in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness this Agreement or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and may be subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their discipline. Upon written request for leavewith approval, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without vacation pay may be granted until the end used to continue compensation during non-FMLA illness when all sick pay has been exhausted. For employees with less than ten (10) years of the termservice upon separation from serviceretirement, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request resignation (except for leave. Priority status dismissal for disciplinary cause) or death, such employee or his beneficiaries shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation paid one-fourth (¼) of his/her accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars two hundred ($75200) hours. For employees with ten (10) or more years of service upon separation from service (except for dismissal for disciplinary cause). 21.07 It is understood that, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ employee or his/her beneficiaries shall be paid one half (1/2) of his/her accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of four hundred (400) hours. Under each case, such amounts shall be paid at the rate of payment based upon the employee's regular rate of pay at the time of separation. Any employee who has accumulated more than eight hundred (800) hours of sick leave may convert once per fiscalcalendar year such excess at a ratio of two (2) hours of sick leave to one (1) hour of vacation leave. Up to a maximum of 160 hours of sick leave may be converted to a maximum of 80 hours of vacation or pay. If an employee has reached the vacation accumulation maximum of 320 hours, then an employee may only convert sick leave to pay and not vacation time. An employee on the Employee's a leave of absence without pay will not earn sick leave benefits until they return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisa paid status.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible SECTION 16.1. All employees shall receive sick leave credit at the rate of 4.6 hours per eighty (80) hours of active pay status, but not during leaves of unpaid absence or layoffs. SECTION 16.2. Employees will be charged for sick leave only for days upon which they would have been scheduled to work. Sick leave shall be charged in minimum units of one (1) hour. Sick leave shall not count as hours worked for over-time purposes. SECTION 16.3. The unused sick leave of an employee shall accumulate without limit. SECTION 16.4. Sick leave shall be granted to an employee, upon approval of the Director and shall be in accordance with pay the following: A. All employees must notify the acting shift supervisor on duty at the communications center Director or designee in as much advance time as possible, but in no case later than one (1) hour of scheduled shift, except under exigent circumstances. When making notification employees must give a specific reason for their absence, phone number where they can be reached, and an estimate of when they are unable will return to work. B. No sick leave in excess of (2) two consecutive days shall be granted unless the sickness, illness, or injury has been verified by a treating physician's certification, if the employee is under treatment by a physician. Any employee off sick (2) two or more consecutive scheduled workdays, or (3) days in a (30) day period will be required to present a return to work from a licensed physician before returning to work. C. All employees having any serious contagious disease in their families shall immediately notify the Director or designee and shall not report to work until released to do so by the proper authority. D. Where sick leave is requested to care for a member of the immediate family in excess of (2) two consecutive days, or (3) days in a (30) day period, and the family member is under treatment by a physician, the Employer may require a physician's certificate to the effect that the presence of the employee is necessary to care for the ill person. Immediate family for sick leave purposes shall consist of: parents, grandparents, brother, sister, spouse, child, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchild, or any legal guardian or other person(s) who stands in place of a parent. E. Employees failing to comply with sick leave rules and regulations may not be paid. The Director may initiate investigations when an employee is suspected of abusing sick leave privileges. F. The Director may require an employee to take an examination conducted by a licensed physician chosen by the Director, to determine the employee's physical or mental capability to perform their the duties because of illness his position. If found not qualified, the employee may be placed on sick leave or injurydisability separation. If the employee's physician disagrees with the findings of the Director appointed physician, a third physician selected by the employee and Director and the physician shall evaluate the physical or mental condition of the employee. The cost of such examinations shall be paid by the Employer if such costs exceed those paid by insurance. 21.02 G. Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will shall not be paid out for sick leave usage if said employee performs work activity outside Belmont County 911 Communication Center eight (8) hours prior to and/or after their leave unless a doctor’s excuse is provided. SECTION 16.5. Sick leave shall be granted to an employee, upon approval of the Director, in accordance with the following: A. Illness or injury of the employee or a member of his/her immediate family where employee’s presence is medically necessary. B. Medical, dental or optical examinations or treatments of the employee which could not be scheduled during non-work hours. SECTION 16.6. If at any time the end Director or designee detects any recurring pattern in the use of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor they will meet and discuss the matter with the employee. In the absence of a reasonable explanation for such a pattern, the employee will be referred to the Director. Consistent periods of sick leave usage may indicate a pattern of abuse, for example, but not limited to: • Before or after holidays • Before or after vacation or scheduled days off • Absence following overtime • Continued long term pattern of using sick leave without doctor’s excuse or medical justification • Three or more incidents of usage within any thirty (30) day calendar period without medical documentation. SECTION 16.7. An employee with ten years of service, at the time of retirement from active service with the county, may elect to be paid in writing as soon as possible in advance cash for one-fourth of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases value of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid his/her earned but unused sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation credit up to a maximum of seventyone hundred eighty (180) days. The maximum of such payment shall not exceed three hundred sixty (360) hours or forty-five dollars ($75)45) days. Such payment shall be based on the employee’s rate of pay at the time of retirement. Such payment shall be made only once and shall eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by the employee. 21.07 It is understood thatSECTION 16.8. As an incentive for employees not to abuse sick leave, the Employer and the Union agree to implement the following incentive program For the periods January 1-June 30 and July 1-December 31, employees will be rewarded for not using sick leave during those periods. Employees will receive lump sum cash payments, biannually, based upon Sick hours used during those time periods. Such payments will be made on the Employee's return to worknext full pay period, it may immediately following June 30 and December 31 of each year. Money paid will be included with normal payroll, not as a separate instrument. Payment shall be awarded as follows: Sick Leave Used Award (per 6-month period) 0 Shifts or Zero Hours 10% of Earnings in Previous 6-Month Period 1 Shift or 10 hours or less 6% of Earnings in Previous 6-Month Period 2 Shifts or 20 hours or less 4% of Earnings in Previous 6-Month Period SECTION 16.9. When sick leave is being used for Bereavement leave, as outlined in Article 15, Section 15.2.C., sick time will not be practicable counted against an employee for the benefits earned in the Sick Leave Incentive programmed, outlined in Article 16, Section 16.8. SECTION 16.10. When an employee’s sick leave drops below 40 hours, that employee will be considered to return be on “Sick Leave Probation”. “Sick Leave Probation” means that any time the Employee employee calls off sick and their sick leave hours fall below 40 hours, the employee must provide a doctor’s excuse for every sick leave call off until they go off of probation. In order for an employee to go off of “Sick Leave Probation”, an employee’s Sick Leave must accumulate to 80 hours. If a doctor’s excuse is not provided, as required, then that employee will be charged to their balance on the Rolling Overtime Roster, equal to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandistime used as Sick Leave.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 18.1 Each employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay when they are unable in accordance with the following provisions: 18.1.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to perform their duties because the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Only paid leave for holidays, vacation, compensatory time off, personal leave, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 18.1.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury; routine medical or dental appointments; or for the care related to the illness of the employee’s child, mother, father, spouse, or domestic partner registered with the Department of Human Resources. Up to a total of 48 hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, stepfather, stepmother or stepchild. The provisions of this section related to the use of sick leave for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s family members as defined above shall expire at the end of the term of this Agreement. In the negotiations for a successor Agreement, the parties shall review and evaluate the appropriateness of this benefit. 18.1.2.1 Accrued sick leave may also be utilized for job-related illness or injury in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 Disability Leave or if the employee is medically required to be absent from work between the date an examining physician determines the employee's condition to be "permanent and stationary" and the date the employee is so notified. Such accrued sick leave may not be utilized if the employee is otherwise entitled to temporary disability leave compensation for the above referenced period of time. Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted at the discretion of the Department Director or his/her designated representative, following the notification referred to above. Telephone notice or a notice mailed to the employee's last known address of record shall be determined notice to the employee. 18.1.2.2 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred 18.1.2.3 Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, an employee who, pursuant to the provisions of Article 19 of this Agreement, has been receiving temporary disability leave compensation and thirty (130) hours are who has received the maximum allowable amount of such compensation pursuant to Article 19, and who is entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick Workers' Compensation temporary disability benefits, and has exhausted all other available leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled shall be permitted to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid utilize accrued sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentfollowing restrictions: sick leave shall be utilized in fifteen minute increments, but in no event shall an employee receive an amount, including any Workers' Compensation temporary disability compensation, in excess of such employee's regular base pay. 21.04 An Employee 18.1.2.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with Article 26, Time Donation Programs. 18.1.3 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, chronic alcoholism or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such a program. The City may require appropriate verification. 18.1.4 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf, notifies his or her immediate supervisor or Department Director, or designee of his or her intent to take sick leave, and of the reasons prior to the commencement of the sick leave. If the employee fails to notify their immediate supervisor, Department Director, or designee at least one half-hour prior to the commencement of the sick leave, it can result in disciplinary action unless the failure is due to extenuating circumstances extenuating beyond the control of the employee. The City Manager, or designee, however may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. Departments may require an earlier call-in (prior to the start of the shift) where work crew situation or other Departmental needs require. Departments that require early call-in will have a phone recorder or a person assigned to accept calls with 24-hour coverage. 18.1.5 Any time an employee is required to report to work and is unable to report due to illness or injury, an employee may be required to furnish medical verification or other substantiation for any such absence. 18.1.6 A full-time employee of the City shall be entitled to sick leave without any pay if required to be absent from work on account of any non-job related illness, injury or disability, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth in all situations where such employee is not eligible for entitled to sick leave with pay during pay. Any full-time employee who is unable to return to work after being absent on paid and/or unpaid sick leave for eighteen (18) consecutive or cumulative months in any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months shall be considered to have voluntarily resigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in which they are on no event shall an employee be entitled to a leave of absence without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness for a period in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end twelve (12) cumulative months or for twelve (12) consecutive months in any period of the term, subject twenty-four (24) consecutive months. Any employee who is unable to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return work at the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties expiration of either of these periods of time shall be assigned, considered to have voluntarily separated from City service. The City shall give the employee reasonable notice of its intent to apply this rule prior to processing a termination. Such resignation shall be considered a resignation in good standing and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.the

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for (a) Each administrator shall be allowed minimum sick leave at the rate of one (1) work day per month, the annual total of which shall be available at the beginning of the school year. The maximum number of sick leave days which may be accumulated shall be unlimited. (b) The Board shall advance sick leave days which will be charged against subsequent accrual, provided the number of sick days advanced will not exceed the total annual allotment of sick leave days. An administrator who has a deficit in sick leave for two (2) consecutive years shall not be advanced sick leave. An administrator, upon termination of service with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because the Board, who has any sick leave indebtedness shall have the amount of such indebtedness deducted from the final salary check(s). (c) The Superintendent may require a doctor’s certificate of illness or injuryfrom the administrator’s personal physician(s) and/or the examining physician(s) of the Board of Education as recommended by the administrator’s direct supervisor. 21.02 Employees whose (d) Sick leave may be used for personal illness, illness in the immediate family, or dental and medical appointments are one-hundred and thirty which cannot be made outside of working hours. (130e) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. Administrators transferring into the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ leave will not County Public School System shall be accumulated allowed to transfer from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation other Maryland public school systems up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)180 unused accumulated sick leave days. 21.07 It is understood that(f) Previously accumulated sick leave prior to any leave of absence will be restored to all employees returning from approved leaves of absence. (g) Administrators shall, on at their request, be allowed to use sick leave for absence due to a certified medical condition connected with or resulting from pregnancy. With a doctor’s certification, the Employee's administrator must return to workwork unless she resigns or requests a leave of absence. (h) Administrators shall be notified of accumulated sick leave on each regular salary pay voucher. (i) One month prior to effective retirement date of an administrator, he/she may transfer any accumulated sick leave from another Maryland county that is verifiable and is above and beyond the amount allowable in item (e) above. (j) An employee sick leave transfer process will be available for all employees who have exhausted all of their accrued sick, annual, and personal leave who personally and/or has a spouse, child, or parent who experience a medically documented incapacitating or catastrophic illness, injury, or quarantine. 1. The maximum number of days that an individual may receive from transfer may not exceed a total of 70 in each school year. 2. Sick leave may be donated in whole days only, with a minimum donation of one day, but it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; used in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisincrements as normal sick leave.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee a. Sick leave is eligible for applicable to all employees whose assignment is on a regular basis. b. Newly hired probationary employees must present a doctor’s certification of sickness or prescription to receive paid sick leave. c. The Board shall grant employees sick leave with provisions in the amount of ten (10) days at full pay when they are unable during the school term each school year. If an employee does not use the annual amount of sick leave thus allowed, the unused amount as shown in the employee's record as of the date of ratification of this Agreement shall accumulate to perform their duties because a total of 240 days of available sick leave, at full pay, including the leave of the current school year. d. Sick leave may be used in cases of personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or injurydeath of anyone residing in the household or immediate family, or birth, adoption, or placement of adoption. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum e. For purposes of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. this section, "immediate family or household" shall include parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in- law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and legal guardians. f. The Board may require a physician's certificate as a basis for pay during leave will not be accumulated from one term after an absence of three (3) consecutive work days for personal illness, or as it may deem necessary in other cases. If a physician's certificate is required, it must include a written statement that in the medical opinion of the physician the employee was medically unable to work on the nextday or days in question. Unused sick If the Board requires a certificate during a leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at of less than three (3) days or directs an employee to undergo a physical examination after the end of a terminitial medical examination required for employment, it shall pay the expenses incurred by the employee. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify provide, at their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance own expense, any medical verification required for a leave of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties absence. (School Code, 24-5 and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy24-five dollars ($756). 21.07 It is understood thatg. If, on for any reason, an employee cannot work the Employee's return shift, the employee must call in and so inform the Supervisor or designee stating the reason for the inability to work. The school should be notified at the earliest opportunity. Unless prior arrangements have been made with the Supervisor, it may a call must be made for EACH DAY that an employee cannot be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandiswork.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for All teachers who are absent from duty because of personal illness, illness in family, or death in the family shall be allowed nine (9) days per year sick leave with pay when they full daily pay. Disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, child birth, or recovery therefrom are unable temporary disabilities and shall be subject to perform their duties because provisions of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments the Sick Leave Article and the Family & Medical Leave Act. Adoptions are one-hundred and thirty also covered by the Family & Medical Leave Act. These nine (1309) hours are days shall be added to the teachers’ account at the beginning of each school year. Teachers shall be entitled to accumulate the unused portion of each year’s sick leave to a maximum of fifty-nine (59) days. The maximum number of sick leave days that may be available for use at any time is the amount of days the teacher has accumulated, plus the current year allowance or fifty-nine (59) days, whichever is less. In the event teachers are absent under this definition of sick leave and have exhausted their accumulated sick leave, they may request that sick leave be granted from the ASSOCIATION Sick Leave Bank. If at the beginning of each school year or August 1 the ASSOCIATION’S Sick Leave Bank balance is less than fifty (50) days, teachers shall contribute one (1) such day to the ASSOCIATION’S Sick Leave Bank to get the bank back to seventy-five (75) days. If additional days are needed and the sick leave bank falls below fifteen (15) hours of paid days during the school year, the bank shall be replenished as stated above. Before a teacher can be granted sick leave per term after commencement from the ASSOCIATION’S Sick Leave Bank (a maximum of their appointment15 days) the following guidelines will be administered: 1. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred Must be a serious illness for the certified employee or an immediate family member currently living in the home and thirty (130) hours are entitled limited to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basisspouse or children 12th grade and under. 2. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be An individual must exhaust all accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance all district allocated days of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for personal leave, a TA may and one day at 178th their normal salary BEFORE being allowed to apply and be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid days from the sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentbank. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible Section 22.1. Each employee covered by this Agreement shall be entitled for each completed hour in active pay status, not including overtime, to 0.0575 hours of sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injuryleave. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the nextSection 22.2. Unused sick leave shall be accumulated without any maximum limit. When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee’s credit on the basis of one (1) hour for every one (1) hour or portion thereof of absence from previously scheduled work. However, any employee who calls off of scheduled work, pursuant to this Article, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. may be required to submit a written return to work release from a licensed physician in order to return to work for the second half of the tour, i.e., 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. An employee shall only be permitted to use sick leave for those days on which the employee would have otherwise been regularly scheduled to work, not including scheduled overtime hours. Section 22.3. Sick leave benefits will be granted only for absence from duty due to the personal illness or injury of the employee or serious illness or injury of a member of the employee’s immediate family wherein the employee’s presence is required to care for the ill or injured family member. Immediate family, for purposes of this Article, shall be defined as the employee’s spouse, child, or other family member who lives in the employee’s household. In the event other family members are hospitalized, scheduled for surgery or otherwise convalescent to the extent that the employee’s presence is reasonably necessary, or the employee is required to care for minor children due to the illness or injury of the spouse, the Director of Public Safety and Service may authorize sick leave payment. Absence due to sickness in the immediate family, requiring the continuous presence of the employee at home or to make arrangements for hospitalization or other care, shall not exceed three (3) consecutive workdays. Section 22.4. When an employee is unable to report for work for reasons as set forth in Section 23.3, the employee shall contact the Fire Chief or designee not less than one (1) hour prior to the regular reporting time and inform the Chief or designee of the nature of the illness or injury and the phone number and address where the employee may be contacted during the absence. The employee must notify the supervisor in this manner each succeeding day of absence unless other arrangements are authorized by the supervisor. Failure to comply with this requirement shall be grounds for disciplinary action and denial of sick leave payment. Section 22.5. Each employee requesting sick leave shall submit a satisfactory written and signed statement stating the nature of the illness, to justify the use of sick leave. If an employee is absent two (2) or more consecutive twenty-four (24) hour shifts, or if an employee has no monetary value established a record of excessive or pattern of absences, as determined by the Employer, a certificate stating the nature of the illness from a licensed physician may be required. Falsification of a written signed statement or a physician’s certificate shall be grounds for disciplinary action and will denial of sick leave payments. The Employer may order an employee claiming or suspected of an illness or injury rendering the employee unable to perform the duties of the employee’s position, to submit to an examination by a designated physician at the Employer’s expense. Section 22.6. While absent from work due to an illness or injury employees are expected to remain at home caring for themselves or family member’s illness or injury, or at a place which administers medical attention (hospital, doctor’s office, clinic, etc.) and be able to document any absences from home. The Director of Public Safety and Service may waive the requirements contained in the preceding sentence upon submission of a proper document from the employee’s physician and/or in situations where the employee has been determined by the Employer to be unable to return to work but capable of performing other activities not consistent with the employee’s illness or injury. Any absence from duty as a result of a claimed illness or injury may be investigated by an authorized City representative. Section 22.7. No sick leave benefits shall be paid for convalescence outside of Auglaize County without prior written approval of the Employer unless the employee is a patient in a hospital or other institution. Section 22.8. Sick leave benefits shall not be paid out at without the end completion of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance proper forms provided by the Employer and the approval of the leave commencingDirector of Public Safety and Service. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay when they are unable in accordance with the following provisions: 31.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to perform their duties because the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 31.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work for the following reasons: 31.2.1 The employee is absent from work on account of non-job related illness or injury, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth. 31.2.2 The employee is absent from work on account of routine medical or dental appointments of the employee or any of the following persons who need assistance: a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, or the employee’s mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.3 The employee is absent from work for the care related to the illness or injury of a child/stepchild for which the employee is legally responsible, mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, spouse or Domestic Partner. 31.2.4 Up to forty-eight (48) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, or mother-in-law. 31.3 Accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) working days may be granted in circumstances where an alleged job-related illness or injury is involved, but the employee fails to provide medical verification of such job-related illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum 31.4 Accrued sick leave also may be used in accordance with the Catastrophic Illness Time Donation Program as set forth in Section 4.2.10 of fifteen (15) hours the City Policy Manual in effect as of the Effective Date. 31.5 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave per term after shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 31.6 If approved by the City, an employee who is enrolled and participating in a substance abuse treatment program may use sick leave for absences resulting from participation in such program. The City may require appropriate verification. 31.7 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he or she, or someone on his or her behalf notifies his or her immediate superior or the City Attorney, of his or her intent to take such sick leave due to a personal or family illness prior to the commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than onethe sick leave where such notice is possible; provided, however, that the City Attorney may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse by such employee. 31.8 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 31.9 Any eligible part-hundred and thirty (130) hours are time employee shall be entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term only for those days and number of hours the employee is in fact regularly assigned to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness work or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return would have been required to work, it may not be practicable notwithstanding the designation, scheduling and indefinite assignment made pursuant to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and this Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis30.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for SECTION 1. All full time employees covered by this collective bargaining agreement shall, after completing one (1) year of service, be entitled to receive paid sick leave with pay when they are unable benefits as provided in this Article. Employees shall continue to perform their duties because of illness or injuryaccrue seniority while on paid sick leave. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are SECTION 2. Each full time employee shall be entitled to a maximum of fifteen thirteen (1513) hours of paid sick leave days per term after commencement year, with a limitation of their appointmentone hundred seventy (170) days accumulation. Employees whose appointments are fewer Each eligible employee with more than one-hundred and thirty one (1301) hours are entitled to paid year of service shall, on such date, be credited with one half (1/2) day of sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with each two (2) week pay during any period in which they perform work or are on approved vacation in the previous year, up to thirteen (13) sick leave without pay or under suspensiondays per year. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because SECTION 3. Eligible employees with less than one (1) year of illness in excess service as of the date of this Agreement and new employees shall be entitled to one-half (1/2) sick leave day after the anniversary of their hiring date for each two (2) week pay period in which they performed work during their anniversary year. SECTION 4. In case of illness, employees who have completed their probationary period but have less than one (1) year of service may use sick days earned during their first year of employment. SECTION 5. Employees shall be entitled to use accrued sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may days accredited to them for absences due to bonafide personal illness or illness of their minor child. Employees shall be granted until allowed to use a sick day for their spouse in the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return event an emergency occurs requiring the Employee to immediately depart from work. Medical certification will not generally be required to substantiate sick leave absences of one working day. However, medical certificates, or in lieu thereof, a signed written statement from the same position; in such casesEmployee setting forth the reasons for the sick leave, alternative duties may be required at the discretion of the Employer for each absence, regardless of duration, should the Employer have reason to believe the Employee is abusing his sick leave privileges. Falsification of the medical certificate, falsely setting forth the reasons for the absence, or failure to obtain the medical certificate when requested, shall constitute just cause. SECTION 6. Employees shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisentitled to accumulate sick leave days with a limitation of one hundred seventy (170) days accumulation.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 8.1 Full time employees will earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours per full month worked. Sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. Employees do not earn eight (8) hours of sick leave in months in which they will miss twenty-one (21) working days due to illness. 8.2 Sick leave may be authorized for the following reasons with limits as specified: (a) For illness or injury, dental or medical treatment for the employee. Sick leave may be used for a sick or injured child in accordance with Minnesota Statutes. Sick leave usage by the employee may be subject to approval by the department head. The Employer may require verification for an absence of three (3) days or more, from a recognized medical authority attesting to the necessity of the leave, ability to return to duty, or other information deemed necessary. (b) Employees shall be able to use up to 160 hours of accrued personal sick leave per year to care for an adult child, spouse, domestic partner (meaning spousal equivalent), sibling, parent, grandparent, or step-parent. Family care leave uses a rolling 12-month period measured backward from the date leave is taken and continuous with each additional leave day taken. Family care leave cannot be carried over to a subsequent year and Employees shall not be eligible for pay for any unused family care leave. Proof of sickness or disability will need to be provided for any family member. (c) A male employee shall be granted five (5) days of sick leave with pay when they are for the birth or adoption of his child. 8.3 An employee unable to perform their duties work because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees accident whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement is exhausted, shall be granted a leave of absence for a period not to exceed nine (9) months. Employees will return at the same seniority in the salary schedule, will retain promotion rights and will earn vacation schedule seniority for sick leave under this paragraph. Existence and extent of illness or disability must be verified by a written statement from a medical doctor when requested by the department head or his or her designee. 8.4 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 illness and the period of disability. 8.5 Employees injured during the performance of their appointmentduties for the Employer and thereby rendered unable to work for the Employer will be paid the difference between the employee's regular pay and Workers Compensation insurance payments for a period not to exceed ninety (90) working days per injury not charged to the employee's vacation, sick leave, or other accumulated benefits, after a five (5) working day initial waiting period per injury. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and The five (5) working day waiting period shall be charged to the employee's sick leave account less Worker's Compensation insurance payments. If recovery is not complete, an additional recovery period not in excess of thirty (13030) hours are entitled to paid sick leave days may be granted. Sick leave shall then be deducted on a pro- rated basisprorated basis with no deduction of sick leave being made for that portion of the employee's absence which is covered by Workers Compensation insurance. No employee can receive more than the employee's normal take home pay as a result of any library pay supplement to Worker's Compensation insurance benefits. 8.6 Sick leave will be suspended after the benefits specified in sections 8.1, 8.2, and 8.5 have been exhausted. However, an employee who has fulfilled all of the requirements for a vacation which has not been taken may request vacation during disability. 8.7 The Employer provides for Family Medical Leave Act leave in accordance with applicable laws. See the website of the U.S. Department of Labor (▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to .▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇) and the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end State of a term. To qualify Minnesota Department of Labor (▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇) for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingdetails. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee A. Employees earn sick leave at the rate of 4.6 hours for each eighty (80) hours of paid service. If the employee’s only pay in a pay period is eligible less than four (4) hours of sick pay, the employee will not earn sick leave for that pay period. B. There is no limit on the number of sick hours that may be accumulated. Employees who request the use of sick leave are responsible for informing their supervisors prior to the start of their scheduled work period as established in Article 44, (Absences). In order to receive payment, employees are required to furnish a satisfactory signed statement (application for use of sick time) to justify the use of sick leave within three (3) workdays after return to work or the end of the payroll period, whichever occurs first. The University Leave Request/ Approval Form (sick leave form) shall be available to employees in paper form and online. Employees are to use the Uni-versity Leave Request/Approval Form attached hereto as Addendum 4. Medical verification may be required on certain occasions as deemed necessary by the supervisor. Approval for the payment of sick leave does not, in and of itself, constitute a pre-approved absence and may count as an occurrence per Article 44, (Absences). C. Sick leave may be used for the following reasons: a. Illness or injury of the employee or a member of the employee's immediate family, (in the case of a member of the immediate family not living with the employee, the appointing authority may credit sick leave when it appears justified; but such cases should be carefully investigated.) b. Death of a member of the employee's immediate family. c. Medical, dental or optical examination or treatment of the employee or a member of the immediate family. d. When, through exposure to a contagious disease, either the health of the employee would be jeopardized or the employee's presence on the job would jeopardize the health of others. e. Pregnancy and/or childbirth and related conditions. D. Application for sick leave with pay when they are unable intent to perform their duties because defraud may result in discipline, up to and including termination, and refund of illness salary or injurywage paid for the period of time in question. 21.02 E. Definition of immediate family: mother, father, brother, sister, child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, legal guardian or other person who stands in place of a parent. (A ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child placed with the employee by an agency of the State is a member of the immediate family while actively residing with the employee.) Reference Miami University Policy and Information Manual (MUPIM) 4.5A, paragraph 1 and 3.2 for definition of domestic partner and immediate family. F. Sick leave granted by reason of death in the immediate family will not exceed five (5) work days. G. Parental leave will be applied according to University policy in Miami University Policy and Information Manual (MUPIM). H. Employees whose appointments are retiring from active state service after ten (10) or more years with the state or with any of its political subdivisions may elect to be paid for one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum fourth of fifteen (15) hours of paid the accrued but unused sick leave per term after commencement credit. This payment will be based upon the employee's rate of their appointmentpay at the time of retirement. Employees whose appointments are fewer than The maximum payment allowed will be one-fourth of one hundred and thirty twenty (130120) hours are entitled days. Sick leave conversion does not apply to paid any termination or separation other than retirement. Upon accepting such payment, all sick leave credit accrued up to that time will be eliminated. I. An employee's sick leave balance is reported on ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇. Part-time employees shall accrue sick leave on a pro- rated prorated basis. J. For all purposes and all leaves of absence, including but not limited to those referred to in this Article, the University will comply with and exercise its rights under and pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The FMLA provides qualifying employees job-protected leave due to a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his or her job, or to care for a sick family member, or to care for a new child (including by birth, adoption or ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.▇▇▇

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 24:01 For the purpose of this Article a full time employee is defined as one who is regularly and routinely scheduled to work seventy-five (75) hours biweekly. Effective January 1st, 2006, seventy-five (75) hours decreases to forty-five (45) hours biweekly. Only those employees so defined are eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Plan. 24:02 Absence for sickness or accident compensated by Workers Compensation will not be charged against sick leave with credits. An employee may supplement payments received from Workers Compensation up to their normal biweekly pay when amount (exclusive of overtime, premiums, etc.) by using available sick leave credits. To access this program the employee must produce the payment statements they are unable to perform receive from WSIB and the Employer will pay the difference on the next payroll run. The employee may not put their duties because sick leave credits into a negative balance. 24:03 Any employee absenting themselves on account of personal illness must notify the Employer on the first day of illness or injuryat least four (4) hours, if possible, before the start of their shift. Failure to give such notice, unless such failure is unavoidable, may result in loss of sick leave benefits for that day of absence. When an employee is absent due to personal illness, a prescribed form requesting sick leave benefits and any forms required under the Employers Weekly Indemnity plan will be filled out and signed by the employee. The employee will deliver the forms to the Employer within seven (7) days of the commencement of such absence. The Employer will render assistance in helping employees to complete the required forms. Claim forms will be made available to employees who are off ill. Failure to follow this procedure may result in loss of sick pay benefits for the entire period of absence. 21.02 24:04 During any illness the employee will notify the Employer of his intention to return to work as far in advance as possible. 24:05 Employees whose appointments sick leave credits are one-hundred exhausted may apply in writing for a further unpaid leave if such absence will exceed two (2) months. 24:06 It is understood and thirty agreed by both parties that neither pregnancy nor resulting child birth nor complications arising from child birth shall be considered as personal illness for the purpose of this Article. 24:07 To protect employees from loss of income the Employer has agreed that an employee absenting himself from work due to legitimate illness will be paid their straight hourly wage for all hours missed, from the employees sick leave bank to the extent of his accumulated sick leave credits or to the date when he becomes entitled to benefits under the Employers Group Insurance Plan (130Weekly Indemnity) whichever occurs first. Sick leave benefits covered by Weekly indemnity will not be charged against accumulated sick leave. An employee is entitled to further sick leave benefits following the expiration of Weekly Indemnity benefits to the extent their accumulated sick leave credits allow. (a) Employees as defined in Article 24:01 shall accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of nine point five (9.5) hours are entitled for every one hundred, fifty (150) hours worked. For employees regularly and routinely scheduled seventy-five (75) hours biweekly they may accrue sick leave benefits to a maximum of fifteen six hundred, seventy-five (15675) hours. For employees regularly and routinely scheduled forty- five (45) hours of paid up to seventy-five (75) hours biweekly they may accrue sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation benefits up to a maximum of thirty (30) hours. (b) Sick leave credits shall not be accrued until the employee has successfully passed probation. Once completed an employee regularly and routinely scheduled seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties ) hours biweekly shall be assigned, credited with twenty-eight (28) hours of sick leave credit. For employees regularly and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.routinely scheduled forty-five

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 10.1 Sick leave is eligible earned by regular full-time employees at the rate of eight (8) hours per month of continuous completed service. 10.2 The Sheriff will determine eligibility for the usage of sick leave. Sick leave is automatically canceled upon separation from employment except for death or retirement. In the case of death or retirement, twenty-five percent 25% of the employee's accumulated sick leave with pay when they are unable shall be paid to perform their duties because of illness the employee’s MSA VEBA or injuryto his/her estate based on the base hourly rate. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one10.3 Full-hundred and thirty time regular employees earn eight (130) 8) hours are entitled of sick leave for their first month of continuous service. Sick leave may be accumulated up to a maximum total of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick 960 hours. Sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness accrued in excess of their 960 hours shall be converted to a cash equivalent contribution to the employee’s HRA VEBA account in December at the rate of one hour for every four hours of sick leave entitlementaccrued. 10.4 Sick leave usage is based on the following criteria: A. Illness or injury or temporary disability which incapacitates the employee to the extent that work can no longer be performed. B. Doctor appointments for employee only. C. When the employee’s attendance is required to care for the employee’s spouse, state registered domestic partner, child, parent, parent-in-law or grandparent with a health condition requiring treatment or supervision, or for emergency purposes, as provided under the Washington Family Care Act. D. Employees may only use the actual number of hours sick leave without pay may accumulated. E. Sick leave cannot be granted until claimed for the end employees on annual leave or compensatory time, unless the employee immediately notifies the Employer of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveillness. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's Upon return to work, it the employee must present a written doctor's certification stating the nature, extent and length of the illness. F. Employees may not use five (5) days of sick leave for bereavement leave for death in the immediate family. “Immediate family” shall include those individuals as described in paragraph 10.4.C and those individuals for whom sick leave may be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisapproved under paragraph 10.6.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 1. Sick leave shall be defined and interpreted, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Illinois School Code, to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, or serious illness or death in the immediate family or household (spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and legal guardians.) 2. The Board may, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Illinois School Code, require a physician's certificate, or if treatment is eligible by spiritual means, that of a spiritual advisor or practitioner of such person's faith as a basis for pay during leave after an absence of three (3) days for personal illness, or as it may deem necessary in other cases. 3. Limited absence due to the death of others not specified by the sick leave with pay when they provisions of the Illinois School Code may be approved by the unit member's building principal if special circumstances are unable determined to perform their duties because of illness or injurymerit such paid leave. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled 4. Sick leave reporting procedures, detailed in Section 6.5 of this contract, must be adhered to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled by the unit member in order to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for receive paid sick leave. 5. A Sick Leave Bank will be created starting with the 1997-98 school year and remain in effect for the duration of this contract. Initially, Employees each teacher will contribute one sick day to the bank. The Board will contribute an equal number of days. When the Sick Leave Bank is down to fifty (50) days, the teachers and the Board will replenish the Bank on an equal basis. Teachers will apply for use of these days on forms provided by the district personnel office. To qualify, a teacher’s own accumulated sick days must notify their Supervisor in writing be completely exhausted. Also, the sick bank can only be used for days, which are allowed to be defined as soon as possible in advance sick leave. A Sick Leave Bank Committee consisting of three teachers and two administrators will evaluate all requests for approval or disapproval. All Sick Leave Bank Committee decisions are final. 6. A teacher who exceeds total sick leave, and is denied sick leave bank benefits, shall be docked 1/180 of the leave commencingyearly salary per day absent. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Participants in the Executive Pay Plan earn sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because as follows: 1. Upon completion of illness or injurythe first six calendar months of completed service, 48 hours. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred 2. Thereafter, eight hours per completed calendar month of service. At the City Manager's discretion, a new participant in the Executive Pay Plan, based on the terms and thirty (130) hours are entitled to conditions of the participant's previous employment, may be granted a maximum lump sum number of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement days upon his or her employment with the City of their appointmentSanta ▇▇▇▇▇▇. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid The use of sick leave on a pro- rated basis. shall be as defined in the Santa ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Municipal Code, hereby incorporated as if set forth in full herein, except as follows: Sick leave will shall be defined as absence from duty because of the employee's illness or off-the- job injury, exposure of the employee to contagious disease as evidenced by certification from an accepted medical authority, medical or dental appointments of the employee or the employee's dependent children that could not be accumulated from one term to scheduled during non-work hours, or illness or injury of the nextemployee's spouse or children. Unused sick leave has no monetary value For the purposes of this Section, an employee's domestic partner and will not be paid out the children of the employee's domestic partner are covered by this provision. Participants in the Executive Pay Plan may elect annually, at the end of the fiscal year, to receive a term. To qualify payoff for paid unused sick leave on the terms and limits noted below or to “bank” unused sick leave. An employee can also elect to split the number of sick leave days subject to buy back and can designate that a portion of those days, Employees must notify their Supervisor as specified by the employee, be placed in writing the employee’s sick DocuSign Envelope ID: 7A247CB0-6AB4-480C-81DE-4C8F5457B0F0 leave bank as soon as possible in advance opposed to being cashed out. Payment at the employee's then current base rate for the fiscal year during which the sick leave was earned but not used shall be made only to employees working during the last payroll of the fiscal year as defined by the Finance Department. Annual sick leave commencing. 21.03 In cases payoffs under this Section for employees are made according to the following schedule, provided that there are enough sick days accrued in the employee's sick leave bank to cover the payoff described below: DocuSign Envelope ID: 7A247CB0-6AB4-480C-81DE-4C8F5457B0F0 104 8 112 or more 0 Sick leave for which payoff is received shall be considered “used” in that it will not be added to the “bank” (or if added to the “bank” prior to the payoff date shall be removed from the “bank”). Sick leave payoffs under this Section shall be made by separate check by the end of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and July following the fiscal year in which the payable sick leave was earned. For the purposes of this Section, sick leave days subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until payoff at the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status fiscal year shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, paid on the Employee's return to workbasis of eight hours pay, it may not be practicable to return at the Employee to the same position; in such casesemployee’s base salary rate of pay, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisfor each sick leave day eligible for payoff.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 26.1 Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay when they are unable in accordance with the following provisions: 26.1.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to perform their duties because the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04688 for employees assigned to twenty-four (24) hour shifts, or a factor of 0.04616 for other eligible employees. Only paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, compensatory time off, or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 26.1.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work on account of non-job related, illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one; routine medical or dental appointments; illness in the immediate family as defined herein, or absence of an eligible female employee due to illness, injury or disability related to pregnancy or childbirth. Immediate family shall be limited to the eligible employee's mother, father, spouse, domestic partner registered with the Human Resources Department, child, stepfather, stepmother, or stepchild. Up to forty-hundred and thirty eight (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (1548) hours of paid accrued sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term absent for the care related to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA of the employee’s grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law or mother-in- law. 26.1.3 Accrued sick leave may also be utilized for job-related illness or injury if the employee is fully restricted medically required to be absent from performing their TA duties work between the date an examining physician determines the employee's condition to be "permanent and subject stationary" and the date the employee is so notified. Such accrued sick leave may not be utilized if the employee is otherwise entitled to temporary disability leave compensation for the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation above-referenced period of time. Accrued sick leave not to support their request for leave, a TA exceed three (3) working days may be granted up at the discretion of the Director of Human Resources or designated representative, following the notification referred to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject above. Telephone notice or a notice mailed to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because employee's last known address of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may record shall be granted until the end of the term, subject determined notice to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedemployee. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee a. Sick leave is eligible for applicable to all employees whose assignment is on a regular basis. b. Newly hired probationary employees must present a doctor’s certification of sickness or prescription to receive paid sick leave. c. The Board shall grant employees sick leave with provisions in the amount of ten (10) days at full pay when they are unable during the school term each school year. If an employee does not use the annual amount of sick leave thus allowed, the unused amount as shown in the employee’s record as of the date of ratification of this Agreement shall accumulate to perform their duties because a total of illness or injury240 days of available sick leave, at full pay, including the leave of the current school year. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum d. Sick leave may be used in cases of fifteen (15) hours personal illness, quarantine at home, serious illness, or death of paid sick leave per term after commencement anyone residing in the household or immediate family, or birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. e. For purposes of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. this section, “immediate family or household” shall include parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, children, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in- law, and legal guardians. f. The Board may require a physician’s certificate as a basis for pay during leave will not be accumulated from one term after an absence of three (3) consecutive work days for personal illness, or as it may deem necessary in other cases. If a physician’s certificate is required, it must include a written statement that in the medical opinion of the physician the employee was medically unable to work on the nextday or days in question. Unused sick If the Board requires a certificate during a leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at of less than three (3) days or directs an employee to undergo a physical examination after the end of a terminitial medical examination required for employment, it shall pay the expenses incurred by the employee. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify provide, at their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance own expense, any medical verification required for a leave of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties absence. (School Code, Section 24-5 and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventySection 24-five dollars ($756). 21.07 It is understood thatg. If, on for any reason, an employee cannot work the Employee's return shift, the employee must call in and so inform the Supervisor or designee stating the reason for the inability to work. The school should be notified at the earliest opportunity. Unless prior arrangements have been made with the Supervisor, it may a call must be made for EACH DAY that an employee cannot be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandiswork.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for The City and the Union agree that the following sick leave with pay when they are unable provisions shall apply to perform the classifications covered under this contract. A. All full-time regular employees shall accrue eleven and eight hundredths (11.08) hours bi-weekly for 56 hours per week personnel and five and fifty-two hundredths (5.52) hours bi- weekly for 42 hours per week personnel and three and sixty-nine hundredths (3.69) hours bi-weekly for 40 hours per week personnel. B. Sick leave may only be used by employees who are: 1. Incapacitated from the performance of their duties because of duties, by illness or injury., or 21.02 Employees whose appointments 2. Whose attendance is prevented by public health requirements, or 3. Who are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled required to a maximum absent themselves from work for the purpose of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to keeping an appointment with the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation doctor [up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)5) calendar days per occurrence], or 4. Who are required to absent themselves from work to attend the funeral of a member of their immediate family [up to a maximum of five (5) working days per occurrence], or 5. Who are required to absent themselves from work to personally care for a member of their family in medical emergencies as substantiated on the leave slip upon approval of the Fire Chief. 21.07 It is understood that, 6. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave while absent from duty because of a disability arising from a sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful misconduct. C. All sick leave shall be approved by the Fire Chief or his/her designated representatives. Employees who do not become ill on the Employeejob shall call in, as required by the work rules, before the beginning of their shift when using sick leave. D. Any full-time employee who has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave may be granted leave without pay. E. Immediate family shall be defined as the employee's return to workspouse, it may not child, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister. F. Employees covered by this Agreement shall be practicable to return the Employee subject to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.following reporting requirements for payment of sick leave:

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible A. Each employee in the service of the County for less than ten (10) years shall be credited with sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one and one-hundred and thirty fourth (1301%) hours are entitled working days for each month of full-time service, which is cumulative from year to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick year. Sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentaccrual will be pro-rated for any time on leave without pay. Employees whose appointments are fewer than onePart-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid time employees shall accrue sick leave on a pro- pro-rated basis. Each employee in the service of the County for ten (10) or more continuous years of service shall be credited with sick leave at the rate of one and one-half (1Y2) working days for each month of full-time service, which is cumulative from year to year. Leave without pay over 30 days will not be counted toward continuous years of service for purposes of determining the rate of accrual. B. An employee is entitled to use accrued sick leave only: 1. When incapacitated to perform the duties of his/her position due to sickness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth; 2. When quarantined; 3. When receiving required medical or dental service or examination; 4. For adoption of a child if the Welfare Division of the Department of Human Resources or any other appropriate public agency requires the employee to remain at home with the child; and 5. Upon illness in the employee's immediate family where such illness requires his/her attendance. For this purpose, "immediate family" means the employee's relatives up to and including the 2nd degree of Affinity and Consanguinity (see Appendix 12-D); C. If any employee does not have adequate accrued sick leave time, the Sheriff may grant the use of accrued vacation time in lieu thereof. In no case, however, will sick leave be granted in lieu of vacation time. ▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not shall be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused charged on an hourly basis for each full hour or major portion of an hour of sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of taken. Holidays occurring during a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to counted as sick leave time. ▇▇▇▇ leave taken during a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties pay period shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandischarged before sick leave earned that pay period is credited.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Section 23.1 Accrual For each completed eighty (80) hour pay period in active pay status, an employee earns 4.6 hours of sick leave. (Active pay status will be defined as hours worked, hours on approved paid leave, and hours on paid sick leave.) The amount of sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform time any one (1) employee may accrue is unlimited. Employees absent on sick leave shall be paid at their duties because of illness or injuryregular rate. 21.02 Section 23.2 Uses Sick leave may be granted to an employee upon approval of the employer for the following reasons: A. Illness of the employee or illness of the employee’s immediate family requiring the employee’s personal care and attendance. Such leave shall be for such reasonable time as necessary to make appropriate longer term arrangements. B. Exposure of the employee to a contagious disease which would have the potential of jeopardizing the health of the employee or the health of others. C. Medical, dental or optical examination or treatment of employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family, which requires the presence of the employee, and which cannot be scheduled during non-working hours. D. Childbirth and/or related medical conditions of the employee or spouse. E. Injury of the employee after “injury leave” has expired. F. Death of a member of the employee’s immediate family (sick leave usage limited to time actually required: to attend funeral, make necessary funeral arrangements and to take care of the related matters. Maximum usage is limited to five (5) working days). Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty shall be permitted one day (1301) of sick leave for bereavement to attend the funeral of an uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or cousin. Bereavement leave shall not be unreasonably denied. When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee’s sick leave credit on the basis of one hour for every one hour of absence from previously scheduled work. Sick leave used at the beginning of a shift shall be no less than two (2) hours are entitled to unless used for a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their doctor’s appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid shall not use sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingcover tardiness. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA Section 23.3 Mark-Off When an employee is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject unable to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return report to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee employee shall notify the employee’s immediate supervisor or other designated person at least two (2) hours (unless extenuating circumstances prohibit doing so) prior to the same position; in such casestime the employee is scheduled to report to work on each day of absence, alternative duties unless other arrangements are made with the employee’s supervisor. Upon return to work an employee shall be assignedcomplete an “Application for Sick Leave” form to justify the use of sick leave. The Employer may, and Article 13.06 shall applywhen an employee utilizes sick leave for medical appointments or where an absence is for three (3) consecutive days or more, mutatis mutandisrequire the employee to furnish a certificate from a physician, dentist, or other medical practitioner.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick MEDICAL CERTIFICATES AND REPORTING 10.1. Sick leave benefits are sponsored by the Employer and will be granted with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because for the purpose of obtaining necessary medical or dental treatment or on account of injury, illness or injurydisability to the extent hereinafter provided. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are 10.2. In the first year of employment with the Employer, the teacher shall be entitled to a maximum twenty (20) days of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement year, with entitlement being granted on the first day of their appointmentemployment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid Should sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to exceed the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end number of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance days of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, any salary adjustment required shall be made on the last cheque issued to the teacher for the current school year. 10.2.1. During the second and subsequent years of service, annual sick leave without pay may with full salary will be granted until for the end purpose of the termobtaining necessary medical or dental treatment, or because of accident, sickness, or disability for ninety (90) calendar days. 10.2.2. A teacher who has more than one (1) year of service and has been absent due to medical disability shall, upon return to full-time duty, be entitled to an additional sick leave benefit of ninety (90) calendar days subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedclause 10.2.4. 21.06 10.2.3. For the purpose of this Collective Agreement, an interrupted illness for the same illness shall be counted as one illness. When a teacher has been absent, the Employer may request confirmation from the teacher’s doctor that the absence is not due to an illness for which the teacher was previously absent. The Employer shall reimburse Employees pay any reasonable costs for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)the information provided the teacher submits the receipt. 21.07 It 10.2.4. A teacher who is understood thatabsent from duties on sick leave may be required, on prior to returning to duties, to provide a certificate from a medical practitioner indicating the Employee's teacher is medically able to return to workthe teacher’s assignment, it may not be practicable to return the Employee provided there is no cost to the same position; teacher. 10.2.5. Teachers on health-related absence during maternity leave shall accept Supplemental Employment Benefits described in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisthe Maternity Leave article in lieu of sick leave provided the teacher is eligible for employment insurance benefits.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 22.01 Sick leave will be granted to employees to a limit of ten (10) hours per month. Part time employees will earn sick leave with pay when they are unable on a pro-rated basis. No sick leave entitlement will be allowed during an employee's probationary period, however, at the end of such period, the employee's sick leave entitlement will date back to perform their duties because the date of hiring. Employees may accumulate up to four hundred (400) hours of sick leave. There wi11 be no payout for unused sick leave if an employee leaves the employ of the employer. 22.02 Where an employee returns to work following absence due to illness and/or injury, such employees shall be, wherever possible, returned to the same position she held prior to the illness or injury. 21.02 a) Employees whose appointments are one-hundred required to notify the front line staff and thirty (130) hours are entitled their supervisor directly, or a message left in their absence, that they will be off sick prior to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement the start of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred shift and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing with as soon much notice as possible in advance of the leave commencingpossible. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where 22.03 The Employer reserves the right to request a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request certificate for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness absence in excess of their three (3) days. The medical certificate must be produced by the employee if requested by the Employer, upon her return to work. 22.04 An employee's sick leave entitlement, leave without pay bank may be granted until the end of the termused also for stress days, subject their children's illnesses, medical/dental appointments, or days absent due to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedinclement weather. 21.06 22.05 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation will pay up to a maximum of seventy$200.00 for a Doctor's note or report which is requested by the Employer, which are required either by law or contract. This article shall not apply to any government paid medical services, nor to any request for medical information by the Employer's insurers under the terms of its benefit plans nor to any pre-five dollars ($75)employment medical examinations. The employee must present the employer with either a receipt or an invoice for same. 21.07 22.06 It is understood thatthat during an unpaid sick leave exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, on the Employee's return credit for sick leave days shall be suspended until such employee returns to work. 22.07 During an employee’s unpaid sick leave, it may not be practicable to return the Employee employee must provide their portion of the premium for benefits to the same position; employer on a monthly basis. It is understood that failure to do so will result in such casesthe employee’s benefits being discontinued. Prior to ceasing the benefit, alternative duties shall the employer will send notice to the employee of the amount of premiums and that it needs to be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandispaid.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 35.01 Employees shall be granted one and one half (1-1/2) days sick leave with pay when they are unable for every month worked, without wage deduction, prorated to perform their duties because hours worked. The unused portion of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid such sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingafter transfer under Article 35.05, is to be accumulated. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted 35.02 A deduction shall be made from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid accumulated sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentfor time off work for personal medical and dental appointments, prescribed treatments, etc. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation and up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)days per calendar year to care for the illness of a spouse, partner, parent or dependent. 21.07 It 35.03 Employees must notify their supervisor or designate, daily, prior to the beginning of their normal shift if they are going to be absent due to illness, unless on an approved medical leave. Afternoon custodial staff must advise their supervisor or designate and Custodial Dispatch prior to 12:00 noon daily. (a) Upon request, proof of illness/injury shall be provided by an employee after an absence of five (5) consecutive working days; or (b) Where there is understood thata concern by the employer regarding absences, the Board may request proof of illness/injury at any time. (c) Where the Board requests proof of illness/injury, other than those letters required to support a claim for disability coverage, the employee covered under this agreement shall be reimbursed to a maximum of $40.00 upon presentation of receipt. (d) As provided for in the School Act, employees may also be required to undergo examination by the Independent Medical Practitioner appointed for the School District. 35.05 Employees will have transferred to their vacation entitlement on the Employeefirst day of the first pay period in each year one-third (1/3) of their unused sick leave entitlement for the previous year to a maximum of five (5) days. (a) The sick leave accumulated by employees will be frozen, for payout purposes only, at the amount earned as of December 29, 1983, up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. Should this amount be eroded through usage, employees will be allowed to re-accumulate sick leave for payout purposes up to the amount originally frozen. Payouts will be based on the employee's return to workregular hourly rate as at December 29, it may 1983. (b) New employees hired after December 31, 1983, will not be practicable entitled to return a sick leave payout. (c) Payout of sick leave will be in accordance with the Employee following, subject to the same position; in such casesprovisions of Article 35.06 (a): (i) Upon death of an employee, alternative duties the estate shall be assignedpaid the existing sick leave accumulation up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. (ii) Upon retirement in accordance with the Municipal Superannuation Act, the employee shall be paid their sick leave accumulation up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. (iii) Upon termination other than for cause: An employee, having five (5) years' seniority who is terminated because their position has been deleted and does not wish to retain recall rights, shall receive the existing sick leave accumulation up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. An employee having five (5) years' seniority who is laid off for a period exceeding three (3) months, or an employee having five (5) years' seniority who, when laid off, is informed that they will not be recalled for a period of three (3) months, may elect to receive the existing sick leave accumulation up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. Such employees shall lose their seniority and recall rights. An employee with five (5) years' seniority who is laid off for a period of one (1) year without recall shall receive the existing sick leave accumulation up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. (d) An employee who resigns from the Board shall receive a sick leave payout according to the following schedule, subject to the provisions of Article 13.06 35.06 (a): (i) Those employed on May 31, 1978, with less than ten (10) years' service: After five (5) years' continuous service - 100% of unused sick leave accumulated up to May 31, 1978, plus 50% of unused sick leave accumulated after May 31, 1978 or sixty (60) days (whichever is less), up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. (ii) Those commencing employment after May 31, 1978: After five (5) years' continuous service - 50% of unused sick leave up to a maximum of sixty (60) days. (iii) All Employees: After ten (10) years' continuous service - 100% of unused sick leave up to a maximum of one hundred and twenty (120) days. 35.07 No person shall applybe entitled to receive a payout of accumulated sick leave more than once, mutatis mutandisregardless of separate periods of employment by the Board, or the nature of employment.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 9.01 All full-time employees will be credited on January 1 of each year with 12 sick leave with days (at 100%) for use in the calendar year. These sick days credited after January 1, 2012, do not accumulate from year to year. 9.02 Regular part-time Nurses will accumulate sick leave credit on a prorata basis of one day for each month of service from date of employment. 9.03 Sick leave means absence from regular attendance by reason of sickness or other physical incapacity. In the event of illness of a school child or preschool child of the nurse, requiring her presence, the nurse shall be entitled to use her sick leave credit or take leave of absence without pay. School age children shall be defined as all children within the grades of kindergarten to grade 8. However, this will also extend to children through Grade 12 and spouse, parent or parent in-law when the individual is hospitalized or receiving medical treatment. Usage under the above provision will be capped at six (6) days. 9.04 A full-time Nurse on sick leave shall receive pay when they at regular rate until sick leave credits are unable exhausted. A regular part-time Nurse on sick leave shall receive prorated pay based on her usual work period until sick leave credits are exhausted. 9.05 Sick leave credits will accrue while a Nurse is on sick leave and until sick leave credits are exhausted. 9.06 At least five (5) days before sick leave credits are exhausted a Nurse who is not able to perform their duties return to regular employment because of continuing illness or injuryother physical disability, may apply in writing to the Medical Officer of Health for a leave of absence without pay for a specified period. Such application shall be accompanied by an appropriate medical certificate. A Nurse who has not returned to regular employment nor applied for leave of absence as herein set out shall, when sick leave credits are exhausted be deemed to have voluntarily quit employment and shall be entitled to no further employment or employment benefits except termination benefits, if any. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are 9.07 Sick leave credits will not accrue in any month where a Nurse has been absent without leave or has been absent with leave, but without pay, for more than six working days or, in the case of a new Employee, a hiring after the 6th working day of the calendar month. 9.08 When leaving the employ of the Employer for any reason the Nurse shall be entitled to a maximum be paid in cash one half (½) of fifteen (15) hours of paid the accumulated sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out credit at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation current salary rate up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars six months' salary, after two ($75)2) years' service (leave of absence without pay excepted) from date of commencement of probationary employment. In the alternative, the said half of the said accumulated sick leave may be paid to another agency employing the said Nurse and which has agreed to receive the said monies on account of an accumulated illness allowance. 21.07 It 9.09 A Nurse shall be granted up to four (4) weeks leave with pay for the palliative care of a member of the Nurse’s family upon receipt of a note from the family member’s attending physician. Palliative is understood thatdefined as “end of life”. Family is defined as mother, father, spouse (including common-law spouse), child, or stepchild, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister, brother, and grandchild. The payment for such leave will be drawn from the Nurse’s accumulated sick leave bank. In the event that the Nurse does not have the requisite hours available in her sick leave bank, she will have the option of taking the difference between the time available in her sick bank and the time requested off for the palliative leave as time off without pay. A Nurse shall notify the Employer in writing as far in advance as possible of the commencement date of such leave. The above leave is in addition to any absence available under the Employment Standards Act including but not limited to Family Care Giver Leave, Family Medical Leave, or Critically Ill Child Care Leave. 9.10 An Employee shall report his or her illness to the Manager or Designate during the first day on which such Employee is absent from work and within one-half (½) hour of the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return time at which the Employee would normally commence duties. Each subsequent continuous day of absence shall be reported to the same position; in such casesManager or Designate by the time at which the Employee would normally commence duties, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisunless otherwise reported to the Manager or Designate.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury.‌ 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentSection 1. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to shall earn paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused following formula: For each completed hour of service, the employee shall earn .0575 sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars 3 weeks ($75120 hours) per calendar year. Sick leave accumulation shall be unlimited. Section 2. An employee shall not be permitted to use sick leave which he/she has not accumulated. Section 3. Employees may use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees, for medical examinations, and for illness or injury to an employee’s spouse, child, or employee’s parents. For parents only, employees are limited to three work days per calendar year (January through December). 21.07 It Section 4. A sick leave affidavit or a doctor’s excuse is understood thatrequired to justify the use of sick leave for illness, which should be submitted to the HR Department for review and record keeping if the use of sick leave exceeds three (3) consecutive scheduled workdays. A certificate stating the nature of the illness from a licensed physician shall be required to justify the use of sick leave. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a physician’s certificate shall be grounds for a disciplinary action, including dismissal. Section 5. The WARCOG Director shall permit transfer of sick leave from employment with any other public employer. Section 6. Absence that is chargeable to sick leave accumulation, in accordance with these provisions, shall be charged in increments of one-half (1/2) hour, for the first hour and then one- fourth (1/4) hour increments thereafter. Section 7. An employee who is to be absent on sick leave shall notify the Employee's Employer of such absence and the reason therefore within a reasonable timeframe before the start of the work shift each day of absence. Section 8. If the employee fails to submit adequate proof of illness or injury, or in event that upon such proof as is submitted or upon the request of medical examination, the Director finds there is not satisfactory evidence of illness sufficient to justify the employee’s absence, such leave may, be considered an unauthorized leave and shall be without pay. Section 9. Any abuse or patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for disciplinary action. Abuse may include, but is not limited to: 1. Consistent usage of sick leave and/or leave without pay in conjunction with scheduled time off of any type; 2. Consistent usage of sick leave, in one-day increments or less, as it is earned, resulting in an extremely low balance of sick leave as compared to time in service; 3. Consistent usage of sick leave for non-specific illness. Employees will be notified of potential attendance problems under this Article as identified. This initial notification will not count as a disciplinary action. Disciplinary action will be taken if there is an abuse of sick leave and/or unauthorized leave without pay. Progressive discipline for reasons of sick leave/absence abuse shall be followed. Applicable federal, state and local laws shall also apply. Section 10. The Director may require an employee who has been absent due to personal illness or injury, prior to and as a condition of his return to workduty, it may to be examined by a physician designated and paid by the Employer to establish that he is not be practicable disabled from the performance of his duties and that his return to return duty will not jeopardize the Employee health and safety of other employees. Section 11. When the use of sick leave is due to illness or injury in the same position; in such casesimmediate family, alternative duties “immediate family” shall be assigneddefined to only include the employee’s spouse and children including non-residential children for whom the employee must assume temporary primary care, and Article 13.06 the employee’s parents. Section 12. Upon the retirement of an employee who has not less than ten (10) years of continuous employment with the Employer and who has qualified for retirement benefits from one of the State of Ohio Retirement Plans, such employee shall applybe entitled to receive a cash payment equal to his hourly rate of pay at the time of retirement multiplied by one-half (1/2) of the total number of accumulated but unused sick leave hours earned by the employee, mutatis mutandiscertified by the Director, providing that such resulting number of hours to be paid shall not exceed Four Hundred Eighty (480) hours.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee SECTION 1: POSTING OF SICK LEAVE All absences (including tardiness) in the department must be noted for use in relation to the individual record and must be charged against the proper time credit reserves as indicated in this Agreement. Sick leave records will be posted monthly. SECTION 2: SICK LEAVE GENERALLY After this maximum is eligible reached, no more sick leave credits may be earned by the employee except to the extent of restoring credits subsequently drawn for sick leave with pay when they are unable and thereby building up accruals again to perform their duties because the 210 day (1,680 hours) maximum. Calculations of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement shall be based on a year beginning January 1st. The unit for computation of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer sick leave shall not be less than one-hundred and thirty half (1301/2) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basisday. ▇▇▇▇ leave will Credits cannot be accumulated from one term to earned for the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA period an employee is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave of absence without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent disciplinary punishment involving loss of work time or for employees who are on one-half (1/2) pay. For the calculation of sick leave credits, the time recorded on the payroll at the full rate of pay shall be considered as time "served" by the employee. In order that absence, because of personal illness, may be charged to accumulated sick leave, it must be reported by the employee on the first working day of such absence and within one (1) hour prior to the beginning of the working day. In the event the employee’s illness continues beyond three (3) days, the employee must notify the administrative captain or his designee of the anticipated duration of the absence and thereafter must report their status at least once each week unless excused. PROOF OF ILLNESS: In order to qualify for sick leave, proof of illness may be required to be provided by the employee that is satisfactory to the department head. Failure to provide proof of illness when required will be the basis for discipline. Abuse of sick leave privileges shall also be cause for disciplinary action. Sick leave may be utilized by an employee if desired in any instance of sickness in the immediate family. Immediate family shall be defined to be the employee's spouse, children, step-children and a parent, all residing in the household of the employee. The department head may request a physician's statement of illness from an employee if family illness causes an absence of the employee in excess of their sick leave entitlementthree (3) consecutive workdays. In any case in which a physician's statement is mandatory, leave without pay may the employee, upon his or her return to work, shall be granted until required to provide a physician's statement that the end of the term, subject employee is fit for duty. Said fit for duty statement must be presented to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation employer prior to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employeeemployee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 10-1 1 Accumulated sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties may be used by a teacher who is unavoidably absent because of illness personal illness, temporary disability, medical appointment, accident, or injury.diagnostic test(s) which cannot be scheduled during vacation periods without being detrimental to the health or safety of the teacher. (Modified 2010) 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one10-hundred and thirty 1 2 Verification of the teacher’s illness, disability, or medical appointment may be required in order to charge the absence to sick leave. Verification of the teacher’s ability to return to work may also be required. The District has the right to require verification if there is evidence of the misuse of sick leave. (130Modified 2010) hours are entitled 10-1-3 Absences related to elective or cosmetic surgery/treatment do not qualify a maximum teacher for use of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentleave. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ Sick leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and granted for elective or cosmetic surgery or other medical or surgical treatment which can be performed during vacation periods, provided that delaying such treatment will not be paid out at detrimental to the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance physical/emotional health or safety of the individual. If in doubt, the Superintendent may require a physician’s statement. (Modified 1999) 10-1-4 Teachers wishing to participate in the Sick Leave Bank may donate one day of accumulated sick leave commencing. 21.03 In cases per year to said Bank. New teachers may donate one day of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing paid time off (PTO) their TA duties and subject first year to the Employee providing satisfactory Sick Leave Bank. Individuals who have donated to the Bank may apply to use the Sick Leave Bank days when their sick days are exhausted for medical documentation purposes. The Superintendent and the ECTA Executive Council will jointly approve all withdrawals from the Sick Leave Bank. Sick leave procedures can be found in Appendix A. (Modified 2010) 10-1-5 In the event that an employee takes leave pursuant to support their request for the Family and Medical Leave Act, accumulated sick leave must be used as part of the leave, a TA . (Modified 2010) 10-1-6 Any eligible employee may be granted up to 10 hours a total of additional paid sick twelve (12) work weeks of unpaid family and medical leave subject to during a 12-month period. The parties agree that for the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee purpose of FMLA leave, the 12-month period is not eligible for sick leave with pay during measured backward from the date an employee uses any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for FMLA leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75Modified 2007). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 Subd. 1. An Employee is eligible for employee shall earn sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum one day for each month of fifteen (15) hours service in the employ of paid the School District, per year. Annual sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave shall accrue monthly as it is earned on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term proportionate basis to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value employee's work year and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation accrue up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars nine ($75)9) days per annum. 21.07 It Subd. 2. Unused sick leave days may be accumulated to a maximum credit of 120 days of sick leave per employee. Subd. 3. Sick leave with pay shall be allowed whenever an employee's absence is understood thatfound to have been due to illness and/or disability which prevented attendance and performance of duties on that day or days. Subd. 4. The School District may require an employee to furnish a medical certificate from a qualified physician as evidence of illness, on indicating such absence was due to illness, in order to qualify for sick leave pay. However, the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee final determination as to the same position; in such caseseligibility of an employee for sick leave is reserved to the School District. In the event that a medical certificate will be required, alternative duties the employee will be so advised. Subd. 5. Sick leave allowed shall be assigneddeducted from the accrued sick leave days earned by the employee. Subd. 6. Sick leave pay shall be approved only upon submission of a signed request upon the authorized sick leave pay request form available at the office. Subd. 7. Sick leave may be utilized during a period of physical disability resulting from a condition of pregnancy. The employee shall provide the School District with a physician's statement certifying the dates of disability. An unpaid leave for child care purposes may be granted at the discretion of the School District. Subd. 8. For purposes of this Article, and Article 13.06 one “day” for the employee shall applybe defined as the number of hours regularly assigned to him or her in a work day. Subd. 9. Paid sick leave shall be granted to care for a sick or injured spouse or child (18 years of age or 21 years of age if attending secondary school), mutatis mutandisadult child, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent as per Minn. Stat. § 181.9413. Subd, 10. Paid sick leave pay shall be granted as “safety leave” for an employee to receive assistance or to provide assistance to those relatives specified in Subd. 9 because of sexual assault, domestic abuse, or stalking as per Minn. Stat. § 181.9413.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 1. Any Full-Time employee contracting or incurring any non-service connected sickness or disability, which renders such full-time employee unable to perform the duties of his employment, shall receive sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injuryif accrued. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one2. For purposes of this Agreement, sick leave shall only include those instances when a full-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled time employee is confined by illness to a maximum his home or is hospitalized or other justified situations. 3. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of fifteen (15) hours of paid days per year, accumulative to not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days. No full-time employee shall receive credit for sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. unless he notifies his job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to or the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out City's representative at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing least two (2) hours or as soon as possible but not more than twelve (12) hours prior to the employee's scheduled work day. This shall not apply to employees who are out on extended illness. Exceptions to this requirement will only be allowed when an unforeseen emergency arises during said two (2) hour period. 4. A maximum of forty (40) hours per week will be paid for any full-time employee on sick leave. 5. Sick leave shall be charged when a full-time employee is confined due to an officially posted quarantine, when established by any official health agency which in itself prevents attendance at the place of work. 6. Any full-time employee who willfully violates or misuses this sick leave policy or who misrepresents any statement or condition under the sick leave policy will be subject to disciplinary action under Article 20 of this Agreement. 7. Sick leave may be used in emergency situations for attendance upon members of his immediate family (spouse, children, parents, stepchildren, stepparents, brothers, sisters only) who are ill and require care by the employee. A doctor’s certificate may be required. Sick leave used for this purpose is not to exceed fifteen (15) days per calendar year. Additionally, an employee who is the primary caregiver for a grandchild or grandchildren or grandparent(s) or other relative living in the household may use sick leave in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. 8. The Human Resources Manager and/or Division Head may require as a condition precedent to the payment of sick leave a certificate attached as part of this Agreement (Appendix B) to be completed by a qualified physician certifying as to the conditions of the full-time employee or member of his family when there is reason to believe that the full-time employee is abusing sick leave. No physician's certificate will be required unless it is requested in advance of in writing; however, if requested, the leave commencingcertificate must be presented immediately, unless excused by the Department Head. Whenever a full-time employee is required to bring in a physician's certificate, he shall be notified in writing. Failure to produce a doctor's certificate, once a full- time employee is posted, may lead to disciplinary action in accordance with Article 20, Discipline and Discharge, be taken against the employee. 21.03 In cases 9. Sick leave will accrue but not be paid until a permanent full-time employee has completed six (6) months of severe illness or injury where continuous service. 10. During the terms of this Agreement, when a TA full-time employee retires from active service with the City and is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject immediately eligible for retirement benefits pursuant to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation Maine State Retirement System or the ICMA-RC 401a retirement plan as it applies to support their request the City, the full-time employee shall receive an amount equal to his salary at the time of his retirement for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours one-third (1/3) the number of additional paid days of accumulated unused sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars forty ($75)40) days. 21.07 It is understood that, on 11. Full-time employees completing six (6) consecutive months of employment (January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31) without using sick leave under any provision of Article 7 will be granted one (1) sick leave bonus day. Sick leave bonus days may accumulate to three (3) days and shall not be charged against the Employee's return to work, it employee as sick leave. Sick Leave bonus days may not be practicable used to return substitute for disciplinary action and must be taken in full day increments. Sick leave bonus days will be scheduled upon request by the Employee Division Head or his/her designee in accordance with the needs of the Department and the preferences of the employee. 12. Employees will be allowed one (1) two (2) hour doctor’s or dental appointment for each six (6) month period of (January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31) which will not impact their bonus day eligibility for that time period. The appointment must be verified by the same position; employee in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisorder to qualify for this exemption.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee Sick leave is eligible earned at the rate of one day for each month of employment (excluding July and August for teachers). In their first year of employment, staff will be credited in advance with four sick leave with pay when days at the beginning of their employment beginning their fifth month, they are unable will start to perform their duties because earn one day for each month of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are oneemployment (excluding July and August for teachers). In the event that the teacher leaves the employ of the Society prior to earning the four days advanced at the commencement of the school year, the Society may deduct from the teacher's salary payments an amount equivalent to the used and unearned sick leave for that teacher. Part-hundred and thirty (130) hours are time employees will be entitled to earn sick leave in proportion to the percentage of time that they work. Unused sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours 85 working days. Sick leave means the period of paid time that an employee is permitted to be absent from work while ill, disabled or quarantined or because of a non-work related accident except an absence for which compensation is payable under the Workers Compensation Act. Any days during which the employee has been absent with full pay for reasons of illness, disability, quarantine, or non-work related accident will be charged against any sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentaccumulated by the employee. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled may be required to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term provide an acceptable medical certificate in relation to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value any absence due to illness and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor required to provide an acceptable medical certificate in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject relation to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation any absence due to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their three consecutive workdays. Where it is not possible for an employee to schedule necessary medical and dental appointments outside school hours, time for such appointments will be charged against any sick leave entitlementaccumulated by the employee. Where an employee is on full-time sick leave, the Society will endeavour to accommodate the employee and may grant a return to duty on partial sick leave without pay may where the employee produces a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the employee while medically unable to work full-time is capable of working part-time. An employee on partial sick leave will earn sick leave proportionately for the portion of time worked. Deduction of sick leave will be granted until made proportionately for the end time not worked. A record of all unused sick leave will be kept by the Society. The Society will advise each employee by September 30th of each year of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates amount of his or documentation up to a maximum her accumulated sick leave as at June 30th of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall year. Any employee will be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisadvised upon application of the amount of his or her sick leave accumulation.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for SECTION 23.1 Each regular full-time salaried employee will be granted sick leave with full pay when they are unable for one (1) day for each full calendar month of service. Effective July 1, 2014, sick time will be converted into hours entitling employees to perform their duties because full pay for eight (8) sick hours for each full calendar month of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred service. The unused balance of sick leave may be carried over and thirty (130) hours are entitled accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of fifteen one hundred and forty (15140) days or 1,120 hours at any one time. Any excess over this amount shall be deemed to have expired. Sick leave shall be accrued as of paid the day an employee enters the service of the Employer, and shall be computed and allowed on the calendar year basis. Probationary employees serving their initial probationary period with the Employer must receive approval from their immediate supervisor to utilize sick leave. Employees may use sick time in one (1) hour increments for the employee or for a member of their immediate family. This sick time may also be used to attend to the medical and dental needs of the employee or a member of his or her immediate family only when they cannot be scheduled after work hours. Employees are encouraged to schedule their medical and dental appointments after work hours when possible. Time off for medical and dental appointments must be approved by your immediate supervisor to avoid scheduling conflicts within your department. Immediate family shall be defined as: Wife, husband, unmarried children, parents and grandparents. Effective July 1, 2014, there will no longer be a separate designation for sick medical time. SECTION 23.2 A certificate from a reputable physician may be required at the option of the Employer, as evidence of illness after three (3) days of absence from employment due to illness, before compensation for the period of illness is allowed. It shall be optional with the Chief of Police whether the physical examination in such instance shall be administered by the City Physician, or upon request, employee's own medical or osteopathic physician. In the event said certificate is required to substantiate compensable sick leave per term after commencement the costs of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not such certificate or examination shall be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance expense of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end Employer. Any member of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.bargaining unit who uses more than six

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee Section 1. Sick leave is eligible for hereby defined to mean the absence of an employee or officer because of illness, injury, exposure to a contagious disease; Section 2. Sick leave shall be granted as a privilege and not a right, and the claim of such leave shall be subject to such investigation as the Division head deems necessary. Section 3. There is hereby established a sick leave with pay when they are unable schedule which shall apply to perform their duties because of illness or injurythe Fire Marshal. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to Section 4. There is hereby established a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled schedule which shall apply to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingFire Division shift employees. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible A. Eligibility for sick leave with pay during use for shift ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fire Division employees covered by this section shall begin immediately. Sick leave shall accrue for an employee scheduled to a 24-hour shift at the following rate: Pay Period 1: 6.5 hours Pay Period 2-26: 5.5 hours Each employee shall have deducted from his accumulated sick leave one (1) hour for each hour of absence while on sick leave. An employee, who does not take the full amount of sick leave granted in any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspensionone (1) calendar year, may accumulate the amount from year to year. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their B. Except as provided for above, all other rules and regulations pertaining to sick leave entitlement, shall apply to all uniformed members of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fire Division. Section 5. Up to two hours per visit of sick leave without pay may be used for either physician or dental appointments provided the appointment has been scheduled during the employee's regular scheduled hours. Section 6. Sick leave may be used for illnesses attributed to pregnancy. During the time that an employee or the employee's spouse is considered disabled due to pregnancy, childbirth, or complications thereof, the employee shall be able to use sick leave. The dates of such disability for which payment under the sick leave policy is claimed shall be verified by a statement from a medical doctor. Section 7. The Officer in Charge, Chief of Public Safety, or the Director of Human Resources may require that sick leave be granted until only by a certificate evidencing such sickness, signed by the end employee's attending medical doctor, or such authority may require the employee report to the City-designated medical doctor for a physical examination. Section 8. Not more than one (1) day of sick leave may be allowed for attendance upon a member of the termimmediate family requiring the care or attendance of such employee, subject to with the Employee providing satisfactory exception that more than one (1) day may be approved for this purpose if supported by a written statement from the attending medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeiteddoctor, including an explanation of why the employee's attendance is necessary. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to Section 26.1 Each regular employee shall accrue a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of days sick leave each year. Lead Drivers 1 and 2 will be paid sick time at a maximum of 8 hours. All other Drivers and Attendants will be paid at their actual route time. This formula will be proportionately adjusted for all spares and all other employee based upon average yearly hours in pay status. The spares and other employees shall be paid the adjusted sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentpay in the pay period affected by the leave. Section 26.2 Unused sick leave shall be cumulative without limitation. Section 26.3 Employees may, upon approval, use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, injury or exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to others. Sick leave may also be used for absence due to illness, injury or family illness. Employees whose appointments may also use sick time for death of a family member if special privilege leaves are fewer than oneexhausted. Section 26.4 Each employee, upon return from sick leave, is required to submit a written signed statement to justify the use of sick leave. Section 26.5 An employee who renders service on a part-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid time basis shall accumulate sick leave at the same rate as that granted like full-time employment. (A) Each regular employee is eligible to convert one (1) restricted special privilege leave day (as defined in section 27.3 herein) to an unrestricted special privilege leave day (as defined below) for each time the employee has perfect attendance for sixty (60) consecutive work days, subpoenaed court appearances, funeral leaves, jury duty, and tardies which do not result in loss of pay, will not count in determining perfect attendance under this attendance incentive plan. Employees are responsible for notifying the District (on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ forms provided by the District) that they may be eligible for an attendance incentive. (B) An unrestricted special privilege leave day may be used by an employee for any reason subject to the following four conditions: (1) The employee must provide the Assistant Depot Manager with notice five (5) work days prior to taking the special privilege leave day; (2) Special privilege leave will not be accumulated from one term to taken the next. Unused sick day before or the day after a paid holiday; and, (3) Special privilege leave has no monetary value and will cannot be paid out at taken during the end first two (2) weeks of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of school or the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.last two

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 9.1 Upon the recommendation of a qualified medical practitioner, sick leave for planned treatment outside the Province of Alberta shall be approved by the Employer. The Employer may require that the recommendation come from an employer-approved medical practitioner. 9.2 For the purpose of this section, a teacher who is granted leave of absence by the Employer shall be advised at the time the leave is granted whether or not he or she shall be considered to be continuously employed during such leave of absence. 9.3 Teachers participating in the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plans shall be allowed sick leave as follows. 9.3.1 Annual sick leave, with pay when they are unable shall be granted to perform their duties a teacher for the purpose of obtaining necessary medical or dental treatment, or because of illness accident, sickness or disability, in accordance with the following schedule: In the first year of service with the Employer, a teacher shall be granted twenty (20) days of sick leave availability on commencement of employment, with no additional earning of sick leave entitlement during the first year of employment. After one year of service with the Employer, a teacher shall have an entitlement of ninety (90) calendar days sick leave available continuously. In the event of recurring absences related to an illness, disability or injury, only ninety (90) days sick leave shall be available for that particular illness, disability or injury. The Employer will accept the insurer's definition of a recurring illness, disability or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum 9.4 Sick leave credits shall not accumulate during periods of fifteen (15) hours sickness, disability, or injury during the first year of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not employment. 9.5 Application for extended disability benefits shall be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing made as soon as possible there is medical evidence that the absence is of a long-term nature. The Employer may require that a teacher receiving benefits under the extended disability plan shall participate in advance a treatment program through the Employee Assistance Plan. 9.6 A certificate from an attending qualified medical or dental practitioner detailing the general nature of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases affliction and providing an estimate of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject the date of return to work may be required by the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation Employer to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible claims for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay of three (3) or under suspensionmore days. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because 9.7 For purposes of illness in excess Clause 9.6, the duration of their a sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may shall be granted until deemed to be from the end of the term, subject last day worked to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum day of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work. 9.8 Rather than adhere to Clauses 9.6 and 9.7 on a universal basis, it the Employer agrees to rely on its administrators to identify those staff members who may not be practicable to return using sick leave privileges in an unprofessional manner. 9.9 When a teacher leaves the Employee to the same position; in such casesemploy of his/her Employer, alternative duties all accumulated sick leave credits shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandiscanceled.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 19.1 Employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of 4.62 hours bi-weekly. Sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum limit of 1000 hours and if the maximum is eligible maintained an additional .92 hours accumulated bi-weekly. Sick leave may be taken in quarter hour increments. 19.2 The City will maintain two (2) separate accrual banks for sick leave; one for the hours accumulated to 1000 hours and one for any accrued hours over 1000 hours. If an employee has accumulated hours in both banks and they use sick time, those hours will be deducted from the initial bank; therefore earning those hours back at the higher accrual rate. 19.3 Sick leave with pay when they are must be used only for the following reasons: A. Personal illness or physical incapacity which renders the employee unable to perform their assigned job duties and responsibilities. B. Required medical care. C. Exposure to contagious disease under circumstances in which employees with whom the employee is associated or members of the public with whom the employee deals would be endangered by the employee's attendance on duty. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to Minnesota Statute §181.9413 and the City of Red Wing Employee Handbook, an employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee’s child, adult child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, spouse, sibling, parent, aunt, uncle, nephew, ▇▇▇▇▇, mother-in-law, father-in-law, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, grandparent, or step-family members of the employee or employee’s spouse; and other bona-fide permanent member of the employee’s household, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee’s own illness or injury. 19.4 An employee on sick leave shall inform the Supervisor of this fact and the reason therefore prior to the commencement of the scheduled work day, unless circumstances prevent the employee from notifying the EMPLOYER of the fact. 19.5 An employee who has been unable to work for a period of time because of illness or injury, may be required before being permitted to return to work, to furnish the EMPLOYER with medical evidence that said employee is able to perform all significant duties of the job in a competent manner and without hazard to her/himself or others. In the event sick leave is taken for more than two (2) consecutive work days, the EMPLOYEE agrees to furnish proof of care by a medical doctor. The EMPLOYER reserves the right to medically examine, at the EMPLOYER’S expense, any EMPLOYEE claiming sick leave. In order to receive credit for sick leave, EMPLOYEE agrees that he/she will report or cause to be reported to his/her supervisor (or the Senior Officer on duty if the supervisor cannot be reached) before the time he/she normally reports to work that he/she is sick. Continued or willful failure to report to work will be cause to refuse sick leave and discipline. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid 19.6 An employee receiving sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. with pay who simultaneously receives compensation under ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇'s Compensation Laws shall receive, for the duration of such compensation, only that portion of his regular salary which will, together with said compensation, equal his regular salary. The accrued sick leave of the employee will be reduced only in proportion to the amount of compensation paid by the City. 19.7 Parenting leave shall be governed by State and Federal laws. Sick leave may be used for any period of parenting leave, provided the employee cannot perform their normal job duties as a result of a medical disability. Employees may use any accrued vacation leave for any portion of the parenting leave or request a leave without pay up to the maximum allowed by law. 19.8 An employee who participates in the health screening incentive program and meets the eligibility for the next year will be granted a wellness day in the first payroll of January to be used in that calendar year. Any individual who qualifies within the year will receive a prorated accrual and will then need to meet the eligibility for the next year. The wellness day is paid time off that the employee may use on a regularly scheduled workday for any reason with prior approval from the employee’s supervisor. A wellness day may not be accumulated from one term to broken into hours and/or divided across multiple workdays and it must be used within the nextcalendar year. Unused sick leave has Wellness days have no monetary cash value and an unused wellness day will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentemployee under any circumstances. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick Employees may convert personal leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid into sick leave on a pro- rated an hour for hour basis. Once converted sick leave may not be converted back to personal leave. Sick leave is not cashable. Unused sick leave is forfeited upon termination. Employees with accrued sick leave as of June 30, 2016 may carry over those hours for use as provided below through June 30, 2019. Use of Sick Leave 1. ▇▇▇▇ leave may be used for personal illness or injury, of for the illness or injury of the employee’s current household or immediate family member, if the latter illness or injury is such that the attendance of the employee is required, including time to travel to and return from a health care provider for treatment and required follow-up treatment. 2. Sick leave may also be used for scheduled medical appointments of the employee or, if the attendance of the employee is required, for scheduled medical appointments of the employee’s current household or immediate family member. Appointments will not be accumulated from one term made that would extend holidays of vacations without prior approval of the immediate supervisor. 3. Sick leave may be used for a medical condition of an employee that makes the employee’s presence at work a danger to the nexthealth of other employees. 4. Unused Pregnancy and childbirth qualify as medical reasons for a female employee to take sick leave 5. The Employer may require a doctor’s certificate to substantiate any medical reason for taking leave that exceeds three (3) consecutive workdays or if malingering is suspected. The Employer may also require a doctor’s certificate if the reason for sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at taken is that an employee’s medical condition would jeopardize the end health of other employees or that the presence of the employee was required with respect to the medical disability of an immediate family or current household member. 6. Death in the immediate family, or of a term. To qualify for paid current member of the employee’s household, entitles an employee to use five (5) days sick leave, Employees unless travel outside the state is required, in which case, the employee may use up to seven (7) days of sick leave. Immediate family means spouse and any person related by blood or marriage within and including the second degree of kindred. Family Medical Leave (Federal). Qualified employees shall be entitled to coverage under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Health insurance contributions will be made on behalf of qualified employees during the twelve (12) week period of family leave (including periods of personal leave, or periods of leave without pay). When taking leave under the FMLA, a qualified employee must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of exhaust all accrued personal leave before entering leave without pay. When taking leave due to pregnancy, childbirth, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ care placement or adoption the leave commencingentitlement must be taken consecutively. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Fourteen (14) school days of sick leave with pay when they are unable provided to perform their duties because all employees. Up to five (5) may be used for business days. No limit will be placed on the number of accumulated sick days. Upon retirement, any sick days that are not used for service credit may be requested by the educator for donation to the Sick Leave Bank. The parties shall establish a procedure to implement this provision. Sick leave will be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home or serious illness in the immediate family or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum household. “Immediate family” includes parents, spouse, civil union partner and/or domestic partner, brothers, sisters, children, grandparents, grandchildren, parents‐in‐law, legal guardians, step‐children, step‐siblings, grandparents‐in‐law, aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews. Inappropriate Use of fifteen (15) hours Sick Leave Each educator is responsible for the appropriate use of paid sick leave. Inappropriate use of sick leave per term after commencement occurs when an educator uses leave for unauthorized purposes or misrepresents the actual reason for the absence. Inappropriate use may also occur when an educator establishes a pattern of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on without approved documentation: • The day before or after a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ holiday/school break • The following specific days: In‐service Days, Institute Days Upon the third (3rd) such occasion, the sick leave will not only be accumulated from one term approved upon the receipt of written documentation by a health care provider identifying the date the member was treated or other written documentation relating to the nextlength of absence that the Superintendent or designee deems acceptable. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not This documentation must be paid out at provided to the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance District within five (5) school days of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to absence. The District shall reimburse the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request educator for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee expense incurred that is not eligible covered by insurance to obtain this documentation. The educator will be responsible for sick leave with pay during any period contacting Human Resources regarding the reimbursement process. If the educator does not satisfy the requirements contained in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlementthis paragraph, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties absence shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisunpaid.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Each full-time Professional Employee shall begin each school year with seventy (70) hours of sick leave credit. The unused portion shall accumulate until a total of ninety (90) days is eligible acquired. Payment for sick leave shall be subject, when requested by the Board, to medical certification from the Professional Employee's medical doctor for any absence of seven (7) or more contract days. Instructors transferring to Colby Community College from other colleges and school systems shall retain their accumulated sick leave up to thirty (30) days. In the event the employee will miss more than three days consecutively for medical purposes, FMLA will automatically run concurrently with pay when they are sick and/or personal leave. 1. Each full-time Professional Employee will be notified of the amount of accumulated sick leave he/she has at the beginning of each school year. 2. Sick leave shall be used for the illness (defined as an unhealthy condition of the body or mind) or injury of a full-time Professional Employee or his/her family, including the time during which the Professional Employee is physically unable to perform their duties normal work assignments because of childbearing. Family shall be defined as spouse, adult children, minor children, stepchildren, grandchildren, step- grandchildren, siblings, parents, and stepparents. Individualized consideration regarding use of sick leave in special circumstances not included in the definition of family can be evaluated by administration. In the event a full-time Professional Employee uses all of his/her sick leave and is still unable to return to work owing to his/her personal illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred , and thirty (130) hours are entitled said Professional Employee's inability to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled return to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor work is certified in writing as soon as possible in advance of by the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to attending physician, the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation Board will grant up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)130 working days total during the Professional Employee's employment at the College, including the Professional Employee's own sick leave. After the employee has used up his/her own accumulated sick leave, and if he/she then becomes eligible for another form of assistance to which the Board contributes, the Board will not be bound to the emergency sick leave days. The Board has the option to request a second physician's opinion. 21.07 It 3. In the event a person has experienced a catastrophic medical emergency, the individual may request sick days from the Colby Community College Leave Pool (sick leave) to assist with their medical needs. The employee will request the use of the Leave Pool from the Human Resource Director. Employees may contribute up to five days per fiscal year to the collective Leave Pool by contacting Human Resources. Additionally, the donating employee may request to Human Resources that a specific individual is understood that, on allowed to use the Employee's return to work, it donated leave days. This request may or may not be practicable to return approved by the Employee Human Resource Director. 4. A Professional Employee, with ten years of service to the same positioninstitution, will be compensated fifteen (15) percent of sick days the employee has accumulated upon retirement or fulfillment of the terms of the current contract year. Only whole numbers will be counted; in such cases, alternative duties shall there will be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisno fractions or rounding of days.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee This Section applies to employees hired before July 1, 2016. It is eligible for agreed that employees shall earn and be granted sick leave in accordance with pay the following schedule: (a) No sick leave payment will be made to a newly hired employee during the probationary period or to a terminating or retiring employee after the last day worked. (b) Full-time and regular part-time employees shall earn and accrue sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours sick leave for each one hundred seventy-three (173) straight time hours worked. For purposes of this Section, straight time hours worked shall include paid but unworked holidays, vacations, paid sick leave and County paid leaves of absence. (c) In no event shall accumulated earned sick leave exceed 1,440 hours. (d) An employee may utilize paid sick leave when they are unable it is established to perform their the Employer’s satisfaction that an employee is incapacitated for the safe performance of his duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130e) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of An employee may use paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentwhen there is a medical emergency in the employee’s immediate family (spouse, child or parent). Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred The Human Resources Director must approve such usage. An employee will be allowed to use one sick day when a qualifying medical event occurs. The event must be an unplanned serious medical emergency requiring immediate medical attention such as emergency room treatment, emergency surgery, etc. Routine illnesses and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave minor injuries requiring medical attention will not be accumulated from one term to the nextapproved for sick pay under this provision. Unused sick leave has no monetary value Pre-planned hospital stays and non- emergency (scheduled) surgical events, whether performed on an in or out patient basis, will not be paid out at approved for sick pay under this provision. Approval may be granted in a medical situation, such as major surgery, where the end employee has been authorized by the immediate family member to make medical decisions on his behalf. Denial of sick pay under this provision does not preclude an employee from using approved personal or vacation time under those provisions of this agreement. (f) No sick leave shall be granted for minor ailments which would not affect the safety of the employee, or of other persons, or of property, while performing job duties. (g) Medical certification will generally not be required to substantiate sick leave of absence of three (3) consecutive working days or less; however, medical certificates, or, in lieu thereof, a term. To qualify signed written statement from the employee setting forth the reasons for paid the sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance may be required at the discretion of the County for each absence regardless of duration if the County has reason to believe the employee is abusing his sick leave commencingprivileges. Falsification of the medical certificate or falsely setting forth the reasons for the absence shall constitute just cause for dismissal. For clarification purposes, this subsection is interpreted as giving the Employer discretion of medical or written statement, and that, in the event an employee is ready for work, he may be prevented from working until he obtains the medical statement verifying his illness. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA (h) Before an employee absent from his duties for twelve (12) consecutive days returns, he shall satisfy the County that he is fully restricted from performing their TA duties fit to again perform his duties. (i) Any unused and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid accumulated sick leave subject to earned during full time employment shall be available for use by the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until employee if the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up employee transfers to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)regular part time position. 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee A) ▇▇▇▇ Leave is eligible for sick leave the authorized absence of an employee with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness personal illness, pregnancy, complications due to pregnancy or birth, adoption, injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred , exposure to contagious disease and thirty (130) hours are entitled visits to a maximum or treatment by medical providers that cannot be scheduled outside of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basisthe employee’s normal working hours. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not may also be accumulated from one term to used because of illness, injury, or death in the next. Unused employee’s immediate family. B) Each full-time bargaining unit member earns sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end rate of a termfive (5) hours per semi- monthly pay period. To qualify Sick leave is cumulative without limit. Bargaining unit members may view sick and other leave balances in Banner self-service. C) Sick Leave may be used during any period of time in which the employee is under contract to perform services for paid the University. When using sick leave, Employees must the bargaining unit member will promptly notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance his/her unit supervisor, and whenever possible, advise of the estimated duration of absence. All bargaining unit members shall report all uses of sick leave commencingvia web leave reporting in self-service Banner. 21.03 In cases D) A continuous period of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject commences with the first day of absence and includes all subsequent days until the employee returns to work. Saturdays and Sundays (if the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlementscheduled to perform services), leave without pay may be granted until and official holidays established and/or observed by the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status University shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer counted. During any seven (7) day period, the maximum number of days of sick leave charged against any employee shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-be five dollars ($755). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee E) All unused sick leave accumulated prior to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties effective date of this Agreement shall be assignedavailable for use by the employee. F) If an employee is afflicted or known to be exposed to a contagious disease, and Article 13.06 the presence of that employee would jeopardize other employees as determined in writing by a physician through an investigation, that employee shall apply, mutatis mutandis.take sick leave and other pertinent leave. The University and YSU-APAS will abide by CDC or comparable State agency requirements for sending employees home because of contagious disease exposure. An employee who contracts a contagious disease will be charged sick leave. An employee who does not contract a contagious disease will be placed on administrative leave per Section 7.13

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee Section 1. Sick leave is eligible intended for use only in the event of sickness, illness, injury or treatment of sickness, illness and injury, including the receipt of medical care for such sickness or illness. Accumulation of sick leave is permitted, as described below, to afford an employee protection in the event of an extended illness. Sick leave is not earned time off with pay when they are unable and is not to perform their duties because of illness or injurybe treated as such. 21.02 Section 2. Full-time employees shall be credited with and accumulate paid sick leave on the basis of one day for each month worked (where ―month‖ is determined by contiguous pay periods as determined by the date of the paycheck/direct deposit slip). Employees whose appointments shall be deemed to have "worked," and therefore entitled to accumulate such leave, in each month in which that employee is paid for 16 or more full days. Paid vacation, personal business, personal holiday, paid holidays and qualified FMLA time will count as days worked; sick days (including sick bank days), disability leave and workers compensation days do not count as days worked, unless such day(s)/time(s) are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled counted as FMLA time. Section 3. Sick leave shall accumulate from the first month of employment, but sick leave earned during the probation period shall not be granted until after successful completion of that period. Section 4. Sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours 130 days. Section 5. An absence necessary before any sick leave is accumulated or available shall be covered under the provisions for leaves without pay. Employees may elect to apply unused vacation to cover days absent in excess of allowable paid sick leave. Section 6. Sick leave per term after commencement may be requested when it is necessary for an employee to be absent from work because of an emergency illness in his/her immediate household (i.e. a spouse, child, stepchild, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sibling, and grandchild who lives with the employee or domestic partner as defined by University policy; or for a parent, step parent, parent in law or grandparent). Such a request shall not be unreasonably denied. Section 7. In the case of illness occurring away from work, employees must notify their supervisor of their appointmentabsence at the earliest possible time and in no event later than the start of their scheduled workday. If necessary, the employee shall notify their supervisor at home. When possible, the employee shall advise their supervisor of how long the absence is expected to continue. The employee shall also notify the supervisor of any change in circumstances which may affect the expected length of absence. If the duration of the absence cannot be determined, the employee shall call in each day of the illness. Section 8. When the University has a basis for believing an employee is abusing the sick leave benefit, it may require that employee, for future absences, to provide a doctor's statement that the employee is unable to work due to a sickness provided the employee has been put on advance notice, in writing, by the Director of Human Resources. In addition, if an employee is absent due to sickness for three (3) or more consecutive days, the University, in its discretion, may require a doctor's statement that the employee is unable to work due to a sickness. Such a statement shall not be routinely required. Section 9. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will shall receive one day's pay for each semi-annual period (July 1 through December 31 and January 1 through June 30) in which they do not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid use any sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance or otherwise take time off without pay. These days are earned based on payroll periods which correspond to July 1 to December 31 and January 1 to June 30. Section 10. Upon retirement, an employee shall be entitled to 20 days payment for accumulated sick leave. An employee with more than 50 sick days accumulated shall also be paid for any of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness days in excess of their sick leave entitlement50 up to an additional 20 days [i.e. days 51 – 70]. In addition, leave without pay may be granted until the end and not to duplicate any of the termabove allotments, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not an employee will be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees paid for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation of the sick days earned but not used in the last 12 months of employment, up to a maximum total of seventy-five dollars 12 days. ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on These 12 days do not count as accumulated days for payment under the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee first two sentences of this section. The one or two days contributed to the same position; CSEA Sick Leave Bank in such casesan employee’s final year before retirement will not necessarily deplete the 12 sick days of the final year as long as the employee has other available days to contribute from previous years.) The maximum allotment at retirement under this formula is 52 days (20+20+12), alternative duties shall be assignedwith no pyramiding of days allowed. [See also Article 39, and Article 13.06 shall applyInsurance, mutatis mutandisSection 4]. Effective July 1, 2012, the maximum allotment at retirement under this formula is 60 days, with no pyramiding of days allowed.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for (a) Each employee covered by this Agreement will be entitled to sick leave accumulated in an individual single sick leave bank at the rate of one (1) day per month with pay when they are unable a limit of sixty (60) days. The Board shall provide non-duty related sickness and accident coverage through a carrier selected by the Board which shall commence once the employee has served a sixty (60) working day waiting period. Once the employee has served the required sixty (60) working day waiting period, the employee shall be paid sixty-six and 2/3 percent (66 2/3%) of his/her per year wages, excluding any wages paid for overtime, for the duration of the disability, or to perform their duties because age sixty-five (65), whichever comes first. Said sixty-six and 2/3 percent (66 2/3%) shall include any Social Security benefits, rather than be in addition to said benefits. All provisions of illness or injurythe insurance contract shall be controlling in determining eligibility for disability benefits. Disability occasioned by work-related injury shall be exclusively covered by Worker's Compensation. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130b) hours are entitled Sick leave shall be granted to an employee when he/she is incapacitated from the performance of his/her duties by sickness, injury, or for medical, dental or optical examination or treatment. Sick leave shall also be granted when a maximum member of fifteen the immediate family of the employee is as above defined. For the purpose of this Section, immediate family shall be defined as spouse, parents, child. (15c) hours Records of paid sick leave accumulated and taken shall be available to the employee or the Association upon request. (d) Upon leaving employment of the District after a minimum of ten (10) years, the employee shall be paid at a rate of $20.00 per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid day for all accumulated sick leave up to and including sixty (60) days. (e) Accumulated sick leave will be reflected on the employee's pay stub on a pro- rated monthly basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave(f) A pregnant employee shall, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until by the end of the termfourth (4th) month, subject to furnish the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for with a statement from her physician stating the approximate date of delivery and any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, restrictions on the Employee's nature of work that she may be able to do, and the length of time that she may continue to work. When she is required to interrupt her employent upon the advice of her physician, she shall immediately be granted a leave of absence. Upon her return to work, it may not she will be practicable required to furnish to the Employer a medical statement from her physician indicating that she is physically able to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandiswork.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Each full-time teacher regularly employed by the Board shall be credited with a total of ten (10) sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are onedays each school year. Part-hundred time teachers shall accumulate and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to be paid sick leave on a pro- rated pro rata basis. ▇▇▇▇ Sick leave will not shall be governed by the following conditions: a. Sick leave shall be allowed to accumulate for both full-time and part-time teachers. After October 1st of each school year, the Administration shall provide each teacher with a statement specifying the total amount of accumulated from one term sick leave upon request. b. Sick leave days, up to the nextteacher's maximum accumulation, may be used for the illness, injury, temporary disability (including disability due to pregnancy) or unavoidable quarantine of the teacher. Unused When feasible, teachers shall schedule routine health examinations and/or routine dental examinations outside regular school hours. c. A maximum of three (3) days per occurrence deductible from sick leave has no monetary value and will not may be paid out used for serious illness in the immediate family. In addition, teachers may d. The Board, at its discretion, may grant special use of sick leave in excess of the leaves provided in subsection b. above per occurrence when requested in writing by the teacher. The Board agrees to resolve each such request at the end first meeting after receipt of a term. To qualify such. e. Payment of sick leave shall be prorated with other benefits. f. A teacher who has exhausted his/her sick leave and cannot return to work may apply for paid an unpaid leave of absence or an extension of sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance which shall be at the Board's discretion. g. A teacher who is absent on sick leave, or who requests return to work from sick leave, or who has exhausted all accumulated sick leave, or whose fitness to perform his/her duties may be impaired by illness, may be required to submit to a physical or mental examination by a physician of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe Board's choosing at Board expense, or may be required to submit a physician's statement verifying the teacher's illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject the teacher's fitness to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentresume or perform his/her duties. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee ‌ 18.01 A sick day shall mean the period of scheduled working days during which an employee is eligible unable to report for duty as a result of sickness or injury while off duty and during which period they are paid as outlined herein. 18.02 On January 1st of each year, employees who have completed their probationary period shall be entitled to 96.3 hours of sick leave with pay for the current year. Probationary employees are entitled to one (1) sick day for each full calendar month of employment. 18.03 An employee will have sick leave reduced by the number of hours that they were unable to attend work due to illness or injury (non-occupational), subject to the benefits provided under the Disability Plan. 18.04 The Company may require proper medical authorization to substantiate any absence for sick leave of three (3) or more consecutive days. 18.05 Notwithstanding Article 18.04 where there is a record of excessive absenteeism or when specific information is obtained by the Company that indicates abuse the Company may require medical documentation, from the employee’s physician, as proof of illness. Such requests will not be made in an arbitrary manner. 18.06 Further, the Company will reimburse the employee for all reasonable expenses incurred in acquiring the medical authorization. 18.07 It is the responsibility of the employee to notify their Manager or designate, as soon as it is practicable, of absence due to illness. An employee’s failure to make the appropriate notification may be considered as absence without pay. 18.08 It will be the responsibility of an employee on sick leave to notify the Company prior to commencing their vacation that they are unable to perform carrying their duties because of illness or injurysick leave into their vacation period. Vacation will be adjusted forward accordingly into available slots. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled 18.09 Any unused portion of an employee’s yearly sick leave allowance shall be cumulative to a maximum of fifteen two hundred and eighteen (15218) hours hours. 18.10 Utilization of paid sick leave per term after commencement credits will be limited to a period of their appointmentseven (7) consecutive calendar days commencing with the first scheduled work day on any one (1) occasion of sickness or non-occupational injury. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term Upon notification to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveCompany, a TA Crew Scheduler may continue using sick credits if the Crew Scheduler has sufficient sick credits banked. Such notification must be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to given within the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any initial seven (7) day period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspensionorder to extend from seven (7) to fourteen (14) days. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for At the beginning of each school year, each employee will receive the following sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are oneannually: 12-hundred and thirty (130) month employees 120 hours are entitled 10-month employees 100 hours Unused sick leave will accumulate as follows: All classified employees may accumulate to a maximum of fifteen 1440 hours After ten (1510) hours consecutive years of paid sick leave per term after commencement service in the district and upon termination of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on employment, employees will receive a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be lump sum payment for all days of accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid unused sick leave, Employees up to one 1440 hours maximum, at the rate of thirty-five percent (35%) of his/her current hourly salary times the number of hours accrued. Sick leave is available to be used for personal illness or disability, maternity, personal medical appointments, quarantine, or communicable disease. Sick leave may be used for absences necessitated by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery. The employee may use up to ten (10) days annually of allotted sick leave for the necessary care of ill or disabled children, spouse, parents, parents in-law, and brothers/sisters. Additional days for care of family members noted above may be granted by the Superintendent. Each employee may be required to furnish satisfactory proof of the necessity for the sick leave, if such proof is requested by the Superintendent. The employee must notify their Supervisor in writing the appropriate supervisor when sick leave is required. Such notice should be given on the preceding day, if possible. In an emergency, notification shall be made as soon as possible in advance possible. Sick Leave Bank (a) Establish a sick leave bank for major illness or injury. Employees covered by this agreement may become members of the sick leave commencing. 21.03 In cases bank by voluntarily contributing one sick leave day for the establishment and operation of severe the bank. This bank is to assist employees who have long term illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties disabilities and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of have exhausted their sick leave entitlementaccumulation. (b) Only individuals who have contributed to the bank are eligible for benefits. Application for benefits from the sick leave bank shall be made to the Sick Leave Bank Committee. The Committee shall be made up of two members appointed by the Association President and one appointed by the Board of Trustees. The decision of the Committee shall be final. (c) At the beginning of each school year there will be a nine week open enrollment period. Eligible staff must notify the school district in writing of their desire to participate in the bank on a form by October 15 of each year. The form will allow the employee to accept or decline membership in the sick bank. (d) Enrollment in the bank shall continue automatically from year to year unless notice of withdrawal is given in writing during the enrollment period. Withdrawal will not result in reinstatement of the time contributed to the bank. (e) When the number of days in the bank falls below ten (10), the Committee will inform the bank membership that a special assessment of one sick leave without pay day per member will be made to replenish the bank. (f) The maximum anyone can contribute to the sick bank at any time is one sick leave day with the exception of upon joining the sick leave bank two days may be granted until contributed if the end new member wishes to. (g) Regular sick leave balance must be zero (0) hours prior to use of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedsick leave bank. 21.06 (h) Individuals who draw from the sick leave bank when they have been members for fewer than three (3) years agree to remain in the sick leave bank for the rest of their employment with ECSD. (i) The Employer shall reimburse Employees for maximum cumulative number of hours which any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation eligible person can be granted from the sick bank during one school year is one hundred sixty (160) hours. Requests from the sick leave bank will be granted in increments up to a forty (40) hours. The maximum cumulative number of seventy-hours which an eligible person can be granted from the sick leave bank during their period of employment with the ECSD is three hundred sixty (360) hours. The sick leave bank is not to exceed one hundred twenty five dollars ($75)125) days or one thousand (1,000) hours. 21.07 1. After five (5) years of continuous employment with the District, each employee who uses three (3) days or less of sick leave in the preceding year may sell back up to five (5) days of unused sick leave at the rate of 50% of his/her current hourly daily rate of pay per day. Each employee who uses five (5) days or less of sick leave in the preceding year may sell back up to three (3) days of unused sick leave at the rate of 50% of his/her current hourly daily rate of pay per day. Employees, who wish to take part in the buy-back of unused sick leave for the prior school year, must notify the ECSD in writing no later than August 31st of that year. It is understood thatagreed this section, on the Employee's return to workspecifically 4-3-1, it may not will be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; reviewed for possible renegotiation in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis2013.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 1. Sick leave credit shall be earned at the rate of one (1) day per calendar month of service. The current practices concerning the earning of sick leave with credits shall be continued. Sick leave shall be earned from the employee's date of employment. Sick leave credit shall be earned for any month in which the employee has been in pay when they are unable to perform their duties because status for ten 2. Sick leave may be used for illness, necessary medical or dental care, or other disability of illness the employee or injury.a member of the employee's immediate family which requires the attention or presence of the employee. Immediate family as used in this Article shall mean the spouse or significant other, the parents of the spouse or significant other, the children of the spouse or significant other, the parents, stepparents, guardian, children, stepchildren, brothers, stepbrothers, sisters, stepsisters, wards, grandparents 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum 3. Notifications of fifteen (15) hours absence under the provisions of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not this Article shall be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing given as soon as possible in advance on the first day of the leave commencingabsence or as soon thereafter as circumstances permit. 21.03 In cases 4. Upon application of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leavean employee, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours leave of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave absence without pay may be granted until by an appointing authority for a period of disability because of sickness or injury. If the end appointing authority denies the requested leave, it shall state its reason in writing. The appointing authority may, from time to time, require that the employee submit a certificate from the attending physician or a designated physician. If a certificate from a physician other than the attending physician is required, the State shall pay the difference between the cost of obtaining such certificate and the amount covered by insurance. 5. An employee who is transferred to the jurisdiction of another appointing authority or who accepts employment under the jurisdiction of a new appointing authority without interruption of service to the State shall retain their accumulated unused sick leave credits. 6. A former State employee who is reappointed within four (4) years of their separation may have their previously accumulated and unused balance of sick leave revived and placed to the employee’s credit upon approval of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitednew appointing authority. 21.06 The Employer 7. Any employee returning from layoff, including seasonal employees covered by this Agreement, shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum have the unused sick leave accrued as of seventy-five dollars ($75)the time of layoff restored upon the employee’s reinstatement. 21.07 It 8. A seasonal employee who accepts another seasonal position during their off season may use sick leave accrued in either position, regardless of which position the employee is understood that, on serving in at the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return time of the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisuse.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for Section 12.01 All employees are entitled to receive sick or injury leave with pay when they are unable to perform at their duties because normal rate of illness or injurypay. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty Section 12.02 Sick leave is accumulated at the rate of four (1304) hours are entitled per pay period. Section 12.03 Notification to a maximum the immediate supervisor or designee should be made by the employee prior to the start of fifteen his/her scheduled working time but in any event must be made in the first (151st) hours working hour of paid the shift. If such notification is not made, sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the nextgranted. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not Extenuating circumstances shall be paid out at the end of taken into consideration. For those programs that operate on a term. To qualify for paid sick leave24/7 basis, Employees employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance immediate supervisor or designee at least one (1) hour before the start of the leave commencingtheir scheduled shift. Extenuating circumstances shall be taken into consideration. 21.03 In cases Section 12.04 Sick leave shall accumulate to five hundred twenty (520) hours. Section 12.05 Sick leave may be used in the instance of severe employee's illness or injury where illness of a TA is fully restricted from performing qualified family member as specified in the Washington State Family Care Act or federal Family and Medical Leave Act. A doctor's certification may be required for absences exceeding periods of three (3) consecutive days. Section 12.06 Sick leave usage shall include reasonable time for doctor and dentist calls. Section 12.07 Sick leave for part-time employees shall be in proportion to their TA duties and subject hours worked. Section 12.08 If an employee's position changes funding source, accumulated sick leave shall be transferred to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation new funding source. Section 12.09 In the event of a temporary layoff not to support their request for leaveexceed 30 (thirty) days, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentaccruals shall be retained. 21.04 Section 12.10 An Employee is not eligible for employee may donate sick leave with pay during any period to another employee in need of sick leave for themselves or a qualified family member who is experiencing a serious or emergency health condition, which they are on may cause the employee to take leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because terminate employment. An employee may donate any amount of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlementprovided the donation does not cause the donor’s sick leave balance to fall below eighty (80) hours, or as proportionate for part-time employees based upon their hours worked. To receive such donated sick time, the recipient employee must have exhausted all available sick leave without pay and vacation time. Contributing employees may donate up to eighty (80) hours of accrued sick leave per request, provided the donation does not cause the donor’s sick leave balance to fall below eighty (80) hours (or as proportionate for part-time employees based upon their hours worked). Donated sick leave hours are recognized on an hour for hour basis. Donations of time will be allocated on the basis of first donated, first used. Each requesting employee may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation allocated up to eighty (80) hours of donated leave per qualifying event. To request a maximum of seventysick leave donation, the employee must meet with the Human Resources Department and submit a written request which includes the circumstances and reason(s) for the leave donation request. MDC reserves the right to request documentation from the employee’s healthcare professional. The Human Resources Department will solicit donations on an anonymous basis through a general announcement to all staff. Submitted requests for donations will be maintained on a confidential, need-five dollars ($75)to-know basis. 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 10.1 Upon the recommendation of a qualified medical practitioner, sick leave for planned treatment outside the Province of Alberta shall be approved by the Employer. The Employer may require that the recommendation come from an employer-approved medical practitioner. 10.2 For the purpose of this section, a teacher who is granted leave of absence by the Employer shall be advised at the time the leave is granted whether or not he or she shall be considered to be continuously employed during such leave of absence. 10.3 Teachers participating in the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plans shall be allowed sick leave as follows. 10.3.1 Annual sick leave, with pay when they are unable shall be granted to perform their duties a teacher for the purpose of obtaining necessary medical or dental treatment, or because of illness accident, sickness or disability, in accordance with the following schedule: In the first year of service with the Employer, a teacher shall be granted twenty (20) days of sick leave availability on commencement of employment, with no additional earning of sick leave entitlement during the first year of employment. After one year of service with the Employer, a teacher shall have an entitlement of ninety (90) calendar days sick leave available continuously. In the event of recurring absences related to an illness, disability or injury, only ninety (90) days sick leave shall be available for that particular illness, disability or injury. The Employer will accept the insurer's definition of a recurring illness, disability or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum 10.4 Sick leave credits shall not accumulate during periods of fifteen (15) hours sickness, disability, or injury during the first year of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not employment. 10.5 Application for extended disability benefits shall be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing made as soon as possible there is medical evidence that the absence is of a long-term nature. The Employer may require that a teacher receiving benefits under the extended disability plan shall participate in advance a treatment program through the Employee Assistance Plan. 10.6 A certificate, acceptable to the employer, from an attending qualified medical or dental practitioner detailing the general nature of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases affliction and providing an estimate of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject the date of return to work may be required by the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation Employer to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible claims for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay of three (3) or under suspensionmore days. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because 10.7 For purposes of illness in excess Clause 10.6, the duration of their a sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may shall be granted until deemed to be from the end of the term, subject last day worked to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum day of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work. 10.8 Rather than adhere to Clauses 10.6 and 10.7 on a universal basis, it the Employer agrees to rely on its administrators to identify those staff members who may not be practicable to return using sick leave privileges in an unprofessional manner. 10.9 When a teacher leaves the Employee to the same position; in such casesemploy of his/her Employer, alternative duties all accumulated sick leave credits shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandiscanceled.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible 34.01 All regular Employees qualify for sick leave benefits provided in this article (for probationary Employees see Article 15.04). Sick leave is defined as the period of time an Employee is absent from work with full pay when they are as a result of a disabling injury or illness and is seeking appropriate medical treatment. 34.02 An Employee who is unable to report for work due to illness shall inform her/his supervisor at least two (2) hours before the beginning of their shift, where required on a departmental basis unless it is not reasonably possible for the Employee to do so. In any event, as much notice as possible will be given. Employees shall be notified of the required method of providing notification. 34.03 When illness or injury causes absence from work the following shall apply: (a) The Employer may require medical evidence but not normally for periods of less than five (5) consecutive working days. Such medical evidence shall verify the disability or illness, inability to carry out normal duties, and an estimated date of return to work, and failure to provide such evidence may result in disciplinary measures. The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate the Employee in performing their normal duties or in finding alternate related duties in the department if an Employee is unable to perform their own duties because of due to illness or injury, and such requirement is substantiated by medical certification. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred (b) If an Employee requests, and thirty (130) hours are entitled with the agreement of the department head of the employing department, medical certification requested to assess a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of claim for paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term provided to the nextEmployer, may be forwarded to Personnel Services for assessment. Unused sick leave has no monetary value If the department head does not agree, the assessment will be made in consultation with Personnel Services. This information will be kept in a secure location and will not be paid out at handled with utmost confidentiality. Personnel Services will inform the end employing department of: a) approval or denial of a term. To qualify the claim for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance b) whether further medical information is being sought c) the estimated date of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties return to work and subject any subsequent revisions to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation return date d) the return to support their request for leavework schedule, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment.if applicable 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during e) any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on functional limitations upon the Employee's ’s return to work, it . (c) Frequent periods of sick leave may not be practicable reviewed in accordance with Article 34.04 (b) to return determine if the Employee is medically fit to carry out responsibilities on a full- time basis. (d) Full salary shall be paid for the first one hundred and twenty-five (125) working days of sick leave in any 12-month period. (e) Following the elimination period under the terms of the salary continuance program then in effect (125 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, prior to age 65, as of the date of signing of this collective agreement), eligible Employees shall claim any entitlement under the terms of such program. 34.04 An applicant for employment or an Employee may be required to undergo without cost to such Employee, medical examinations by a physician of the Employer's choice in the following instances: (a) prior to employment but following an offer of employment, provided the medical information sought relates to a bona fide occupational requirement for the position applied for. (b) in order to obtain health certificates, where the Employer in its discretion deems it necessary or desirable, including cases of repeated absences of less than five (5) days, provided a duplicate copy of the physician's report is given to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisEmployee.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for ‌ 28.1 Each administrator will be granted one (1) day of sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because for each month employed each year. The days will be granted at the beginning of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the nexteach school year. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not accumulate to a total of one hundred twenty (120) days. 28.2 Sick leave may be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify used for paid sick leavepersonal accidental injury, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance illness or pregnancy or accidental injury or illness of the leave commencingadministrator's immediate family. "Immediate family" shall include spouse, mother, father, children, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, aunts, uncles, grandparents and grandchildren of employee or employee's spouse. Immediate family shall also include a person living in the administrator's home who is part of the family. 21.03 28.3 In cases case of severe extended illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leavedisability, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid after all accumulated sick leave subject has been exhausted, an administrator absent from his or her duties due to personal injury, illness or pregnancy may request Sick Leave Sharing as outlined in Board Policy. shall receive for ·a period not to exceed twenty (20) days his or her full contract salary less the Employee having amount: a. Actually paid a future priority TA appointmentcertified substitute for his or her position if a certified substitute is hired: or b. Normally paid a certified substitute for his or her position if a certified substitute is not hired. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are 28.4 After this time, an administrator will be placed on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the termcontract period, subject or until the administrator recovers sufficiently to perform regular duties and returns to work. When an administrator is placed on an unpaid leave of absence due to illness, provisions shall be made whereby the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request administrator can arrange payment for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedprofessional organization dues and insurance programs if there is no conflict with the provisions of the insurance policies. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees 28.5 Upon retirement or leaving the school district, administrators will be paid $20.00 per day for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates unused sick leave accumulated while employed at Chickasha Public Schools, if the administrator notifies the district by April May 25th or documentation up his/her plan to a maximum of seventy-five dollars leave the district. If notification is received after April May 25th, $10.00 per day for unused sick leave accumulated while employed at Chickasha Public Schools will be paid to that administrator. ($75Revised 2023) 28.6 Days earned from another school district will be used first before days earned in Chickasha Public Schools. 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 Section 10.1 Sick leave shall be defined as an absence with pay necessitated by: (1) illness or injury to the employee; (2) exposure by the employee to contagious disease communicable to other employees; (3) serious illness, pregnancy, injury, or death in the employee’s immediate family where the employee’s presence is reasonably necessary; or (4) medical, dental and optical examinations or treatments of an employee or member of his immediate family where the employee’s presence is necessary; and (5) pregnancy and/or childbirth and other conditions related thereto. If an employee fails to comply with the provisions of this Article, his/her sick leave application shall be denied and he/she shall not be paid for the absence. Any time a doctor is visited and the time away from the workplace exceeds two (2) hours excluding the related 30 minutes when lunch is attached, verification of the visit must be submitted with a sick leave request form before such sick leave request shall be paid. The Employer may question the validity of sick leave requests or usage. New hire probationary employees shall be required to provide written verification of all incidents of sick leave usage during their probationary period. If an employee fails to submit adequate proof of illness or injury or in the event such proof as is submitted or upon the request of medical examination, the Director finds there is not satisfactory evidence of illness or injury sufficient to justify the employee’s absence, such leave may be considered unauthorized leave and shall be without pay. Any investigation of allegations of sick leave abuse must be based on reasonable suspicion. Section 10.2 All full-time employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of 4.6 hours for each completed bi-weekly pay period and may accumulate such sick leave without limit. An Employee is eligible employee who transfers from another Columbiana County agency to the CCDJFS shall retain any sick leave balance. Section 10.3 Sick leave may be used in segments of not less than one-quarter (1/4) hours. Employees shall not use sick leave to cover tardiness. Sick leave payment may not exceed the normal scheduled workday or workweek. Section 10.4 The Employer, with reasonable cause, may require an employee to furnish a satisfactory written, signed doctor’s statement to justify use of sick leave. An employee who has been absent from work for three (3) or more consecutive work days, due to personal illness or injury, will be required to submit a medical provider statement of the illness or injury. Any abuse or patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for disciplinary action. The Employer must investigate any suspected abuse or misuse of sick leave, prior to issuing disciplinary action. The Employer shall not abuse this right. Employees shall report off from work for sick leave purposes in accordance with Department rules when able. If an employee is physically unable to report off work, then an employee’s family member may call in for the employee in accordance with Department rules. If an employee’s family member calls in for an employee, the employee shall contact his supervisor within a reasonable period thereafter and/or the Employer may contact the employee. Section 10.5 An employee’s immediate family as referred to herein, shall include his spouse, mother, father, step-parent, child, stepchild, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter- in-law, son-in-law, grandparents, grandchild, a legal guardian or other person who stands in place of a parent (loco parentis). Aunts and uncles are considered immediate family only when they reside in the home of the employee. Sick leave may be used to transport immediate family members to a medical appointment if the presence of the employee is required for medical reasons, the Department may require a physician’s certificate to the effect that the presence of the employee is necessary to care for the ill person. Section 10.6 Employees hired after March 1, 1999, who retire with ten (10) or more years of service shall be paid for one-fourth (1/4) of their accumulated, unused sick leave up to 960 hours. The maximum payment will be 240 hours. Employees hired prior to March 1, 1999 who retire with more than twenty (20) years of service receive 100% of 960 hours. Employees who retire with 10-19 years of service receive 75% of up to 960 hours with a maximum payout of 720 hours. Section 10.7 Bereavement Leave Full-time bargaining unit employees shall be granted bereavement leave of three (3) days in the event of a death in the immediate family. Such leave shall be granted in direct conjunction with either the date of death or the scheduling of services. Definition of immediate family for the purpose of this Section shall be the same as defined in Section 10.5. A two (2) day leave shall be granted in the case of the death of a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Such bereavement leave shall be granted to an employee with pay when they are unable at the employee’s regular straight time rate of pay and shall not have effect upon the employee’s accumulated sick leave. Additional leave may be taken and deducted from sick leave, not to perform their duties because of illness or injuryexceed two (2) days, if necessary. 21.02 Section 10.8 When an employee has an insufficient amount of sick leave, or has exhausted their sick leave balance, due to an FMLA qualifying condition and has returned to active pay status, they may use accumulated vacation leave for documented sick leave occurrences. Any accumulated sick leave will be used prior to using vacation leave. Appropriate documentation must be received prior to the employee being compensated. Section 10.9 Employees whose appointments are onewho maintain attendance, excluding vacation, personal leave and compensatory time, of at least 99% or better for a calendar year and having a sick leave balance of at least 160 hours will be given the option of converting up to twenty-hundred and thirty four (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (1524) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement to vacation leave. Parties agree to meet on or about May 1st to discuss the feasibility of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to implementing the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid cash out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance provisions of the leave commencingsection. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible 1. During a probationary period, an employee shall be credited with one-half day of sick leave during each month of employment. This accrued leave time may be used during the probationary period if needed. After the successful completion of six (6) months of service, excluding absence from work for any reason, an employee shall be credited with sick leave provided in the paragraph below, and shall be permitted to accumulate up to one hundred sixty-five (165) working days of paid sick leave to be applied toward time off due to illness or injury. Such leave shall be reduced by one day or fraction of a day actually taken for sick leave purposes. 2. Each employee will be credited with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because one day of sick leave during each month his total credited sick leave is less than one hundred sixty-five (165) days and during which he is actively at work for at least fifty percent (50%) of the regularly scheduled work days, exclusive of vacations. 3. Employees may in no event accumulate more than one hundred sixty-five (165) working days of sick leave. 4. Sick leave benefits provided by this Agreement may be used in cases involving the illness or injuryinjury of the employee's child or children, spouse, parents, spouse’s parents, grandparent, grandchildren, and for medical/dental appointments. Sick leave may be utilized in one-quarter (1/4) hour segments. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred 5. When continuous sick leave exceeds five (5) days, the Employer may require as a condition of payment a statement from the employee's physician certifying the nature of the illness and the probable period of disability. An employee must notify the department head within 24 hours of his reason for sick leave. When continuous sick leave exceeds thirty (13030) hours are entitled calendar days, the Employer may require a physical examination by a physician selected by the Employer in order to verify a maximum necessity for the leave. Where the Employer selects a physician for the examination of an employee, such examination will be paid for by the Employer. 6. Any false representation made by an employee in connection with a claim for sick leave benefits shall be deemed just cause for discipline. 7. Accumulated sick leave shall not be payable at the time of termination of employment, whatever the reason, except in accordance with Paragraph eight (8) of this Article, and/or unless a physician selected by the Employer certifies that the termination of the employment was necessitated by illness or injury and then only so long as such illness or injury continues and the employee permits physical examination at reasonable intervals. 8. Any employee with fifteen (15) hours or more years of paid cumulative service with the Employer and who retires from such employment shall, at the time of retirement, be credited with an amount computed by multiplying his number of accumulated, unused sick leave per term after commencement by his then current daily rate and then multiplying that amount by twenty-five percent (25%), and such amount shall be retained by the Employer and utilized for the purpose of their appointmentpaying the retiree’s health insurance premiums until such time as the monies are exhausted. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled A retired employee may opt to change from family to individual coverage, but not from individual to family. Upon exhaustion of the monies provided for herein, the retired employee may elect to continue in the health insurance plan at his own expense. The implementation of this provision shall in no way diminish the percentage of retiree health insurance premiums currently paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to by the nextEmployer. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will accruals cannot be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject donated to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentbank upon termination of employment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one20.1 All full-hundred and thirty time employees covered by this Agreement shall accrue four (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (154) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement for each bi-weekly period worked. Sick leave shall accrue beginning with the first payroll period following the date of their hire or rehire. Sick leave credits shall not accumulate during periods of leaves of absence without pay. 20.2 Sick leave shall be used only with the consent and written approval of the Fire Chief or designee. Probationary employees covered by this Agreement shall use leave without pay for absences during the initial six (6) months of employment, if authorized by the Fire Chief or designee. Only with strict approval of the Fire Chief or Designee, may a probationary employee use sick leave during the initial six (6) months of employment. Employees covered by this Agreement may use accrued sick leave for a personal illness, accident, injury, or a physician's appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer If an employee requests use of sick leave for more than one-hundred and thirty (130) 48 hours are entitled in a calendar year, a written statement from a physician must be provided to paid verify the reason for such use of sick leave when the employee submits a Request For Absence form for approval by the Fire Chief or designee. All requests for use of sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not holiday must include a written statement from a physician submitted with the Request for Absence form. 20.3 A request may be accumulated from one term made to the next. Unused utilize sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at for the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where of a TA member of the employee’s immediate family. Immediate family is fully restricted defined as spouse, parents, children, grandparents, brothers, sisters, grandchildren or mother/father-in-law of the employee, or persons living in the employee’s household that the court has designated the employee to be the legal guardian of, or any other legal relative living in the employee’s home 20.4 Frequent use of sick leave under this Agreement will constitute sufficient grounds for a presumption that the physical fitness of the covered employee is below the standard necessary to perform the required duties. Sick leave usage approved under the provisions of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is exempt from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request being defined as abuse. Abuse of sick leave use will constitute grounds for leavedisciplinary action, a TA not excluding termination of employment. 20.5 Sick leave may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation accrued up to a maximum of seventy1040 hours. A. Employees with more than ten (10) years but less than twenty (20) years with the County may be paid for ten percent (10%) of their accrued sick leave hours, at their regular rate of pay at the time of termination. B. Employees with more than twenty (20) years but less than twenty-five dollars ($75)25) years with the County may be paid for twenty percent (20%) of their accrued sick leave hours, at their regular rate of pay at the time of termination. 21.07 It is understood thatC. Employees with more than twenty-five (25) years with the County may be paid for twenty-five percent (25%) of their hours at their regular rate of pay at the time of termination D. Employees with more than thirty (30) years with the County may be paid for thirty percent (30%) of their hours, on at their regular rate of pay at the Employee's return to work, it may time of termination. E. Employees with less than ten (10) years with the County shall not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.reimbursed for any unused sick leave hours. Employees who voluntarily resign with a written notice of resignation of fourteen

Sick Leave. 21.01 A. Sick Leave shall be earned at the factored hourly equivalent of four (4) hours per pay period of service. Accumulation of sick leave credit shall not exceed two thousand eighty (2080) hours at any one time. Sick leave shall be earned, but not granted, during the first six (6) months of employment. Sick leave shall not accrue during any period of absence without pay. No refund of vacation shall be allowed due to illness incurred while on vacation leave. B. An Employee is employee eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable may use such sick leave for absence due to perform sickness, family illness, personal and family medical appointments, disability, non-work related injury or exposure to contagious disease as outlined in this article and for no other purpose. An employee who uses sick leave for any other purpose may be subject to discipline. C. An employee may use up to forty (40) hours per calendar year from his/her sick leave balance for illness in the immediate family or family medical appointments. Immediate family is defined to be spouse, child, parent, stepparent, sister, brother, employee's grandparents and the parents of the employee=s spouse. Immediate family will also include any other family member, whether it be by blood or marriage, or legal adoption or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ children, residing in the same household. Upon written request, the Human Resources Director may waive the forty (40) hour limit after reviewing the individual circumstances in support of the request. D. At the employee's discretion, he/she may supplement their duties Worker's Compensation payment to bring the total sum of the Worker's Compensation payment and sick leave to a figure equivalent to a full pay check. E. An employee who is absent because of sickness shall first attempt to inform his/her immediate supervisor, if on duty, or any supervisor on duty at the employee=s usual work location of the fact and the reason therefore as soon as possible; failure to do so within a reasonable time may be cause for denial of pay for the period of absence. The Department Head may require a doctor's certificate or other evidence of illness or injurybefore approving sick leave with pay. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are oneF. Sick leave may be denied when the County has facts showing that an employee is abusing sick leave. G. Once an employee has exhausted Sick Leave the County may automatically deduct as necessary from any available paid leaves. H. Disability retirement shall not be effective until accumulated sick leave has been used. Upon retirement or death the employee shall receive fifty-hundred and thirty five percent (13055%) hours are entitled of accumulated sick leave into the employee=s existing PEHP account. The payment will be at the regular hourly rate of the employee at the time of retirement or death. If the employee does not have an existing PEHP account, the payment shall be made in cash. I. The County agrees to a maximum of pay an employee who voluntarily separates from employment after fifteen (15) hours consecutive years of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty service with Lancaster County fifty percent (13050%) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlementbalance which is greater than 1000 hours. The hours will be based on their current hourly rate of pay. This pay out shall be distributed as one-third (a) cash and two-thirds (b) PEHP or total amount in cash to those that do not have an existing PEHP account. J. Any employee who is laid off, and is later recalled within one (1) year, shall have available upon his/her return such unused sick leave without pay accrual as he may be granted until have earned up to the end time of his/her departure. K. The Union and County agree to comply with the rules and regulations of the term, subject to Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedCounty's policy governing the application of the Act. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for The local sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty benefit provides ten (13010) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid days sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than year for regular ten-month teachers, eleven (11) sick leave days for those teachers employed on an eleven-month contract, and twelve (12) sick leave days for those teachers employed on a twelve-month contract cumulative to one-hundred and thirty hundred-twenty days (130120) hours are entitled to paid days. When sick leave on allowance is exhausted deductions equivalent to the cost of a pro- rated basissubstitute teacher will be made from the teacher's salary for a period not to exceed 20 teaching days, whether or not a substitute is hired. ▇▇▇▇ leave shall be interpreted as those absences caused by illness, accidental injury, or pregnancy of the teacher; or illness, accidental injury or death in the teacher's immediate family-- husband, wife, daughter, son, father, mother, brother, sister, or grandchildren and grandparents and corresponding relatives by affinity. Absence for doctor's and/or dental or other medical specialist’s appointments and health examinations for teacher and/or minor dependent children will be charged to sick leave. (2016-2017) When teachers are first employed by this district accumulated sick leave may be transferred into this district from another school not to exceed 60 days. Transferred days shall be used first in case of illness and payment for un-used sick leave upon retirement shall be only for those days accumulated from one in the receiving district. For those teachers who join the school system sometime after school starts, sick leave for that year will be determined by the ratio of the number of days left in the school term to the nexttotal number of days in the school term multiplied by 10, rounded up to the nearest half-day (number of days left X 10/180 days). Unused Any employee may be required to submit appropriate evidence concerning the cause of absence in order to qualify for sick leave has no monetary value and benefits. Appropriate evidence will not be paid out include any of the following at the end direction of a termthe Principal and/or Superintendent. To qualify A physician's statement. The employee's statement approved by the principal. Copies of claims submitted for paid insurance benefits. Such other information as may be indicated by the circumstances. Appropriate evidence will be submitted when requested by the principal or superintendent. Any employee who abuses the sick leave policy is subject to disciplinary action. Sick leave records will be maintained in the central office. Upon resigning from the Oologah School System and after ten years of continuous service in the district, the Board shall reimburse each teacher $20 per day for each day of unused sick leave over 60 days not to exceed 20 days. (amended 1993-94) Upon full retirement from the teaching profession the Board shall reimburse each teacher $35.00 per day not to exceed 100 days for each day of unused sick leave. (amended 2004-2005)(2021-2022) If teachers are able to verify 120 days of unused sick leave, Employees must notify these days will count toward one (1) year of service according to Oklahoma Teacher Retirement guidelines. The school will keep a record of these days. State law eliminates this option for teachers who acquired their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance zero years of experience after July 1, 1992. (amended 1993-94) Each certified staff member shall be allotted an additional sick leave day at the rate of one day for each five (5) years of teaching experience above fifteen (15) years beginning with the completion of the 15th year. These extra sick leave commencing. 21.03 In cases days may be used upon retirement to count toward the 120 days for one (1) year of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject service, but will not apply to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation 100 days of district reimbursement upon retirement. (State law permits up to support their request for leave, a TA fifteen (15) days per year.) 0 - 15 10 11 12 16 - 20 11 12 13 21 - 25 12 13 14 26 - 30 13 14 15 31 - 35 14 15 16 36 - 40 15 16 17 (1993-94) SICK LEAVE BANK AGREEMENT (2018-2019) (2019-2020) The Sick Leave Bank Agreement shall be reviewed with changes made as needed in order to meet state law requirements. Other changes may be granted up made if agreed to 10 hours by the OCTA and the Oologah-Talala Board of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveEducation. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75See attachment). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 22.1 Employees with three months continuous service will be entitled to Sick Leave. 22.2 Employees with less than twelve months service will be entitled to 5 days sick leave granted on the completion of three months continuous service. Employees with pay when they are unable twelve months service will be entitled to perform their duties because ten days of illness or injurySick Leave per year granted at the commencement of each subsequent 12 month period of service. 21.02 22.3 Employees whose appointments who are one-hundred sick due to their own serious and thirty (130) hours are entitled wilful misconduct at the work site will not be paid Sick Leave. 22.4 The entitlement to Sick Leave accumulates from year to year, for a maximum period of fifteen (15) hours ten years. 22.5 Any period of paid sick leave per term after commencement will be deducted from the entitlement of sick leave. 22.6 If an employee is on Workers Compensation (in accordance with the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2001 (NSW) the employer may pay the difference between the amount the employee receives whilst on Workers Compensation and their ordinary time rate of pay. If the difference is paid, it will be deducted from any Sick Leave currently owing to the employee. 22.7 Employees must notify the employer as soon as possible and within twenty-four hours of their appointment. absence due to illness and state the nature of the illness or incapacity and the date they expect to be able to return to work. 22.8 Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. claiming ▇▇▇▇ Leave will prove to the satisfaction of the employer the illness or incapacity. A medical certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner or Statutory Declaration is required for the following absences: (a) Before or after a Public Holiday or any day substituted for such holidays. (b) Absences for 2 consecutive days or more. (c) If directed by Management due to concerns with leave taken such as excessive leave or leave taken forming a pattern. 22.9 Continuous service includes any absence from work on leave granted by the employer, any absence from work by reason of personal illness, injury or other reasonable cause. Any such time lost will not be accumulated from one term counted as part of the qualifying period of three months. 22.10 The Company agrees to the next. Unused paying out of any untaken excess sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify each completed year of service on the following basis. (i) Excess sick leave shall for paid the purposes of this Agreement be defined as the amount of untaken sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the or accrued sick leave commencingthat exceeds ten (10) days. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to (ii) The employee has been employed by the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness company in excess of their (12) months. (iii) The employee has not used more than four (4) day’s sick leave entitlementduring the previous entitlement year. (iv) The company will pay on the employees’ request, each anniversary, accrued sick leave without pay may in excess of 10 days. Such request must be granted until made in writing by completing an Application for Leave Form. 22.11 The Company and employees agree that the end provisions in 22.10 do not entitle employees to be paid their accrued sick, but define the method of calculating and paying "excess" sick leave to employees who have met the termabove criteria, subject to for the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status purposes of this Agreement. 22.12 Any employee who leaves the company's employment shall not be forfeitedentitled to payment of sick leave. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick A. Sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because shall be as follows: Sick leave credit shall accumulate at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to 1¼ days per month at a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid days per year. Each teacher's maximum accumulation shall be 300 days. A teacher may utilize sick leave in quarter (1/4) day increments. B. Each beginning teacher or any teacher who has exhausted his/her accumulated sick leave shall be credited with five (5) days of sick leave. If any of these five (5) days of sick leave are used, they shall be deducted from the sick leave accumulated during that contractual year or, if necessary, the following contractual year. If a teacher ends Board employment using advanced sick leave and not earning same, he/she shall have the per term after commencement diem amount deducted for said unearned sick leave from the last pay check issued by the Board. C. Any teacher transferring to the employ of the Board shall be credited with the unused balance of that teacher's accumulated sick leave up to 300 days upon verification of such accumulation from the proper public agency. D. A teacher may at his/her discretion use sick leave for absence due to personal illness, injury, pregnancy, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees or children, absence due to illness or death in the immediate family, and for paternity and adoption as set forth in this section. E. Sick leave shall be limited to the following maximums per occurrence during a teacher's contractual year without exceeding that teacher's total sick leave accumulation: 1. Absence due to personal illness, injury, pregnancy, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees or children - all required and necessary use of sick leave. 2. Absence due to illness, injury or death of members of the employee's household who reside with the employee - all required and necessary use of sick leave. 3. Absence due to illness, injury or death of the employee's spouse, domestic partner, child, father, mother, step-parent or other person who stands in the place of a parent or spouse, brother, sister, grandparent or death of the employee's father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law - all required and necessary use of sick leave. 4. Those individuals mentioned in the two preceding paragraphs are members of the employee's immediate family. 5. Upon prior approval of the Superintendent, sick leave may be extended or may be used for illness, injury, or death of others who are not included in the list above. F. Teachers will be notified of their appointmentaccumulative sick leave in their direct deposit notice. G. Immediately after the birth of a unit member’s child, the following rules shall apply: 1. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and The mother may use up to thirty (13030) hours working days of accumulated sick leave. Additional days may be taken if accompanied by a doctor’s statement. 2. The father/domestic partner/spouse may use up to twenty (20) working days of accumulated sick leave. 3. When both spouses/domestic partners are members of the unit, each member shall be entitled to paid the number of days permissible in G1 or G2 above, but any unused days are not transferable to the other member. H. A unit member who is directly responsible for the care of a newly adopted child may use up to twenty (20) days of sick leave on for the purpose of caring for the newly adopted child. Where both spouses/domestic partner are members of the unit, each member shall be entitled to up to twenty (20) days, but any unused days are not transferable to the other member. The forestated number of days for the care of a pro- rated basisnewly adopted child shall be subject to extension upon approval of the Superintendent or his/her designee. I. In the event of catastrophic, prolonged, or chronic illness, an employee who has exhausted his/her sick leave under this section may request, through the Association, the Superintendent to authorize voluntary transfer of additional sick leave days from other bargaining unit members to the affected unit member. ▇▇▇▇ Guidelines for administering this provision shall be mutually developed by the Association President and the Superintendent. A copy of such Guidelines is attached in Appendix A. The sick leave bank shall not be utilized for normal childbirth, which includes cesarean-section delivery. J. Teachers using sick leave should notify AESOP before 6:00 A.M. of the day sick leave will not be accumulated used. In emergency situations, these time limits will be waived, and the teacher shall contact the principal or building secretary as early as possible. K. Upon return from one term sick leave, and at the request of the HR department, a teacher may be required to the next. Unused complete and sign a sick leave form indicating use of sick leave for one of these specified categories: personal illness or injury, illness or injury in immediate family, or death in the immediate family. 1. If medical attention was required for the teacher, he/she is required to list on the form the name(s) and the address(es) of attending physician(s) and the date(s) when consulted. 2. Willful falsification of a statement on the sick leave form will provide possible grounds for suspension or termination of employment. L. Any teacher who (a) remains on paid status throughout the entirety of a quarter, (b) does not use any sick leave under this section or personal leave under Section 5.05 below during that quarter, and (c) certifies that he/she has no monetary value and will not be paid out at entered his/her absences via the electronic reporting system shall receive a $125 incentive payment. 1. For the purpose of identifying the end of a termeach quarter, the following dates will be utilized: a. Quarter 1: October 15th b. Quarter 2: December 20th c. Quarter 3: March 15th d. Quarter 4: Last teacher work day 2. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance Quarterly perfect attendance incentive payments shall be made on the 1st pay period of the month following the identified quarter ending date. Use of personal leave commencing. 21.03 In cases for one (1) or more bona fide religious holidays the observance of severe illness or injury where a TA which by the bargaining unit member is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to required by the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leavemember’s sincere religious beliefs, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeiteddisqualify the member from receiving the incentive payment set forth under this paragraph. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for A. Instructional Assistants hired prior to June 30, 1994, shall be credited with fifteen (15) days of sick leave with pay when they are unable at the start of each school year. Accumulation of sick leave shall be limited to perform their duties because two hundred (200) days. Instructional Assistants hired after June 30, 1994, shall earn sick leave at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty one (1301) hours are entitled day per month to a maximum of ten (10) days per year for their first three (3) years of employment. Effective with the start of the fourth (4th) year of employment the Instructional Assistant shall be credited with fifteen (15) hours days of sick leave at the start of each school year. Accumulation of sick leave shall be limited to two hundred (200) days. An employee on paid sick leave per term after commencement who works the extended day schedule will receive pay based on the extended day schedule. 1. A person who is collecting Workers’ Compensation may use accumulated sick leave to make up the difference, if any, between their regular pay and the Workers’ Compensation payments. 2. Employees who are physically unable to return to their original assignment may be asked to return to work in a different open position within the bargaining unit if they are capable of performing the duties of the new assignment and if they are willing to do so. C. Members of the bargaining unit will receive written notification of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid accumulated sick leave on by September 30th of each school year. D. In cases where the evidence appears to establish a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused pattern of sick leave has no monetary value and abuse, the Superintendent or their designee may require an employee to verify by a doctor's certificate the listing of any absence as a sick day. An employee who fails to submit a medical certificate will not be paid out for the absence and for any subsequent absences. When an employee is not paid for failure to submit a medical certificate, the Association will be notified. E. After an absence due to illness has exceeded five (5) consecutive school days, the employee shall provide the School Department with a physician's certificate describing the nature of the illness and the anticipated date of the employee's return to work. F. Members of the bargaining unit serving in the Worcester Public School system for a minimum of twenty (20) years inclusive of approved leaves of absence shall, upon termination, except for dismissal for just cause, receive compensation for unused accumulated sick leave at the end rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for the first one hundred sixty-five (165) days and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for any days beyond one hundred sixty-five (165) days, which shall be included in the employee's final paycheck and recorded as part of the annual salary for their final years of service. G. Whenever an Instructional Assistant is absent from their duties as a term. To qualify for result of personal injury caused by assault occurring in the course of their employment, they will be paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor regular H. An employee will be made aware in writing as soon as possible when their total sick days exceed nine (9) days in advance of any school year. The employee and their Association representative will discuss the leave commencingreason(s) for the absences with the building principal. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA I. Instructional Assistants may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation use up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ten ($75)10) sick days per year to attend to the illness of a spouse, child or parent. 21.07 It J. No sick leave allowance will be granted to an employee who is understood out of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, unless the employee can produce a doctor's note or other suitable documentation that: 1) medical treatment was sought while outside of the Commonwealth; or 2) the travel out of the Commonwealth is required in order to secure necessary medical treatment. Other exceptions to this policy may be requested from the Superintendent, on who shall have the Employee's return discretion to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in either grant or deny such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisa request. A. Leaves with pay

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible ‌ 1.1 At the beginning of each school year when the employee reports for duty, each employee shall be credited with an advanced sick leave allowance of 12 days with full pay to be used for absence caused by illness, injury, quarantine, disability, family illness, or emergency. (The number of allowed sick leave hours is computed as follows: 12 days X the number of hours per day in a person’s base, i.e. a 4 hour per day Paraeducator receives 48 hours of sick leave per year.) Each employee’s portion of the unused sick leave allowance shall accumulate from year- to-year without limit. Sick leave cash-out will be granted as authorized by law. Upon separation from the District, employees having used more sick leave than would be allotted based on the total number of work days completed, a deduction of these overpaid funds will be applied to your final paycheck. Individual employees may donate up to six days of sick leave each year in accordance with applicable state regulations. Donations may be made on the Shared Leave Transfer Form (see Appendix D). Days donated to a specific individual and not used shall be returned to the donor. 1.2 Employees covered by this Agreement shall be granted sick leave in the event of absence for personal illness, accident or temporary disability in the family household or other members of the immediate family. The District agrees that each building will establish a procedure to be followed when they employees require the use of sick leave. These procedures will seek to ensure that ill employees are not required to contact their own substitutes. After five consecutive days of absence a written verification by a doctor may be required. 1.3 An employee, who is unable to perform their his/her duties because of personal illness, maternity or other disability may request leave of absence without pay, at the exhaustion of sick leave. 1.4 An employee who is absent from work due to an injury covered by State Industrial Insurance may collect accrued sick leave for the days missed less the amount of any worker’s compensation award made for disability due to said injury. 1.5 Accumulated sick leave is transferable from one school district to another from one agency to another as provided by state law. 1.6 At the time of separation from District employment due to retirement or death, an eligible employee, or the employee’s estate, shall receive remuneration at a rate equal to one (1) day’s current monetary compensation of the employee for each four (4) full day’s accrued leave for illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are : PROVIDED, that an employee shall be entitled to a maximum all the benefits conferred by this section as of fifteen (15) hours the effective date of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentthis act. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. Such remuneration will be deposited into the employees ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to account if selected in the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingannual vote. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is 1. Teachers of Missoula County Public Schools shall be eligible for sick benefits. Part-time teachers will receive prorated sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because benefits based upon number of illness or injuryhours assigned. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty 2. Teachers will receive twelve (13012) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid days sick leave per term after year accumulative to one hundred twenty (120) days. Teachers commencing the school year at one hundred twenty (120) days shall receive a twelve (12) day credit for that year (making one hundred thirty-two (132) days available at the commencement of their appointmentthe school year). Employees whose appointments The District will pay unused sick leave more than one hundred twenty (120) days at the substitute rate of pay for that year. Such payment will be made on or before September 20th of the succeeding school year. 3. The full amount of accumulated sick leave will be in effect from the starting date of the contract. 4. Accumulated sick leave may be used for absences due to illness of the employee, maternity/paternity, illness of family, relatives or friends. 5. Teachers who are fewer than oneabsent for five (5) or more continuous days due to illness, may be required to furnish the School District with a medical certificate from a licensed physician indicating the absence was due to illness in order to qualify for sick leave. In the event that a medical certificate will be required, the teacher will be so advised before he or she returns to school. 6. In the event a teacher cannot arrange for a medical appointment after the regularly-hundred scheduled student day, the teacher may schedule an appointment during the regular student-contact day under the terms of this provision. 7. A new teacher shall not be eligible for these benefits until he or she has actually begun work. One who is employed after the school year begins shall be eligible for the pro-rata portion of such leave based on the full school year during which he or she has served. All part-time employees will receive pro- rata benefits. 8. Any leave adjustments or compensation shall be made on or before September 20th of the succeeding year. 9. Sick leave and thirty (130) hours are entitled extended sick leave may, at the option of the teacher and her physician, be used for absences necessitated by pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth and recovery there from. Teachers who invoke this sick leave provision as maternity leave shall be responsible for notifying the Human Resources Office of her intent to paid use such leave. 10. Teachers will be provided with a written monthly accounting of accumulated sick leave on a pro- rated monthly basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 21.1 Full time employees shall earn sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because at the rate of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty 1.25 days per month (130) hours are entitled 15 days per year). Sick leave can be accumulated to a maximum of fifteen eighty four (1584) hours of paid days in total. The sick leave per term after commencement year is September 1st to August 31st. 21.2 APT members shall, as soon as practical, apply for disability benefits from the University’s Group Insurance Plan. APT members will receive their normal salary and benefits up to the amount of their appointmentsick leave credits available. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred Sick leave usage will be prorated based on the difference between the member’s salary and thirty (130) hours are the disability benefit. 21.3 When an APT member terminates employment, they shall not be entitled to paid any payout resulting from earned but unused sick leave. 21.4 The University shall maintain a system to record sick leave on a pro- rated basisfor each APT member that shall be available for review by the APT member. ▇Discrepancies or disputes that arise over an APT member’s sick leave will be raised with and/or by the Human Resources Department. 21.5 An APT member ▇▇▇ utilize up to seven accumulated sick leave days in a calendar year in the event of care required by a family member when no alternative care is available. With the approval of the Director or equivalent, additional sick leave days may be utilized if required. Requests will not be accumulated from one term unreasonably withheld. 21.6 In the event that any APT member is unable to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leavereport to work due to illness, Employees must they shall make every attempt to notify their Supervisor in writing Director or equivalent as soon as possible in advance but no later than their official start time each day. 21.7 A member absent for three (3) consecutive days may be required to submit information from a medical practitioner confirming the illness immediately upon return to work. Any costs associated with obtaining this information shall be the responsibility of the leave commencingemployer. 21.03 21.8 APT members shall make every effort to schedule routine medical, dental and optical examinations during non-working hours. In cases of severe illness or injury instances where a TA is fully restricted member requires time off from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request work for leavethese reasons, a TA may such time shall be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid charged against sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentcredits. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for 21.9 Any APT member who fails to meet the requirements respecting sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their earned sick leave entitlement, leave credits may be considered to be absent without pay and their pay may be granted until deducted to reflect such absence. 21.10 In any sick leave year, an APT member may utilize a maximum of sick leave days accumulated to the end of the termprevious sick leave year plus the 15 days’ sick leave that will be earned during the current sick leave year. If the APT member resigns or has their employment terminated, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer they shall reimburse Employees the University for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum sick leave taken in excess of seventy-five dollars ($75)sick leave credits actually earned. 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for ‌ 1. Any employee contracting or incurring any non-service connected sickness or disability, which renders such employee unable to perform the duties of their employment, shall receive sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injuryif accrued. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled 2. For purposes of this Agreement, sick leave shall only include those instances when an employee is confined by illness to a maximum their home or is hospitalized or other justified situations. 3. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of fifteen (15) hours of paid days per year, accumulative to not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days. No employee shall receive credit for sick leave unless he notifies their job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or the City's representative at least one (1) hour or as soon as possible but not more than twelve (12) hours prior to the employee's scheduled work day. This shall not apply to employees who are out on extended illness. Exceptions to this requirement will only be allowed when an unforeseen emergency arises during said one (1) hour period. 4. A maximum of forty (40) hours per-week will be paid for any employee on sick leave. 5. Sick leave shall be charged when an employee is confined due to an officially posted quarantine, when established by any official health agency which in itself prevents attendance at the place of work. 6. Any employee who willfully violates or misuses this sick leave policy or who misrepresents any statement or condition under the sick leave policy will be subject to disciplinary action under Article 20 of this Agreement. 7. Sick leave may be used in emergency situations for attendance upon members of his family as listed in Article 9, Bereavement Leave, Section 1, of the Labor Agreement limited to fifteen (15) days per term after commencement calendar year. This paragraph is intended to cover only those emergency situations where the nature of the illness is such that the employee himself be available to care for his family, limited to two (2) days per incident, the second available day must have the approval of the Airport Director, unless the employee submits Appendix B for a member of the family. Sick leave may be used by an employee who needs to tend to an immediate family member, as listed in Article 9, Section 1 Bereavement Leave, who is otherwise unable to care for themselves due to illness, injury, or for a newly born child. Usage of sick leave for these purposes are limited to fifteen (15) days per calendar year. 8. The Department Head (Airport Director), or designee may require as a condition precedent to the payment of sick leave a certificate attached as part of this Agreement (Appendix B) to be completed by a qualified physician certifying as to the conditions of the employee or member of their appointmentfamily when there is reason to believe that the employee is abusing sick leave. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty No physician's certificate will be required unless it is to be requested in advance 'in writing; however, if requested, certificate must be presented immediately, unless excused by the Department Head or designee, after employee has returned to work. Ninety (13090) hours are entitled days from the date that the employee is required to paid furnish a physician's certificate, the employee may request the Department Head or designee to review their use of sick leave on leave. 9. The requirement for a pro- rated basiscertificate will be dropped unless abuse has occurred during the previous ninety (90) days. Whenever an employee is required to bring in a physician's certificate, they shall be notified in writing with a copy sent to the Union president. Failure to produce a doctor's certificate, once an employee is posted, may lead to disciplinary action being taken against the employee. 10. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to paid when an employee is capable of performing available work in the nextdepartment. 11. Unused sick Sick leave has no monetary value and will accrue but not be paid out until a permanent employee has completed six (6) months of continuous service. 12. During the terms of this Agreement, when an employee retires from active service with the City and is immediately eligible for retirement benefits pursuant to the Maine State Retirement System as it applies to the City, or is immediately eligible for retirement benefits pursuant to any other alternate retirement plan which may be offered in placeof Maine State Retirement, the employee shall receive an amount equal to his salary at the end time of a term. To qualify their retirement for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance one-third (1/3) the number of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases days of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid accumulated unused sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars forty ($75)40) days. 21.07 It is understood that, on 13. Employees completing six (6) consecutive months of employment (January 1 - June 30 or July 1 - December 31) without using any sick leave under any provision of Article 7 will be granted one (1) sick leave bonus day. Sick leave bonus days may accumulate to three (3) days and shall not be charged against the Employee's return to work, it employee as sick leave. Sick leave bonus days may not be practicable used to return substitute for disciplinary action and must be taken in full day increments. Sick leave bonus days will be scheduled upon request by the Employee to Department Head or their designee in accordance with the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, needs of the Department and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisthe preference of the employee.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee 19.1 Employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of 4.62 hours bi-weekly. Sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum limit of 1000 hours and if the maximum is eligible maintained an additional .92 hours accumulated bi-weekly. Sick leave may be taken in quarter hour increments. 19.2 The City will maintain two (2) separate accrual banks for sick leave; one for the hours accumulated to 1000 hours and one for any accrued hours over 1000 hours. If an employee has accumulated hours in both banks and they use sick time, those hours will be deducted from the initial bank; therefore earning those hours back at the higher accrual rate. 19.3 Sick leave with pay when they are must be used only for the following reasons: A. Personal illness or physical incapacity which renders the employee unable to perform their assigned job duties and responsibilities. B. Required medical care. C. Exposure to contagious disease under circumstances in which employees with whom the employee is associated or members of the public with whom the employee deals would be endangered by the employee's attendance on duty. D. Pursuant to Minnesota Statute §181.9413 and the City of Red Wing Employee Handbook, an employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee’s child, adult child, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ child, spouse, sibling, parent, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or step-family members of the employee or employee’s spouse; and other bona-fide permanent member of the employee’s household, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee’s own illness or injury. 19.4 An employee on sick leave shall inform the Supervisor of this fact and the reason therefore prior to the commencement of the scheduled work day, unless circumstances prevent the employee from notifying the EMPLOYER of the fact. 19.5 An employee who has been unable to work for a period of time because of illness or injury, may be required before being permitted to return to work, to furnish the EMPLOYER with medical evidence that said employee is able to perform all significant duties of the job in a competent manner and without hazard to her/himself or others. In the event sick leave is taken for more than two (2) consecutive work days, the EMPLOYEE agrees to furnish proof of care by a medical doctor. The EMPLOYER reserves the right to medically examine, at the EMPLOYER’S expense, any EMPLOYEE claiming sick leave. In order to receive credit for sick leave, EMPLOYEE agrees that he/she will report or cause to be reported to his/her supervisor (or the Senior Officer on duty if the supervisor cannot be reached) before the time he/she normally reports to work that he/she is sick. Continued or willful failure to report to work will be cause to refuse sick leave and discipline. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid 19.6 An employee receiving sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. with pay who simultaneously receives compensation under ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇'s Compensation Laws shall receive, for the duration of such compensation, only that portion of his regular salary which will, together with said compensation, equal his regular salary. The accrued sick leave of the employee will be reduced only in proportion to the amount of compensation paid by the City. 19.7 Parenting leave shall be governed by State and Federal laws. Sick leave may be used for any period of parenting leave, provided the employee cannot perform their normal job duties as a result of a medical disability. Employees may use any accrued vacation leave for any portion of the parenting leave or request a leave without pay up to the maximum allowed by law. 19.8 An employee who participates in the health screening incentive program and meets the eligibility for the next year will be granted a wellness day in the first payroll of January to be used in that calendar year. Any individual who qualifies within the year will receive a prorated accrual and will then need to meet the eligibility for the next year. The wellness day is paid time off that the employee may use on a regularly scheduled workday for any reason with prior approval from the employee’s supervisor. A wellness day may not be accumulated from one term to broken into hours and/or divided across multiple workdays and it must be used within the nextcalendar year. Unused sick leave has Wellness days have no monetary cash value and an unused wellness day will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentemployee under any circumstances. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave Each employee shall be credited with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave days with pay per term after commencement year with earned leave being credited biweekly and accumulated on an hourly basis. Sick leave shall be accumulated without limit and any accumulation which present employees have at the effective date of their this Agreement shall be retained. Sick leave may be requested for sickness or injury of the employee or a family member. The Superintendent may require the presentation of a medical provider’s certificate in connection with a claim for sick leave. If not received by the time specified, the employee’s absence shall not be chargeable to sick leave. At the discretion of the Superintendent, subsequent certificates may be required before, or at the time, the employee returns to work. All employees in the bargaining unit are covered by the provisions of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employees may substitute accrued paid sick, vacation, and personal leave in place of the unpaid FMLA leave. Leave the employee is entitled to under the FMLA shall run concurrently with any paid leave the employee may request. To minimize the impact on department operations, sick leave for medical appointments should be requested at least 5 work days prior except upon emergency. The notification shall include the date, time and estimated duration of the appointment. Employees whose The Town retains the right request to that the employee reschedule the use of sick leave for “routine” medical appointments are fewer than oneif the leave will cause serious hardship for the Town. In the case of absence due to an industrial accident, the Town agrees to make up the difference between the employee’s wages and the amount received from Worker’s Compensation. The amount of such difference shall be charges to sick leave when the period of absence exceeds five (5) work days. For serious illness in the immediate family, up to fifteen (15) working days may be allowed in any one (1) calendar year; such time will be charged to sick leave. Immediate family shall include employee’s spouse, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, step-hundred parents, brothers and thirty sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law and other members of the employee’s household. For the birth of a child, a female employee may, with the approval of the Town Manager, charge up to four (1304) hours are entitled weeks to paid Maternity Leave and charge an additional four (4) weeks to accumulated Sick Leave. A male employee may charge up to four (4) weeks Paternity Leave to accumulated compensatory time, sick leave on or vacation. Such leave shall begin at a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not time mutually agreed upon by the employee and the Superintendent and be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end approval of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedTown Manager. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Section 1. Sick leave is the absence of any Employee from work because of illness, accident, exposure to contagious disease or attendance, for a short period of time, upon a member of the Employee's immediate family, seriously ill and requiring care or attendance of such Employee. A certificate of a reputable physician in attendance may be required after being off for a minimum of three (3) consecutive work days as sufficient proof for the need of leave or leaves of absence of the Employee or the need of the Employee's attendance of said member of his family. Section 2. If an Employee is eligible absent for reasons that entitle him to sick leave, he shall promptly notify the Department Head or his designated representative. Absences without notice for five (5) consecutive days shall constitute a resignation, unless for good cause shown, such as inability to notify, due to unusual circumstances, the Employer waives this provision. Section 3. Sick leave shall be earned at the rate of one (1) working day per month of service during the remainder of the first calendar year of service following permanent appointment and fifteen (15) working days per year in every calendar year thereafter. Employees may have up to five (5) personal days a year chargeable to current year's sick leave, upon reasonable advance notice, depending on the circumstances and subject to approval by the Chief or his designee. If the days are not used as personal days, they will revert back to sick leave with pay when they are unable and accumulate as sick leave. Section 4. Any Employee who is absent on sick leave may be required to perform submit a physician's certificate as evidence substantiating their duties illness at the discretion of the Employer. The Employer may require an Employee who has been absent because of personal illness as a condition of his return to work, to be examined by a physician at the expense of the Employer. Such examination shall establish whether the Employee is capable of performing his normal duties and his return will not jeopardize the health of himself or injuryof the other Employees. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred Section 5. In case of sick leave due to exposure to contagious disease, a certificate from the Department of Health as designated by the Employer shall be required. This time off shall be compensated time and thirty not be taken from any sick days which the Employee may have accumulated, so long as exposure to said diseases was while in the performance of any Police duties. Section 6. For employees retiring on or prior to December 31, 1999, the Employer agrees to maintain the benefit, subject to existing requirements, of payment for unused sick leave upon retirement at the rate of eighty percent (13080%) hours are entitled of unused sick leave to a maximum of fifteen Ten Thousand Dollars (15) hours $10,000.00). Effective January 1, 2000 the benefit of paid payment for unused sick leave per term after commencement upon retirement or death or disability shall be at the rate of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty fifty (13050%) hours are entitled to paid percent of unused sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars Fifteen Thousand ($75)15,000.00) Dollars provided the following requirements are met. 21.07 It A. Upon death or disability retirement from a job or non-job related injury or death, of any Employee regardless of years of service with the Borough. Such payment will be made to the Employee or his or her Beneficiary. B. The Employee must have had at least twenty (20) years of consecutive service with the Borough as a Police Officer and be retiring from service with the Borough in good standing. Section 7. If the Employee sustains any job related injury, which is understood thatrecognized as such and covered by Workers' Compensation Insurance, the Borough shall insure payment of full salary to such Employee, for a period of up to one (1) year or until such Employee is placed on disability retirement, whichever first occurs. The Employee shall endorse or pay over to the Borough, temporary disability benefits received in connection with such job related injury. The Employees understand and agree that they may be required to make reimbursement to the insurance carrier in the event of a third party action recovery, and that any such reimbursement will be in addition to pay over of temporary disability benefits to the Employer. There shall be no charge to any Employee's return sick leave in the event of any bona fide job related injury. The Employer shall have the right to workrequire periodic medical examinations of Employees on leave due to job related injuries, it may not be practicable to return at the Employee to expense of the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisEmployer.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance 18.01 Upon completion of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases probationary period an employee shall start to accrue a credit of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties one and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours one half (1½) days of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until calculated from the end employee’s last date of hire, and payable at the termemployee’s basic rate of pay, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedeach completed calendar month of employment. 21.06 18.02 The Employer unused portion of sick leave in any one calendar year shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation accumulate from year to year up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars one hundred and fifteen ($75)115) working days. A report of sick leave credits for each employee will be posted once each year in January. 21.07 It 18.03 If an employee is understood thatunable to complete a regular shift or report for regular work due to personal illness the employee must report this absence to the immediate Supervisor as soon as possible. Failure to do so may result in the claim for sick pay being denied. Further, the University reserves the right to receive from the employee proof of illness in the form of a medical certificate signed by a qualified medical practitioner. 18.04 No sick leave credits shall accrue to any employee in any month when that employee is absent for more than fifteen (15) working days, other than on regular vacation leave. 18.05 An employee prevented from performing regular work on account of an occupational accident that is recognized by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Compensation Act, shall at the employee's option and upon written request, receive from the University, the difference between the amount paid by the Workplace 18.06 In case of illness of an immediate member of the family of an employee and where no one at home, other than the employee, can provide for the needs of the ill person, the employee shall be entitled, after notifying the employee's immediate Supervisor to use up to a maximum of ten (10) days per calendar year from the employee's accumulated sick leave credits. 18.07 An employee shall be entitled to use up to two (2) sick days per calendar year from his/her sick credit entitlement to meet situations that cannot reasonably be scheduled outside of scheduled working hours. In approving the specific timing of such leave, departmental operating requirements shall be the major consideration. Requests for such leave must be made in written and submitted to the supervisor at least five (5) days in advance 18.08 At December 31st of each year, each employee having two (2) or more years' continuous service with the University at that date, and who has accumulated ten (10) or more sick leave credits since January 1st of that year, shall elect to either: (a) carry forward such credits into the following year; or (b) be paid at fifty percent of such credits at the employee's basic rate of pay and carry forward the balance into the following year. 18.09 An employee whose sick leave credits were recorded at the maximum level on the Employeepreceding December 31st shall, if the employee would have otherwise qualified under 18.08, receive pay for fifty percent (50%) of such credits at the employee's basic rate of pay. 18.10 An employee who retires or resigns from the University after having accrued five (5) years' continuous service with the University shall receive an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the employee's outstanding sick leave credits. In the event of the death of an employee having five (5) year's continuous service with the University, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the employee's outstanding sick leave credits, if any, shall be paid to the employee's surviving spouse. In the event there is no surviving spouse, the amount shall be payable to the employee's estate. 18.11 Employees returning from sick leave that has not exceeded twelve (12) months shall be reinstated to their former classification. Employees returning from sick leave that has exceeded twelve (12) months shall provide the University with an acceptable certificate of fitness to return to workwork signed by a legally qualified medical practitioner. Upon provision of this certificate employees will be placed in a vacant position in the employee's former classification or, it if no vacancy exists and if the employee has sufficient seniority, the employee may not be practicable elect to return bump an employee in the returning employee's former classification in accordance with Article 8.06. Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties seniority shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisfrozen after twelve (12) months of absence due to any disability arising from an illness or accident.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An A. All persons steadily employed by the Board on a twelve- (12-) month basis are permitted sick leave with full pay for fifteen (15) days each year. All persons steadily employed by the Board on a ten- (10-) month basis are permitted sick leave with full pay for twelve (12) days each year. 1. Unused sick days are accumulative. 2. Sick leave is defined as absence from post of duty because of personal disability due to illness or injury, or because of exclusion from school by the medical authorities on account of a contagious disease, or being quarantined for such a disease in the immediate household. 3. The Board may require a physician’s certificate any time sick leave is taken. B. First-year Employees shall have their sick leave entitlement prorated proportionate to the number of months remaining in the contract year at the time of their employment. C. As soon as practicable, Employees shall be notified of their accumulated unused sick leave days as of September 30. D. Where an Employee can anticipate the occurrence of a specific future disabling event, such as surgery or pregnancy, he/she shall notify the Superintendent as soon as he/she is eligible aware of the pending condition. 1. The Employee shall specify in writing his/her best estimate of the dates of commencement and termination of the disability. 2. At the time of notification, the Employee shall submit a physician’s certificate attesting to the disabling condition and specifying the physician’s best estimate of the dates of commencement and termination of the disability. E. Requests for sick leave relating to an anticipated disability shall include dates of onset and return from such leave. F. The Employee who anticipates a specific disabling event and who does not request unpaid leave of absence prior to the anticipated disabling event shall become entitled to applicable sick leave benefits. The Board may require certification of such disability. G. The Board may require that an Employee anticipating a disabling event be placed on sick leave if the employee’s physical condition results in unsatisfactory performance of assigned duties and/or the continued performance of those duties impairs the Employee’s health. 1. Such incapacity must be established by agreement of the Board’s physician and the Employee’s physician that the Employee cannot continue working. 2. If there is a difference of medical opinion between the Board’s physician and the Employee’s physician, then the two physicians shall agree in good faith on a third impartial physician, who shall examine the Employee, and his medical opinion shall be conclusive and binding on the issue of medical capacity to continue working. H. In exceptional cases and at the sole discretion of the Board, an Employee who is ill or disabled for a greater number of days than the total number of sick leave days that he/she has accumulated may be paid the difference between his/her salary and the pay of a substitute. When granted in an individual case, this additional sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because shall start the day following the last day of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are A. Teachers will be entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours days of paid sick leave per term after commencement school year, effective the first official day of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to the nextsaid school year. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up accumulated from year to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation year up to a maximum of seventy-185 days. Sick leave is for personal illness. However, up to thirty (30) days of sick leave may be used each year for the illness of a member of a teacher’s household or of an immediate family member. With the approval of the Superintendent, up to fifteen (15) days of sick leave may be used each year for the illness of a significant friend residing outside of a teacher’s household. A complete and accurate record shall be maintained of each teacher setting forth the dates used from sick leave and the number of sick days remaining. Such record shall be available for inspection by each member of the bargaining unit upon reasonable request. The total number of accumulated, unused sick leave days will be reported to each teacher annually by October l. B. A teacher calling his supervisor to report in sick shall be expected to estimate his anticipated return date but will not be required to give specific details of his illness. Any teacher who has been absent because of illness for ten (10) consecutive school days shall return to his duties only with the ap- proval of the Superintendent or his designee, and after presentation of a certificate from his attending physician indicating satisfactory recovery and ability to perform his duties. A teacher who has been absent five dollars ($75)5) consecutive school days may be requested to present such a certificate as necessary to comply with the requirements of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Any teacher who has been absent to care for a member of a teacher’s household, an immediate family member, or a significant friend residing outside of the teacher’s household for greater than five (5) consecutive days shall present a certificate from an attending physician documenting the necessity of the care by the teacher as necessary to comply with the requirements of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The Committee agrees to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act which is incorporated by reference. Leave time granted under this Agreement will be credited against Committee's statutory obligation. 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties C. Sick leave benefits shall be assigned, voided upon date of resignation and Article 13.06 no payments shall apply, mutatis mutandisbe made for unused days of sick leave.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 18.1 Each full-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay when they are unable in accordance with the following provisions: 18.1.1 Sick leave shall accrue in an amount equal to perform their duties because the number of hours worked, excluding overtime, multiplied by a factor of 0.04616. Only paid leave for holidays, vacation, disability, compensatory time off or other paid leave shall be considered as time worked for purposes of this section. 18.1.2 Accrued sick leave may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent from work on account of non job related illness or injury; routine medical or dental appointments, or for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s child, mother, father, spouse or domestic partner registered with the Department of Human Resources. In addition, accrued sick leave may be utilized by an eligible female employee due to illness, injury, or disability related to pregnancy or child-birth. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one18.1.3 Up to forty-hundred and thirty eight (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (1548) hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year may be utilized if the employee is required to be absent for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s grandchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in- law, step-father, step-mother, or step-child. The provisions of this section related to the use of sick leave for the care related to the illness or injury of the employee’s family members as defined above shall expire at the end of the term of this Agreement. In the negotiations for a successor Agreement, the parties shall review and evaluate the appropriateness of this benefit. 18.1.4 Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, paid sick leave per term shall not be allowed for any absence from work occasioned by intoxication, chronic alcoholism or use of narcotics not prescribed by a licensed physician. 18.1.5 No employee shall be entitled to or be granted sick leave, either with or without pay, unless he, or someone on his or her behalf, notifies the employee’s immediate superior, Department Director, Director of Human Resources or designee, of the employee’s intent to take such sick leave, and of the reasons therefore, prior to or within one (1) hour after the commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than onethe sick leave provided, however, that the City Manager or designee may waive the requirement of such notice upon presentation of a reasonable excuse of such employee. 18.1.6 An employee may be required to furnish substantiation for any absence for which sick leave payment is requested. 18.1.7 A full-hundred and thirty (130) hours are time employee of the City shall be entitled to paid sick leave without any pay if required to be absent from work on a pro- rated basisaccount of any non-job related illness, injury or disability, including absences of female employees related to pregnancy or childbirth, in all situations where such employee is not entitled to sick leave with pay. No single period of sick leave without pay shall exceed twelve (12) consecutive months, or eighteen (18) cumulative months in any period of twenty- four (24) consecutive months. Any employee who is unable to return to work at the expiration of either of these periods of time shall be separated from City service. 18.2 ▇▇▇▇ leave will not payoff shall be accumulated from one term given to the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out each full-time employee at the end time of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance retirement or death under one of the leave commencing.following conditions: 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment.18.2.1 Federated Retirement Plan: The employee is: 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end 18.2.1.1 A member of the termFederated Retirement Plan, subject to and 18.2.1.2 Retired under the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited.provisions cited in the plan, and 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated 18.2.1.3 Credited with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up at least fifteen (15) years of service in this retirement plan, or 18.2.1.4 Credited with at least ten (10) years of service prior to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75)disability retirement. 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible Sick leave shall be granted for the period of such illness upon satisfactory proof of illness if requested by the employer. Such leave to be paid leave to the extent of the employee's accrued sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because benefit if the employee notifies the employer of his/her illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty not later than the first (1301st) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basisscheduled work day. ▇▇▇▇ leave pay will not be accumulated from one term to paid at the nextfirst shift rate for all sick leave. Unused Permanent employees shall accrue sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end rate of seventeen (17) working days per year to a termmaximum of three hundred twenty-five (325) accumulated sick days. To qualify Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal illness, quarantine at home, or serious illness in the immediate family or household. The Superintendent of Schools may approve absence under this general provision for paid sick leaveadditional cause considered worthy in special cases. It is understood that the term "immediate family" shall be construed as: spouse, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 parent, child, brother, sister, grandparents, parent-in-law, brother or sister-in-law, grandchildren or legal guardian. In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leaveof an employee, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without full base rate pay may be granted until extended for a period up to fifteen (15) working days beyond the end accumulated number of the termdays, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation review of Director of Human Resources and approval by the Board of Education, upon the request of the employee concerned. Such request should be made in writing to support their request for leavethe Director of Human Resources through the Building Supervisor prior to review or approval. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated sick leave policy is continued with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to agreement that a maximum of seventy-five dollars second, fifteen ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it 15) day extension may not be practicable granted unless the employee has used available vacation time. The school board may require a physician’s certificate, or if the treatment is by prayer or spiritual means, that of a spiritual adviser or practitioner of such person’s faith, as a basis for pay during leave after an absence of three (3) days for personal illness, or as it may deem necessary in other cases. If the school board does require a physician’s certificate or a certificate from a spiritual healer as a basis for pay during leave of less than three (3) days, the school board shall pay, from school funds, the expenses incurred by the employee in obtaining the certificate. A certification from a qualified health care provider, when requested, must be provided within ten (10) business days. In addition, the Board agrees to return pay the Employee to expenses incurred by the same position; employee in obtaining the certificate for an absence of three (3) days or more should the school board make such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisa request.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee Section 14.1 Sick leave is provided for an illness, injury or disability which renders a full-time employee unable to perform the duties of his or her position and which normally requires his or her confinement to home. In the event the employee is required to leave his or her home during his or her normal work time, he or she shall advise the Department of that fact. Section 14.2 Full-time employees shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of 13 days per year, 1/2 sick day per pay period, cumulative to 200 days. Section 14.3 The Chief of Police, or his or her designee, may require an employee to furnish a physician's report after five consecutive days of absence, or if a pattern of abuse is shown. Section 14.4 Abuse of sick leave shall be cause for the imposition of discipline. Section 14.5 Accumulated unused sick leave may be credited towards the computation of service time at retirement on a calendar day basis. This time cannot be used to qualify an employee for benefits under the retirement system. Section 14.6 In the event an employee is unable to work due to an on-the-job injury or illness, such time off shall be charged against an employee's leave bank, if time is available. If the time off due to injury or illness is eligible for reimbursement from Workers' Compensation, upon the Town's receipt of the benefit payment, the employee's leave bank will be restored, to the extent of the partial benefit received from Workers' Compensation. Section 14.7 Employees will be allowed to use up to four (4) days of their accumulated sick leave with pay when they are unable credits to perform their duties because cover absences due to sick family member. For the purpose of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are onethis article, “family members” shall be limited to spouse, domestic partner, child/stepchild, parent, parent-hundred in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, step-grandchild, and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. any ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term to ▇/relative living in the next. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencingemployee’s household. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for A. As of September 1, 1970, all employees employed shall be entitled to one (1) sick leave with pay when day for each month under contract each school year as of the first official day of school, whether or not they are unable report for duty on that day. Unused sick leave days shall be accumulated from year to perform their duties because of illness or injuryyear to the maximum stipulated by law. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty B. All summer school employees shall receive one (1301) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave day per term after commencement twenty (20) teacher days and said day shall be defined as that employee's normal summer school teacher day assignment. Furthermore, it is expressly understood that those days are not to accumulate, if not used, and shall not be linked in any manner with the normal school year sick-leave-day accumulation number. C. Upon retirement, the District will pay the local supplement portion of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid the unused sick leave on days for which the State of Delaware compensates the employee. D. An employee shall use the benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act upon approval and shall have the option to utilize only such accrued sick leave as will allow her/him to retain a pro- rated basis. balance of ten (10) days accrued sick leave upon return to full employment. E. The Board will include the procedures for Senate ▇▇▇▇ leave 190 (Donated Leave) in the Board of Education Policy Manual. The guidelines for this policy will reflect the suggested policy on Donated Leave per the Delaware School Board Association. F. A physician statement certifying the medical justification for an employee’s absence will not normally be accumulated from one term requested for less than five (5) days consecutive absence. Should there, however, be an attendance pattern which appears to the next. Unused suggest abusive use of sick leave has no monetary value and will not days, an employee shall be paid out at the end of notified in writing that a term. To qualify physician’s certificate be required for paid all future absences that are to be charged to sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance . This certificate requirement will be reviewed each 6 months following such notification. The district may require an employee to be examined by a physician approved by the CREA and the District to determine if the individual is physically capable of continuing to perform the work duties of the employee’s assignment. The cost of such a physical examination shall be borne by the District. Abuse of sick leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leavedisciplinary action, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointmentincluding termination. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible A. Twelve (12) workdays (seven [7] hours per day) per year shall be granted as paid sick leave. Sick leave may be used for sick the employee’s illness, injury, emergency, pregnancy, disability or parental leave. Sick leave with pay when they are unable may also be used to perform their duties because of illness care for illness, injury or injuryemergency in the employee’s family. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not shall be accumulated accumulative from one term year to year up to the nextlength of the contracted work year. Unused Employees from within the state shall be granted leave credit for their accumulative leave in other school districts. Each year the business office will notify each person as to the total number of sick leave has days which have been accumulated. C. A physician's statement of illness may be requested by the principal after five (5) consecutive days of absence. D. For personal reasons, three (3) days are allowed during the year as Unrestricted Use of Sick Leave. No Unrestricted Sick Leave days may be taken the first day or the last day of school or before or after any holiday. The building principals may grant use of this leave to no monetary value and will not more than two (2) employees per building per day. E. An employee who is unable to perform the duties because of personal illness, maternity, or other disability may, upon request, be paid out granted a leave of absence without pay at the end exhaustion of sick leave. Leaves for these conditions may be renewed annually. Application for leave and application for renewal of a term. To qualify leave of absence for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor such conditions shall be made in writing as soon as possible in advance to the Superintendent. Such leave may be granted or denied at the discretion of the District. An Employee who has been granted leave may return to service during the period of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject after giving ten (10) days notice to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave Superintendent and with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end written permission of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeitedemployee's physician. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when they are unable to perform their duties because of illness or injury. 21.02 17.1 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours shall accrue one hour of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointmentfor every 40 hours worked. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to shall not accrue paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will for hours paid while not be accumulated from one term to the next. Unused working (e.g., vacation, disability, using sick leave has no monetary value and will not be or other paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave) 17.2 Employees may use their accrued, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional unused paid sick leave subject beginning on the 90th calendar day after the start of their employment. Employees may use leave accrued up to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible previous pay period. Sick leave must be used in (1) hour increments. Employees shall be paid their normal hourly compensation for each hour of paid sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay used; there shall be no overtime, holiday, or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee other premium pay. The accrual year is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until January 1st through December 31st. Following the end of the termaccrual year, any accrued, unused sick leave exceeding 40 hours will be transferred to the employee’s vacation leave bank. 17.3 The Employer retains the right to require employees to be examined by a medical provider selected by the Employer when employees are receiving Labor and Industries benefits or upon return from an on-the-job injury of three (3) consecutive days or more, as permitted by law. An employee who fails to comply shall be subject to corrective action up to and including discharge. Health care information about employees will be maintained in accordance with state and federal health care privacy laws. 17.4 If an employee’s absence exceeds three (3) consecutive days of work, the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation Employer may require that employee to support their request present sufficient verification to show a qualifying reason for using sick leave. Priority status Employees who fail to present such verification when required by the Employer may be required to reimburse paid out sick leave and shall not be forfeitedsubject to corrective action up to and including discharge. Any employee dishonestly using sick leave benefits shall be subject to corrective action up to and including discharge. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse 17.5 Employees may use sick leave for any costs associated with obtaining the following qualifying reasons: a. An employee’s own or to care of a Family Member’s physical or mental illness, injury or health condition. This illness, injury, or health condition may include the need for time off from work for medical certificates care and/or treatment; b. Employee’s own or documentation up to for a maximum Family Member’ preventative care such as a medical, dental, or vision appointment and/or treatment; c. Closure of seventythe employee’s place of business or his or her child’s school/place of care by order of a public official for a health-five dollars related reason; and d. Absences that qualify for leave under the Domestic Violence Leave Act ($75Chapter 49.76 RCW). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for (a) Employees shall accumulate and be credited with twelve (12) ten (10) hour work days of sick leave with pay when per year. Such sick leave shall accrue to the employee. Maximum accrual is one hundred twenty (120) working days. Employees may use credited sick leave after they are unable have completed their first month of service. Paid employment of not less than five (5) working days (per 40 hours) in a bi-weekly pay period shall count as a whole bi-weekly period in computing sick leave credit A maximum of fifty (50) days of unused sick leave shall be paid to perform their duties the employee upon retirement and to his/her beneficiary upon death. (b) Sick leave shall be available for use by employees for the following purposes: 1. Acute personal illness or incapacity over which the employee has no reasonable control. 2. Absence from work by reason of quarantine by a public health officer because of exposure to a contagious disease which, according to public health standards, would constitute a danger to the health of others by the employee's attendance at work. 3. Medical appointments and dental appointments for extraction, or treatments to the extent of time required to complete such appointments. 4. Absences required by the serious illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are oneinjury of members of the immediate family who, in this instance, shall include the following: Spouse Parents-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than onein-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled to paid sick leave on a pro- rated basis. law Children Brothers Parents or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parents Sisters Other direct dependents 5. For funeral leave. 6. A physician's statement or a sworn affidavit may be required to sustain a claim of absence because of illness (c) All employees shall accumulate sick leave from the date they are hired. (d) An employee who suffers injury compensable under the Worker's Compensation Act shall be paid the difference between his regular wages and payment received under provisions of the Act, to be deducted from accumulated sick leave, pro-rated. If sick leave is exhausted, the employee will remain on Worker's Compensation until its benefits are exhausted. (e) Employees who have exhausted their sick leave credit and are still unable to return to work may, at the employee's request, be paid from any unused vacation credits. (f) Employees who are laid off shall have credited to them any unused sick leave previously earned, effective under the term of this section at the time they are recalled. This provision shall not apply to rehires. (g) Employees who leave to enter the Armed forces of the United States under the provisions of the Selective Services Act, who are members of the Armed Forces during a declared national emergency, shall, upon re-employment by the Board of Commissioners, have credited any unused sick leave previously earned; provided that such re-employment takes place within ninety (90) days after discharge or release from active duty in the Armed Forces. (h) Employees on leave of absence or layoff shall not accumulate sick leave during such period. (i) Pay for sick leave shall be accumulated from one term at the employee's hourly rate at the time sick leave is taken times the number of hours of accrued sick leave used (not to exceed eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week) and shall be paid to the next. employee on his regular pay day. (j) At the conclusion of an employee's sick leave, the Employer, at its option and without cost to the employee, may require that a physician or physicians of its choosing examine the employee to determine his fitness to return to work. (k) Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable used in lieu of or to return add to vacation or holiday periods, and accrued sick leave is not an obligation of the Employee to Employer, except if payment for accrued sick leave is approved in the next labor contract for the Houghton County Courthouse Employees, in which case the same position; in such cases, alternative duties terms shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandisapply to this Agreement.

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for 1. Each employee of the Unit shall be allowed sick leave without loss of salary for at least twelve (12) working days in any year on account of personal sickness or physical disability. If any employee of the Unit does not use the full amount of sick leave allowed in any year, the amount not used shall be accumulated from year to year. Employees of the Unit employed with pay when they effective dates subsequent to September 1 shall be credited with sick leave in accordance with the following table: Effective date of Appointment Sick Leave Credit September 1 – September 30 12 days October 1 – October 31 10 days November 1 – November 30 8 days December 1 – December 31 7 days January 1 – January 31 6 days February 1 – February 28 or 29 5 days March 1 – March 31 4 days April 1 – April 30 3 days May 1 – May 31 2 days June 1 – June 30 1 day At the beginning of each subsequent year of employment, twelve (12) sick days shall be credited to each Unit employees’ account. There shall be no limitation on the total number of sick leave days, which may be accumulated. Paid sick leave days shall not be deducted from credited service for increment purposes. Sick and personal days will be computed on a school year basis instead of a calendar year. 2. Disability due to pregnancy shall be treated in the same manner as all other temporary disabilities. 3. Employees who are unable to perform their duties absent from duty because of illness or injurymay be required at the discretion of the Superintendent, to file a medical report with the School Medical Director. When such a report is requested, the Superintendent will make a determination whether sick leave payments shall be allowed. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled 4. Notification of the need to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid use sick leave per term after commencement shall be made to an individual designated by the supervisor not later than 7 a.m. on the first day of their appointmentsuch absence. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled The employee shall be responsible to paid sick leave on notify the supervisor or designee of any change in status, which will affect the assignment of a pro- rated basis. ▇▇▇▇ leave will not be accumulated from one term substitute to the nextemployee’s position. Unused sick leave has no monetary value and will Such notice shall be made immediately but not be paid out at the end of a term. To qualify for paid sick leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance later than 2:30 p.m. of the leave commencing. 21.03 In cases day preceding the change. For periods of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness disability in excess of their 5 days, employees shall complete the physician’s statement(s) for official leave of absence as designated in the current Personnel Department procedures. 5. In the event an employee in his/her first year of service in the School District is dismissed, remaining sick leave entitlement, available to that employee shall be prorated in such a manner that the total number of sick leave without pay may be granted until days used by that employee up to and including the end effective date of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status termination shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.exceed:

Sick Leave. 21.01 An Employee is eligible for A. Each Tier I employee shall be entitled during each fiscal year to annual sick leave with of ten (10) days without loss of pay. Each Tier II employee shall be entitled during each fiscal year to annual sick leave of five (5) days without loss of pay. Each Tier III employee shall be entitled during each fiscal year to annual sick leave of four (4) days without loss of pay. Sick leave may be taken without loss of pay when they are unable to perform their duties because after successful completion of illness or injury. 21.02 Employees whose appointments are one-hundred and thirty (130) hours are entitled the probationary period. Unused sick leave shall accumulate annually to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours of paid sick leave per term after commencement of their appointment. Employees whose appointments are fewer than one-hundred and thirty (130100) days, which shall not include the sick leave due in a current fiscal year. The sick day allotment shall be converted from days to hours are based on the employee’s regularly scheduled workday. B. No sick leave payments shall be applied retroactively for unpaid leave taken during the probationary period. C. The District agrees that each employee entitled to paid annual sick leave shall be notified at least once in each school year of the employee's accumulation to date. Balances provided on a pro- rated basisthe employee's pay stub shall constitute notice. ▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave will shall be allowed only in the case of necessity and actual sickness or disability of the employee, the employee's children, step children and/or grandchildren living in the household spouse, domestic partner or parent, or for the employee to take physical and dental examinations or other sickness prevention measures that cannot be accumulated scheduled outside of their workday. In case of the serious illness or accident of the spouse of the employee, parents, or children of the employee, necessitating the employee’s absence from one term work, the supervisor or designee may grant absence from work with sick pay up to the next. Unused amount of annual and accumulated sick leave has no monetary value and will to which the employee is entitled unless qualifying FMLA circumstances or extended leave provisions apply. E. An employee must notify the Director or designee by 6:00 am or two (2) hours prior to starting time, whichever is later, in order to draw sick leave pay, unless the employee can provide a compelling reason why such notice cannot be paid out at the end of a termgiven. To In order to qualify for paid sick leave of four (4) consecutive days or more, the employee may be required to present a doctor's certificate or other satisfactory evidence to the Human Resource Department, indicating that the employee was unable to work due to sickness or injury during the period claimed. F. The District may terminate any employee absent from work due to illness after exhaustion of benefits under this Article, three months of absence, or exhaustion of authorized leave, Employees must notify their Supervisor in writing as soon as possible in advance whichever occurs later. ▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave days for employees hired or returning from leave after the beginning of the leave commencingschool year shall be prorated in the ratio the number of remaining employee workdays is to the total workdays in the employee's job category. 21.03 In cases of severe illness or injury where a TA is fully restricted from performing their TA duties and subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave, a TA ▇. ▇▇▇▇ leave may be granted up to 10 hours of additional paid sick leave subject to the Employee having a future priority TA appointment. 21.04 An Employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period taken in which they are on leave without pay or under suspension. 21.05 Where an Employee is absent because of illness in excess of their sick leave entitlement, leave without pay may be granted until the end of the term, subject to the Employee providing satisfactory medical documentation to support their request for leave. Priority status shall not be forfeited. 21.06 The Employer shall reimburse Employees for any costs associated with obtaining medical certificates or documentation up to a maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75). 21.07 It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties hourly increments and shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandischarged against the employee for only the actual time used by the employee.