SICK TIME, LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 10.00 (a) Sick Leave is an indemnity benefit and not an acquired right. A Nurse who is absent from a scheduled shift on approved sick leave shall only be entitled to sick leave pay if the Nurse is not otherwise receiving pay for that day, and providing the Nurse has sufficient sick leave credits. Paid sick leave shall accumulate and be granted to Full-Time Nurses at the rate of 11.25 hours for each one hundred and sixty-three (163) Regular Hours Paid. The maximum amount of accumulation shall be nine hundred (900) hours. A Regular Part-Time Nurse shall receive the benefits in proportion to those of Full-Time Nurses based on Regular hours paid.
SICK TIME, LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 10.00 (a) Sick Leave is an indemnity benefit and not an acquired right. A Nurse who is absent from a scheduled shift on approved sick leave shall only be entitled to sick leave pay if the Nurse is not otherwise receiving pay for that day, and providing the Nurse has sufficient sick leave credits. Paid sick leave shall accumulate and be granted to Full-Time Nurses at the rate of 11.25 hours for each one hundred and sixty-three (163) Regular Hours Paid. The maximum amount of accumulation shall be nine hundred (900) hours. At such time the Nurse will start earning sick leave credits in accordance with Article 10.00 (a). At such time the Nurse will start earning sick leave credits in accordance with Article 10.00 (a). A Regular Part-Time Nurse shall receive benefits in proportion to those of Full-Time Nurses based on Regular hours paid.