Common use of Sickness or Death Clause in Contracts

Sickness or Death. 1) Bargaining unit members shall be allowed sick leave, without loss of pay, as provided by Florida law. The unused portion of sick leave shall be accumulated from year to year to the limit permitted by Statutes. "Sick Leave" shall be defined as personal illness or disability of the bargaining unit member or illness or death of a member of his/her immediate family. "Immediate family" shall be defined as spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, son-in-law, or any relative or dependent who resides in the bargaining unit Member’s household. District employees may allow his or her family members (spouse, child, parent, or sibling) to use the sick leave that has accrued to the employee if the family members are also district employees in accordance with Florida Statute. The family member can only use the donated sick leave when all of his or her sick leave has been depleted. Effective the 1997-98 school year, an optional sick leave buy-back program for 50% of an employee’s daily rate for unused sick leave. This provision is not retroactive for sick leave days accumulated in prior contract years.