Transition to PTO. Sick Leave. Effective July 1, 2019, no additional sick time will be added to employee sick leave balances. An employee’s sick leave balance on June 30, 2019 will be frozen and available to him/her for the duration of the employee’s employment with the City to use to supplement short term disability and/or long term disability payments (including any required waiting periods) to a maximum of 100% of the employee’s base wage. In the alternative, if an employee gives written notice to the City by June 17, 2019, 50% of the unused sick days can be paid to the MERS HCSP on July 1, 2019. The other 50% shall be forfeited.
Transition to PTO. Personal Days. Effective July 1, 2019, no further paid personal days will be earned by employees. Unused paid personal days earned prior to July 1, 2019 must be used by July 1, 2019, or will be lost.
Transition to PTO. Technologists will continue to accrue vacation, sick leave, and holiday benefits as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement between Alexian Brothers Hospital and ESC (Radiologic Technologist Bargaining Unit) which was in effect from June 1, 1997 through November 30, 1998, until the first pay period commencing on or after January 1, 2000. At that time Technologists will cease accruing vacation, sick leave and holiday hours and will begin accruing PTO and ESL pursuant to the following sections of this Article, and all accrued vacation hours and unused holiday hours will be converted to PTO. Accrued sick leave will be converted to ESL. Technologists who, as of the effective date of this Agreement, are at least forty-five (45) years of age, and have at least at least 10 years of service, shall be eligible for a payout of a portion of their unused ESL at retirement from the Hospital after age fifty-five (55), on the following basis: Years of Service (as of effective date of Agreement) ESL hours equal to percentage of sick leave hours accrued as of the first pay period commencing on or after January 1, 2000. 10 to 14 Years 10% 15 to 19 Years 15% 20 to 24 Years 20% 25 to 29 Years 25% 30 Years or More 30% Example: 50 year old Technologist has 21 years of service as of effective date of Agreement and has 125 hours of sick leave accrued as of the first pay period beginning in the year 2000. If she works at ABH to age 55, and thereafter terminates her employment, she will receive 20% of 125 hours (25 hours) of ESL (if she has at least 125 hours of ESL in her bank at termination).
Transition to PTO. Accruals for any leave type other than PTO end as of January 1, 2018. Thereafter, employees will only accrue PTO according to this Article. Annual leave balances as of January 1, 2018 will be transferred into the employee’s PTO account. Hours of annual leave transferred that exceed the new PTO account balance limit will be placed in a PTO Bank to be used before the PTO can be used and additional PTO can be accrued.
Transition to PTO. Access to historical sick leave will be subject to an employee firstly utilizing PTO and then making a written request to access historical sick leave for sick leave purposes only. Approval for historical accrued sick leave will only be approved for sick leave purposes. A medical certificate must be submitted as proof of illness. Employees may only access historical sick leave subject to the following: An employee who has a claim under the income protection policy as covered under this agreement, will have access to two weeks historical sick leave (as per the qualifying period prior to access to income protection).
Transition to PTO. Employees will have until December 31, 2014 to take unused personal days or sick leave. No additional personal days, sick leave or vacation will be provided after December 31, 2014 and there will be no carry over of unused personal days or sick days. Accrued vacation balances will be transferred to the employee’s PTO bank on January 1, 2015. Beginning January 1, 2015 employees will be given PTO pursuant to the chart in Article
