6.2.3.3 Sick Leave

Accrual Of Sick Leave

Sick leave for eligible employees shall accrue biweekly at the rate of one-half (0.5) day for each two weeks of employment. Maximum sick leave accrual is one hundred thirty-two (132) days. Part-time employees shall accrue sick leave in proportion to straight time hours employed each pay period.

Availability Of Sick Leave

Sick leave shall be available for use by employees for the following purposes:

1. Acute personal illness or disability.
2. Absence from work by reason of quarantine by a public health officer because of exposure to contagious disease.
3. Medical appointments and dental appointments for extractions or treatment to the extent of time required to complete such appointments.
4. Absences required by the illness, injury, disability, or death of members of the immediate family who, in this instance, shall include the following: spouse, children, parents or foster parents, parents-in-law, brothers, sisters or other direct dependents provided that such absences shall be limited to twenty days in any twelve month period of continuous employment.
5. Absence of reasonable length of time to serve as a pallbearer or to attend a funeral.

Documentation

A statement from the University's designated physician and/or the employee's physician or a sworn affidavit may be required to sustain a claim of absence because of illness, injury, or disability. The University reserves the right to have the University designated physician make the final decision.

At the conclusion of an employee's sick leave, the University, at its option and without cost to the employee, may require that a physician or physicians of its choosing determine, by way of examination, the employee's fitness to return to work.

Advance Sick Leave

Sick leave shall not be allowed in advance of being earned. When an illness, injury, or disability has used the employee's total sick leave, the employee shall be removed from the payroll until such time as work is resumed or an approved leave of absence is granted.

Sick Leave Credit For Persons On Leave

Employees returning from an approved leave shall have credited to them any unused sick leave previously earned. This provision shall not apply to rehires.

Bereavement Leave

When an employee's spouse, children, mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, grandchildren, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandchildren, step-parents, step-children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, foster parents, foster children, legal guardian, aunt, uncle or significant other (an individual with whom the employee has had a continued personal living arrangement which existed over an extended period of time) dies, the employee will be allowed three days bereavement leave to attend the funeral or service and make arrangements without loss of pay. If additional time off is needed, the employee may request the use of sick time, compensatory time, or leave of absence without pay.

Sick Leave Pool

The voluntary sick leave pool is available to all eligible regular full-time (thirty plus hours) employees to alleviate hardship caused by a catastrophic illness or injury. Employees who have not met the long term disability benefit waiting period and who have donated a portion of their accrued sick leave will be eligible to participate. The plan is to be administered by the Executive Vice President and Provost.

Non-accrual

Employees on leaves of absence without pay or on layoff shall not accrue sick leave during such period.

Payments

All payments for sick leave shall be made at the employee's rate of pay. (Board of Control Policy 5.3.4)