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.
Available for the following purposes, sick leave covers eligible employees and members of the employee's immediate family, who, in this instance, shall include the spouse, children, parents, foster parents, parents-in-law, siblings, grandparents, and grandchildren, legal guardianship, other dependents, or significant other (an individual with whom an employee has a continuing personal living arrangement that has existed over an extended period of time):
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.
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.
Employees returning from an approved leave shall have credited to them any unused sick leave previously earned. This provision shall not apply to rehires.
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.
The voluntary sick leave pool (VSLP) is designed to alleviate hardship caused by catastrophic illness or injury. Eligible employees may join the voluntary pool during the annual enrollment period in April. Employees must have 24 hours accrued sick leave to join the VSLP. Any eligible employee may join by donating 24 hours of sick leave ot the voluntary pool.
Application - Submit a request to the Benefits Office in the Human Resources Department.
A committee will review the request and determine if days can be awarded. If approved, there is a 30 working-day waiting period before the requester can begin using days from the Voluntary Sick Leave Pool. A maximum of 100 days are available to a requester each year.
Employees on leaves of absence without pay or on layoff shall not accrue sick leave during such period.
All payments for sick leave shall be made at the employee's rate of pay.