Article 14A
Sick Leave Bank
A. A sick leave bank shall be maintained in accordance with this article for participating
members who have exhausted their individual accrued sick leave as a result of a serious
extended illness or incapacitating accident.
B. Contributions must be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from July 1 until the bank
reaches nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. In order to join, contributions of one regularly
scheduled day may be made by new hires within 90 days of their date of hire. Employees
who have not previously contributed may do so during an annual open enrollment period to
be determined by the Union. Contributions may also be made when a call for replenishment
is made up to a maximum of ten (10) days per employee or call. Any employee retiring,
resigning or terminating cannot contribute their balance of sick leave time. All contributions
shall be voluntary.
C. A call for replenishment shall be made at any point in time when the balance of days in the
bank falls below nine hundred and sixty (960) hours.
D. The operation of the bank and withdrawals from it shall be governed by a committee of two
(2) members selected by the union and two (2) members selected by the Library Director.
The rules and operating procedures to administer the bank are contained in Appendix C.
Any changes to the operational rules shall be approved by the Board and the Union. In
considering requests for withdrawal from the bank, the committee may require
substantiating medical documents, and in all cases, the decision(s) rendered by the
committee shall be final and binding. A decision to grant benefits under this article must be
unanimous. No decision of the committee shall be subject to the grievance procedure.
E. A participating member may withdraw sick days from the bank only after 1) exhausting
his/her accrued sick leave; and 2) receiving the approval of the committee. Withdrawals
shall be retroactive to the first working day following the exhaustion of accrued sick leave.
Article 15
Unpaid Leave
A request for a leave of absence without pay must be submitted in writing to the Library Director.
Leaves up to one month may be granted by the Library Director; all leaves requested exceeding one
month, accompanied by the recommendation of the Library Director, must be submitted for
approval to the Board.
The Board, upon the recommendation of the Library Director, and in its sole discretion, may grant a
maximum of six months leave of absence without pay for personal reasons to any employee.
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