ARTICLE 17 - SICK LEAVE
SECTION I - ACCRUAL RATES
For Employees Hired On or After July 1, 2000: Effective July 1, 2008, full-time employees
covered by this Agreement (averaging 37% hours a week or more) on the active payroll shall
accrue: 8 hours each month or 96 hours (12 days) a year. All additional and new benefits
under this Section shall commence effective July 1, 2008 and after this Agreement has received
all required approvals. Prior to June 30, 2008, the benefits contained under this Section in the
parties’ prior collective bargaining agreement shall be in effect.
For Employees Hired On or After July 1, 2000: Effective July 1, 2014, full-time employees
covered by this Agreement (averaging 37 Ye hours a week or more) on the active payroll shall
accrue: 9 hours each month or 108 hours (13.5 days) per year.
For Employees Hired on or After July 1, 2000: Effective July 1, 2015, full-time employees
covered by this Agreement (averaging 37 Ye hours a week or more) on the active payroll shall
accrue: 10 hours each month or 120 hours (15 days) per year.
For Employees Hired Before July 1, 2000: Full-time employees covered by this Agreement
(averaging 37% hours a week or more) on the active payroll covered by this Agreement, shall
accumulate at the rate below per calendar month: 10 hours each month or 120 hours (15 days)
a year, cumulative to a maximum of 720 hours (90 days).
SECTION Il - ACCRUAL POLICIES
For the purposes of this article, full-time employees averaging 371% hours a week will be
considered 40-hour-a-week employees. Accruals and deductions will be based on eight (8) hour
days.
Full-time employees must be employed for at least 15 calendar days, beginning the first of any
month, or on approved sick or vacation leave, to accrue sick time for that particular month. A
newly hired employee is not entitled to payment for sick leave until completion of six (6)
continuous months, and such payments may not be applied retroactively.
Employees must have the appropriate time accrued before use of sick time is approved. At no
time shall an employee be paid sick time if it has not yet been accrued. During an unpaid leave
of absence, an employee does not accrue any sick time.
Sick leave shall not be considered a privilege which an employee may use at his discretion. It
shall be allowed only in the case of necessity and actual sickness or disability of the employee, or
to take physical and dental examinations or other sickness prevention measures, or under the
Family Medical Leave Act.
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