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The college has established a Sick Leave Bank
for eligible non-exempt/administrative support and service staff members who must
be absent from work for an extended period of time due to a non-work-related disability.
The Bank may provide you with continuing income in the event that a serious and certified
illness or injury extends at least two weeks beyond the end of your accumulated sick
leave.
Eligibility
If you have been employed at the college for a minimum
of 12 consecutive months in a regular position of half time or more, you are eligible
to participate in the Sick Leave Bank.
If you hold a limited-term position which exceeds three
years, you are eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Bank on the same terms and
conditions as employees holding regular positions, provided the paid sick leave is
taken prior to the end of the appointment.
If you have been employed at the college for less than
12 consecutive months, work less than half time, hold a limited-term position of
from one to three years, or hold a temporary position, you are not eligible to participate
in the Sick Leave Bank. In these instances, time lost due to a non-work-related disability
where paid sick leave (if any) has been exhausted may be covered by using available
personal time or vacation, or by requesting an unpaid leave. See the sections Family
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Short-Term Absence Without
Pay for more information.
Membership
The Sick Leave Bank plan year runs from January 1 through
December 31. An open enrollment period is held annually in the fall; materials are sent
to eligible employees with dates for open enrollment. During open enrollment, eligible
employees may elect to participate in or withdraw from the Sick Leave Bank. You may
become a member of the Sick Leave Bank after one year of consecutive service by donating
one of your sick leave days to the Bank during the next open enrollment period and/or
on completion of one year of employment.
As a member of the Bank, you agree to donate one additional
day of your sick leave at the beginning of each plan year thereafter. In addition,
you may be required to donate additional days depending on sick leave bank usage.
If you decide to become a new member of the Sick Leave Bank in any year after the
first year you are eligible, your initial donation to the bank must equal the total
number of days you would have donated had you joined when you were first eligible,
up to a maximum of 10 days.
You will not be denied continued membership in the Bank if you have no sick leave
days to donate, when and if additional days are assessed. However, you must contribute
the additional assessed day(s) no later than July 1 of the following fiscal year.
Dining Services staff (Local 211) must contribute the additional day(s) as they accrue.
For new members, you must have accrued enough sick leave days to equal the required
donation for that plan year at the time of deduction, or as of July 1 of that plan
year.
Terms and Conditions
As a member of the Sick Leave Bank, you may apply for
up to 60 days of additional sick leave per year. A request can be made at any time
once it is established that your absence will extend more than two weeks beyond your
accumulated sick leave.
In considering your application, the Office of Human
Resources will review the amount of other paid time to which you may be entitled.
An award of Sick Leave Bank days plus your own sick leave may not exceed the six-month
waiting period (approximately 130 work days) for the college's Long-Term Disability
Insurance Plan.
If you are drawing on the Sick Leave Bank and, while
doing so, become entitled to additional sick leave, the amount of any sick leave
that would otherwise accrue to you shall accrue in its full amount to the Sick Leave
Bank. Any days which are awarded but which are not needed for the specific illness
or injury for which they are awarded will be returned to the Bank.
Application and Authorization Process
To apply for a grant of sick leave days, you must
contact the Office of Human Resources. Please note that before you may be receive
days from the Sick Leave Bank, you must have exhausted all of your sick, vacation,
and personal time.
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