JCBE/POLICY FILE: 562.1/652.1

Approved: 5/9/72

Revised: 11/15/77

Revised: 4/26/84

Revised: 1/28/88

Revised: 4/28/88

Revised: 9/25/02

SICK LEAVE

A. Persons eligible for Paid Sick Leave. All regular full-time employees shall be eligible for paid sick leave.

B. Earning and accumulation of Paid Sick Leave. All full time employees may earn sick leave days at the rate of one sick leave day per month of employment, or as otherwise provided by state law. Eligible employees may accumulate sick leave up to the maximum number established by state law. No additional paid sick leave or paid sick days shall be provided. However, unpaid health leave which extends beyond available sick leave may be requested and granted at the discretion of the Board, but only for a maximum period of one year. Before granting unpaid health leave, the Board may require medical certification that an employee shall be able to return to work at the end of said period.

C. Use of sick leave. Sick leave may be taken for any of the following reasons:

1. Personal illness or doctor=s quarantine

2. Incapacitating personal injury

3. Attendance upon an ill member of the employee=s immediate family (parent, spouse, child, sibling); or any individual with a close personal tie

4. Death in the family of the employee (parent, spouse, child, sibling, parent-in-law, son- in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, grandchild, grandparent, uncle or aunt)

5. Death, injury or sickness of another person who has unusually strong personal ties to the employee, such as a person who stood in loco-parentis

Sick leave may only be used for the above referenced reasons and under no circumstances may sick days be used for personal reasons other than those specified. Misuse or abuse of sick leave shall subject the employee to disciplinary action.

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Proposed Policy Revision - Sick Leave

D. Notification. Any employee who intends to be absent from work for any of the reasons provided in this policy must provide notification in advance to his or her immediate supervisor or department head. Advance notice shall mean notice as soon as the need for said absence becomes known, but no later than prior to the beginning of the workday to be missed. Provided, however, if absence is due to physical incapacity, notice shall be provided as soon as the employee is physically capable.

E. Certification. Each employee utilizing paid sick leave shall be required to complete the Board=s Sick Leave Form and submit said form to his or her immediate supervisor upon return to work. If the employee=s principal or department head has reasonable suspicion or other justification to believe that an employee has abused or misused his or her sick leave, a physician=s statement may be requested at any time. Employees who are using sick leave for fifteen (15) consecutive days or more must apply for a Board approved medical leave.

Persons absent from work due to surgery, contagious disease or illness serious enough for extended physician=s care must present a release from their physician upon return to the job.

F. On-the-Job Injury. Employees injured while performing official duties on behalf of the Board and who cannot return to work as a result of the injury may receive pay during said period of absence without sick days being deducted in accordance with state law. To be eligible for On-the-Job Injury leave, the employee must comply with Board procedure, and complete and submit required forms by requisite deadlines. Any such leave shall be limited to a period of ninety(90) working days or other maximums established by state law.

SICK LEAVE FORM

JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

EMPLOYEE NAME____________________________________________________________

COST CENTER/DEPARTMENT _________________________________________________

DATE(S) OF ABSENCE(S)______________________________________________________

NUMBER OF DAYS ABSENT BY CAUSE:

A. Personal illness or doctor=s quarantine ___________Day(s)

B. Incapacitating personal injury ___________Day(s)

C. Attendance upon a member of the employee=s ___________Day(s)

immediate family (husband, wife, father, mother, son,

daughter, brother, sister or a person standing in

loco parentis):

D. Death in the immediate family of the employee: ___________Day(s)

Husband Brother Father-in-law Grandfather

Wife Sister Mother-in law Grandmother

Father Aunt Bother-in-law Granddaughter

Mother Uncle Sister-in-law Grandson

Son Nephew Son-in-law

Daughter Niece Daughter-in-law

E. Death, injury or sickness of another person who ___________Day(s)

has unusually strong personal ties to the employee

such as a person who stood in loco parentis. Please

describe the nature of said relationship:_____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

I hereby certify that I was absent from work because of the above reason(s) for the number of day(s) indicated.

Signed___________________________________ Date__________________________

October, 2002