Non-track employees will receive sick leave beginning with the first full pay period of employment following their third anniversary date. Sick leave will accrue at a rate based on the number of hours worked per calendar year. Employment must continue through the last work day of a pay period to earn sick leave for that pay period. Only sick leave accrued to the first day of a pay period may be applied to leave taken for illness during that pay period. Up to 12 weeks of sick leave in a 12 month period may be taken for serious illness of the employee or for members of the immediate family requiring the presence of the employee.
Immediate family is defined as wife, husband, child, father, and mother.
Other persons permanently residing in the same household are also considered immediate family for this policy. If the employee has not sick leave remaining or it is used in the course of the illness, annual leave or holiday leave may be used to cover the time away from work. If annual leave, sick leave and holiday leave are exhausted, the employee may apply for leave without pay. Sick leave in excess of four consecutive working days taken for any reason shall require a doctor's excuse in writing. Employees resigning, or whose employment is otherwise terminated, will not be paid for accumulated sick leave.