Accrued sick leave is transferable within the Southern Illinois University system. Pursuant to applicable State Law, faculty shall not earn payable sick leave on or after January 1, 1998. Before sick-leave benefits are made available, the Faculty member's Chair or Dean, or the Director of Human Resources may require either documentation of an illness from a physician or other administratively acceptable proof. Employees may use their sick leave for personal illness or injury, for personal medical and dental appointments, for any approved family and medical leave, and for the illness or injury of a member of the immediate family or household. For these purposes, the immediate family is defined as spouse, child, and parent or corresponding in-laws .
Household includes anyone maintaining a family relationship living in the faculty member's home.
Pregnancy and related illnesses shall be considered by the Board as any other medical condition and will merit leave consideration as such. Up to six weeks of sick leave may be taken for the medical condition resulting from a normal delivery. Use of additional sick leave necessitated by medical complications requires an order from the employee's physician. Abuse of sick leave shall constitute cause for serious discipline, up to and including dismissal. Eligible faculty may use all or part of their accrued vacation prior to entering into leaves of absence without pay status.