After a campus implements the Factor Accrual System, an eligible Nurse shall earn sick leave credit at the rate of .046154 hours per hour on pay status, including paid holiday hours but excluding all paid overtime hours. Until a campus implements the Factor Accrual System, current accrual practices will remain in place. Time on pay status in excess of a full-time work schedule does not earn sick leave credit.
Sick leave is earned during leave with pay.
The number of sick leave hours which may be accumulated is unlimited. Sick leave shall not be used prior to the time it is credited nor shall sick leave be used beyond a predetermined separation date. Sick leave is to be used for personal illness or disability, medical or dental appointments, and, as provided below, for illness or death of a family member. Accumulated sick leave shall be used by a Nurse for pregnancy-related illnesses or disabilities, beginning on the date of delivery or confinement for delivery, whichever is earlier, but not beyond the period that she is physically unable to perform the normal duties of her job, or beyond a predetermined date of separation. Sick leave usage due to pregnancy disability shall not exceed the period of verified disability.