All leave without pay must be approved in advance by the supervisor, department head, and the appointing authority. If employee is working part-time, leave will accrue based on time worked. An employee who has accrued sick leave in excess of maximum accrual rate as of the end of any fiscal year may convert such leave to annual leave at the rate of five hours sick leave for one hour of annual leave. No more than eighty hours of sick leave may be converted to sixteen hours of annual leave as of the end of any fiscal year. Such annual leave is available for use beginning July 1 of the ensuing fiscal year.
Sick leave is provided in the event time off is needed for health reasons.
This includes diagnostic and preventative examinations, treatment, and recovery. Accrued sick leave may also be used for the health needs of the employee s child who is under the age of eighteen or an adult child incapable of self care, parent, spouse, legal dependent, OR a person in the household for whom the employee is the primary care giver. The appointing authority may require documentation of the familial relationship. Family Medical Leave. Additional medical certificates may be required every thirty days or the time period established in the original certificate, whichever is longer, unless circumstances change or new information is received.