If a campus implements the Factor Accrual System, an eligible employee 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. If a campus uses the Table Accrual System, an eligible employee shall earn sick leave credit at the rate of eight hours per month for full-time employment. Until a campus provides notice to UPTE of a proposed change to either the Table Accrual System or 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. In the case of medical appointments, a request for sick leave shall not be unreasonable denied. Sick leave shall not be used prior to the time it is credited. Sick leave shall not be used in excess of the employee's normally scheduled hours or work for the day or days for which the sick leave is claimed. Sick leave shall not be used beyond a predetermined date of separation, including retirement or layoff, or beyond a predetermined date beginning a leave of absence without pay.