Illinois Administrative Code › Title 2 - GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION › Part 600 - PUBLIC INFORMATION, RULEMAKING, ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL › Subpart D - PERSONNEL › Section 600.674 - Sick Leave

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Accrual:
				Full-time employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of one (1) day for each
				month's service. Employees who work less than nineteen (19) hours per week do
				not earn sick leave. Permanent part-time employees shall earn sick leave on a
				prorated basis determined by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the
				hours worked by the employee and the denominator of which shall be normal
				working hours in the year required by the position. No employee shall accrue
				sick leave while remaining on the payroll to collect accrued vacation prior to
				the effective date of his or her termination.
b) Use: Sick leave may be used in one-half
				(1/2) hour increments for illness, disability, or injury of the employee,
				appointments with doctors, dentists, or other professional medical
				practitioners, and also may be used in the event of serious illness,
				disability, injury or death of an immediate family member of the employee.
				Documentation to substantiate that leave days were used for the purposes stated
				may be required. Beginning with calendar year 2005, in the event an employee
				does not use sick leave in any calendar year, the employee shall be awarded one
				(1) additional personal day on January 1 of the next calendar year. A permanent
				part-time employee who works at least 19 hours per week shall be awarded
				pro-rated additional personal leave on January 1 when the employee has not used
				sick leave during the previous calendar year. A calendar year for purposes of
				this provision is the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each
				year. Any additional personal leave shall be used in accordance with Section
				600.682
				of this Part.
c) Accumulation:
				Employees shall be allowed to carry over any unused sick leave allowed under
				subsection (a), above, from year to year of continuous service.
d) Payment in Lieu of Sick Leave:
1) Upon termination of employment for any
				reason, or upon indeterminate layoff, an employee or the employee's estate is
				entitled to be paid for unused sick leave which has accrued on or after January
				1, 1984 and prior to January 1, 1998, provided the employee is not employed in
				another position in State service within four (4) calendar days of his or her
				termination.
2) For purposes of
				this subsection (d), sick leave is deemed to be used by an employee within the
				following priority order:
A) Sick leave earned
				through December 31, 1983.
B) Sick
				leave earned on or after January 1, 1998.
C) Sick leave earned on or after January 1,
				1984 and prior to January 1, 1998.
The first earned sick leave shall be the first utilized
				  within each category.
3) In order to determine the amount of sick
				leave to be paid upon termination of employment, the Office will:
A) compute the number of sick leave days
				granted to the employee between January 1, 1984 and December 31,
				1997;
B) compute the employee's
				sick leave balance for that time period at time of termination; and
C) cause lump sum payment to be made for one
				half of the amount of sick leave in subsection (d)(3)(A) or (B) above,
				whichever is the lesser amount, multiplied by the daily salary rate.
4) An employee who is reemployed,
				reinstated, or recalled from indeterminate layoff and who received lump sum
				payment in lieu of unused sick days will have those days restored provided the
				employee repays upon return to active employment the gross amount paid by the
				State for the number of days to be so restored to the employee's sick leave
				account.
5) The payment proved by
				this subsection (d) shall not be allowed if the purpose of the separation from
				employment and any subsequent reemployment is for the purpose of obtaining the
				payment.
6) The accrued leave
				amount shall be certified in writing to the employee by the Office. This
				certification may be held by the employee or forwarded to the Retirement
				System.