Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3342 - Kent State University › Chapter 3342-6 - Administrative Policy on Awards and Compensation for University Employees › Section 3342-6-11.1 - Administrative policy and procedures regarding sick leave for salaried unclassified employees including faculty

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy. It shall be the policy of the
			 university to provide paid sick leave for its employees in accordance with the
			 provisions of sections
			 124.38 and
			 124.39 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) Crediting and charging of
			 sick leave. Salaried full-time appointees earn sick leave at a rate of one and
			 one-quarter day for each completed month of eligible service. Part-time
			 appointees earn sick leave at a comparable rate proportionate to the percentage
			 of full-time eligible service. Sick leave credit is also earned while
			 appointees are in active pay status on sick leave or vacation. Service eligible
			 for earning and using sick leave is restricted to assignments up to but not
			 exceeding a full-time load under appointment for the academic or fiscal year,
			 or for any regular academic term, that is, spring or fall semesters or the
			 ten-week summer session. Additional appointments, which include those beyond a
			 full-time load during the regular academic terms, those which fall between
			 terms, and continuing educational assignments are not eligible for earning or
			 using sick leave. Sick leave may be accrued while an individual is on
			 sabbatical or paid research leave, but shall not be earned or charged during an
			 unpaid leave.
(C) Utilization.
(1) Sick leave is charged in minimum units of
			 one-half day. Employees are charged for sick leave only after days upon which
			 they would otherwise have been scheduled to perform service to the
			 university.
(2) If an employee is
			 ill on a day recognized as a legal holiday, salary will continue and be
			 considered holiday pay and no charge will be made against accumulated sick
			 leave.
(3) A continuous period of
			 sick leave commences with the first day of absence and includes all subsequent
			 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, until the employee
			 returns to work. During any seven-day period, the maximum number of days of
			 sick leave charged against any employee shall be five.
(4) Sick leave will be granted to employees,
			 upon approval of the appointing authority, for the following reasons:
(a) Illness or injury of the employee or a
			 member of the employee's immediate family;
(b) Death of a member of the employee's
			 immediate family;
(c) Medical,
			 dental or optical examination or treatment of the employee or a member of the
			 immediate family;
(d) When, through
			 exposure to a contagious disease, either the health of the employee would be
			 jeopardized or the employee's presence on the job would jeopardize the health
			 of others; and
(e) Disability due
			 to pregnancy and/or childbirth and related conditions. Upon request, a pregnant
			 employee shall be permitted to use any or all of the employee's accumulated
			 sick leave credit only for the period of time that the employee is unable to
			 work as a result of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. This
			 period may include reasonable pre-delivery, delivery, and recovery time as
			 certified by a licensed physician. An employee using sick leave credit shall
			 not be prevented from receiving a leave of absence without pay for the
			 remainder of the recovery period. (See rule 3342-6-11.3 of the Administrative
			 Code and this register).
(5) Definition of "immediate family": mother,
			 father, brother, sister, child, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent,
			 grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law,
			 brother-in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian, or other person who stands in
			 place of a parent.
(6) Where sick
			 leave is requested to care for a member of the immediate family, the supervisor
			 or department chairperson may require a physician's certificate to the effect
			 that the presence of the employee is necessary to care for the ill
			 person.
(7) Sick leave granted by
			 reason of death in the immediate family will not exceed five working
			 days.
(8) Where conditions warrant,
			 a limit of five days may be allowed for the care of the employee's wife and
			 family during the post natal period.
(9) An employee who becomes eligible for
			 workers' compensation payment for the loss of time may choose to use sick leave
			 before such payments are made. Continuation in active pay status through use of
			 sick leave usually will provide greater advantage.