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EASTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. 434
SECTION:
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES
TITLE:
SICK LEAVE
ADOPTED:
March 5, 2007
REVISED:
434. SICK LEAVE
1.
Purpose
The sick leave policy for professional employees shall ensure that employees will
receive no less than the minimum sick leave provided under law.
2.
Authority
SC 1154
The Board shall provide sick leave as per the collective bargaining unit agreement.
SC 1154
The Board reserves the right to require any employee claiming sick leave pay to
submit sufficient proof, including a physician's certification, of the employee's
illness or disability.
SC 1154
The Board shall consider the application of any eligible employee for an extension
of sick leave, pursuant to law where applicable, when the employee's own
accumulated sick leave is exhausted.
3.
Delegation of
Responsibility
The Superintendent shall report to the Board the names of those employees absent
for noncompensable cause or whose claim for sick leave pay cannot be justified.
4.
Guidelines
Pol. 417
Misuse of sick leave shall be considered a serious infraction subject to disciplinary
action.
A sick leave shall commence when the employee, or agent if the employee is
sufficiently disabled, reports the absence. A sick leave day, once commenced, may
be reinstated as a working day only with the approval of the Superintendent or
designee.
SC 1154
Whatever the claims of disability, no day of absence shall be considered a sick leave
day on which the employee has engaged in or prepared for other gainful
employment, or has engaged in any activity that would raise doubts regarding the
validity of the sick leave request.
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Proof Of Disability
SC 1154
Any employee absent on sick leave may be required to submit a physician's written
statement certifying his/her disability.
A professional employee absent for three (3) or more consecutive school days shall
be required to submit a physician's certificate upon request.
A physician's statement may not be presumed to conclusively establish the
employee's disability.
Records
SC 1154
The district's personnel records shall show the attendance of each employee; and the
days absent shall be recorded, with the reason for such absence noted.
A record shall be made of the unused sick leave days accumulated by each
employee, which shall be made available to the employee in accordance with law.
The Board shall pay a specified amount for each unused sick leave day, up to a
designated number of days, upon the retirement or death of a professional employee,
as provided in the collective bargaining agreement.
School Code
1154