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EASTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. 534
SECTION:
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
TITLE:
SICK LEAVE
ADOPTED:
July 20, 2006
REVISED:
534. SICK LEAVE
1.
Purpose
A sick leave policy to ensure employees receive paid days for such absences shall be
established and implemented through the collective bargaining agreement.
2.
Authority
SC 510
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.
The Board shall consider the application of any eligible employee for an extension
of sick leave when the employee's 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. 517
The misuse of sick leave shall be considered a serious infraction subject to
disciplinary action.
A sick leave absence 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.
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.
Proof Of Disability
Any employee absent on sick leave may be required to submit a physician's written
statement certifying his/her disability.
A physician's statement may not be presumed to conclusively establish the
employee's disability.
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Records
The district's personnel records shall show the attendance of each employee; and the
days absent for sick leave purposes 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 reported to the employee.
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 classified employee, as
provided in an applicable collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan.
School Code
510