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ARTICLE 21 - LEAVES WITH PAY
21.1 Sick Leave
21.1.1 Unused sick leave
for all employees shall accumulate for an unlimited
number of days and shall accumulate at the rate of ten
(10) days per academic year or one (1) day per month
employed, whichever is greater. New employees shall be
credited all their expected sick leave for the first five
(5) months at the start of their employment.
21.1.2 Employees who are absent due
to illness or other disability may be required to keep
the College informed as to their physical status.
21.1.3 Upon being employed by the
College, an employee shall be credited with all earned
sick leave accumulated in other public employment in the
state of Oregon.
21.1.4 Upon retirement, the value of
one-half (1/2) of the accumulated sick leave may be added
to the sum of the highest three (3) of the last ten (10)
years of service for the purpose of determining final
average salary to be used in computing benefits under the
Public Employee Retirement System.
21.1.5 Not later than
December 15 of each year, each Each
member shall be provided an given a
written accounting of his/her use and
accumulation of sick leave.
21.2 Emergency Leave
21.2.1 In case of death,
serious illness, or accident in the employee's immediate
family, the employee shall be granted up to five (5) days
leave with pay.
21.2.2 For the purposes of this
Article, immediate family includes: mother, father,
spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, mother- or
father-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, grandfather,
grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, stepchild, foster
child, or a member of the immediate household whose
official residence is the same as that of the employee
and or for whom the employee is
legally responsible.
21.2.3 The employee shall provide
the earliest possible notice of his/her absence to the
College and following his/her return to duty, he/she may
be required to submit written validation of the reason
for the leave.
21.2.4 It is here explicitly
recognized that when an emergency renders an employee
incapable medically or emotionally of working, sick leave
may be used.
21.3 Personal Leave
21.3.1 A contracted
employee shall be granted up to two (2) days, in
half-day increments based on FTE, personal leave with
pay under the following conditions:
21.3.1.1 At least two
(2) days notice must be is
provided given prior to taking
personal leave. Exceptions may be allowed by the
College when circumstances make prior notice
impractical.
21.3.1.2 Personal leave is
not intended to will not be used
for recreational purposes or
Association business.
21.3.1.3 Personal leave is
not intended to shall not be used
for recreational purposes or to extend holiday
or vacation periods unless required by personal
business.
21.4 Return From Paid Or Unpaid
Leaves. The college shall not be obligated to return
an employee from leave at any time except as agreed to at
the time the leave was granted.
21.5 Sick Leave Bank.
The College and Association shall, by the end of Fall
2000, negotiate a sick leave bank with a form common to
sick leave banks developed for use of classified support
staff and management.
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