POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Personnel Absences
The following types of employee absences constitute permissible absence from duty under the conditions described; an excused absence is not applicable to supplemental employment or part-time work unless expressly provided in this document.
Sick Leave
Benefit Accrual. Sick leave benefits shall accrue to full-time employees from the first day of employment at a rate of one day per month of the employment year. No sick leave benefits shall accrue or be used under contracts for supplemental employment or part-time work.
Maximum Accrual. The maximum sick leave benefits which may accrue to eligible employees shall be fifty (50) days. Sick leave shall be credited as earned, but may …show more content…
Sick leave may be used only for illness of the employee; with the prior approval of the employee’s supervisor, for medical or dental emergencies or appointments and when such cannot be scheduled after duty hours; for maternity leave, to the extent of accrued benefits, to be applied at the beginning of the leave period; for illness of spouse, children, and other dependents living in the household. An employee may not use more than ten days of sick leave per year for this purpose.
Job-Related Injury. An employee who is absent from work due to job-related injury shall be eligible for sick leave pay, provided that the sick leave pay shall be reduced by an amount equal to worker’s compensation benefits paid.
Termination of Employment. Unused, accrued sick leave shall be forfeited upon termination of employment with Supreme Appliances. In the event an employee has received sick leave benefits in excess of days earned to the date of termination, these shall be deducted from such employee’s final compensation check in an amount equal to such excess.
Disability
An employee who is absent from work due to a disability and who is covered by optional short-term or long-term disability plans that are offered by Supreme Appliances may be eligible for disability pay under the terms and conditions of the