Earned sick leave is granted, subject to the requirement for medical certification, to a
professional staff member who is unable to perform requisite duties because of
disability. An acceptable medical certification is required to substantiate a request for
sick leave under the following conditions:
1. For any period of absence of more than five consecutive working days;
2. In support of a request for sick leave during vacation.
B. Special leave shall be granted for the following reasons: for dental, medical, or eye
examination or treatment for which arrangements cannot be made outside of working
hours; when presence at duty will expose others to contagious disease; in the event of
death in the immediate family, when as much as three working days’ leave with pay
shall be granted (immediate family means husband, wife, father, month, sister,
brother, child, and any other relative who is domiciled in the professional staff
member’s household); if critical illness or severe injury in the immediate family
creates an emergency which required the attendance or aid of the professional staff
member, when as much as five working days leave with pay in a calendar year shall
be granted. Additionally, the president or the Chancellor may grant necessary time
not to exceed in the aggregate a total of three working days’ leave per calendar year
to fulfill the obligations of going to, attending, and returning from funerals of persons
other than members of the immediate family. The granting of special leave is
contingent upon the availability of earned sick leave and is charged against sick leave.
C. Upon retirement pursuant to Chapter 66 or Chapter 167a of the General Statutes, an
unclassified management staff member shall be compensated at the rate of one-fourth
of his/her salary for each day of sick leave standing to his/her credit to a maximum of
240 days as of his/her last day on the active payroll.
D. In extenuating circumstances, the Chancellor may authorize use of accrued sick leave
for special purposes in excess of the limitations but consistent with the definition of
immediate family as noted in paragraph B, above.
Section 7-20.1 Emergency Sick Leave
The Chancellor may authorize staff contributions and utilization of up to one hundred
(100) sick days in an appointment year in the case of catastrophic, or serious, extended,
long-term illness or injury for full-time, unclassified employees of the Board, consistent
with the following:
1. Contributions of sick leave may be made by unclassified staff employed at the
work site, not to exceed five sick days per staff member per appointment period;
2. No more than ten days of accrued leave (sick, vacation and personal leave) are
available for use by the employee;
3. There is no evidence of abuse of sick leave;
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