D. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is final and not subject to arbitration.
E. Should State regulations pertaining to the issue of sick leave donation become applicable to members of the bargaining unit during the term of the contract, the parties agree to meet and discuss the extension of such a benefit to members of this unit.
8.09 Sick Leave Notice and Pay:
A staff member will be paid for sick leave at his/her base rate of pay.
Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one (1) day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to his/her manager or immediate supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date, he/she must call in with a new expected return date.
Supervisors taken ill while on duty and who leave their work area with their manager’s permission shall be paid for the authorized time spent on the employer’s premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Supervisors may be excused without seeking medical attention at the University by their manager. Any non-exempt supervisor identified as an attendance abuser, in accordance with the University’s Attendance Policy, will not be paid for time spent on the University’s premises while seeking medical treatment. Such time will be unpaid.
Bargaining unit members can use no more than thirty four (34) weeks of paid sick leave in any twelve-month period, except as provided in Article 9.01/9.02. The exception is staff hired prior to 1983 who can use all sick time prior to applying for a medical leave of absence.
Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at a rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member’s daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars.
The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.