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Sick Leave Bank Policy for Classified Employees
Sick Leave Bank FAQ
What is the Sick Leave Bank?
It is a benefit that provides additional sick leave to contributors that have suffered
an unplanned personal illness, injury, disability, or quarantine and whose paid
leave is exhausted.
How do you join the Sick Leave Bank?
Individuals may become a member by donating two days of accumulated sick leave or
personal leave and completing the application form. Donations of sick leave to the
Bank are nonrefundable and nontransferable, unless the Bank is dissolved.
When are you eligible to join the Sick Leave Bank?
Employees are eligible to join the bank after being employed for one year. Open
enrollment is November and December.
How do you withdraw days from the bank?
Members of the Sick Leave Bank must request a Sick Leave Bank Medical Information
Form and a Sick Leave Bank Withdrawal Request Form from Human Resources. Leave grants
from the Bank shall be in units of no more than twenty (20) consecutive pay days
for applicants. Applicants may submit requests for extensions of such leave grants
before their prior grant expires. The maximum number of days any member may receive
in any fiscal year is sixty (60). The maximum number of days any member may receive
as a result of any one or recurring diagnosed illness or accident is ninety (90)
days. A member shall not receive any sick leave from the Bank until after having
exhausted all accumulated paid leave, including all paid Board extensions and then
only after satisfying a five (5) day (non-pay) waiting period.
Does the Sick Leave Bank cover pregnancy? Does the Bank cover elective surgery?
For all pregnancy related requests, the member’s physician must certify that the
member is disabled and/or the pregnancy is at risk. The member’s physician must
state specifically the member’s disability and/or reason for the high-risk pregnancy.
Grants of leave from the Bank shall not be made to any member on account of any
elective surgery, or illness of any member of the member’s family, or during any
period the member is receiving disability benefits from social security or the state
or local retirement plan.
