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The college has established a Sick Leave Bank for eligible non-exempt/administrative support 和 service staff members who are absent from work for an extended period of time due to a non-work-related disability.

资格

If you have been employed at the college for a minimum of 12 consecutive months in a regular position of half time or more, you are eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Bank. 

If you hold a limited-term position which exceeds three years, you are eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Bank on the same terms 和 guidelines as employees holding regular positions, provided the paid sick leave is taken prior to the end of the appointment.

If you have been employed at the college for less than 12 consecutive months, 工作时间少于一半, hold a limited-term position of from one to three years, 或者担任临时职位, you are not eligible to participate in the Sick Leave Bank. 在这些情况下, you may be able to use available personal time or 假期, or request 马萨诸塞州付费家庭 和 Medical Leave or an unpaid leave. 请参阅以下章节 家庭医疗休假法(FMLA) 和 短期无薪缺勤 了解更多信息.

会员

The Sick Leave Bank membership year runs from January 1 through December 31.

Initial option to join or decline

On the first of the month following your one-year anniversary, you will be sent notification that you are eligible to join the Sick Leave Bank.  You can either join or decline membership at that time.  If you elect to join, there is an initial donation requirement of one day of your sick leave.

Annual enrollment period to join or 撤回

An open enrollment period is held annually in the fall; materials are sent to eligible employees with dates for open enrollment. 在注册期间, eligible employees may elect to join, 撤回, or choose no change in membership from the Sick Leave Bank. If no changes are indicated during the open enrollment period, you will automatically retain your current membership status pending donation requirement, 当相关.

会员捐款

If you join the Sick Leave Bank on your initial option, on the first of the month following your one-year anniversary, the donation will be one day of sick time.  除了, 整个会员年度, the Office of 人力资源 will evaluate the Sick Leave Bank balance.  Based on the quarterly balance donation guidelines (see below), a subsequent donation may be required.

If you join or renew membership at the annual enrollment period, 为即将到来的会员年, the donation requirement will be as follows:

• If you were previously eligible for membership in the Bank, 目前还不是会员, the number of days you would have donated since you were most recently eligible will be required at this time – up to a maximum of 10天.
• 除了, 整个会员年度, the Office of 人力资源 will evaluate the Sick Leave Bank balance.  Based on the quarterly balance donation guidelines (see below), a subsequent donation may be required.

Quarterly Balance Donation Guidelines

条款与条件

As a member of the Sick Leave Bank, you may apply for up to 60天 of additional sick leave per a rolling twelve-month look-back period. A request can be made at any time once it is established that your absence will extend more than two weeks. 

在考虑你的申请时, the Office of 人力资源 will review the amount of other paid time to which you may be entitled. An award of Sick Leave Bank days plus your own sick leave may not exceed the six-month waiting period (approximately 180天) for the college's Long-Term Disability Insurance Plan.

You will not be denied continued membership in the Bank if you have no sick leave days to donate, when 和 if additional days are assessed.  然而, you will be considered a member “not in good st和ing”, until you donate the additional day(s).  If a member is “not in good st和ing,” the member is not allowed to use days from the Sick Leave Bank.  A member becomes “not in good st和ing” when they do not have enough sick time accrued to fulfill to donation requirement, or if they have used the maximum of 60天 of time from the Sick Leave Bank over the past 12 months. 

If you are drawing on the Sick Leave Bank 和 accrue additional 假期 or sick time, that time will be applied to your timesheet prior to adding Sick Leave Bank hours.

Application 和 Authorization Process

To apply for a grant of Sick Leave Bank days, you must contact the Office of 人力资源, 和 must be on an approved medical leave. Please note that before you may receive days from the Sick Leave Bank, you must have exhausted all of your sick, 假期, 个人时间.