{"id":2294,"date":"2011-07-05T08:02:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T08:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourhrworld.com\/formats\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2011-07-05T08:02:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T08:02:02","slug":"sick-leave-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourhrworld.com\/formats\/compensation-and-benefits\/hr-policies\/sick-leave-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick Leave Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sick leave policy<\/p><div class=\"69eb924294c115e6505da44099e8df92\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0867779017855679\";\r\n\/* 300x250, created 4\/20\/11 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1035864135\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>1. Employee sick leave<\/h4>\n<p>Employees shall be allowed to use their accrued sick leave to take time off from work for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tIf an employee has, or has been exposed to, a contagious disease such that his or her presence on the job might jeopardize the health of others; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tIf an employee\u2019s medically-related appointment(s) cannot be scheduled during his or her non-work hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tIf medically necessary, during an employee\u2019s temporary disability from performing his or her duties, including disability related to pregnancy or childbirth.<\/p>\n<h4>2.  Family sick leave<\/h4>\n<p>Employees also shall be allowed to use their accrued sick leave to  take time off from work for the illness or death of an immediate family  member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>a. Immediate family<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An employee\u2019s immediate family shall be considered the employee\u2019s:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tParents, including step-parents;<br \/>\n\u2022\tSpouse;<br \/>\n\u2022\tChildren, including step-children and foster children;<br \/>\n\u2022\tSiblings, including step-siblings; and<br \/>\n\u2022\tAny relative, either by blood or marriage, living in the employee\u2019s household.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b. Limit on amount of family sick leave<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The maximum amount of family sick leave that an employee may use is:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\t36 work hours for any one illness, injury or death; and<br \/>\n\u2022\t72 total work hours in a calendar year.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Process of sick leave<\/h4>\n<p>An employee who wishes to use sick leave must comply with a management request for verification of the need to use sick leave.<\/p>\n<p>An employee\u2019s use of paid sick leave may be denied if the employee  fails to comply with a management request for verification of the need  for sick leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forms of verification include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tCertification from the employee\u2019s physician that the employee currently has or has been exposed to a contagious disease such that his or her presence on the job might jeopardize the health of others;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tEvidence that the employee has a medical appointment that could not have been scheduled during the employee\u2019s non-work hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tCertification from the employee\u2019s treating physician that the employee is temporarily disabled from work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourhrworld.com\/formats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Sick-Leave-Policy.doc\">Click Here To Download Sick Leave Policy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sick leave policy 1. 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