CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ILLNESS/INJURY LEAVE
Sick Leave
Full pay will be granted to employees of the Estherville Lincoln Central Community Schools for a personal illness or injury only according to the following schedule:
1st year of employment …………………………. 10 days
2nd year of employment ………………………… 11 days
3rd year of employment …………………………. 12 days
4th year of employment …………………………. 13 days
5th year of employment …………………………. 14 days
6th and subsequent years of employment ……. 15 days
If there should be unused portions of sick leave in any one year, it shall be cumulative up to a maximum of 120 days. Illness of more than three days may be asked to be verified by the attending physician. A “day” is defined as one work day regardless of full or part-time status.
Sick leave will apply whenever an employee’s absence is due to temporary disability including pregnancy. Up to three days of accrued sick leave per year may be used for the home care of an ill family member residing in the immediate household of the employee.
Legal Reference: Whitney v. Rural Ind. School District, 232 Iowa 61, 4 N.W.2d 394 (1942).
26 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. (Supp. 1993)
29 C.F.R. Pt. 825 (1993).
Iowa Code §§ 20; 85.33, .34, .38(3); 279.40 (1995).
1980 Op. Att'y Gen. 605.
1972 Op. Att'y Gen. 177, 353.
1952 Op. Att'y Gen. 91.
Cross Reference: 403.2 Employee Injury on the Job
414.3 Classified Employee Family and Medical Leave
414.8 Classified Employee Unpaid Leave
Adopted: 12/5/88 Revised: 12/5/88 Reviewed: 4/02
5/99 4/11
5/06 7/15