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POLICY: It is the policy of the County to permit employees to be absent from work due to non -work related sickness or injury. In order to help regular employees maintain their income during these absences, the County will provide compensation according to the guidelines below. COMMENT: 1. Sick Leave will accrue for all regular full-time and regular part-time employees beginning with the completion of their first full calendar month of employment. Full-time employees will accrue one day per month and part-time employees' accrual will be on a pro- rata basis. Part- time employees hired on orafter June 22, 2001, will notaccrue sick leave. 2. New employees' sick leave is available for use as it is earned. To receive compensation while absent on medical leave the employee shall notify the immediate supervisor prior to or as soon as possible after the period of absence begins. The supervisor may request a physician's certification of the need for the absence. In every case, a person using more than five consecutive work days' sick leave will present certification of need for the absence and clearance to return to work from a licensed medical provider. Failure to present such certification may prevent the employee from being allowed to return to work or may result in no pay for the period of absence. 3. Sick Leave may be charged in increments of one-half hour minimum. 4. Sick Leave may be applied for the following purposes: a. Personal injury or illness not connected with the job, except that it may be used for the first seven calendar days of a work connected absence as detailed in the unit PAYROLL/SALARY ADMINISTRATION, AM -301.1, item 11. It may also be used beyond the seventh day to supplement Workers' Compensation benefits until the sick leave balance is reduced to 240 hours, at which time the employee may supplement Workers' Compensation benefits with vacation leave. Once all vacation is used, up to half the employee's remaining sick leave balance may be used for this purpose. b. Medical, dental, optical or chiropractic treatment/examination. C. Exposure to a contagious disease which would endanger others (as determined by a physician). d. Illness of a family member, defined as parent, child, sibling, spouse, stepchild, stepparent, stepsibling, grandparent, parent -in-law, child -in-law, sibling -in-law, and legal guardian. 57 SECTION NUMBER EFFECTIVE DATE ADMINISTRATIVE HUMAN POLICY RESOURCES AM -702.1 12/20/2022 MANUAL SUBJECT PAGE SICK LEAVE 1 of 3 It is the policy of the County to permit employees to be absent from work due to non -work related sickness or injury. In order to help regular employees maintain their income during these absences, the County will provide compensation according to the guidelines below. COMMENT: 1. Sick Leave will accrue for all regular full-time and regular part-time employees beginning with the completion of their first full calendar month of employment. Full-time employees will accrue one day per month and part-time employees' accrual will be on a pro- rata basis. Part- time employees hired on orafter June 22, 2001, will notaccrue sick leave. 2. New employees' sick leave is available for use as it is earned. To receive compensation while absent on medical leave the employee shall notify the immediate supervisor prior to or as soon as possible after the period of absence begins. The supervisor may request a physician's certification of the need for the absence. In every case, a person using more than five consecutive work days' sick leave will present certification of need for the absence and clearance to return to work from a licensed medical provider. Failure to present such certification may prevent the employee from being allowed to return to work or may result in no pay for the period of absence. 3. Sick Leave may be charged in increments of one-half hour minimum. 4. Sick Leave may be applied for the following purposes: a. Personal injury or illness not connected with the job, except that it may be used for the first seven calendar days of a work connected absence as detailed in the unit PAYROLL/SALARY ADMINISTRATION, AM -301.1, item 11. It may also be used beyond the seventh day to supplement Workers' Compensation benefits until the sick leave balance is reduced to 240 hours, at which time the employee may supplement Workers' Compensation benefits with vacation leave. Once all vacation is used, up to half the employee's remaining sick leave balance may be used for this purpose. b. Medical, dental, optical or chiropractic treatment/examination. C. Exposure to a contagious disease which would endanger others (as determined by a physician). d. Illness of a family member, defined as parent, child, sibling, spouse, stepchild, stepparent, stepsibling, grandparent, parent -in-law, child -in-law, sibling -in-law, and legal guardian. 57