2. Sick Leave
The RLES policy concerning sick leave is the same as
that of the University. It applies to all RLES employees
except hourly employees and students.
- The rate of accrual for sick leave is 10 hours per month.
There is no limit to the accumulation of sick leave. For record-keeping
purposes the annual accumulation period will be the
calendar year. The employee is not entitled to compensation
for unused sick leave upon termination. No sick leave allowance
is provided for service of less than 15 calendar days.
- Sick leave may be used only for the following:
- a. Illness or injury incapacitating an employee to perform
his duties. Sick leave may not be used for absences
which are determined to be the result of non-RLES
employment.
- b. Time off for doctor or dental appointments may be
charged to sick leave with the approval of the supervisor,
when such appointments cannot reasonably be
scheduled during non-duty hours. Such time off
should not exceed 16 hours per calendar year.
- c. If an employee has a contagious disease and his
presence would jeopardize the health of his fellow
workers or the public, he is allowed sick leave to
absent himself until it is determined that his illness
is no longer communicable.
- d. Illness or death in the immediate family requiring
the employee's attendance, for not more than six (6)
days in any one year. Immediate family is defined as
husband, wife, father, mother, child, brother, sister,
wherever they reside, or any other relative (specify)
living in the household of the employee. The period
of absence which may be charged against sick leave in
this instance may not exceed three days for an illness
of one cause, for an injury, or for a death, and may
not exceed a total of six days in a calendar year because
of illness in the immediate family.
Sick leave may not be taken in advance. In those instances
where an individual is absent due to sickness and has no sick
leave accrued, the absence is charged to annual leave or
accrued compensatory time. Lacking either of these alternatives,
the absence then becomes leave without pay.
Sick leave for more than 60 days requires presentation to
the RLES Director of a physician's certificate at that time
and monthly thereafter.
An individual who may lose annual leave at the time of the
December 31 audit may elect to substitute annual leave for
sick leave charges for illness.
