Archive: October 1998

Leave Policies
By Steve Kaplan, UniServe Field Organizer

There are a number of new provisions in the Leave Article, Article 10, of the new negotiated agreement.

Section 10.2 - Attendance Incentive Beginning the second year of the agreement, The incentive pay for unused sick leave will increase from $20 per day to $25 dollars per day. The perfect attendance bonus will increase from $150 to $200. This means the maximum amount available to a ten month employee goes from $350 to $450.

Section 10.4 - Personal Necessity Leave Each year up to eight days of sick leave may be used for personal necessity. The new agreement adds an additional category, Personal/Family Responsibility (10.4.9). This category may be used "to attend to a compelling personal/family responsibility which requires the immediate presence of the unit member during the workday." An example would be attending the graduation of a family member.

Section 10.23 - Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank This provision takes affect on July 1, 2000. Unit member will be able to deposit one day of sick leave in the "Bank" and will then be able to make withdrawals of sick leave days upon use of all their sick leave including differential pay. In order to make a donation you must have at least twenty days of accrued sick leave. The maximum withdrawal will be twenty days with two separate withdrawals possible. Note: the sick leave day donated to the "Bank" will not impact the attendance incentive.