Section 4.16: Sick Leave
SUBJECT: Sick Leave
SOURCE: Board Policy Manual 802.0801; 802.0802
POLICY
802.0801 SICK LEAVE WITH PAY
For all regular full-time employees of the University System of Georgia defined in Section 801, sick leave shall be accumulated at the rate of one working day per calendar month of service. Regular part-time employees working one-half time or more will accumulate sick leave in an equivalent ratio to their percentage of time employed. Sick leave for employees shall be cumulative. Sick leave may be granted at the discretion of the institution and upon approval by the supervisor for an employee's absence for any of the following reasons:
- Illness or injury of the employee;
- Medical and dental treatment or consultation;
- Quarantine due to a contagious illness in the employee's household; or
- Illness, injury, or death in the employee's immediate family requiring the employee's presence.
If sick leave is claimed for a continuous period in excess of one week, a physician's statement is required to permit further claim of sick leave rights by the employee-patient. A terminating employee shall not accumulate sick leave or be entitled to receive sick pay after the last working day of his/her employment. Upon the movement of an employee among institutions of the University System, accumulated sick leave will be transferred if there is no actual break in service (BR Minutes, 1991-92, pp. 354-355).
802.0802 SICK LEAVE WITHOUT PAY
Any employee unable to return to work after exhausting all accumulated sick leave and accrued vacation leave may be granted sick leave without pay for a period not to exceed one year. Furthermore, such approved sick leave shall allow the employee the right to elect to continue his or her group insurance benefits, and the institution will continue its share of the cost for such period. All other benefits are prohibited which otherwise would accrue to the employee.
Last Updated: 04/15/2002
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