Sick Leave Pool

The purpose of the Sick Leave Pool is:

• To provide for short-term disability pay during a member's serious illness   
• To assist a fellow employee during his or her serious illness.   
• The Sick Leave Pool allows employees who have suffered a personal illness or serious injury to draw up to a maximum of 60 paid days in a year while recuperating. Unlike FMLA, the Sick Leave Pool is only for the employee's illness. It cannot be used to take care of an ill family member.   
• The maximum number of days a member may use from the pool is 120 during a 10-year period.   
• Participation in this program is voluntary.   
• There are two (2) open enrollments per year, April and October. At these times all eligible non-member employees will receive an application to join.   
• To be eligible, the employee must have one year of employment and accrued sick leave equal to the number of days attainable in a year of employment (12 month employees - 12 days, 10 month employees - 10 days, 9 month employees - 8 days).   
• If eligible, two sick days are deducted from your sick time and added to the pool for use by members.   
• Every other year an additional ½ day contribution is required to ensure the solvency of the pool.