Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
ABOUT SICK LEAVE BANK The Lovejoy ISD Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank is a voluntary employee benefit program developed to provide up to 45 paid days to members who have suffered a catastrophic illness or injury.
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Open Enrollment
• Employees may join the Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank during the annual open enrollment period, or if a new employee, during the first 30 calendar days from hire date. •
Who Is Eligible? All Full time employees of the Lovejoy Independent School District eligible for leave benefits from the District are eligible for membership in the Sick Leave Bank.
How To Enroll To become a member of the Bank, an employee must contribute two days from his/ her accrued or anticipated local leave for the current school calendar year. New employees have the first 30 calendar days from their hire date to join the bank. The two contributed days will be acquired within the first 60 days of employment from the member’s local leave record and become the property of the Lovejoy ISD Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank. Existing employees who wish to join the Bank must do so during the district’s annual open enrollment.
Membership The effective date of membership will be the 9/1 date of the year in which the employee signed up during open enrollment. All sick leave days donated remain in the Bank and Cannot be returned even upon cancellation of the membership. Membership continues from year to year, without any additional contributions, unless: • The member uses one or more days from the Bank
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during the year; OR A member decides to cancel his/her membership in the Bank; OR A member terminates employment with the District; OR The days paid to members during the school year cause the number of days remaining in the bank to fall below two times the number of members. Then, depending on the need, current members will give an additional day to replenish the Bank. (If a current member is unable to donate the emergency request due to that member’s leave being exhausted, the member’s ability to use the sick leave bank is not affected.)
Qualifying For Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank Days A member may request days from the Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank only after he/she has exhausted all accumulated state and local leave days, plus the 10 extended sick leave days. Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank days can be granted only for absences for working days and will not be granted for holidays, vacation days, or other such days for which the member is not paid. A member may receive days from the Bank ONLY after the two day membership donation has been contributed. Anyone who joins the sick leave bank with a pre-existing, diagnosed condition or illness for which they have received treatment within the last 90 days, shall not be allowed to utilize the sick leave bank for an illness resulting from or related to that specific condition until the member has been treatment free for 90 days or has been a member of the sick leave bank for one full year (365 days).
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