EXHIBIT 28 Collective Bargaining Agreements With Unions ...

. During the initial 20 days (150/160 hours) of absence, paid annual and personal
leave and/or unpaid leave shall be used and may include leave provided under Section 4 above.
The additional sick family leave allowance must be used prospectively, and may not be
retroactively charged for any of the initial 20 days (150/160 hours). A separate 20 day (150/160
hour) requirement must be met for each different serious health condition and/or family member
and for each calendar year, even if not all of the additional days were used during the previous
calendar year.
c. The initial 20 days (150/160 hours) of absence may be accumulated and the
additional leave may be used on an intermittent basis.
d. Proof of the family member’s serious health condition as defined by the Family and
Medical Leave Act must be provided on the Commonwealth’s Serious Health Condition
Certification form. Proof may be required for each absence during the 20 day (150/160 hour)
period and subsequent additional sick family leave period.
e. Family member for the purposes of this Section is defined as the following persons:
husband, wife, child, step-child, foster child, or parent of the employee or any other person
qualifying as a dependent under IRS eligibility criteria.
Section 6. Employees may use up to five days of sick leave for the death of a spouse, parent,
step-parent, child, or step-child and up to three days of such leave may be used for the death of a
brother, sister, grandparent, step-grandparent, grandchild, step-grandchild, son- or daughter-in-law,
brother- or sister-in-law, parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, aunt, uncle, foster child, step-sister,
step-brother, or any relative residing in the employee's household.
Section 7. a. Employees who retire shall be paid for their accumulated unused sick leave
in accordance with the schedule below if they retire under the conditions set forth in Subsection b.
Days Available Percentage Maximum
at Retirement Buy-Out Days
0 - 100 30% 30
101 - 200 40% 80
201 - 300 50% 150
over 300 (in last 100% of days 13
year of employment) over 300
b. Eligibility for payment of benefits under Subsection a. is as follows:
(1) Superannuation retirement with at least five years of credited service
in the State and/or Public School Retirement Systems,
(2) Disability retirement, which requires at least five years of credited
service in the State and/or Public School Retirement Systems, or
(3) Other retirement with at least 25 years of credited service in the
State and/or Public School Retirement Systems.
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