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Faculty Contract - Ferris State University

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authorized unpaid leave of absence or as an unauthorized absence from employment<br />

which shall result in discipline.<br />

2. Paid sick leave upon verbal request or one made on a member's behalf<br />

by another, shall, at the first reasonable opportunity under the circumstances, be<br />

supported in writing with such evidence of need as the Employer may request.<br />

3. The Employer may require that a health care provider satisfactory to it<br />

certify or that other satisfactory evidence be provided of either:<br />

a. Ability to perform all the essential elements of his/her job, with<br />

or without reasonable accommodation; or<br />

b. Continuing disability.<br />

4. Paid sick leave is solely to provide financial security and is not a<br />

guarantee of continued employment.<br />

B. Sick Leave Bank<br />

1. Minimum - Each member is to contribute eight (8) hours from his/her<br />

accumulated sick leave the first time his/her sick leave exceeds four hundred eighty ( 480)<br />

hours. Those members who have previously contributed will not be required to contribute<br />

unless the sick leave bank falls below the operating minimum.<br />

The sick leave bank will maintain a minimum of two thousand (2000) hours. In<br />

the event it goes below two thousand (2000) hours, it will be increased to three thousand<br />

(3000) hours through donations or, if donations are insufficient, through the automatic<br />

subtraction of four ( 4) hours from each member who has more than four hundred eighty<br />

( 480) hours of accrued sick leave, even though the subtraction will take them below four<br />

hundred eighty ( 480) hours. Those with less than four hundred eighty ( 480) accmed sick<br />

leave hours at the time the bank is increased under this paragraph will have four ( 4) hours<br />

subtracted from their accrued leave as soon as they accrue four hundred eighty ( 480)<br />

hours. The subtracted hours will be added to the bank.<br />

must<br />

2. Eligibility- To be eligible for use of the sick leave bank, the member<br />

a. Meet the criteria of l O.l.A;<br />

b. Have used all of his/her accrued sick leave;<br />

c. Not be eligible for Long Term Disability;<br />

d. Not be eligible for Workers' Compensation benefits.<br />

3. Use- The sick leave bank may be used only for personal disability<br />

under 1 0 .LA.<br />

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