collective bargaining agreement contract between - Bureau of Indian ...

may not be donated to a specific employee; it is donated to the Bank and disbursed by theCommittee in accordance with the procedures established for equitable distribution. Unusedyear end balances will be carried over from year to year.C. Committee. Within the first forty-five (45) work days of the school year, a three-member SickLeave Donor Bank Committee will be established to include at least two Union representatives.Its authority does not extend beyond the boundaries of the site. Committees will functionaccording to implementation procedures contained in appendix G. Committee responsibilitieswill include:(1) Establish internal decision-making procedures in accordance with appendix G;(2) Review, approve and disapprove applications;(3) Monitor the status of each recipient’s injury or illness;(4) Monitor leave in the bank and the number of applications received;(5) Strive to maintain an adequate amount of sick leave in the bank to the extent possible;(6) Maintain an accurate record of sick leave donations and distributions.D. Eligibility. For the purpose of this Section, an injury or illness is defined as long term if itincapacitates the employee for three (3) or more weeks.(1) Leave for Short Term (less than three weeks) Injury/Illness. Eligible employees willreceive up to twenty (20) hours of sick leave during each six-month interval for non-longterm injury or illness.(2) Leave for Long Term Injury/Illness. Eligible employees will receive forty (40) hours ofsick leave for every three weeks incapacitated due to a long term injury or illness.(3) Sick Leave Bank for Maternity. Employees absent for normal maternity shall be eligibleto receive forty (40) hours of sick leave upon exhaustion of sick, school vacation, andpersonal leave.(4) Use. Leave will be available for withdrawal on a first come, first serve basis.E. Liaison. Management will be responsible for all liaison with servicing payroll and humanresources officials.F. Annual Donation. A total of four (4) hours [2 hours are donated as administrative leave frommanagement and 2 hours are donated from each employee’s personal leave balance] of leave peryear, per employee, per work site, to this bank to be used as indicated above. The leave will be104