Sick Leave

4. An employee must be on pay status for at least one-half (1/2) of theworking hours of a month or quadri-weekly cycle to earn sick leavecredit for that month or quadri-weekly cycle. Time on pay status inexcess of a full-time work schedule does not earn sick leave credit.Sick leave is earned during leave with pay. For the purposes of thisAgreement, a quadri-weekly cycle is defined as two bi-weekly payperiods designated by the University to be considered as one unit forthe purpose of leave accrual.5. For employees on either system, earned sick leave for each month orquadri-weekly cycle is credited on the first day of the followingmonth or quadri-weekly cycle, except that proportionate sick leavecredit for an eligible employee who is separating from employmentshall be credited at the completion of the last day on pay status.6. The number of sick leave hours which may be accumulated isunlimited.B. ELIGIBILITY AND USE OF ACCUMULATED SICK LEAVE1. General Provisionsa. Requests for the use of sick leave shall be made inaccordance with campus or departmental procedures.b. Sick leave is to be used for medical appointments withadvance approval, personal illness or personal disability; andfor the death or serious illness of others as provided inSection B.3. and Section B.4. below. In the case of medicalappointments, a request for sick leave shall not beunreasonably denied.c. Sick leave shall not be used prior to the time it is credited. Sickleave shall not be used in excess of the employee's normallyscheduled hours or work for the day or days for which the sickleave is claimed. Sick leave shall not be used beyond apredetermined date of separation, including retirement orlayoff, or beyond a predetermined date beginning a leave ofabsence without pay.d. Exempt employees – Except as provided in Article 18 - Leavesof Absence, records of sick leave used shall be recorded inone (1) day increments only or in increments of not less thanthat portion of a day during which an employee on less thanfull-time status is normally scheduled to work. When anexempt employee has exhausted all accrued sick leave, salary