b. A terminating employee will not receive pay for accumulated sick leave; c. If an employee dies while employed by the state, the employee's estate will receive payment of one-half of accumulated sick leave or 336 hours, whichever is less, provided the employee had continuous state employment for at least six months at the time of death. The estate will receive a lump sum as of the date of death; or d. Employees who separate from state employment will have sick leave balances restored if re-employed by the state within 12 months after the end of the month in which the separation occurred. However, employees re-employed by the same agency or institution must have a break in service of at least 30 calendar days to have sick leave restored. This 30-day requirement is waived if the separation was due to a reduction-in-force. 05. SICK LEAVE POOL PROCEDURES 05.01 In accordance with the provisions of , the university has created a sick leave pool and appointed the assistant vice president for Human Resources as the pool administrator. The sick leave pool is created to benefit certain employees who suffer a catastrophic injury or illness. A catastrophic illness, as defined for eligibility to use sick leave pool leave, is any injury or illness, excluding routine pregnancy that has caused an absence of 30 working days within the immediate preceding six calendar months. a. Employees of the university who are eligible to accrue and use sick leave may participate in the sick leave pool. The president is excluded from participating in the sick leave pool by . b. Employees may use pool leave for their own catastrophic illness or injury or for one in their immediate family as defined in Section 04.06. The university will consider pregnancy to be catastrophic if the employee presents a physician's certification stating that the pregnancy is not routine and the reasons why. c. Employees must exhaust all earned with pay entitlements, and have missed at least 30 working days in the immediate preceding six months as a result of a catastrophic injury or illness before they are eligible to use leave from the pool. Thirty working days is based on the individual's normal work schedule (i.e., percent time of appointment) and includes paid holidays.
b. A terminating employee will not receive pay for accumulated sick leave; c. If an employee dies while employed by the state, the employee's estate will receive payment of one-half of accumulated sick leave or 336 hours, whichever is less, provided the employee had continuous state employment for at least six months at the time of death. The estate will receive a lump sum as of the date of death; or d. Employees who separate from state employment will have sick leave balances restored if re-employed by the state within 12 months after the end of the month in which the separation occurred. However, employees re-employed by the same agency or institution must have a break in service of at least 30 calendar days to have sick leave restored. This 30-day requirement is waived if the separation was due to a reduction-in-force. 05. SICK LEAVE POOL PROCEDURES 05.01 In accordance with the provisions of , the university has created a sick leave pool and appointed the assistant vice president for Human Resources as the pool administrator. The sick leave pool is created to benefit certain employees who suffer a catastrophic injury or illness. A catastrophic illness, as defined for eligibility to use sick leave pool leave, is any injury or illness, excluding routine pregnancy that has caused an absence of 30 working days within the immediate preceding six calendar months. a. Employees of the university who are eligible to accrue and use sick leave may participate in the sick leave pool. The president is excluded from participating in the sick leave pool by . b. Employees may use pool leave for their own catastrophic illness or injury or for one in their immediate family as defined in Section 04.06. The university will consider pregnancy to be catastrophic if the employee presents a physician's certification stating that the pregnancy is not routine and the reasons why. c. Employees must exhaust all earned with pay entitlements, and have missed at least 30 working days in the immediate preceding six months as a result of a catastrophic injury or illness before they are eligible to use leave from the pool. Thirty working days is based on the individual's normal work schedule (i.e., percent time of appointment) and includes paid holidays.
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