Memorandum of Understanding with Unit 12 - Dpa - State of California

10.2 Sick LeaveA. As used in this Section, "sick leave" means the necessary absence from duty of anemployee because of:1. Illness or injury, including illness or injury relating to pregnancy.2. Exposure to a contagious disease which is determined by a physician to requireabsence from work.3. Dental, eye, and other physical or medical examination or treatment by a licensedpractitioner.4. Absence from duty for attendance upon the employee's ill or injured mother,father, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, or sister, or any person residing in theimmediate household. Such absence shall be limited to five (5) work days peroccurrence or, in extraordinary situations, to the time necessary for care untilphysician, or other care can be arranged.B. On the first day of the monthly pay period following completion of each qualifying payperiod of service, each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit 12 shall earn eight (8) hours ofcredit for sick leave with pay. A full-time employee who has eleven (11) or more workingdays of service in a monthly pay period shall earn full sick leave credit. Absences fromstate service resulting from a temporary or permanent separation for more than eleven (11)consecutive working days which fall into two consecutive qualifying pay periods shalldisqualify the second pay period.C. Credit for less than full-time employees shall be computed as follows:1. Part-Time Employees. On the first day of the monthly pay period followingcompletion of each monthly pay period of continuous service, each part-timeemployee in Bargaining Unit 12 shall be allowed, on a pro rata basis, the fractionalpart of eight (8) hours of credit for sick leave with pay.2. Multiple Positions. Under this rule:a. An employee holding a position, in addition to other full-time employmentwith the State, shall not receive credit for sick leave with pay for service inthe additional position.b. Where an employee holds two (2) or more "less than full-time positions",the time worked in each position shall be combined for purposes ofcomputing credits for sick leave with pay, but such credits shall not exceedfull-time employment credit.D. The department head or designee shall approve sick leave only after having ascertainedthat the absence is for an authorized reason and may require the employee to submitsubstantiating evidence including, but not limited to, a physician's certificate. If thedepartment head or designee does not consider the evidence adequate, the request for sickleave shall be disapproved.E. An employee shall not be required to provide a physician's verification of sick leave whenhe/she uses up to two (2) consecutive days of sick leave except when:1. the employee has a demonstrable pattern of sick leave abuse; or2. the supervisor believes the absence was for an unauthorized reason; or3. the employee has an above average use of sick leave.60BU 12(99-01)