East Side Teachers Association

                                    ESTA Sick Leave Bank

 

 

Application for Withdrawal From the ESTA Sick Leave Bank

 

Applicant’s Name ______________________________    Date ________________

Home Street Address _______________________________

City _________________  Zip __________   Home Phone ____________________

When did you become a certificated employee of this district? ___________

Your approximate number of Sick Leave Days as this school year  began ________

Number of Sick Leave Days you are currently requesting ______________

Work Site _______________    Work Phone ______________  Email _____________

 

A grant of sick leave days from the ESTA Sick Leave Bank requires that the applicant must have previously contributed one or more sick leave days to the Bank under the terms established in the Side Letter of Agreement governing the creation of the Bank.

 

To qualify for a grant, a participant must exhaust all personal sick leave and have either:  a)  A serious illness or disability; or b)  A calamity in their immediate family requiring their presence.  Typically, the Sick Leave Bank Committee will require some sort of corroboration of applicants’ claims.

 

Note: The ESTA Sick Leave Bank Committee cannot alter the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with respect to bereavement or personal necessity days.  Under the contract, an ESTA member can utilize a maximum of seven personal necessity days in any given school year.

 

In order to review the nature of your needs, the ESTA Sick Leave Bank Committee will need certain information and authorization from you.  Please fill in the following spaces:

 

1.  Please provide a statement of the facts supporting your need for sick leave days (use the back if needed) ______________________________________________________________________________________

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2.  What is the total expected length of your absence, including your own sick leave days? ______________

 

3.  Is a physician’s verifying report attached?  oyes  ono    Please attach or fax to ESTA at (408) 272-7569

 

I declare that the above information is complete and accurate;  I recognize the Sick Leave Bank Committee’s authority to deny or revoke sick leave days if any statements are found to be untrue;  I hereby grant the Committee authority to review my medical or attendance records at the ESUHSD District Office.

 

Signed __________________________________  date _______________