ESTA Sick Leave Bank
Notification of Beginning Participation
Sick Leave Bank
Name:
____________________________
Current Site:________________________
please PRINT
legibly
I hereby indicate my desire
to begin participation in the East Side Teachers Association Sick Leave
Bank. I understand that in order to
begin to participate I must have at least one unused sick leave day at the time
of joining. I also understand that my
participation will initially and irrevocably transfer one of my current sick
leave days to the Sick Leave Bank, and that further annual contributions will
be subject to the terms set forth in the Side Letter Of
Agreement between the East Side Teachers Association and the
Signature:
____________________________ Date:
____________________________
This form must be returned
to Cathy Giammona in Human Resources by the last working day in September
(existing employees) or within one month of employment as a certificated
employee (new employees).
intradistrict: District Office HR Department
fax: (408)
347-5255
mail: 830 No.
1. Participation in the ESTA Sick Leave Bank is
voluntary, but one must be a participant in order to qualify for withdrawal of
sick leave days in the event of a serious illness or family calamity. We cannot waive the timelines for indicating
a desire to participate.
2. Once an individual begins participation in
the Sick Leave Bank program, that person’s membership in the program continues
into subsequent years unless the participant notifies the District Human
Relations Office of a desire not to participate further. Such notification must be made in writing by
the last working day in September each year.
3. Participants may apply to withdraw sick leave
days from the Bank on a form which is available from the ESTA Sick Leave Bank
Committee. Each application is
discretely and carefully reviewed for need and circumstances by the Committee,
which may or may not grant the request.
Side Letter of
Agreement
Sick Leave Bank
Upon the effective date of this Agreement, a voluntary Sick Leave Bank shall be established for unit members covered by the Agreement who:
a. Have a serious illness or disability; or
b. Have a calamity in their immediate family requiring their presence; and who
c. Have exhausted their own accumulated sick leave.
Upon the effective date of this Agreement and by the beginning of each school year thereafter, each eligible member of the professional staff covered by this Agreement may contribute one day of his/her annual allotment of sick leave in order to fund the Bank.
Unit members who decide to participate in the Bank for the
current year shall notify the Human Resources Office no later than
Eligible members who begin after the school year has started have one month from their starting date to notify the Human Resources Office if they wish to join the Bank.
Members who have contributed for at least two years may defer contributions and maintain membership in the Sick leave Bank. If the Sick Leave Bank falls below fifty days, it shall be replenished by an automatic contribution of one additional day from each member in the Bank. Such replenishment may occur no more than once per year.
A Sick Leave Bank Committee will be established consisting of five (5) members designated by the Association. The Committee is responsible for its own internal organization and for establishing application procedures. The decisions of the Committee are final and binding. Such decisions are not subject to the grievance procedure.
The District shall administer the Sick Leave Bank. The Human Resources Offices shall set up and maintain the Bank’s records.
The Sick leave Bank will become operative when the number of days reaches 100.
Eligibility for an amount of additional sick leave to be granted shall be governed by the following criteria:
a. Applicant is a current contributing member of the Bank or has contributed at least two days to the Bank;
b. Adequate evidence of serious illness or disability;
c. Evidence of calamity in the immediate family;
d. Prior utilization of all eligible sick leave.
The initial grant of sick leave by the Committee shall not exceed twenty (20) days. The Committee may grant extensions upon demonstration of need by the applicant.
Unused days in the Sick Leave Bank shall be carried over into the Bank that is established for the next academic year.