Employee Guidelines Related to Payroll - Sick Bank

The Sick Leave Bank protects members from catastrophic illness, accident, or injury by providing emergency sick leave days.

Membership in the Sick Leave Bank is voluntary. Requests for withdrawals from the sick leave bank shall be made in writing from the employee requesting access to the Bank and shall include supporting documentation (a doctor's statement is required). The claim must be based on a personal and catastrophic illness, injury, or accident, which prevents the employee from working. Access to the Bank can be made only after the employee has been absent for a minimum of fifteen (15) consecutive workdays and has exhausted all accumulated sick leave. Withdrawals from the Bank are limited to a maximum of forty (40) days.

In order to join the Bank you must meet the following criteria:

1. Employed by the School Board for one (1) year
2. Have accrued six (6) days of sick leave
3. Contribute one (1) day of sick leave during the months of September or October

(When the bank has less than two (2) days per each sick leave bank member on June 30th of any year, all continuing sick leave bank participants shall automatically donate a day to the sick leave bank.)

Employees who desire to become members of the Sick Leave Bank should contact the Personnel Office, for further information.