The purpose of supplemental sick leave is to ensure that a teacher, who is returning to work from a prolonged absence due to accident or illness, has access to a reasonable amount of income protection. The supplemental sick leave is not intended to extend the waiting period for the teacher's long term disability plan.
A teacher who has 85 days sick leave accrued, may earn up to 20 days of supplemental sick leave, at an accrual rate of 2 days, for each full month of employment beyond when their sick time accrual was 85 days. A teacher shall not earn more than 20 days of sick time and/or supplemental sick time in any one school year.
Teachers employed on a part-time basis, who have a contract (form 2 or form 2a) with the Division, shall accrue supplemental sick time pro-rated, based on full time equivalents.
Supplemental sick leave shall only be used to replenish a portion of a teacher's sick time, upon their return to work from a sick leave. Supplemental sick leave can not be used in combination with sick leave for any one absence from work due to accident or illness, or any subsequent absence for the same, or related, accident or illness. Supplemental sick leave may not be used to extend, or bridge, the waiting period of the teacher's long term disability plan.