a) A teacher shall be entitled to and shall receive sick leave without loss of salary only where the teacher is unable to perform his/her regular duties as a result of personal illness or injury.
b) Teachers shall accumulate entitlement for sick leave at the rate of one (1) day of sick leave for every nine (9) days of actual teaching service, or fraction thereof, to a maximum of twenty (20) days per year, but the total sick leave which he/she shall be entitled to accumulate shall not exceed one hundred and twenty-four (124) days.
(Effective Fall Term 2015) Teachers shall accumulate entitlement for sick leave at the rate of one (1) day of sick leave for every nine (9) days of actual teaching service, or fraction thereof, to a maximum of twenty (20) days per year, but the total sick leave which he/she shall be entitled to accumulate shall not exceed one hundred and thirty (130) days.
c) At the start of each school year a teacher shall be advanced twenty (20) days of sick leave toward annual entitlement, including circumstances when a teacher is unable to attend to duties at the start of the school year because of the need for sick leave, provided that the teacher is not receiving Disability Benefits, is not disabled and in the waiting period for Disability Benefits and is not on an extended leave of absence.
If a teacher terminates his/her employment with the Division the sick leave advanced but not subsequently accumulated shall be reimbursed to the Division or otherwise recovered by the Division.
Teachers employed under contract at a time other than the start of the school year shall receive a prorated advance on sick leave as hereinbefore provided.
d) The number of days a teacher is on sick leave shall be deducted from his/her accumulated sick leave entitlement at the time of his/her returning to work. Teachers who have accumulated maximum sick leave entitlement of one hundred and twenty-four (124) days under either a) or b) above and who subsequently use sick leave shall regain sick leave entitlement at the rate of one (1) day of sick leave for every nine (9) days of actual teaching service after return from sick leave until the maximum entitlement of one hundred and twenty-four (124) days is again accumulated.
(Effective Fall Term 2015) The number of days a teacher is on sick leave shall be deducted from his/her accumulated sick leave entitlement at the time of his/her returning to work. Teachers who have accumulated maximum sick leave entitlement of one hundred and thirty (130) days under either a) or b) above and who subsequently use sick leave shall regain sick leave entitlement at the rate of one (1) day of sick leave for every nine (9) days of actual teaching service after return from sick leave until the maximum entitlement of one hundred and thirty (130) days is again accumulated.
e) For the purposes of this Article only, any day during which the teacher is absent from school because of sickness does not constitute part of actual teaching service.