a) Each teacher who teaches at least the first day of school shall be advanced twenty (20) teaching days sick leave. Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one (1) year, the unused portion of the sick leave in any years shall be carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of 130 days.
b) Part-time teachers shall be entitled to sick leave on a pro-rata basis.
A new employee who commences employment on the first day of the fall term will be credited with twenty (20) sick leave days. Sick leave days will otherwise be credited on a pro-rated basis during the first year. Employees in receipt of advance sick leave benefits, who resign or whose employment is otherwise terminated prior to earning the eligibility utilized, shall have their salary adjusted on a pro-rated basis.
Any day during which the employee is absent from work due to illness shall not constitute a working day of service for the purposes of calculating sick leave entitlement.
Salary during sick leave shall be paid up to the accumulated entitlement as set out above.
A medical certificate from an attending physician shall be required to verify all sick leave absences of more than four (4) consecutive working days and other sick leave absences at the discretion of the administrative staff.
The School Division may require a medical report to verify the fitness of the employee to perform his/her responsibilities.
Employees who do not return to work at the time at which the sick leave eligibility is fully utilized may be considered for extended unpaid sick leave.
In order to be considered for extended unpaid sick leave the employee must at the time sick leave eligibility expires, present a medical certificate stating that the employee is not at the time fit to return to regular employment, and if granted extended unpaid sick leave, must:
a) provide a medical certificate while on extended leave, by November 15th and May 15th or more frequently if so requested, stating the anticipated date upon which the employee will be able to return to regular employment.
b) give a maximum of ten (10) working days notice prior to return to work accompanied by a medical certificate verifying that the employee is fit to perform his/her regular duties.
Up to five (5) days of sick leave entitlement may be used to attend to illness or injury or medical appointment of the employee or his/her immediate family. Immediate family is defined as spouse, parent (natural, in-law, step, foster), son, daughter, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild and any relative who has lived regularly in the same household.