Eligibility: Must be a full-time employee (at least 38 hours per week).  Must have been employed for 6 Consecutive Months.

Accrual Criteria: Must be On Time for work Every Day to accrue 1 hour of sick leave per week.  Exceptions: Sick Leave will accrue in the situations: Pre-approved Vacation time; Pre-approved Vacation; Pre-approved Leave of Absence; Illness with doctors note; Approved doctor’s appointment with note upon return; Funeral Leave; Jury Duty; Military Duties.

Accrual Limits:  Maximum sick leave earned is: 55 minutes per week (approximately 1 hour), 4 hours per month. Maximum sick leave accrued is 48 hours (6 days) per year.  If you do not use  your accrued leave, your accrued time will be forwarded to the next calendar year with a maximum forwarded of 120 days. You can accrue less than the maximum hours allowed per month, i.e. meeting the requirements 3 weeks of a month would result in 3 hours of sick leave.

Use of Sick Leave: Used only for employee illness or dependent care with Doctor’s note. Absentee Form completed and filed with supervisor.  Sick Leave Is Not Vacation Time.

Use of Sick Leave for a Funeral: In order for an employee to use sick leave for a funeral, the deceased must be in immediate relation to the employee.  This includes spouse, children, parents, siblings, grand-parents, and spouse’s parents only.

Loss of Sick Leave: If employee is terminated or quits employment with J & E, all accrued sick leave is lost.