Sick Leave Policy for Employees and Family Members

Purpose

[Company Name] recognizes that employees will need days off from work from time to time to address their medical needs.

Accrual

Employees accrue sick leave as follows:

• All regular full-time employees accrue sick leave from the date of hire, for a total of 10 days per year.

• Regular part-time employees accrue sick leave from the date of hire, in a prorated amount using the full-time total of 10 days per year and the average number of hours the part-time employee works per week.

• Sick leave may be accrued to a maximum of 120 hours.

Use

Sick leave may be used in accordance with the following provisions:

• Sick leave may not be used prior to accrual.

• If sick leave is exhausted, annual leave will be used in its place.

• Sick leave may be used for an employee's personal illness, well-care and medical and dental appointments. Sick leave also may be used for illness and well-care of a member of an employee's immediate family (including the employee’s spouse, children, mother and father).

• If the employee is on leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), paid sick leave or paid annual/vacation leave must be used initially as part of the FMLA leave.

• An employee who has a sick leave absence in excess of three consecutive work days must present medical documentation for the absence.

• If the employee is absent unexpectedly due to personal or a family member's illness, the employee should notify his or her supervisor or the director of human resources as soon as reasonably possible.

• Employees are not paid for unused sick leave upon termination of employment.