Sick Leave

From the League Contract Summary of Selected Articles

Employees are entitled to paid sick leave earned at the rate of one day for each month of employment, up to twelve days per year.
After one year of employment, Employees shall be entitled to a total of twelve additional days of sick leave as of the beginning of their second year and each following year of employment up to a maximum accumulation of sixty sick leave days.
Pay for sick leave shall be at an Employee’s regular pay.
Employees must notify their supervisor at least one hour before the start of their shift if they are going to be absent due to illness.
After seven days, an Employee who is sick or disabled and is entitled to disability payments from the 1199 National Benefit Fund, shall be paid sick leave pay according to a schedule printed in the contract, provided the Employee has sick days in his/her sick leave reserve bank.
Employees are entitled to use their sick leave reserve bank to add to their worker’s compensation payments in order to equal their regular day’s pay.
Employees are entitled to use up to three days of their sick leave reserve bank for family illness.