414.2 CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ILLNESS LEAVE

Non-certified personnel in the Emmetsburg Community School District shall be granted leave of absence for personal illness or injury with full pay at the rate of:

   The first year of employment             14 days

   The second year of employment       11 days

   The third year of employment           12 days

   The fourth year of employment         13 days

   The fifth year of employment            14 days

   The sixth year of employment           15 days

The above amounts shall apply only to consecutive years of employment in the same school district and unused portions shall be cumulative to at least a total of 130 days.  The school board shall, in each instance, require such reasonable evidence, as it may desire confirming the necessity for such leave of absence.

An employee who is unable to work because of personal illness or disability and who has exhausted all sick leave available shall be granted a leave of absence without pay or benefits for the duration of such illness or disability through the end of the school year.

 

Legal Reference:    Whitney v. Rural Ind. School District, 232 Iowa 61, 4 N.W.2d 394 (1942).

    26 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. (Supp. 1994)

    29 C.F.R. Pt. 825 (1999).

    Iowa  Code §§ 20; 85.33, .34, .38(3); 279.40 (1999).

    1980 Op. Att'y Gen. 605.

    1972 Op. Att'y Gen. 177, 353.

    1952 Op. Att'y Gen. 91.

Cross Reference:    403.2    Employee Injury on the Job

    414.3    Classified Employee Family and Medical Leave

    414.9    Classified Employee Unpaid Leave

Approved    2/13/78            Reviewed     5/20/2020            Revised     1/22/01