Administrative Policies

Sick Leave Sharing Policy

 

1. Purpose

This policy governs the establishment and management of the KCTCS systemwide Sick Leave Sharing program, a voluntary participation benefit for eligible employees who have successfully completed the introductory period with KCTCS (as defined by 2.0.1.1) and are governed by policies that allow employees to accrue paid sick leave.

2. Scope

This policy applies to:

1. All KCTCS employees who accrue sick leave, and
   
   
2. Faculty who have banked sick leave accrued prior to opting over from the 18A/151B personnel system to the KCTCS personnel system or who banked accrued time earned while a KCTCS staff member can donate the banked sick leave to participate.

3. Policy

1. The Sick Leave Sharing program serves as a source of salary continuance for employees with appropriately documented serious health condition(s), or to care for a family member defined in accordance with the employee’s personnel system in the Faculty and Staff Sick/Temporary Disability Leave and the KCTCS Family Medical Leave procedures.   Employees shall exhaust all other paid leave available to them but remain unable to return to work because of the serious health condition to use leave donated to the sick leave sharing program.
   
   
2. Requests and absences related to Sick Leave Sharing are subject to all other applicable KCTCS policies and procedures.
   
   
3. Participation in this program does not guarantee that the recipient employee will receive any or adequate donations to remain in a paid status for the duration of their leave.

4. Procedure

Administrative Procedure 2.14.2.5-P implements this policy.