Collin County Community College District

Sick Leave Benefits

Procedure

 

 

Full-time Faculty/Staff/Administrators Sick Leave Benefits

 

Sick Leave Accrual Rate for Full-time Employees

12 days/year at

8 hours/month

 

The purpose of accrued/earned sick leave is for employee use when absence is necessary due to the illness or doctor/dentist appointment of the employee or the employee’s minor/dependent child, or the employee’s spouse, in cases where medical care of the spouse is necessary. 

 

In the event of illness or any other unscheduled absence, the employee must contact the supervisor before their scheduled starting time, or as soon as possible, to notify the supervisor of the illness or event and advise the supervisor of the circumstances and the anticipated length of the absence.

 

Up to a maximum of three days (24 hours) per fiscal year of accrued sick leave may be used for the illness, medical or dental appointments of extended family members, which includes mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, grandchildren, sister, brother and in-laws. Step and foster relationships of the above are included in the definition of extended family members. An example of the application of the three-day/24-hour extended family maximum: Assuming that a) an employee has at least 24 available hours of accrued sick leave and b) has not used any leave for extended family members during the fiscal year: The employee may use 4 hours of sick leave to take his/her grandchild to the doctor and would have a balance of 20 hours of his/her total accrued sick leave accrual available to assist any other eligible extended family members during that fiscal year. The request for Sick Leave for extended family members must be made on a Request for Leave form, indicating the family relationship.

 

Employees who have been continuously employed for at least twelve months in a benefits-eligible position may use up to six weeks (240 hours) of earned sick leave upon the adoption of a child, in conjunction with Family and Medical Leave.  The employee must apply for Family and Medical Leave through Human Resources.

 

Employees can roll over a maximum of 528 hours of accrued, unused sick leave each fiscal year. 

 

Unused sick leave is not payable at termination of employment or retirement.

 

Faculty teaching on an extra-service basis who are absent from class due to illness may use Sick Leave hours equal to the number of contact hours missed to cover the absence or their pay will be reduced based on the number of contact hours missed.  These hours are in addition to any sick leave/leave without pay used to cover the primary assignment.

 

If you need more information or have questions, contact Collin College HR at CPC: Larry Merrill at 972-548-6664 or Mae Francis at 972-548-6659 or metro 972-881-5660.