Utah Admin. Code R477-7-4 - Sick Leave
(1) An eligible
employee accrues sick leave, not to exceed four hours per pay period. Sick
leave accrues without limit.
(2)
Management may approve the use of sick leave when:
(a) an employee becomes a parent as described
in Subsection R477-7-20(5);
(b) an
employee is absent from duty because of illness, injury, or disability of the
employee, their spouse, their child, their parent, or any individual for whom
the employee is a legal guardian;
(c) any individual listed in Subsection
(2)(b) receives preventive health or dental care; or
(d) a qualifying FMLA
purpose.
(3) Agency
management may approve the use of sick leave for other unique medical
situations.
(4) When management
approves the use of sick leave, an employee may use any combination of Program
I, Program II, and Program III sick leave.
(5) An employee shall contact management
before the beginning of the scheduled workday the employee is absent due to
illness or injury.
(6) Management
shall require an employee to produce administratively acceptable evidence to
support any request for leave to cover an absence that exceeds three
consecutive working days.
(7)
Management may require an employee to produce administratively acceptable
evidence regardless of the number of leave hours used for the reasons in
Subsection (2) or (3) if there is reason to believe that an employee is using
the leave for reasons not listed in Subsection (2) or (3).
(8) An employee separating from state
employment forfeits any unused sick leave without compensation unless the leave
is utilized for the sick leave retirement benefit under Section R477-7-6.
(a) Management shall reinstate forfeited sick
leave when an employee is rehired into a benefited position within one year of
separation due to a reduction in force. Sick leave shall be reinstated as
Program I, Program II, and Program III as accrued before the reduction in
force.
(b) Management shall
reinstate forfeited sick leave when an employee is appointed to a benefits
eligible position within one year of leaving a benefits eligible position for
reasons other than a reduction in force. Reinstated sick leave shall be Program
III sick leave.
(c) Management may
not reinstate forfeited sick leave when an employee retires from state service
under Title 49, Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act and is
rehired.
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