Paid Sick Leave

Part Time Employees

All employees other than full-time are eligible for paid sick leave under this policy. Please see “Categories of Employment” in our Employee Handbook.

Accrual

You accrue paid sick leave benefits beginning on July 1, 2015 or your first day of employment, whichever is later and it is accrued at the rate of one hour per every 30 hours worked. You may accrue up to a maximum of 80 hours of paid sick leave.

Use

You may use a total of 40 hours of paid sick leave per anniversary year following the completion of your 90-day probationary period. Unused paid sick leave may be carried over to the following anniversary year.

You may use paid sick leave for the following purposes:

• Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventive care for, you or your family member.
• If you are a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

“Family member” includes:

• A child, which means a biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or a child to whom you stand in loco parentis. This definition of a child is applicable regardless of age or dependency status.
• The biological, adoptive, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of you or your spouse or registered domestic partner, or a person who stood in loco parentis when you were a minor child.
• Your spouse.
• Your registered domestic partner.
• Your grandparent.
• Your grandchild.
• Your sibling.

If the need for paid sick leave is foreseeable, you must provide reasonable advance notice to your Supervisor. If the need for paid sick leave is unforeseeable, you must provide notice to your Supervisor as soon as practicable. Appointments should be scheduled at either the beginning or the end of your workday. If you become sick during the day, you must inform your Supervisor before you leave the facility. Paid sick leave is available only for days on which you would have been scheduled to work, but were unable to work because of one of the purposes described above. Paid sick leave will be integrated with California State Disability Insurance (SDI) benefits and/or workers’ compensation insurance benefits in such a way that the total sick leave benefits paid by the Company, and those you receive from SDI or workers’ compensation insurance, will not exceed 100 percent of your regular weekly wage based on your regular straight-time hourly rate of pay.

Unpaid absences may accumulate incidents; see “Tardiness and Absenteeism” policy for details. Paid absences do not accumulate incidents and no doctor’s report is necessary for days missed due to illness that are taken as paid time off.

Makeup time cannot be done in lieu of using accrued paid sick leave.

Pay

You will receive your regular hourly wage when using accrued Paid Sick Leave.

Carryover

Accrued and unused paid sick leave is carried over to the following year. Under no circumstances will unused paid sick leave be converted to cash or payment of any kind.

Termination

Accrued and unused sick leave is not paid out upon termination.