Leave – Classified Employees

Sick time off may be used for:

• An absence resulting from an employee’s mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; to accommodate the employee’s need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; an employee’s need for preventative medical care; medical, dental or optical appointments and for reasons allowed under the Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards, RCW 49.46.210.
• A period of quarantine following the exposure to a contagious disease during the period when attendance on duty would jeopardize the health of others
• For reasons allowed under the Minimum Wage Requirements and Labor Standards, RCW 49.46.210, and for absences qualifying for leave under the Family Care Act, WAC 296-130. This includes providing care for a family member with a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; care of a family member who needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury or health condition; care for a family member who needs preventative medical care; or medical, dental or optical appointments. For purposes of this Article, the definition of a family member is defined as follows:

1. A child, including a biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis, is a legal guardian or is a de facto parent, regardless of age or dependency status;
2. A biological, adoptive, de facto, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of an employee or the employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child;
3. A spouse;
4. A registered domestic partner;
5. A grandparent;
6. A grandchild; or
7. A sibling

In accordance with RCW 49.46.210, when an employee’s place of business has been closed by order of a public official for any health-related reason, or when an employee’s child’s school or place of care has been closed for such a reason. Health-related reason, as defined in WAC 296-128-600 (8), means a serious public health concern that could result in bodily injury or exposure to an infectious agent, biological toxin, or hazardous material. Health-related reason does not include closure for inclement weather;

• Absences that qualify for leave under the Domestic Violence Leave Act, Chapter 49-76 RCW and/or EWU policy 403-05, Employee Leave Related to Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, & Stalking;
• Absences that qualify for leave under the Military Family Leave Act, Chapter 49.77 RCW;
• Bereavement leave beyond the three days of paid bereavement leave, if such use is approved in advance by the employee’s supervisor;
• Other circumstances if authorized by the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

SICK ACCRUALS

Classified employees accrue eight (8) hours of sick leave for each completed calendar month, provided an employee does not have more than 10 days leave without pay in that month. If an employee takes 10 or more working days of leave without pay in any calendar month, the employee shall not be entitled to any sick leave credit for that month but shall accrue a prorated amount of sick leave based upon the percentage of time worked. Part-time employees will accrue sick leave on a prorated basis.

There is no limit on the amount of sick time off employees may accrue as a classified employee, but employees may not use sick time until they have accrued it and it is available in their leave balance.

Sick Leave Reporting

Employees must notify their supervisor (or designee) as soon as reasonably possible when they will be absent due to illness or injury.  If an employee is in a position where a relief replacement is necessary if they are absent, they will notify their supervisor at least two (2) hours prior to their scheduled time to report to work, whenever possible.