Eligible employees in full-time status will receive 8 hours of sick leave each month (prorated for part-time status). Sick leave may be used for:

• Illness or injury,
• Medical appointments (including immediate family (see below)),
• Temporary disability due to childbirth,
• To care for member of immediate family (including care for mother during temporary disability),
• Death in immediate family (see below),
• Donations to a member of the immediate family, or other employee who is an approved voluntary shared leave recipient, according to the Judicial Branch Shared Leave policy, and
• Adoption of a child, limited to a maximum of 30 days for each parent (which is equivalent to a biological mother's average period of disability). Note: This is interpreted to mean at the time of physical possession of the child and have either adopted or are in the process of adoption.

 

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