THE UTC SICK LEAVE BANK ENROLLMENT APRIL 1 THROUGH JUNE 30 WHAT IS THE SICK LEAVE BANK? The sick leave bank is a common pool of hours to which staff or 12-month faculty donate some of their accumulated leave. Then, if a member of the bank suffers a serious illness or injury and has used all of his/her sick and annual leave, sick leave bank hours may be requested to cover the additional period of absence from work. The Bank Trustees review the request and appropriate medical information from the employee's physician. If the request is approved, the employee may receive up to 60 days from the bank per fiscal year, or 90 days per illness or injury. Sick Leave Bank hours do not have to be re-paid. Under certain circumstances, an employee can also receive sick leave hours from donors in addition to the allocation from the sick leave bank. However, only employees who are members of the sick leave bank can receive donations of hours from another employee. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO JOIN? Any regular staff or 12-month faculty member, who accrues sick leave and has a current sick leave balance of at least 48 hours on June 30, 2002, is eligible to join. (The sick leave balance requirement is prorated for part-time employees.) Membership is kept strictly confidential. HOW MUCH DO I HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE? If you work full-time, 24 hours will be deducted from your current accumulated sick leave to join; the hours are pro-rated if you work part-time. In the future, if the hours in the bank fall below one day per member, an additional assessment of up to 16 hours may be made at the determination of the bank trustees. However, UT Personnel Policy 382 insures that the Sick Leave Bank membership must receive a 30-day written notice prior to such an additional assessment and that members have the option to withdraw from the Sick Leave Bank if they do not wish to honor the additional assessment. WHO MAKES DECISIONS ON REQUESTS FOR TIME FROM THE BANK? The Sick Leave Bank is administered by a six member Board of Trustees appointed by the Chancellor. The trustees are responsible for the administration of the Bank, including the review of requests for withdrawal of sick leave hours from the Bank. HOW DO I ENROLL? You may access an enrollment form by visiting the Personnel Services web site at http://www.utc.edu/personnel or you may call extension 4221. Enrollment forms must be received in the Office of Personnel Services by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2002. Hours will be deducted from your current sick leave balance at the time of enrollment by Personnel Services. Your enrollment in the bank will become effective on July 1, 2002. FOR QUESTIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT PERSONNEL SERVICES EXTENSION 4221 Melanie Sadler Administrative Secretary Personnel Services, Dept 3603 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403 phone: 423-425-4729 fax: 423-425-4574 e-mail: [log in to unmask] www.utc.edu/personnel