Board Approved COVID-19 Leave
Effective
January 18, 2022, the District will provide employees up to 24 hours of leave
for use as COVID-related wellness
time. Employees who have a required
absence due to a COVID related issue such as COVID testing, receiving a vaccination, recovering from a
vaccination, complying with a quarantine period, or wellness, shall be paid their regular pay and shall not have
this time deducted from their illness quota. This leave shall expire if not utilized before May 15, 2022.
Employees must complete and submit the following form to their supervisor for approval.
2022BoardApproveCOVID-19LeaveForm.pdf
What You Need to Know:
·
The additional wellness leave is for a total of
24 hours, NOT three days. The hours
do not have to be used
consecutively in a day-to-day sequence, nor in any specific minimum
amount.
·
The leave is provided to all current personnel,
including full-time, part-time, unclassified
and student workers.
·
The leave is available for use ONLY between
January 18, 2022 and May 15, 2022.
·
The wellness leave can be used due to a
COVID-related issue such as testing, vaccination or booster shot, or a COVID quarantine period for yourself
or due to living with someone in isolation
·
For any employee
who has mandatory, weekly testing
requirements per District policy,
the employee does not have to use this additional wellness leave for required
testing.
·
Use timesheet code “1920” for full-time employees and "0100" for part-time employees to account when using the new wellness leave. Please include a comment in SAP that the time is for the 2022 Board Approved COVID-19 leave
·
This leave will NOT affect an employee’s
attendance status (“perfect attendance”) or
other hours in your
quota