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Sick Leave/Disability (for Nonexempt and fixed-term Exempt employees) Summary: When an illness or off-the-job injury causes employees to be absent from work, the first five days of pay are drawn from their sick-leave bank. Thereafter, New York state disability benefits are payable for up to 26 weeks at 50 percent of weekly wages, up to a maximum benefit of $170/week. |
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 Who is eligible? If you are a regular Nonexempt employee, a fixed-term Exempt or Nonexempt employee, and are scheduled to work 20 hours per week, you are automatically eligible for sick leave/disability benefits. |
| Details: Sick leave may be taken to supplement New York state disability payments. The maximum accrual for regular nonexempt employees is 130 days. Fixed-term employees are limited to a maximum accrual of 12 sick days. Eligible employees accrue sick time from the date of hire at the rate of one-half day for each pay period (prorated for part-time employees). You will receive sick pay for the first five consecutive days of absence due to sickness if sufficient sick time has been accrued. On the sixth consecutive business day of absence due to a non-job related injury or illness, you are eligible for New York state disability benefits payable for up to 26 weeks at 50 percent of weekly wages up to a maximum benefit determined by New York state. You may use accrued sick time to supplement New York state disability payments. You or your supervisor should notify Human Resources when the absence reaches six days or is expected to go beyond five working days. Human Resources will then forward the required paperwork to you.  More detailed information is available in the Policies and Procedures section. |
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