Secretarial/Clerical Sick Leave Bank Guidelines

The contract between the School Board of Broward County and the Federation of Public Employees (Secretarial/Clerical) created a Sick Leave Bank.  The purpose of the Bank is to provide continuing salary for seriously ill employees who have exhausted their sick leave. In the event of a catastrophic illness or injury of the employee, the employee may withdraw a maximum of 30 days for one illness or injury. 

If you choose to enroll, one day of your sick time will be deducted from your sick leave balance.  Those hours will be converted into a dollar amount, which will be transferred to the existing Sick Leave Bank.  These funds are then available for withdrawal by eligible members.

Please note:

Participation in the bank is voluntary.

A sick day is not taken from you on a yearly basis.  You give up one sick day in order to join the Sick Leave Bank.  Thereafter, if the Sick Leave Bank is depleted to a point where only $4,000 or less remains, all members of the Sick Leave Bank will automatically have another day subtracted from their personal accumulated total.

Once you enroll as a member in the Sick Leave Bank, you remain a member.  It is not necessary to join each year.

SICK LEAVE BANK REGULATIONS

The bank shall be governed by the following procedures:

A. Membership Prerequisites

1. You must be a full-time employee to participate in the Sick Leave Bank.

2. You must have worked for the School Board one (1) full year prior to enrollment.

3. Participating employees must have ten (10) days of sick leave accrual at the time of enrollment in the bank.

B. General

1. At the time of the employee's contribution to the Sick Leave Bank, the sick leave day shall be converted to a monetary sum by multiplying the day donated times the donor's daily base rate of pay when contributed. If the Sick Leave Bank is depleted to a point where only $4,000 or less remains, all members of the Sick Leave Bank shall automatically have another day of sick leave subtracted from their personal accumulated total and transferred to the Sick Leave Bank.

2. Membership in the bank is voluntary. Days deposited however, shall remain in the Sick Leave Bank even if an employee decides to cease participation in the Sick Leave Bank.

C. Sick Leave Bank Committee - The Committee shall be appointed by the Federation for the purpose of administering the sick leave bank. The Committee shall:

1. Maintain adequate records relative to all functions of the bank.

2. Meet periodically, as requested by the Superintendent, with a designated administrator of the county to review Federation sick leave bank records.

3. Operate the bank in accordance with rules and procedures mutually agreed to by the parties. However, the Superintendent shall establish and the Federation will comply with procedures for identifying the recording contributions to and withdrawals from the bank. The parties authorize the Committee to establish additional administrative procedures necessary for the operation of the Bank as long as said procedures are consistent with and do not change any of the criteria contained in the Article19(B) of the FOPE-Clerical contract.

4. Not grant more sick leave than are available in the bank.

D. Withdrawal - Participating bank members may request sick leave days from the bank within the following limitations:

1. A withdrawal may be approved only upon the total depletion of the respective employee's accumulated sick leave and vacation leave. In addition, the affected employee must have exhausted or be ineligible for any type of leave granted by the Board related to accident, illness or injury.

2. The maximum withdrawal for any employee in a school year for an illness or injury or complications thereof shall be thirty (30) days at the discretion of the sick bank committee.

3. Withdrawals shall be in full day units and must be for a minimum of five (5) consecutive days.

4. An employee may apply to the Committee for withdrawal in advance of the depletion of such employee's accumulated sick leave, to be granted, if needed, upon such depletion.

5. All applications for withdrawal shall be in writing and shall be verified by the Committee. 

6. The salary of a secretarial/clerical employee participating in the bank will be reduced by any benefits drawn from Workers' Compensation.

7. When days are awarded from the bank, they will be withdrawn at the receiving party's daily base rate of pay.

8. Applications for withdrawal can be obtained by calling The Federation of Public Employees at 954-797-7575 or Employee Relations Department at 754-321-2140.

For a withdrawal form, click here.