An employee who is a member of the Voluntary Sick Leave Bank may request sick leave (maximum of twenty working days) from the pool after exhausting accumulated leave. Leave may be requested and used only for catastrophic personal illness or injury of the employee or to care for a parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child with a serious health condition as stipulated under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). A licensed medical practitioner's statement describing the severity of the illness or injury, the diagnosis, the date it began, and probable duration must be included with this request.
I hereby request approval of the following Sick Leave Bank usage: