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Paid Sick Leave (Paid Sick Days and Paid Safe Days)
The Sick Leave benefit is a union-negotiated benefit available to any adjunct covered by our contract. Starting in academic year 2021-2022, adjuncts can use up to seven paid sick days in an academic year. The maximum number of sick or safe days each semester is as follows: Fall: 4 days J-term (winter): 3 days Spring: 4 days Summer: 3 days Each semester carries a maximum allotment of paid days, with a total of seven paid days in an academic year. The fall and spring terms each have four days available and the J-term (winter) and summer sessions each have three days. In academic year 2022-2023, the sick leave allotment will begin in September 2022. If you need to take a sick day, notify as soon as reasonably possible your school's HR department and your academic chair or director that you will not be able to teach a class session. The use of paid sick days is under the same terms and conditions allowed in the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act and the New York State Paid Sick Leave Law. We put together an abbreviated version of the NYC FAQ below, but to learn more, we recommend you read the full NYC FAQ. Examples: 1. At the start of the fall semester, each union-eligible adjunct is allocated four paid sick days. Let's say you need two sick days in the fall. Then you teach in the spring semester and you need two more sick days. The two days in the fall and two days in the spring would leave you with a balance of three days remaining for the Academic Year. Those sick days do not carry forward. In the following Academic Year you will again have a total of seven days available, with four days immediately available in the fall semester. 2. At the start of the fall semester, each union-eligible adjunct is allocated four paid sick days for that semester. Let's say you do not use any sick days in the fall. Then you teach in J-term (winter semester) and need two sick days. Then you teach in spring and use four sick days. The two days in J-term and four days in the spring would leave you with a balance of one day remaining for the Academic Year. That day does not carry forward. In the following Academic Year you have a total of seven days available, with four days immediately available in the fall semester. 3. At the start of the fall semester, each union eligible-adjunct is allocated four paid sick days. Let's say you needed to use four sick days in the fall. Then you teach in the spring semester and you need two sick days. Four days used in the fall and two days in the spring would leave you with a balance of one day left in the Academic Year. Then you need three sick days in the summer semester. In this case, one of those three summer days would be paid sick leave, and the other two days would not, and you could arrange with your department to make up the two classes or pay for a substitute. In the following Academic Year you would have a total of seven days available, with four days immediately available in the fall semester. Abbreviated Frequently Asked Questions What is sick leave? Sick leave is time off work for health reasons. Covered employees can use sick leave for the care and treatment of themselves or a family member. What is safe leave? Safe leave is time off work for safety reasons. Covered employees can use safe leave to seek assistance or to take other safety measures if the employee or a family member is the victim of any act or threat of domestic violence, unwanted sexual contact, stalking, or human trafficking. Who is considered a family member under the law? The law has a broad definition of family member that includes the following: • Child (biological, adopted, or foster child; legal ward; child of an employee standing in loco parentis) • Spouse (current or former, and regardless of whether they reside together) • Domestic Partner (current or former, and regardless of whether they reside together) • Parent • Child or parent of an employee’s spouse or domestic partner • Grandchild or grandparent • Sibling (half, adopted, or step sibling) • Any other individual related by blood to the employee • Any other individual whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship Does the Law apply to employees who telecommute? Yes. Employees who telecommute are covered by the law for the hours when they are physically working in New York City (on-site or by telecommuting), even if the employer is physically located outside New York City. Employees are not covered for the hours when they are not physically working in New York City, even if the employer is physically located in New York City. Does an employer have to provide safe and sick leave to employees who also work for other unrelated employers? Yes. Assuming that the employee is eligible to accrue safe and sick leave from both employers, both employers must provide the employee with safe and sick leave. This is true even if the employee works for employers that are not joint employers. |
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