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Revision to Personnel Policy Manual
5.4 Sick Time
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WHEREAS, it is the practice of the DuPage County Board to provide employees with written policy and benefit information in the form of the DuPage County Board Personnel Policy Manual; and
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Human Resources Department to maintain and distribute these policies; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of DuPage County ("County") to recognize that employees may occasionally be absent because of illness or injury, and the County believes that employees should be protected against a loss of income because of such temporary absences; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County has adopted a Sick Time Policy, specifically, Personnel Policy 5.4 Sick Time; and
WHEREAS, the Sick Time Policy applies to eligible County employees, and eligible employees of County elected officials who adopted the policy provisions; and
WHEREAS, Personnel Policy 5.4 Sick Time, currently specifies that sick time hours accrued and banked, may be used during the course of employment for the employee's own health condition or to care for an immediate family member who requires the employee's care or other reasons as stated within the Policy handbook; and
WHEREAS, Personnel Policy 5.4 Sick Time, provides that effective December 1, 2011, all sick time hours accrued, unused, and banked were frozen for purposes of eligibility for monetary compensation. Said accrued, unused and banked sick time continued to be eligible for pay based on years of service at time of separation, as outlined in the policy; and
WHEREAS, Personnel Policy 5.4 Sick Time, provides that under certain circumstances, relative to sick time accrued, unused and banked prior to December 1, 2011, employees had the option to receive monetary compensation for a limited number of said days of sick time, one time per y...
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