COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT Between NEW YORK UNIVERSITY And LOCAL 810 I.B.T
July 1, 2002-June 30, 2007

ARTICLE 17 - SICK LEAVE

A. All full-time employees covered by this Agreement, with one or more years of full-time employment, shall be eligible for up to twelve (12) days sick leave pay per calendar year (January 1 to December 31) for proven illness.

B. When an employee has completed one (1) year of employment, he will be immediately eligible for one (1) day of paid sick leave for each remaining full month up to December 31st of that calendar year. For example, an employee who has completed one (1) year of employment on July 1 9th of the current calendar year would be eligible for five (5) days paid sick leave to December 31 st of that calendar year.

C. Any unused sick leave may be accrued in a "sick leave bank". The maximum accrual in the bank will be sixty (60) days.

D. If an employee becomes sick during the work day and stops working, only the amount of time not worked will be charged to accrued sick leave. For example, an employee who works for two hours before stopping will have the remaining six hours of the shift charged to accrued sick leave. If the employee does not have accrued sick leave, he/she shall only be paid for the two hours worked.

E. With respect to days of absence for which the employee is entitled to receive salary continuation payments from Workers' Compensation, the employee must first use accumulated sick leave to the extent it is available. When the Employer is reimbursed for a portion of these payments by its insurance carrier, it will restore an equivalent amount of sick leave to the employee's bank. For example, if the employee earns $750 per week and the Employer receives $600 in reimbursement, the employee's sick leave bank will be credited with 4 sick leave days. If the Employer receives $500, the employee will be credited for 3 1/3 sick leave days.

F. Commencing July 1, 2002, Employees eligible for sick leave credit shall receive a day's regular pay for each day of sick leave not taken from the sick leave days accrued by the Employee during the calendar year. Such payment shall be made to the Employee prior to the end of January for the following calendar year (i.e., prior to the end of January 2003 for sick leave days earned but not used in 2002). Employees are not entitled to be paid for sick leave accrued in previous years. An employee who is out on sick leave 12 or more days in a calendar year is not entitled to any payment under this provision. Pay under this provision may be declined by the Employee, in which case sick leave days not taken during the calendar year shall accrue to the Employee in accordance with Section C of this Article. Payments under this provision shall be made in a separate check.

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