COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT Between SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU), Local 32BJ and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008

Section 19. SICKNESS BENEFITS

1. The Employer shall pay sick pay to employees during any bona fide absence due to illness or accident based on the following sick leave plan, in the amount of his regular daily wage.
2. After one (1) year of employment, each employee shall accrue one (1) day sick leave credit for each month of employment up to a maximum of twelve (12) days per year. When an employee has completed one (1) year of employment, he will be eligible for one (1) day of paid sick leave for each remaining full month up to December 31st of the current calendar year. For example, an employee who has completed one (1) year of employment on July 19th of the current calendar year would be eligible for five (5) days' paid sick leave to December 31st of that calendar year.
3. An employee shall be permitted to accrue a maximum total of sixty (60) days of sick leave, including days previously accrued under these provisions.
4. In the event an employee has not returned to work at the time his full accrued credits are exhausted, or if such credits are exhausted by the fifth day of absence, he shall then be entitled to the same benefits and to the same extent as are provided under the New York State Disability Law. Sick leave benefits are integrated with the New York Disability Law. Sick leave benefits are integrated with the New York Disability Benefits in that the twenty six (26) week disability payment period prescribed by the law begins after the waiting period of five (5) working days, whether or not the employee is using sick leave credits.
5. In cases involving injuries or occupational diseases covered by the New York State Workers' Compensation Act, an employee may use accumulated sick leave during the first week of absence.
6. All payments hereinabove set forth in this Article are voluntarily assumed by the Employer, in consideration of concessions made by the Union with respect to various other provisions of this Agreement, and any such payment shall be deemed to be a voluntary contribution or aid within the meaning of any applicable statutory provisions. In the event the provisions of this sick leave plan shall be found to be unenforceable or contrary to law, the parties shall negotiate an equivalent plan and, if unable to agree, shall submit such matter to arbitration under this Agreement; but in no event shall any substitute plan be less favorable to employees than the plan hereinabove set forth.
7. Any employee who becomes injured during working hours shall receive the rest of the day off without loss of pay or deduction from sick leave, provided that the injury is such that the Employer orders the employee not to return to work.

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