Employee Benefits
Benefits for Active Employees
Sick Leave -- Unclassified Employees
(updated 09/12/2006 )

Important: An employee must complete an FMLA Leave Request Form when you will be absent more than three (3) working days because of a personal illness or injury or the illness or injury of a family member. See also FMLA Leave

General Information

Unclassified employees earn sick leave based on hours in pay status each pay period. See also Earnings Codes that Count Towards Leave Accrual (CTLA). Sick leave balances at the end of each pay period are printed on the employee's pay stub for that pay period.

Sick leave earned by an employee during a pay period shall be available for use on the first day of the following pay period.

Sick leave shall be granted only for the following reasons:

1. illness or disability of the employee, including pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, abortion and recovery therefrom, and personal appointments with a physician, dentist, or other recognized health practitioner.

2. illness or disability, including pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, abortion and recovery therefrom, of a family member, and a family member's personal appointments with a physician, dentist or other recognized health practitioner when the illness, disability or appointment reasonably requires the employee to be absent from work.

3. legal quarantine of the employee; or

4. the adoption of a child by an employee or initial placement of a foster child in the home of an employee, when the adoption or initial placement reasonably requires the employee to be absent from work.
   
   

"Family member" shall be limited to:
1. persons related to the employee by blood, marriage or adoption; and

2. minors residing in your residence as a result of court proceedings pursuant to the Kansas Code for care of children or the Kansas Juvenile offender's code.
   
   

Sick leave balances are only paid at the time of retirement. See Sick Leave Bonus (Retirement Only).

The sick leave balance for an employee who resigns then returns to a benefits eligible position within one (1) year of the date of resignation will be reinstated. An employee's sick leave balance will not be reinstated when he or she is rehired after a retirement.

Sick Leave Accruals
Non-Exempt Unclassified Employee

Hours in Pay Status Per Pay Period	Hours Earned Per Pay Period
0-7	0.0
8-15	0.4
16-23	0.8
24-31	1.2
32-39	1.6
40-47	2.0
48-55	2.4
56-63	2.8
64-71	3.2
72-79	3.6
80-**	3.7

** See also Earnings Codes that Count Towards Leave Accrual (CTLA)

Exempt Unclassified Employees

Appointment FTE	Hours Earned Per Pay Period
.75 - 1.00	3.7
.5 - .749	2.8
.25 - .499	1.9
Less than .25	0.9

Reporting Sick Leave

Unclassified employees follow the same procedures for reporting sick leave as classified employees. Click on this link for information on reporting sick leave for non-exempt and exempt employees.

Click here for more information on reporting time worked and leave taken.