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Sick Leave Benefits Dandrea Produce provides paid sick leave benefits to all eligible employees for periods of temporary absence due to illnesses or injuries. Eligible employee classification(s):
* Regular full-time employees
Eligible employees will accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of 5 days per year (or 6 if you work a six day week) Sick leave benefits are calculated on the basis of a "benefit year", the 12-month period that begins when the employee starts to earn sick leave benefits.
Employees can request use of paid sick leave after completing a waiting period of 180 calendar days from the date they become eligible to accrue sick leave benefits. Paid sick leave can be used in minimum increments of 4 hours . An eligible employee may use sick leave benefits for an absence due to his or her own illness or injury, or that of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee.
Employees who are unable to report to work due to illness or injury should notify their direct supervisor before the scheduled start of their workday if possible. The direct supervisor must also be contacted on each additional day of absence.
Sick leave benefits will be calculated based on the employee's base pay rate at the time of absence and will not include any special forms of compensation, such as incentives, commissions, bonuses, or shift differentials.
As an additional condition of eligibility for sick leave benefits, an employee on an extended absence must apply for any other available compensation and benefits, such as workers' compensation. Sick leave benefits will be used to supplement any payments that an employee is eligible to receive from state disability insurance, workers' compensation or Dandrea Produce-provided disability insurance programs. The combination of any such disability payments and sick leave benefits cannot exceed the employee's normal weekly earnings.
Unused sick leave benefits will not be allowed to accumulated or roll over. Any unused sick time is forfeited at the end of the year.
Sick leave benefits are intended solely to provide income protection in the event of illness or injury, and may not be used for any other absence. Unused sick leave benefits will not be paid to employees while they are employed or upon termination of employment.
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