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What would you do?
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What would you
do if you became catastrophically injured or ill and had to use
all of your sick, vacation, and compensatory leave? If you participated
in the Armstrong Atlantic State University's sick leave pool, you
could have access to additional sick leave-sick leave that would
protect you when you needed it!
The Armstrong Atlantic State University's sick leave pool allows
participating employees to combine a portion of their individually
accrued sick leave for collective use.
As a member of the sick leave pool, you
would be able to draw upon the pool-after approval from the sick
leave pool committee-in instances where you used all of your sick,
vacation, and compensatory leave hours (if applicable) because
of personal, not family, catastrophic injury or illness. (Personal
catastrophic illness includes disabilities associated with pregnancy.)
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What is catastrophic injury or illness?
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injury or illness is defined as a severe condition or combination
of conditions affecting the mental or physical health of the employee
which has resulted in a life-threatening condition and/or has had
a major impact on life-functions. Such life-functions include, but
are not limited to, loss of physical senses, loss of physiological
processes, or loss of a limb.
Examples of the types of injuries or illnesses
which have resulted in employees' being granted pool hours include
major surgery to be determined. In addition, pool hours have been
granted for the amputation of a limb and for transplant surgery.
All requests to withdraw hours from the pool are evaluated on
a case-by-case basis.
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Are you eligible to participate?
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You are eligible
to participate in the sick leave pool if:
- You have completed one year of employment
with the Armstrong Atlantic State University and
- You have a minimum of 64 hours of
sick leave on balance.
All eligible employees may enroll in the
pool during the annual open enrollment period held in November.
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How do you apply for membership?
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If you wish to participate in the pool,
please complete, detach, and return the application
to your sick leave pool administrator. Please return to the appropriate
administrator listed below.
Sick Leave Administrator:
Rebecca Carroll
Director of Human Resources
Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419-1997
Phone: 912-927-5267
Fax: 912-921-7375
To enroll, your application must be received
by the appropriate sick leave pool administrator by March 3, 2006.
The next opportunity to enroll will be the annual "Open Enrollment"
period during November.
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How are contributions made to the pool?
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If your application is approved, you will
contribute sixteen hours (full-time) and eight hours
(part-time) of your sick leave to the sick leave pool, which will
be deducted from your sick leave account automatically.
To be eligible full time employees must
have 64 hours of unused sick leave; part-time members must have
32 hours of unused sick leave.
You may be asked to contribute another eight hours of sick leave
if the total available in the pool ever drops to an unacceptable
level. However, you cannot be asked to contribute more than two
times in any fiscal year.
No donations or transfers of unused or
unpaid sick leave may be made by separating employees. For detailed
policy please click here.
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How do you use the pool?
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- Any use of the sick leave pool must
be approved by the sick leave pool committee. In addition, the
sick leave pool administrator facilitates the committee's activities,
the processing of applications, and requests for use of the
pool.
When you make a request to withdraw hours from the sick leave
pool and you do so by forwarding your request to the sick leave
pool administrator-the committee will review and approve or
disapprove your request.
Your participation in the pool will not guarantee that you may
withdraw hours from the pool; however, if your sick leave request
is approved, you may be granted a maximum of 160 hours (20 workdays)
from the pool for any one request-up to 480 hours (60 workdays)
during any fiscal year. Pool benefits are coordinated with any
and all disability insurance benefits an employee may be receiving
(such as workers' compensation), and an employee may not receive
more than his or her current salary after all benefits are applied.
These hours will be awarded in lump-sum amounts. You will not
be asked to replace any hours used from these awarded amounts;
however, any hours not used because of your return to employment,
termination, etc., must be given back to the pool.
Any hours that need to be returned will be transferred from
your individual sick leave account.
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What happens if the committee denies your request to withdraw
sick leave from the pool?
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denies your request to withdraw sick leave from the pool, you may
appeal that decision first to the committee and then to the sick
leave pool appeals board. The appeals board is composed vice presidents
and president from each area of campus or their designeesas well
as the director of the Division of Human Resources. The appeals
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How do you cancel your membership?
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You may cancel
your membership in the sick leave pool at any time by notifying
the appropriate sick leave pool administrator in writing. Any hours
you have contributed will remain in the pool.
If you retire, transfer, resign, or are terminated from Armstrong
Atlantic State University employment, you also will be terminated
from the pool, effective on the date of the personnel action. The
hours you have contributed to the pool will remain in the pool to
meet future demands on the pool.
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