Effective Date: November 1, 1997
Employees Covered: All full-time employees (35 hours per week) who are covered by this Agreement.
Employee Eligibility Requirement: At least 17 weeks of full-time employment in the year prior to the date of disability.
Use of Sick Days: For the first 30 calendar days of disability, employees must first use sick leave days. To the extent that an employee has an insufficient number of sick leave days, he/she will be paid based upon 2/3 of his/her average weekly wages to a maximum at least equal to the maximum provided by the state Temporary Disability Plan.
Return from Disability: An employee may return from disability within a period of time equal to 26 weeks plus one year plus the number of unused sick leave days from the date of disability. If the employee does not return to work within that time, employment is terminated.
Medical Plan Coverage: During the period of used sick leave days, plus 26 weeks, plus one year, plus the number of unused accumulated sick days from the date of disability, the employee may continue the diocesan medical plan, the Schools bearing the expense during the period of used sick leave days plus 26 weeks following the date of disability, the employee bearing the expense during the one year period following the 26 week period and the Schools again bearing the expense for a period of time equal to the unused accumulated sick leave days.

a. For each sick leave day counted beyond the 26 weeks and one year periods, the number of sick leave days for sell-back purposes is reduced accordingly.