Leaves

From the Greater NY Contract Nursing Home Summary of Selected Articles

Employees shall be entitled to paid sick leave as follows:
- Ten days sick leave during the first year of employment; Twelve days during the second year of employment; Thirteen days during the third year of employment; Fifteen days beginning with the fourth year of employment and each year thereafter.
Unused sick leave shall be paid to Employees at least one week prior to Christmas time each year
Paid sick leave may be used for the care of children or other immediate family members of Employees
Employees are entitled to up to one year of leave for illness
Any Employee injured on the job shall be reinstated upon recovery without loss of seniority
Employees are entitled to up to ten months for maternity leave.
Employees are entitled to three days of bereavement leave in the event of death of a parent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, legal guardian or grandchild.
In the event of death of an Employee’s spouse or child, the bereavement leave shall be five days of paid leave.
Employees are entitled to three days of paid paternity leave in the event their spouse gives birth to a child.
Employees called for jury duty shall be paid the difference between their regular pay and the amount they receive as jury pay.
Employees are entitled to eighteen months of educational leave to qualify for a higher pay position, and upon satisfactory completion shall be granted preferential hiring rights in the classification in which such Employee is then qualified.