Sick leave is calculated by multiplying the total number of hours paid by .0334. Sick leave is paid only for medical purposes for enrollees themselves or to attend to an immediate family member. The enrollee's earnings statement reflects the available balance of sick leave.
Sick Leave is accrued to a maximum of 80 hours at any given time. Once the 80-hour maximum has been reached, no further sick leave will accrue until the balance falls below the 80-hour maximum.
Sick leave hours are non-worked hours and will not be included in any overtime pay calculations.
Immediate Family includes spouses, children, daughters/sons-in-law, parents, siblings, sisters/brothers-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, mothers/fathers-in-law, step-parents, step-siblings, step-children, step-grandchildren, and domestic partners.
Sick Leave remaining at the end of an enrollee's enrollment is not payable to the enrollee, unless specifically required by applicable State law.
The NEW Solutions Program will follow the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) unless an Enrollee is assigned in a state that has a more liberal law. In these cases, the NEW Solutions Program will follow the more liberal state law.
The FMLA entitles eligible enrollees of covered employers to take job-protected, unpaid leave for specified family and medical reasons. Eligible enrollees are entitled to:
Eligibility requires enrollment in the NEW Solutions Program for a minimum of one year AND at least 1250 duty hours worked during the 12-month period immediately preceding the request for leave. Sick and vacation hours do not count towards the 1250 duty hours.
Requesting family and medical leave requires enrollees to submit a written request, which includes justification, to the NEW Solutions Program Field Office with a copy to the Monitor. Certification may be required as permitted by the FMLA
E-Timesheets must be submitted during family and medical leave for accurate record-keeping purposes. The number of authorized hours for that day should be entered in the "HOURS" column (the electronic timesheet system will not accept zeros), and sick(SICK), vacation (VACATION), or leave without pay (LWOP) should be selected in "PAY CODE" column on the timesheet
Sick and vacation leave hours (if available) must be used concurrently during the time off for family and medical leave. Once sick and vacation leave have been depleted, the remainder of FML is unpaid.
Health Insurance, for those Enrollees covered under the NEW Solutions Program group health care plan, will continue to be paid.
Failure to return to the NEW Solutions Program assignment at the end of the family and medical leave period may prompt NEW Solutions to initiate separation procedures.
Family and Medical Leave hours are non-worked hours and will not be included in any overtime pay calculations.
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ESP Enrollees are not eligible to receive pay for the hours of early release granted by the leadership of the DOI or BLM to the agency’s staff. Enrollees can make up those hours during the following weeks, in coordination with their technical advisor.