Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986 [PAGE 31]

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Attachment B

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Excerpt from the G e n e r a / Rules C o n c e r n i n g University O r g a n i z a t i o n a n d P r o c e d u r e Article I I I . E M P L O Y M E N T P O L I C I E S Sec. 4. R E T I R E M E N T , D E A T H , S U R V I V O R , AND D I S A B I L I T Y BENEFITS (b) Participation in State Universities Retirement System. A deduction is made from the salaries or wages of all employees who are participants in the retirement system, as defined by law. (c) Disability Benefits. The University of Illinois provides disability benefits as follows: (1) Nonacademic Employees. Leave is granted with full pay for disability in amount and in accordance with eligibility criteria set forth in the Policy and Rules Relating to Compensation and Working Conditions. (2) Academic or Administrative Staff. Noncumulative leave is granted with full pay for disability in each year of service, including the first, of fifteen work days. In addition, a staff member is eligible for extended disability leave of ten work days with full pay for each year of service, the unused portion of which is cumulative in any year to a maximum of 180 work days. A staff member may use the above annual and accumulated extended disability leaves when absent because of illness of, or injury to, or need to obtain medical or dental consultation for the staff member or the staff member's spouse or children. A female staff member may use her annual and accumulated leave as maternity leave. Exceptions and applications of this policy beyond spouse and children, e.g., members of the household, may be granted. Members of the household should be defined as dependent residents of the staff member's household. Subject to the approval of the President, or Chancellor as appropriate, 1 a member who has completed at least three full years of service may be granted a disability leave with full pay for a period (including the annual and extended leaves described above) not to exceed one-half of his appointment year. No deduction of time from the annual leave or the extended leave is made if the member is ill or disabled at a time when that staff member is not expected to furnish regular service to the University. After the disability benefits described above have been exhausted, a member may be granted a disability leave without pay from the University. Attachment C

Revision to Policy and Rules — Nonacademic

Chapter XII. Disability Benefits U N I V E R S I T Y POLICY, Paragraph B2 and B3" 2. Sick Leave Uses An employee may use accumulated Sick Leave when absent because of personal illness, illness of spouse and/or children, injury, Maternity Leave, or to obtain medical or dental consultation or treatment. Exceptions and applications of this policy beyond spouse and children, e.g., members of household, may be granted. Members of household should be defined as dependent residents of the employee's

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In the case of staff members of General University offices, the President will act. New material is in italics. Section 4 is new.