Section 681.3.143. Sick leave.

Permanent and probationary employees will accrue sick leave as provided by law and will be entitled to such leave on presentation of satisfactory evidence. Permanent part-time employees will accrue sick leave in an amount equivalent to their fractional employment, and no employees will be granted sick leave in excess of their accumulation.

An employee who is transferred, promoted or demoted from one position to another position under this system will not lose any accumulated sick leave as a result thereof.

A permanent employee who has recovered after exhausting all accumulated sick leave and vacation time and has a medical release to return to work will, at the employee’s request, be placed on the reemployment list for the class the employee previously occupied and on reemployment lists for lower level classes for which the employee is qualified in accordance with 681—3.67(8A) to 681—3.70(8A) for a period of up to two years from the date the employee was released to return to work. Such employee acceptance of reemployment in a lower class will not affect the employee’s standing on the reemployment list for the class that the employee formerly occupied. If reemployment occurs within two years of an employee’s release to return to work following a medically related disability, prior service credit shall be restored. After two years on the reemployment eligibility list, the employee’s name shall be removed.

[ARC 9812B, IAB 10/19/11, effective 11/23/11]