<div dir="ltr">According to our HR person, we still give the 15 days to new employees because there has been no change in the law yet. The only ones that are applicable now are numbers 2,3, and 5.<div><br><ol type="1" start="1" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are subject to a federal, state or local quarantine order related to COVID-19;</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They have been, or are, advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine for reasons related to COVID-19;</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and are seeking a medical diagnosis; <font color="#ff0000">taking an at home COVID test would fall under seeking a medical diagnosis.</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are caring for an individual subject to a federal, state or local quarantine order related to COVID-19; or</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">They are a parent or guardian who is providing care for a child whose school or place of child care is closed or unavailable due to precautions related to COVID-19.</li></ol></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM Jennifer Pooler <<a href="mailto:jpooler@msad58.org" target="_blank">jpooler@msad58.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">My payroll specialist thought there was guidance a while ago from DrummondWoodsum basically saying what Shelley noted. No federal, state, or local quarantine or state of emergency, so no more use of COVID time. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM Shelley Cummings <<a href="mailto:s.cummings2@msad17.org" target="_blank">s.cummings2@msad17.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What if there is not a federal, state or local quarantine order?<div>Our school district has dropped the mandated quarantine order and they now follow the "if your sick..." guidelines.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Katie Gourley <<a href="mailto:KATIE.GOURLEY@rsu25.org" target="_blank">KATIE.GOURLEY@rsu25.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Do you assign 15 days to newly hired staff as well? </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Katie Gourley<div>RSU 25</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>207-469-7311</div><div><a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org" target="_blank">katie.gourley@rsu25.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:53 AM Lucie Tabor <<a href="mailto:ltabor@vuesc.org" target="_blank">ltabor@vuesc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, COVID is still present and causing employee absences, so we are having employees use COVID days (if they have not yet used 15) or Sick, if they have exhausted the COVID Leave days.</div>See attachment - The COVID days are not 15 days PER YEAR, they are 15 days available from <u>Jan 1, 2021 until a max of 15 days used</u>, so we have been tracking these separately, but always go back to Jan 1, 2021 and count any days used. Once they have used 15 days in total, they must use their own Sick leave (or vaca or EPL) in order to get paid.<div><br></div><div>Lucie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM Katie Gourley <<a href="mailto:KATIE.GOURLEY@rsu25.org" target="_blank">KATIE.GOURLEY@rsu25.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">What are districts doing about covid sick time? Are people still paying staff to be out when they test positive? If you are paying them and not using their sick leave how many days are you paying up to? Are you still giving them up to 15 days each year even if they had used 15 the year prior? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Katie Gourley<div>RSU 25</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>207-469-7311</div><div><a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org" target="_blank">katie.gourley@rsu25.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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