<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here is the language from Ellsworth's CBA"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Purpose: The sick leave bank is designed to provide income protection for eligible teachers who<br>have exhausted their personal leave, sick leave. and any other available paid leave and who have<br>a serious health condition under the FMLA as determined by the Business Office based on the<br>information provided in the employee's completed FMLA forms. Sick leave bank days are not<br>available for elective surgery that is not medically necessary. Any employee receiving payments<br>under the Worker's Compensation Act will be ineligible for sick leave bank compensation while<br>receiving those benefits .</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Carolyn Heller<br></div><div>Business Manager<br></div>Ellsworth School Department<br><div>207-664-7100 x1104</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM Field, Stacie <<a href="mailto:sfield@rsu16.org">sfield@rsu16.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>Our language also states "serious or extended non-work-related illness or injury."</div><div>Specific to pregnancy or childbirth it states "only if medically necessary." </div><div>Excludes elective surgery and family members' illness or injury. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br></div><div>Stacie Field<br></div>Business Manager<br></div>RSU 16 - Poland, Mechanic Falls, Minot<br></div>207.998.2727 ext 102<br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 11:11 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">Our Sick Leave bank stipulates it's for a teacher experiencing a prolonged or catastrophic illness or event (of the employee), so maternity leave does not fit into that unless there are complications and it becomes a prolonged or catastrophic illness<div><br></div><div>Lucie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM Andrea Disch <<a href="mailto:adisch@msad11.org" target="_blank">adisch@msad11.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><p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Dear Colleagues,</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">I’m reaching out to ask whether any of your districts currently restrict staff members recovering from childbirth—who lack sufficient personal sick leave—from drawing time from an associated sick leave bank.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Our current Collective Bargaining Agreement specifies that this is not permitted. However, we were previously advised by counsel that prohibiting employees from accessing the sick leave bank for postpartum recovery could constitute discrimination, prompting a change in past practice.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">I’d appreciate learning whether others are facing similar language in their agreements, and if so, how your districts are addressing it in practice.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Thank you in advance for any insights you can share.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Best,<br>
Andrea</font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4y02vtQLN6pwWGVEguRSdTE-1TkYG-o9RHWWMnAGvXWOAnsY3fcBcye_4dEyhUUmM9bDDQNmmK_HZmX"><br></div></div></div></div>
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