MCC provides paid sick leave benefits to eligible employees who are temporarily absent due to illness or injury. Employees in the following employment classifications are eligible for sick leave:

If you are eligible, you will accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of 12 days per year (1 day for every full month of service). Sick leave benefits are calculated on the basis of a "benefit year." A "benefit year" is the 12-month period that begins when you start earning sick leave. You can request to use paid sick leave after you complete a 90 day waiting period from the date you become eligible to accrue sick leave benefits.

You may not take less than one hour sick leave. You may use sick leave benefits to be absent because you are ill or injured. You can also use sick leave to be absent because of the illness or injury of your child, parent, or spouse.

If you cannot report to work because of an illness or injury, you should notify your supervisor before the scheduled start of your workday, if possible. Your supervisor must also be contacted on each additional day of absence.

If you are absent for three or more consecutive days due to illness or injury, you must give us a doctor's statement that states you are ill or injured, when it began, and when you should be able to return to work. We may also request a similar statement for other sick leave absences of less than three days. Before you can return to work after a sick leave absence of 5 calendar days or more, you must give us a doctor's statement that you may safely return to work.

Your sick leave benefits will be calculated based on your base pay rate at the time of your absence. Sick leave benefits do not include any special forms of compensation, such as incentives, commissions, bonuses, or shift differentials.

If you are on sick leave for an extended absence because of an illness or injury, you also must apply for any other available compensation and benefits, such as workers' compensation. Your sick leave benefits will be used to supplement any payments that you are eligible for from state disability insurance, workers' compensation, or MCC-provided disability insurance programs. The combination of these disability payments and your sick leave may not be more than your normal weekly pay.

Sick leave benefits are meant to provide income protection in the case you are ill or injured. They may not be used for any other absence. You will not be paid for unused sick leave benefits while you are employed and you will also not be paid for unused sick leave benefits when your employment terminates.