Voluntary Sick Leave Bank

Voluntary Sick Leave Bank
(Article 17.E)

VSLB is a pool of sick leave that comes from voluntary contributions. VSLB provides income protection in the case of catastrophic illness or injury, as well as an opportunity to support colleagues in need.

Faculty can choose to join VSLB and contribute to the bank. Faculty who are members of the bank can apply for benefits if they run out of regular sick leave and experience a catastrophic illness or injury.

Joining and contributing
• When the bank begins to run low, HR puts out a call for contributions. If you’re already a member, you don’t have to do anything. HR will automatically deduct 1 day if you’re FT, 1 hour is you’re PT and working up to 50%, or 2 hours if you’re PT and working more than 50%. The deductions are taken from your sick leave and moved into VSLB. There are no deductions in between calls, and we are not allowed to contribute extra.
• If you want to join or quit VSLB, you can do that when they make a call for contributions.
• You can join VSLB only when hired, when moving from PT to FT, or when VSLB puts out a call for contributions.

Benefits
• To apply for benefits, contact to Lety Sazo in HR: lsazo@ccsf.edu or (415) 452-7724. Because VSLB can work with other benefits and leaves, it’s worth talking the time to talk through the possibilities.
• After you apply, a joint faculty/administration committee will look at your circumstance and determine a benefit award. Benefits are intended for those who cannot work who are experiencing catastrophic or life-threatening injury or illness.
• Faculty working full-time can receive up to 100 days of half-pay sick leave. That can run concurrently with Partially Paid Sick Leave (17.D) to provide full pay.
• Faculty working part-time can receive up to 100 days at your current load. That can supplement your SDI benefits and fill in the waiting period for SDI benefits, to provide full pay.

Limitations
• Only VSLB members can receive benefits from VSLB (17.E.1.2).
• You can only receive VSLB benefits after exhausting your sick leave.
• VSLB benefits cannot be applied to overload or summer assignments.
• Faculty are generally limited to receiving benefits twice in a lifetime, but can apply for “extraordinary” benefits under special circumstances (17.E.1.3.4).

For more information
• To find out if you are a member of VSLB, contact your precinct rep or aft@aft2121.org
• The contact in administration for VSLB questions is Lety Sazo in HR: lsazo@ccsf.edu or (415) 452-7724.