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Issue/Question
Do school or daycare closures qualify for the use of sick leave?
Environment
- Sick Leave
- Sick Leave – Care for Family
Resolution
- When no other suitable option for childcare is available, employees may use Sick Leave – Care for Family for unexpected and unplanned school and/or daycare closures
- Examples include
- When schools close due to weather or daycare closes due to personal illness
- For expected and planned closures, vacation leave is generally the appropriate leave to use
- Parents and grandparents to take care of children/grandchildren when a daycare provider closes
- For planned closures, with prior supervisor approval, a single day of sick leave (Sick Leave – Care for Family) per event may be available to the employee if there is no other suitable option for childcare