CT HB05895

Commissioner of Administrative Services must establish a sick leave bank for municipal firefighters, police officers, and emergency services personnel by July 1, 2014, with an online portal for participating municipalities to post employee wages and sick leave accruals updated quarterly.

Municipalities may opt into the program by resolution, and eligible employees with at least two years of employment must contribute one day's worth of hours to participate, with the option to withdraw at any time (forfeiting previously donated hours).

If the sick leave bank falls below 3,000 hours, the commissioner may require participating employees to make additional contributions as deemed necessary.

Eligible employees who have exhausted all personal leave, vacation, compensatory time, and sick leave may draw up to 100 one-half days per fiscal year starting on the sixteenth day after exhaustion, with approval based on medical certification and eligibility requirements including two years of employment and no sick leave abuse discipline in the prior two years.

The sick leave bank does not affect existing collective bargaining agreements, and the commissioner may adopt regulations to implement the program.