Employee Leave

Employee Leave & Absences
Questions or concerns about Employee Leave may be directed to your school's Leave Clerk.  If additional help is needed, contact the Human Resources Department at 229-225-4380 or HR@tcjackets.net.  You may find the answer to your question in these FAQs.

PDExpress
Employee Leave, excluding sick days, must be requested in the PDExpress platform.  Questions concerning the requesting or approval of leave can be directed to your school's Leave Clerk.

Employees requiring extended or intermittent medical leave due to their serious health condition or one of a family member should notify their building administrator as soon as possible and contact HR@tcjackets.net for required forms.

Employees requiring maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption or foster care placement leave can contact HR@tcjackets.net for required forms.  

Depending on the employee's eligibility and type of leave requested, some leave may be protected under the FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT.

Additional forms are required to apply for short term or long term disability, if the employee carries coverage.

The Sick Leave Bank (SLB) has been established to provide additional sick leave to members whose personal sick leave and other available leave has been exhausted and who are unable to perform their assigned duties for an extended period of time due to their own catastrophic illness or the catastrophic illness of their child, spouse, or parent. Employees must be a member of the SLB to be eligible to participate.  Employees may only elect to join the SLB as a new hire or during an annual open enrollment period.  You can review the Sick Leave Bank Guidelines here.

Key Points of the Sick Leave Bank:

• You must contribute 1 sick day per school year to maintain membership.
• You must be absent from work for 11 consecutive work days before you can apply for sick days.
• The Sick Leave Bank is not for periodic absences.  The absences must be consecutive.
• Applications are presented to the Sick Leave Bank Committee which votes to approve or deny the request.