Sick Leave

(80 Ill. Admin. Code 1650.350)
Members may receive a maximum of two years of service credit at retirement for unused, uncompensated sick leave. To be creditable for retirement purposes, sick leave days must actually be available for use by a member in the event of illness. Service credit is not available and cannot be computed for sick leave days added to the record of a member for the purpose of increasing a member’s retirement service credit. The amount of service credit available to a member can be determined by dividing the number of sick leave days by 170 to a maximum of two years of credit.

TRS follows a calculation procedure in the event an employer adds days to a member’s record. This may occur in the event of catastrophic illness, to restore days lost to an earlier, lower cap, or to grant sick leave days in addition to the normal annual allotment. Any reinstated or granted sick leave days need to be properly posted to the employer’s sick leave/attendance records to increase the member’s accumulated sick leave balance, so that the employer is willing to accept a financial obligation to pay the member for using these additional sick days. Sick leave days must be granted or reinstated far enough in advance so the sick leave days will actually be available for use by a member in the event of illness.

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