Sick Leave
Full-time employees earn 1.25 days of sick leave per month of employment. Sick leave can accumulate up to a maximum of 150 days, calculated on June 30 of each fiscal year. Sick leave days may be used only for illness and/or temporary disability such that work is not practical, illness in the immediate family, or death in the immediate family (maximum of ten days per period of bereavement). Up to 2 days (up to 4 days, if accumulated) can be used annually for personal leave.
Sick Leave Bank
Horry County Schools has established a Sick Leave Bank for active duty employees who earn sick leave. Participation is on a voluntary basis. The purpose of the bank is to provide leave for employees who experience catastrophic illness or accidents that require absences which exceed their accrued leave but do not activate long-term disability insurance provisions. Employees donate sick leave to the Bank for the use by Bank members. An open enrollment period for the Bank is held each year during the month of October or within the first 31 work days on the job for new hires.
Sick Leave Bank Enrollment
New employees who fail to enroll during their first opportunity may enroll during annual enrollment; however, such employees will have a one-year waiting period before becoming eligible to submit an application for use of Bank days.
Employees who initially choose not to participate in the Bank may enroll during subsequent open enrollment periods and will have a one-year waiting period before becoming eligible to submit an application for use of Bank days. However, the employee must contribute a number of days (maximum of 4 days) equal to those he/she would have contributed had he/she been a member since the initial enrollment opportunity at hiring or at the initial open enrollment period.