Massachusetts H 4756: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Rebecca L. Stratford, an employee of Department of Correction

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FILED ON: 5/28/2020
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4756
Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, for a bill with the same title
(House, No. 4724). May 28, 2020.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Rebecca L. Stratford, an employee of Department of
Correction.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
establish forthwith a sick leave day bank, for a certain employee of the Department of
Correction, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:

1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of correction
2 shall establish a sick leave bank for Rebecca L. Stratford, an employee of the department. Any
3 employee of the department may voluntarily contribute 1 or more sick, personal or vacation days
4 to the sick leave bank for use by Rebecca L. Stratford. If Rebecca L. Stratford terminates
5 employment with the department or requests to dissolve the sick leave bank, any remaining time
6 in the sick leave bank shall be transferred to the extended illness leave bank. Sick leave bank
7 days shall not be used for absences unrelated to the illness or disability that necessitated the
8 establishment of the sick leave bank as determined by the department, unless related specifically
9 to the COVID-19 crisis.