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Page 7 The OSEA News July, 1970 M em bers of Fringe Benefit C om m ittee W ILLIAM L. MAINWARING Editor & Publisher Capital Journal HENRY G. HOHWIESNER Regional Sales Manager Blue Lake Packers JOHN M ER R IFIELD Executive M errifield & Associates GUY FRAZIER Personnel Director Tektronix, Inc. MRS. EM ILY P. LOGAN Former Commissioner State Industrial Accident Commission REP. PH ILIP D. LANG (D-Portland) Legislative Assembly NORMAN F. STONE Personnel Director Eugene Water & Electric Board sick leave accural, and 15 authorize an unlimited maximum accrual. In five states employes are com pensated for at least a portion of their accumulated sick leave upon retirement, death, or termination. Recommendation It is thé committee's opinion that the state's sick leave benefit provides an annual accrual rate that is sufficient. The fact that there is no lim it on the maximum accumulation is an excellent feature of the plan. Although the federal government and several states provide some compensation for accrued sick leave upon retirement (usually in the form of retirements pension credit, cash payment, or an insurance premium), the committee is of the opinion that such incentives should not be considered by the State of Oregon at this time. Benefit: LESTER B. STRICKLER Member OSEA Board of Directors W ILLIAM G. HUGHES Administrator Personnel Division “•™"' Sick Leave State Practice State sick leave benefits provided classified em ployes differs from the benefits provided academic employes of the State System of Higher Education. Classified employes earn sick leave at the rate of one work day for each full month of service. Employes may accrue sick leave in an unlimited amount; however, no compensation for accrued sick leave is given upon retirement or separation from state ser vice. The State System of Higher Education does not provide a formal sick leave program for academic employes. They are paid on the basis of an annual contract. If they are absent from work due to illness, a colleague must fill in for them. As long as other em ployes "co ver" for them, they may be gone for any number of days. Findings A survey conducted by the Assembly of Govern mental Employes shows that all of the states provide their employes with paid leave for illness or Injury. The number of days allowed for sick leave each year is generally 12 to 15. Nearly all of the states provide for Retirement State Practice In 1967, the legislature made substantial im provements in the Public Employes Retirement Sustem. Under the new law, an employe who retires after 30 years of service may expect a retirement in come amounting to about 30 to 35 per cent of the average salary he earned inthe highest five of his last ten years of employment. A pension from the state and an annuity purchased from the employe's con tributions over the years comprise that benefit. (Employe contributions range from four to seven per cent, depending upon the monthly salary.) This does not include social security, which supplements the state's retirement benefits. (continued to page 8)
