St. Luke's has agreed to expand what they are offering workers who have to be quarantined. This applies to all of our members, both at St. Luke's Hospital and the Chequamegon Clinic. The details are outlined below in two catagories, one for workers covered by Sick Leave, and one for workers covered by PTO.
A. Staff who have Sick time and are quarantined by St. Luke's Occupational Health due to COVID:
1) Staff are required to exhaust sick balances.
2) Once the sick bank is exhausted, SL will keep the employee whole for otherwise unpaid hours related to the COVID absence.
3) Employees who exhaust their sick time will auto convert to the PTO plan. Alternatively, employees who are not sick may choose to be unpaid for the time in quarantine to preserve their sick hours so long as the employee notifies HR of their desire prior to sick time being paid.
B. Staff who have PTO and are quarantined by St. Luke's Occupational Health due to COVID:
1) 7 calendar days will be covered at 100% without using PTO
2) After 7 days, a self-administered STD benefit will provide 60% of lost time
3) If the employee contributes 40% of their PTO during, St. Luke’s will keep them whole if they exhaust their PTO balance and have unpaid hours during this 7 day period.
Employees ill or quarantined related to entirely personal reasons (i.e., personal travel to an event with individuals known to be COVID-19 positive) would be excluded from these benefit enhancements.