State ex rel. Britton v. Scott

The granting of paid sick leave to appellants is governed by R.C. 124.38 which provides, in pertinent part:

“* * * [E]ach employee of any state college or university, * * * shall be entitled for each completed eighty hours of service to sick leave of four and six-tenths hours with pay. Employees may use sick leave, upon approval of the responsible administrative officer of the employing unit, for absence due to personal illness, 'pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees, and to illness, injury, or death in the employee’s immediate family.…