During the State of the State address, Governor Jim Justice proposed changing current law to allow school employees to accrue sick leave with a value-added component. The proposal would affect employees hired after specific dates that ceased the practice of accruing days to convert to PEIA premiums or retirement service credit upon an employee's retirement. Click here for a fact sheet on the current accrual practices. AFT-WV supports the Governor's concept of reinstating value to accrued sick leave, but no bill has been introduced yet. Therefore, we want to hear from you! AFT-WV wants to know what options are most appealing to you regarding accrual of sick leave. Please answer the questions below. Your answers will be presented to policymakers in hopes of crafting legislation that truly reflects what school employees would like to see pass. Do you support Governor Justice's proposal to add value to accrued sick leave for employees who currently cannot use accrued leave for any benefit? Yes No Indifferent If you could convert unusued accrued sick leave to a benefit, which is most appealing to you? * - Select -Cash payment (may be a portion of days or a set monetary amount)Ability to convert unused sick leave to service credit upon retirementAbility to convert unused sick leave towards paying PEIA premiums upon retirementOther (describe below) If you selected other in the question above, please share your ideas in the space provided below. Does your employer currently offer a bonus for unused sick days accumulated during the year? * - Select -YesNoUnsure Do you work for a county Board of Education? * Yes No What county? Leave this field blank
