All House Staff at Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix have sick time per year in accordance with Arizona State Law. Arizona Sick Time accumulation and hours are recorded and kept in Work Force Central.  Therefore, using paid sick time requires communication with your program according to your program’s policy.

For further clarification or more details, please reach out to Human Resources and/or review Banner’s Sick Time Policy and FAQs. Other resources can be found on banner connect here.

Key Details
  • Although it is called, “Sick Time” based on Arizona state law, it can be used for all medical care which includes mental health appointments and those for the purposes of prevention and establishing care.
  • You may use paid sick time for the following reasons and circumstances:
    • For employee’s needs to care for a family member, including:
      • Children of any age, including: biological, adopted or foster children, and child of domestic partner.
      • Parents, including: biological, foster, stepparents, adoptive parents, or legal guardians of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner.
      • Spouse or domestic partners
      • Grandparents
      • Grandchildren
      • Siblings, or
      • Any other blood relative or anyone who is close enough to the employee to be the equivalent of a family relationship who needs care as defined in the policy. 
    • Paid sick time may be used for the employee or those identified above for the following circumstances:
      • Medical care or mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition;
      • A public health emergency; and
      • Absence due to domestic violence, sexual violence, abuse, or stalking (e.g., medical attention, counseling, relocation, or attending legal hearings.).
  • You will not be demoted, disciplined, retaliated against, suspended or terminated for requesting or using available paid sick time, if used for the reasons listed and following the appropriate procedures. 
Procedures to utilize your AZ Sick Time:
  • Communicate immediately with your Program Director, Chief Resident, or appropriate faculty member if for, any reason, you are sick or will be unable to fulfill your responsibilities due to the illness of a family member listed above.
  • Communicate with your program using their protocols to let them know when you will need to use paid AZ Sick Time for a scheduled appointment or other planned reason.  You are expected to provide as much advance notice as possible of the need to take time off under this policy and may be required to provide appropriate medical documentation as permitted by law.
  • Communicate with your program coordinator by email that you used paid AZ sick time and cc your program director.  List 8 hours if you missed a work day or the number of minutes that you missed (per policy/law) to make sure that the correct amount of time is entered within Work Force Central.
  • The Program Coordinator will enter it into Work Force Central.
  • Please note, time away from training for any type of leave may result in a delay in graduation depending on the specialty-specific program requirements and  board requirements. 
Other details
  1. You will accrue paid sick time at a rate of 1 hour for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 40 hours per year.
  2. It is accounted for on a minute by minute basis if you take less than a full day.
  3. Up to 40 hours of banked AZ Sick Time will roll over into the next year; any additional hours over 40 will be forfeited.
  4. Paid sick time is intended to be used when actually required for one of the reasons described above.