(A) The following policy shall apply to sick leave.
(1) At the end of the employee’s probationary period, the employee shall have accrued two and one-half sick days. An employee having completed one full year of employment with the city shall have accrued an additional two and one-half sick days on the employee’s anniversary date. An employee shall continue to accrue five sick days on each anniversary date up to ten years employment. An employee shall accrue ten sick days on each anniversary date after ten years of employment with the city.
(2) Employees may accumulate up to 20 sick days from year to year through the first ten years of employment with the city. After ten years of employment with the city, the employee may accrue up to 60 sick days from year to year on the employee’s anniversary date.
(3) In the event that an employee is absent from work due to illness, the department head may require a physician’s statement from the employee. If the physician’s statement pertaining to the employee’s illness is not present, or the employee fails to notify the city as called for in § 33.12(H) without legitimate reason, the employee shall not receive sick leave compensation regardless of the number of sick days accumulated.
(4) Absence from work due to illness must be reported as called for in § 33.12(H).
(5) Additional leave time may be granted by the Board of Public Works and Safety at the request of any department head.
(Ord. 23-1975, passed 12-9-75; Am. Ord. 6-1981, passed 2-10-81)
(B) The sick leave policy set forth in division (A) above shall be implemented in the following manner.
(1) The anniversary date for all employees of the city whose employment dates are prior to January l, 1982 shall be adjusted for the sole purpose of computing vacation and sick leave benefits. The adjustment shall be made by establishing January l, of the year in which the employee was employed by the city.
(2) The anniversary date for all employees of the city whose employment dates are after January l, 1982 shall use their date of employment to compute sick leave and vacation benefits.
(3) EMPLOYMENT DATE shall be defined as the date on which the employee was first employed by the city.
(4) The adjusted anniversary date established in division (B)(1) above shall apply only to sick leave and vacation benefit administration. The employee’s true date of employment shall be used for all other purposes.
(Ord. 1-1983, passed 1-11-83; Am. Ord. 4-1996, passed 2-13-96)