(a) Sick Leave. Every full-time employee of the Municipality will be credited with four and six-tenths (4.6) hours of paid sick leave for every eighty (80) hours of employment up to a maximum of 120 days of unused sick time. After three consecutive days of absenteeism due to illness, an employee shall furnish the department supervisor a signed statement from his or her physician which shall justify his or her absence.
(b) Unpaid Medical Leave. After an employee exhausts all sick leave, vacation time, and compensatory time, an employee shall be given up to six (6) months unpaid medical leave for any non-work related illness or injury on the following terms and conditions:
(1) No vacation, holiday, sick, or compensatory time shall accrue during any period that the employee is on unpaid medical leave.
(2) The Village shall maintain the employee on its then current policy of medical insurance during the first ninety (90) days of unpaid medical leave only, thereafter the employee is responsible for his or her own medical insurance coverage.
(3) The employee must secure a doctor’s release on a form prescribed by the Mayor prior to return to work after being on unpaid medical leave. The release must signify that the employee is capable of performing all duties and tasks associated with this job description.
(4) If an employee fails to return to work upon the expiration of his or her unpaid medical leave, employment with the Village is terminated.
(Ord. 4-1997. Passed 2-12-97.)
(c) Repurchase of Sick Leave. Employees of the Village of Boston Heights may repurchase expended sick leave time, in minimum increments of one day of sick leave, by tendering to the Fiscal Officer such sums that equal the amount the employee received as sick leave pay calculated as follows:
Gross sick pay minus the employee’s applicable Federal, State and local income tax withholding, minus the employee’s matching share of medicare and pension contributions, plus the Village’s share paid on behalf of employee for the matching share of medicare and pension contributions.
After the payment has been received by the Fiscal Officer, the employee shall be credited with repurchased sick leave.
(Ord. 16-1998. Passed 8-12-98.)
(Ord. 16-1998. Passed 8-12-98.)