(a) City full-time employees shall be entitled to receive continuing disability benefits for non-occupational disabilities according to the following provisions:
(1) The employee shall make application for continuing disability benefits in accordance with administrative regulations established by the City. The employee shall submit with such application medical verification of the nonoccupational disability.
(2) Prior to eligibility for continuing disability benefits, the employee shall first exhaust all earned accrued sick leave.
(3) There shall be a five-day waiting period before the commencement of eligibility for continuing disability benefits; provided, however, that an employee with a nonoccupational disability who has utilized all of his earned and accrued sick leave for the same nonoccupational disability shall be eligible for continuing disability benefits without the waiting period. (Ord. 43-89. Passed 3-13-89.)
(4) The City may deny continuing disability benefits to employees who have been disciplined within the last twelve months prior to their application for continuing disability for absenteeism or abuse of sick leave.
(Ord. 64-2007. Passed 3-26-07.)
(b) Continuing disability benefits shall be paid at sixty percent (60%) of the employee’s regular rate of pay for each week of disability. The number of weeks of disability for which an employee shall be eligible shall be based upon the length of service of the employee with the City according to the following schedule:
Length of Service | Weeks of Disability |
6 months to 1 year | 4 weeks |
1 year to 5 years | 15 weeks |
5 years to 15 years | 26 weeks |
15 years and over | 30 weeks |
(c) The total amount of weeks used under this section shall not in any event exceed the total number of weeks of disability for which an employee is eligible based upon his length of service during his entire employment with the City. Use of weeks of disability shall be cumulative.
(Ord. 271-22. Passed 11-21-22.)
(d) Employees on continuing disability shall receive hospitalization, life insurance and other employee-provided health care benefits during the period of his continuing disability. An employee on continuing disability shall not accrue sick leave, vacation or longevity. Any employee on continuing disability shall submit a medical certificate indicating his fitness to return to employment.
(Ord. 64-2007. Passed 3-26-07.)