(a) Each employee whose salary or wages are paid in whole or in part by the Municipality shall be entitled to sick leave of one and one quarter workdays for each completed month of service, at his or her regular rate of pay. The Fiscal Officer shall maintain a record of the dates employees have used for sick leave. Every department head shall supply the dates to the Fiscal Officer that he or employees of his department have used for sick leave during each two week period corresponding to each pay period for the efficient administration of this sick leave provision.
(b) After an absence of more than three days, for illness or other unexcused reason, sick leave shall only accumulate at a pro-rated or direct proportion rate to the above entitled amount of one and one quarter workdays for each completed month of service. As of January 1, 1985, unused sick leave shall be accumulated without limit. Accumulated sick leave shall be allowed only under the following specific terms: illness, injury or death in the employee's immediate family, injury or exposure to contagious disease suffered by an employee. To be valid, sick leave must have the approval of the department head. After three days or upon request, the department head may require an employee to furnish a satisfactory written, signed statement from a licensed physician certifying the nature of the illness or injury and that the employee is fit to return to the full work required by the employee. "Immediate family" means husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandparents, grandchild, or other person at the discretion of the Village Administrator.
(c) When an employee is unable to report for work for reasons set forth above, he shall, if at all possible, notify his department head. If a department head is unable to report for work, he shall notify the Mayor or Village Administrator prior to the regular reporting time, of his inability or of his employee's inability to so report. Failure to comply with this request shall be grounds for withholding of sick leave allowance.
(d) Termination of employment by death cancels any accumulated sick leave. No payment shall be made in lieu of accumulated sick leave on termination of employment, for reasons other than retirement.
(e) Sick leave, upon retirement, shall be granted in an amount of not less than one-fourth of the value of unused sick leave, up to a maximum of thirty days pay.
(f) Industrial Commission rule 4123-5-20 (OAC) provides that an employee injured while on duty can receive benefits directly from Worker's Compensation, or that the employer can advance one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's pay (compensation) in the form of sick leave and be reimbursed from said state agency; therefore,
(1) Any employee injured while on duty shall be entitled to his or her regular wage (salary) in the form of sick leave, less any payments received from said employee from Worker's Compensation which sum total amount of benefits shall be reimbursed directly to the Village by said employee.
(2) All funds and/or monies reimbursed, as required, shall be credited to said employee's accumulated sick leave account balance in the same percentage as repaid.
(Ord. 97-13. Passed 12-1-97.)