151.12 FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

   (a)   The City shall provide its employees with Family and Medical Leave as required by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“the Act”) as the same may be amended from time to time.

   (b)   An employee entitled to an unpaid leave of absence under the Act shall be paid during such absence from any sick leave balance available to the employee or injury pay if applicable. Any paid leave time taken during an absence qualifying as Family and/or Medical Leave under the Act shall run concurrently with any unpaid leave to which the employee is entitled under the Act.

   (c)   Health care benefits will continue during any leave, whether paid or unpaid, authorized by the Act under the same terms and conditions as if the employee were working, provided that, in the event the employee is on unpaid leave and separates his employment with the City during such unpaid leave, the City may recover the cost of such health care premiums from the employee’s final cashout, and if a balance is still outstanding, by other collection methods authorized by law.

(Ord. 93-2009. Passed 10-26-09.)