(a) Purpose. Compassionate leave is intended for employees with a serious medical condition or injury that prevents the employee from performing any type of work and, due to the employee’s medical condition, it is anticipated that the employee will not be able to return to work for an extended period of time or indefinitely.
(b) Eligibility. An employee who has exhausted all accrued leave balances, has completed a minimum of one year of city employment, and accumulated a minimum of 40 hours of sick leave at any time prior to the occurrence of the condition for which the compassionate leave is requested.
(c) Maximum leave allowed. For employees who are approved for compassionate leave, the maximum amount of compassionate leave that may be awarded is 348 hours for a sworn employee in the emergency response bureau of the fire department, and 232 hours for any other employee. An employee may only be awarded compassionate leave once.
(d) Required approval. An employee's request for compassionate leave must be approved by the employee's department director and the director of human resources. Specific procedures and requirements for the administration of compassionate leave are outlined in the administrative directives of the city. (Ord. Nos. 32035
; 32604
)