(A) Amount. Every probationary and permanent employee is entitled to sick leave with pay at the rate of one day for each calendar month of full-time or major fraction thereof. Sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of 120 days and may be granted in units of not less than two hours or one-quarter of a work day.
(B) Purposes. Sick leave may be granted when the employee is unable to perform work duties due to illness, disability, the necessity for medical, dental or chiropractic care, childbirth or exposure to contagious disease where such exposure may endanger the health of others with whom the employee would come in contact in the course of performing work duties. Sick leave may also be granted for a maximum of three days for death of an employee’s spouse, child, father or mother, or the death of a spouse’s mother and father.
(C) Proof. To be eligible for sick leave with pay, an employee shall:
(1) Report as soon as possible to his or her department head the reason for his or her absence;
(2) Keep his or her department head informed of his or her condition if the absence is of more than three days’ duration; and
(3) Submit a medical certificate for any absence if required by the Council.
(D) Penalty. Using or claiming sick leave for a purpose not authorized by division (B) above may be cause for disciplinary action under § 33.17 of this chapter.
(E) Accrual during leave. For the purpose of accumulating additional vacation or sick leave, an employee using earned vacation leave or sick leave is considered to be working.
(F) Applicability to leave benefits. During the probationary period following an original appointment, an employee is not entitled to sick leave or vacation leave. After the end of the probationary period, an employee is entitled to sick leave and vacation leave accrued from the start of probationary employment.
(1978 Code, § 208.08) (Ord. 88-2, passed 1-19-1988)