(a) Sick leave shall be defined as an absence with pay necessitated by the illness or injury of the employee or serious injury or death in the employee's immediate family.
(Ord. 1991-248. Passed 12-30-91.)
(b) All employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of four and six tenths hours for every eighty hours worked, excluding overtime, and may accumulate such sick leave up to an unlimited amount.
The Mayor, as an elected official as defined in Section 155.01(a), shall not earn sick leave, and has no obligation to account for his sick leave as he is salaried.
(Ord. 2004-058. Passed 6-8-04.)
(c) An employee who is to be absent on sick leave shall notify his supervisor of such absence and the reason therefor at least one-half hour before the start of his work shift each day he is absent, unless the absence is expected to be for more than three days, where the employee will then give the employer an approximate date of his return to work.
(Ord. 2021-051. Passed 7-13-21.)
(d) An employee absent for more than three consecutive work days or one tour of duty for Fire Division employees, shall supply a physician's report to be eligible for paid sick leave, unless such report is waived by the department head.
(e) If an employee fails to submit adequate proof of illness or injury upon request, or in the event that upon such proof as is submitted or upon the report of a medical examination, the department head finds there is not satisfactory evidence of illness sufficient to justify the employee's absence such leave may be considered an unauthorized leave and shall be without pay.
(f) Any abuse of sick leave, e.g. for purposes other than due to illness or injury, in conjunction with days off on a regular basis, etc., shall be sufficient cause for discipline as may be determined by the employer.
(g) All employees shall be notified in writing each year of the amount of accumulated sick leave possessed by such employee.
(h) A ninety day provisional appointee and/or a permanent part-time employee shall be entitled to sick leave prorata for the time actually worked at the same rate as that granted to full time employees. As used in this section, a permanent part-time employee shall have a definite and certain hourly work schedule and not be subject to emergency calls and/or the employee shall not be entitled to sick leave benefits from any other employer.
(Ord. 1991-248. Passed 12-30-91.)