§ 10-6.13 CHRISTMAS BONUS.

   Each full-time employee with one year of service as of December 1 will be entitled to a Christmas allowance, paid in December of each year in the amount included in the current fiscal year budget as adopted by the City Council.

(Ord. passed 11-17-98; Am. Ord. 1-17-02; Am. Ord. passed 12-19-06; Am. Ord. passed 8-29-09; Am. Ord. passed 5-15-18)

§ 10-6.14 RESERVED.

§ 10-6.15 TRANSFER OF SICK LEAVE.

   (A)   Any former employee of an agency or organization which is a member of a Statewide Local Governmental Employee’s Retirement System or a Statewide Teachers’ and Statewide Employees’ Retirement System or other systems under a Department of State Treasurer, or a self-funded Local Government Retirement System, shall be eligible to transfer the balance of sick leave available to the employee at the time of termination with a previous employer.

   (B)   A written request for transfer of sick leave must be made to the Director of Finance and Personnel. Proper documentation as determined by the City Manager verifying accumulated sick leave hours must be received with the request. The Director of Finance and Personnel will forward the request with documentation to the City Manager for approval. If the request is approved, the transferred sick leave will be added to the employee’s balance of available sick leave for use as needed. The amount of transferred sick leave is fully creditable for sick pay if needed and can also be used in terms of calculating retirement with the North Carolina Local Government Retirement System.

(Ord. passed 1-17-02; Am. Ord. passed 1-17-06; Am. Ord. passed 8-29-09; Am. Ord. passed 5-15-18)

ARTICLE VII: HOLIDAYS AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE

Section

   10-7.1   Policy

   10-7.2   Holidays

   10-7.3   Holidays: effect on other types of leave

   10-7.4   Holidays: compensation when work is required

   10-7.5   Vacation leave: eligibility

   10-7.6   Vacation leave: accrual rate

   10-7.7   Vacation leave: maximum accumulation

   10-7.8   Vacation leave: manner of taking; donation

   10-7.9   Vacation leave: payment upon separation

   10-7.10   Vacation leave: payment upon death

   10-7.11   Sick leave

   10-7.12   Sick leave: accrual rate and accumulation

   10-7.13   Sick leave: medical certification

   10-7.14   Leave pro-rated

   10-7.15   Leave without pay

   10-7.16   Leave without pay: retention and continuation of benefits

   10-7.17   Workers’ compensation leave

   10-7.18   Parental leave

   10-7.19   Military leave

   10-7.20   Reinstatement following military service

   10-7.21   Civil leave

   10-7.22   Educational leave with pay

   10-7.23   Family Medical Leave Policy (FMLA)

   10-7.24   Bereavement leave

§ 10-7.1 POLICY.

   The policy of the city is to provide annual leave, sick leave, and holiday leave to all full-time and part-time regular employees, and to provide proportionately equivalent amounts to employees having average work weeks of different schedule hours it being recognized that some employees have more regular scheduled hours in a given year than others.

(Ord. passed 5-17-94; Am. Ord. passed 11-17-98)

§ 10-7.2 HOLIDAYS.

   (A)   The following days, and other such days as the City Council may designate, are holidays with full pay for employees and officers of the city:

      (1)   New Year’s Day;

      (2)   Martin Luther King’s Birthday;

      (3)   Presidents Day;

      (4)   Good Friday;

      (5)   Memorial Day;

      (6)   Independence Day;

      (7)   Labor Day;

      (8)   Columbus Day;

      (9)   Veteran’s Day;

      (10)   Thanksgiving (2 days); and

      (11)   Christmas (3 days).

   (B)   For employees who work in 24-hour/7 days a week-shifts (currently fire, police, and treatment plants personnel), holidays will be awarded on January 1 of the current calendar year according to the following schedule:

      (1)   112 hours for treatment plants and police personnel:

      (2)   168 hours for fire personnel.

   (C)   These holiday hours must be used between January 1 and December 31 of the calendar year awarded. If these hours are not used, the employee will forfeit the hours and no additional compensation will be given. If an employee in one of these departments is terminated, voluntarily or involuntarily, holidays will be prorated accordingly in regards to the date of termination. Any holidays taken in excess will be deducted from the employee’s final check. An employee terminating employment who has not taken all hours entitled to him or her, will be paid for the said holidays at straight time in the final check.

(Ord. passed 5-17-94; Am. Ord. passed 1-17-02; Am. Ord. passed 11-20-07; Am. Ord. passed 2-18-14)

§ 10-7.3 HOLIDAYS: EFFECT ON OTHER TYPES OF LEAVE.

   Regular holidays which occur during a vacation, sick or other leave period of any employee shall not be considered as vacation, sick, or other leave.

(Ord. passed 5-17-94)