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(a) When death occurs in the employee’s immediate family, i.e., spouse, parents, stepparents, children and stepchildren, the employee, upon request, will be granted bereavement leave for the first five scheduled working days immediately following the date of death.
(b) When death occurs of any of the employee’s parents-in-law, brothers, sisters, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, grandchildren or other relatives permanently residing in the employee’s home, the employee, upon request, will be granted bereavement leave for the first three scheduled working days immediately following the date of death, provided they attend the appropriate death related service. The supervisor may require evidence of such attendance in the form of a sympathy card or obituary notice.
(c) In the event the employee is notified of the death during his or her scheduled work shift and requests to be excused immediately, the employee shall be released as soon as possible and shall have the option of having the remainder of his or her shift charged to his or her accrued annual leave or having that day counted as the first day of the bereavement leave to which he or she may be entitled.
(d) If a death occurs under these provisions while an employee is on annual leave, upon notice his or her status shall be changed from annual leave to bereavement leave.
(e) Employees granted bereavement leave under this section shall, after making written request for this leave and submitting proof of relationship, receive the amount of wages they would have earned by working during straight time hours on such scheduled days of work for which they are on bereavement leave.
(f) Employees may be granted additional time off for travel or otherwise by use of earned annual leave upon approval of their supervisor or department head. The decision of the supervisor or department head relative to the use of annual leave for that purpose, shall not be arbitrary.
(Ord. 2444, passed 7-1-1974; Ord. 2583, passed 1-17-1977; Ord. 2699, passed 2-26-1979)
(a) The determination that an emergency exists and the services deemed essential under the conditions existing at the time shall be at the sole discretion of the Mayor. An announcement through the news media by the Mayor or his or her designated representative shall advise the employees of the emergency and shall specify, by division, those employees deemed to be essential and who are required to report to work.
(b) If the declaration of emergency occurs prior to 7:00 a.m. only those employees engaged in essential services shall report for work, and the employees shall be compensated as follows:
(1) Regular employees engaged in essential services, who are required to work during the period of the emergency shall be compensated at their straight time hourly rate for their normal work shift and at overtime rates for all hours in excess of their normal work shift. In addition, the employees shall be credited with annual leave equal to the total number of hours worked, or in lieu of the annual leave, the employees may elect to receive compensation for those hours at their straight time hourly rate.
(2) Regular employees engaged in nonessential services, and not required to work, and regular employees engaged in essential services who are unable to report for work as a direct result of the conditions necessitating the declaration of emergency shall be paid their straight time hourly rate for a normal work shift and shall have 25% of the shift charged to their accrued annual leave.
(c) If the declaration of emergency occurs after the start of the employees’ regular shift, the employees shall be compensated as follows:
(1) Regular employees engaged in essential services shall be compensated in accordance with subsection (b)(1) above, with the exception that earned annual leave shall be credited for only those hours worked after the declaration of the emergency.
(2) Regular employees engaged in nonessential services shall be sent home, but shall be compensated at their straight time hourly rate for a normal work shift with 25% of the time not worked charged to their accrued annual leave.
(d) Interim, temporary or part-time employees engaged in essential services who are required to work during the period of the emergency shall be compensated in accordance with subsections (b)(1) or (c)(1) above, except that the employees shall not be credited annual leave equal to the number of hours worked but shall receive payment therefor.
(e) Employees who are on authorized sick or scheduled annual leave prior to the declaration of emergency, shall have their absence charged to the appropriate accrued leave.
(Ord. 1946, passed 12-9-1966; Ord. 2315, passed 3-13-1972; Ord. 2699, passed 2-26-1979)
A City employee who had been in the armed services of the United States and who is released or discharged from those duties under honorable conditions, and makes application for reemployment within 90 days after he or she is released from military duties or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year, shall upon reinstatement and after completing the probationary period when applicable, be given credit for annual leave accumulation for the time spent in the armed services as though the time spent in the armed service had been spent in the employ of the City.
(Ord. 610, passed 2-11-1946; Ord. 1453, passed 9-8-1958)
City employees who have been in the armed services of the United States, under military leave from the City, shall, upon reinstatement to City employment, be given sick leave for the time spent in the armed services, the same as though the time spent in the armed services had been spent in the employ of the City, which sick leave shall be added to any sick leave they had prior to entering the armed services.
(Ord. 610, passed 2-11-1946)
(a) No employee shall receive compensation for time not expended in City employment, except as provided in this chapter and earned pursuant to this chapter and except as may be provided in the compensation plan.
(b) Deductions from the earnings of employees shall be made on the basis of the hourly rate for time lost.
(Ord. 474, passed 3-20-1942; Ord. 1919, passed 7-7-1966; Ord. 2699, passed 2-26-1979)
(a) To convert the annual salary of an employee to an hourly rate, divide the annual salary by 2,080.
(b) Employees who are employed in dual classifications, when taking annual leave or sick leave shall be paid at the rate which will reflect the proportionate hours worked by the employee in each classification position is a combination of two positions of different classifications, requiring the services of one employee, who has been certified as qualified and who may be required to perform in both classifications.
(Ord. 474, passed 3-20-1942; Ord. 1919, passed 7-7-1966; Ord. 2315, passed 3-13-1972)
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