(a) For a full-time employee whose accredited service is ninety days, there shall be unlimited accumulation of unused sick leave not to exceed 3.5 hours per pay period. Work days on which an employee is on sick leave due to personal illness or illness of a member of employee's immediate family shall be charged against the number of accumulated sick leave days the employee has to his or her credit, and three or more consecutive days missed shall require written verification from a physician as to the reason for the absence and shall also include the date on which the employee is able to return to work, which written verification shall be presented to the Village Clerk. The definition of immediate family is the same as that provided in division (b)(2) hereof.
(b) (1) Any qualified full-time employee with one year of accredited service who is absent due to a death in his or her immediate family shall be granted bereavement leave, to be based on the circumstances in each case by reason of making arrangements for or attending the funeral, not to exceed three days for each death; the day before, the day of and the day after the funeral. The Village Administrator may extend the bereavement leave by granting the employee his or her three personal leave days. Only scheduled work days lost following the above sequence shall be counted as bereavement leave.
(2) The term “immediate family” shall be defined as grandfather, grandmother, grandfather of husband or wife, grandmother of husband or wife, father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, husband, wife, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, or grandchild.
(c) Falsification and/or misuse of sick or bereavement leave benefits shall be grounds for dismissal. Absence on the last scheduled day before a paid holiday or on the first scheduled day after a paid holiday shall cancel holiday pay unless written verification from a physician is provided to the Village Clerk in accordance with division (a) above.
(Ord. 95-028. Passed 11-21-95; Ord. 97-014. Passed 11-4-97; Ord. 01-026. Passed 12-4-01; Ord. 03-025. Passed 9-29-03; Ord. 11-063. Passed 12-27-11; Ord. 12-029. Passed 5-1-12; Ord. 14-013. Passed 4-1-14; Ord. 22-019. Passed 12-20-22.)