252.02 SICK LEAVE.
   (a)   All regular full-time employees of the Village, whether receiving compensation on a yearly, monthly or hourly basis, shall be entitled to sick leave time as follows: One and one-fourth days per month with pay, accumulated to 120 days, unless more time is allowed by Council or the department in which such employee is employed.
   (b)   All requests for sick leave must be approved by the department head for the department in which the employee is employed and may be granted because of illness, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees or serious illness or death in the employee's family. Sick leave shall be computed from the time such employee was hired. Part-time employees are not entitled to sick leave.
(Ord. 607. Passed 5-20-75.)
   (c)   An employee who is irregular, inattentive or not dependable in his or her service shall forfeit all right to sick leave with pay at the discretion of Council or the head of the department in which the employee is employed. Any employee so judged to be irregular, inattentive or not dependable in his or her service shall have the right to appear before Council or the head of the department in which the employee is employed in his or her own behalf.
(Ord. 388. Passed 2-3-56.)
   (d)   Any employee who takes more than three days of sick leave consecutively must submit a doctor's certificate to the Clerk-Treasurer before returning to work.
   (e)   Any employee who is hospitalized at any time must submit a doctor's certificate of fitness to the Clerk-Treasurer before being allowed to return to work.
(Ord. 897. Passed 8-18-98.)
   (f)   Retired employees of the Village reemployed by the Village whether receiving compensation on a yearly, monthly or hourly basis shall not be entitled to sick leave accumulation.
(Ord. 2009-11. Passed 12-1-09.)