All officers and employees shall be given a credit of one working day of sick leave with pay for each full calendar month of employment. Sick leave shall be taken only when approved by the Mayor or by such other officer as he or she may designate. Sick leave up to the number of days accrued shall be approved for all officers and employees whose absence from duty is due to illness, bodily injury, exposure to contagious disease or death in the immediate family of the officer or employee. However, the Mayor may, in his or her discretion, require doctor’s certificates or other satisfactory evidence that absences are properly chargeable as sick leave. The maximum credit for accrued sick leave under the provisions of this section shall be 12 days.
(Prior Code, § 1-1303)