(a) All employees of the City shall be entitled to take a personal leave of absence with the approval of the department head, or in the case of directors of the departments, the Mayor. Any leave of absence for personal reasons, shall not, however, exceed a ninety-day period. During such ninety-day period the employee, in order to maintain any and all benefits which are paid by the City, shall be required to pay to the Director of Finance, the cost of such benefits in advance on a monthly basis. In no event, however, may an employee take a personal leave of absence and combine it with a leave of absence for sickness, as hereinafter provided. The maximum permissible leave of absence for any reason shall be ninety days.
(b) Any employee who is required to be away from work due to sickness as specified in Section 161.01(b) having met all of the requirements of this chapter for absence from work because of the sickness, shall be entitled to use up sick leave which has been accumulated in accordance with Section 161.01(a). When an employee has exhausted all accumulated sick leave, then that employee shall be entitled to a sickness leave of absence which shall not exceed ninety days from the date that such employee has exhausted his accumulated sick leave. During such ninety-day period the employee, in order to maintain any and all benefits which are paid by the City shall be required to pay to the Director of Finance, the cost of such benefits in advance on a monthly basis.
(c) After the leave of absence specified in subsections (a) and (b) hereof has terminated, the employee shall report to the department head or the Mayor for work. If the employee fails to do so, all rights to the employee's job shall terminate.
(Ord. 80-50. Passed 5-20-80.)