(A) Personal time off. Personal time off leave consists of six days per year, accrued at the rate of one work day for every two months of employment with the town. These days may also be used as sick days. Personal time off leave days must be used by the end of the calendar year and may not be accumulated from year to year. Compensation for personal time off leave days will be at the employee’s current pay rate. If an employee dies, resigns, or is terminated on or after his or her anniversary date of employment, the employee shall be entitled to payment for accrued personal time off leave. Conversely, if an employee has used his or her personal time off prior to its accrual, then said unearned, unaccrued personal time off will be deducted from the employee’s final pay check.
(B) Reserve or national guard duty. Any employee who serves as a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States shall be entitled to leave while he or she is engaged in performance of his or her official duty or training. While on such leave, he or she shall be paid his or her regular pay, less his or her military pay received, for a maximum of ten working days in any one calendar year. To receive compensation an employee must, upon return to employment, present certification from the employee’s commanding officer of the performance of the duty.
(C) Bereavement leave. If there is a death in the employee's immediate family (defined to be the employee's spouse, child, step-child, parent/step-parent or spouse's parent/step-parent), leave with pay for the attendance of necessary funeral matters will be allowed, provided that the total absence from work does not exceed three consecutive calendar days. If there is a death in the employee's non-immediate family (defined to be brother/sister, spouse of a brother/sister, child of a brother/sister, spouse of a child, grandparent, or grandchild), the employee shall be entitled to leave with pay for one day for attendance of necessary funeral matters.
(D) Maternity leave. An employee who is unable to work because of pregnancy, delivery and recent confinement, or other pregnancy-related cause shall, upon the employee’s request, be granted up to 12 weeks of leave without pay. However, all approved personal time off leave and vacation leave days will be applied to the maternity leave for purposes of pay.
(E) Civic leave.
(1) An employee who is required to serve as juror shall be excused from work for the days on which he or she serves and shall receive, for each such day of said service on which he or she otherwise would have worked, his or her regular pay. The employee shall present proof of service (summons) and the amount of payment received from the Clerk of the Court. If an employee is released from jury duty by the court prior to his or her regularly scheduled lunch hour, he or she shall report to work within one hour after being released by the court.
(2) An employee who serves as personnel for emergency services shall be paid for performing said services during the employee’s scheduled workday. However, town employees shall not leave his or her town duties if:
(a) He or she is the sole employee working at his or her respective utility plant;
(b) His or her absence will leave or create a hazardous condition for the town; or
(c) There exists an emergency situation involving the town.
(F) Leaves of absence. An employee may, upon application in writing and upon approval of the Town Council, request a continuous leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed three months for any of the following reasons:
(1) Physical disability of the employee;
(2) The employee is entering a course of training or study for the purpose of improving the quality of his or her service to the town or of fitting himself or herself for promotion, in which case 30 days prior notice is required; or
(3) Other extraordinary reasons warranting such leave, subject to determination by the Town Council.
(Ord. 1996-17, passed 8-20-1996; Ord. 2022-1, passed 5-17-2022)