151.09 SICK LEAVE.

   (a)   Each non-aligned full-time employee of the Police Department shall be entitled to 4.6 hours of sick leave for every eighty hours of regularly scheduled employment. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative up to a total of not more than 1,750 hours for employees working forty hours per week.

   (b)   Sick leave accrued under prior ordinances shall remain in effect, and sick leave days accrued as of December 31, 1981, shall be converted to hours at the rate of eight hours per each day accrued. Payment for sick leave, at the rate of one hour for every hour of sick leave absence, shall be made only when approved by the Director of Public Safety, who may require the employee to furnish a satisfactory, written, signed statement to justify the use of sick leave and, in the case of a sick leave absence in excess of two days, shall require certification as to the nature of the illness or injury from the employee's physician or the Police Surgeon.

   (c)   Absences due to service-connected injury will not be charged against an employee's accumulated sick leave so long as it does not exceed the employee's attending physician's and/or the Police Surgeon's prognosis as to the employee's ability to return to employment. Once an employee has returned to assume normal duties, following an absence due to a service-connected injury, subsequent absences will be charged against an employee's accumulated sick leave unless excused by an employee's attending physician's and/or the Police Surgeon's certificate. In case of a disagreement between physicians, the certification of a third physician will be required.

   (d)   (1)   An employee may use a portion of his or her accumulated sick leave for funeral arrangements and services for his or her spouse, child, parents, mother-in-law, father-in- law, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, sister, brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandchildren, step-parent, step-sister, step-brother, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece and nephew. Funeral leave so utilized shall not be charged so as to reduce an employee's sick leave incentive.

      (2)   Police Department employees shall be paid an incentive for conservation of annual sick leave allowances as follows:

         A.   In the case of employees working forty hours per week:

Unused Sick Leave Days	Incentive Payment Hours
120	30
112	28
104	26
96	24
88	22
80	20
72	18
64	16
56	14
48	12
40	10
Less than 40	-0-

 

         B.   In the case of employees working 37.5 hours per week:

Unused Sick Leave Days	Incentive Payment Hours
113	30
105	28
98	26
90	24
83	22
75	20
68	18
60	16
53	14
45	12
38	10
Less than 38	-0-

 

      (3)   The hourly rate to be paid will be that in effect as of December 31 in the year in which the sick leave days are accumulated. Payment is to be made concurrent with the second payroll of February following the year in which sick leave days were accumulated. Such incentive payment will in no way diminish an employee's sick leave accumulation. The incentive for conservation of annual sick leave shall be prorated and paid for the portion of the year in which separation, by death or retirement, of an employee of the Police Department shall occur.

   (e)   (1)   Police Department employees shall be paid an incentive for conservation of annual sick leave allowances as follows:

Unused Sick Leave Days	Incentive Payment Hours
120	30
112	28
104	26
96	24
88	22
80	20
72	18
64	16
56	14
48	12
40	10
Less than 40	-0-

 

      (2)   At the time of retirement from active duty with the City or death of the employee, the employee, or the employee's estate, will be paid in cash for sixty percent of the value of his or her accrued, but unused, sick leave credit. Such payment shall be based on the employee's rate of pay at time of retirement or death. Retirement shall be as defined in Police and Fireman's Pension Fund or Ohio Public Employees Retirement Fund Regulations. Payment for sick leave on this basis shall be considered to eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by the employee at that time. Such payment shall be made only once to any employee. The maximum which may be paid shall be sixty percent of 1,200 hours, the formula for computation shall be:

         A.   In the case of employees working forty hours per week:

               annual rate x (accumulated hours x.60)

                        2,080

         B.   NOTE: Annual rate of pay used in above unused sick time payment calculations is based on the total of the base salary and longevity pay only.

   (f)   Jury Duty Compensation. Each non-aligned regular and civilian full-time employee of the Police Department shall, if called for jury duty, receive their regular compensation during the time spent in the capacity as jurors, less the amount paid them by the Court for such duty as jurors.

(Ord. 2019-5. Passed 2-11-19.)