A. Employees shall accumulate sick leave at the rate of .0577 hours for each hour worked, not to exceed a total of 120 hours in a payroll year (pay dates in the calendar year). For purposes of this Section, paid time off work for vacation, holidays, bereavement, jury duty, annual temporary active military status and non-workers compensable sickness, accident, disability and pregnancy leaves up to thirty (30) days per calendar year shall be counted as hours worked for purposes of calculating accrued sick leave. Except where sick leave accrued from previous employment is credited to an employee as required by law, a newly hired employee shall be advanced forty-eight (48) hours of sick leave and will earn no further sick leave until the initial advancement has been accumulated in accordance with the formula set forth in this Section.
(Ord. 64-2021. Passed 12-7-21.)
B. Accumulated, but unused, sick pay may be used by the employee because of personal illness, or FMLA qualifying family illness accident or disability (including pregnancy of the employee) in accordance with Sections 266.06-1, 266.06-7 and 266.09-2 and subject to the provisions of this paragraph. Paid sick leave cannot be used for any period of time for which any other paid absence was requested and denied. Sick pay will not be used for the purpose of attending workers' compensation hearings or appeals.
Up to seven (7) eight (8) hour shifts, per calendar year, of accumulated, unused sick pay may be used because of non-FMLA eligible illness or injury in the employee's immediate family. Immediate family shall mean spouse, child, parent, brother or sister or an individual that resides in the household of the employee.
Up to thirty (30) eight (8)-hour shifts of accumulated, unused sick pay may be used as parental bonding leave by an employee following delivery of the child of such employee or following the day of adoption of a child by such employee. Said use of sick pay shall be charged against eligibility for family medical leave under Section 266.06-7.
Sick pay may not be used for an absence due to an injury or illness arising out of or in the course of employment with another employer where such injury or illness is compensable by workers' compensation. The most recent sick pay credit earned will be the first to be used.
(Ord. 25-2022. Passed 4-5-22.)
C. An employee may be required to furnish written documentation satisfactory to the City to justify the use of sick leave. Use of paid sick leave for any period of time for which other paid time off was requested and denied shall require such proof. Falsification of any required justification for use of sick leave may be grounds for discharge.
D. An employee may continue to accumulate unused sick pay without limit. Upon retirement, under the appropriate State of Ohio retirement system after ten (10) years of credited service (except for disability retirements which will not require credited service minimum) or upon death, or upon termination of employment, other than for disciplinary reasons, after fifteen (15) years of service with the City of Perrysburg, an employee will be paid for accumulated. unused sick pay as follows:
An employee will be paid for (a) one-fourth(¾) of the first 1000 hours of accrued and unused sick pay; (b) one· half(½) of the next 1250 hours of accrued and unused sick pay, and (c) all of the next 125 hours of accrued and unused sick pay for an aggregate total not to exceed 1000 hours.
E. Use of Sick Leave shall be calculated based upon the number of work hours an employee was absent during the employee's normal work day. Sick Leave may be used in one-half(½) hour increments.
F. Repealed
(Ord. 64-2021. Passed 12-7-21.)