A. All elected and unclassified employees of the county shall be entitled to sick leave accumulated at the rate of one and one-fourth (11/4) days per month of service.
B. Sick leave shall accrue from the start of employment and shall accumulate year to year up to one thousand forty (1,040) hours. No leave shall be taken until it is earned.
C. An employee is entitled to use accrued sick leave only in the following ways: when incapacitated to perform the duties of his position due to sickness or injury, except when covered by industrial insurance; when receiving required medical or dental service or examination; upon illness in the immediate family; or for bereavement purposes upon the death of a member of the immediate family.
D. In the event of a death in the employee's immediate family, he may use accrued sick leave not to exceed five (5) days for each death.
E. If an unclassified employee terminates employment with the county through retirement, death, resignation or layoff as defined in the county's personnel rules the official or employee shall be paid at a rate of twenty five percent (25%) of the employee's regular salary or hourly rate for up to a maximum of five hundred (500) hours of accrued but unused sick leave.
F. Elected officials shall not be paid for accumulated sick leave. (Ord. 342, 2020: Ord. 316, 2015)