153.07 SICK LEAVE.

   (a)   Each full-time employee of the Village is entitled to paid sick leave for each month of service completed which shall be credited at the rate of four and sixty-two hundredths (4.62) hours per pay period. Sick leave shall be applied, upon the approval of the responsible department head, against absence due to illness, to personal injury, to exposure to a contagious disease and to illness or injury in the employee's immediate family, as defined in Section 153.08. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative. (Ord. 5-1990. Passed 2-20-90.)

   (b)   Each full-time employee with ten or more years of service shall receive payment based on the employee's rate of pay at retirement for unused accumulated sick leave up to a maximum accumulation of sixty days (480 hours) at retirement. Such retirement shall be in accordance with Public Employees Retirement System or Police and Firemen's Disability Pension Fund.
(Ord. 6-1981. Passed 2-3-81.)

   (c)   Subsection (b) hereof shall be in effect for all full-time Village employees hired after January 1, 1981. All full-time employees of the Village on the payroll on January 1, 1981 shall receive payment based on the employee's rate of pay at retirement for all unused accumulated sick leave up to a maximum accumulation of 120 days (960 hours) at retirement. Such retirement shall be in accordance with Public Employees Retirement System or Police and Firemen's Disability Pension Fund.
(Ord. 4-2001. Passed 1-16-01.)

   (d)   Heads of departments shall require an employee to furnish a satisfactory written, signed statement to justify the use of sick leave. If sick leave is taken so that an employee might receive medical attention, a certificate stating the nature of the illness or injury from a licensed practitioner may be required. Falsification of either the written signed statement or the practitioners' statement, and using sick leave for purposes other than illness, injury, or exposure to contagious disease shall be grounds for disciplinary action including dismissal.

(Ord. 6-1981. Passed 2-3-81.)

   (e)   All part-time employees who were employed by the Village in any prior year in excess of 1,600 hours shall be provided with sick leave at the rate of fifty-seven thousandths (.057) hours of sick leave for each hour worked. Such sick leave shall be cumulative up to a maximum of 120 hours. Sick leave shall be applied upon approval of the responsible department head against illness, absence due to personal injury, exposure to contagious disease and to illness or injury in the employee's immediate family, as specified in Section 153.08 . All other rules and regulations pertaining to sick leave for full-time employees shall apply to sick leave for eligible part-time employees.

(Ord. 32-1990. Passed 5-1-90.)