(a) After six months of employment with the City, each employee shall be entitled to one and one-half days per month of sick leave. Commencing December 3, 1986, each such employee shall begin and continue to accumulate days of sick leave throughout his time of employment with the City, without limitation provided that any such employee who was employed throughout the month of December 1986, shall be credited with one and one-half days of sick leave for that month.
(b) Each employee shall notify his or her immediate supervisor as soon as may be practicable of his or her expected or actual use of sick leave due to injury or illness. For all periods of sick leave which extend for more than five consecutive work days, an employee shall submit to his or her immediate supervisor at the time of his or her return to work a written note of explanation or excuse by a physician or similar health professional, or such professional's authorized representative, verifying that the employee's absence for such period in excess of five such work days was due to injury or illness.
(c) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (c) was repealed by an Ordinance, passed September 16, 2003.)
(d) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (d) was repealed by an Ordinance, passed September 16, 2003.)
(e) A holiday shall not be counted as a vacation day when such holiday occurs during an employee's vacation.
(f) No exception to the vacation and sick leave policies established herein shall be allowed without the approval of Council by appropriate resolution.
(1960 Code 3-800)
(1960 Code 3-800)
(g) Priority. Employees will be required to use all paid sick leave before utilizing family and medical leave. The amount of family and medical leave available will be reduced by the amount of sick leave used.
(7-1-97)
(7-1-97)