All City employees whose pay is fixed on a biweekly basis and who are not presently covered by a collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME Local No. 1519, IAFF Local No. 327 or F.O.P. Ohio Labor Council, Inc. shall be entitled to sick leave earned at the rate hereinafter set forth. Each employee may use sick leave, upon approval of the head of his or her division or department, for absence due to personal illness, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees and to illness, injury or death in the employee’s father, mother, spouse, child, stepchild, stepfather, stepmother, or foster child, grandparent, sister, brother, father-in-law, and mother-in-law. Division and department heads may use sick leave upon approval of the City Manager. Employees may be required to furnish satisfactory proof including a physician’s certificate to the effect that absence resulted from one of the causes enumerated in this section.
Family medical leave rights and protections shall be provided in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 PUB. L. No. 103.3 107 STAT. 6 (1993), 29 U.S.C. Chapter 28. (Ord. 22-110. Passed 6-13-22.)