(a) Effective January 1, 2001, unused sick leave shall be cumulative up to 1,200 hours, unless more than 1,200 hours are approved by the responsible administrative officer of the employing unit. In the case of personnel who work a fifty-two hour week, unused sick leave shall be cumulative up to 2,000 hours, unless more than 2,000 hours are approved by the responsible administrative officer of the employing unit.
(b) The previously accumulated but unused sick leave of an employee who did not elect to receive cash payment for such sick leave upon separation from or upon termination of employment with the City as provided in Section 137.07 hereof, as amended, may be placed to his or her credit on re-employment with the City, provided that such re-employment takes place within ten years of the date on which the employee was last terminated from public service.
(c) An employee of a public agency who has transferred from such agency to employment with the City shall be credited with the unused balance of accumulated sick leave earned while in the employ of such public agency up to the maximum of sick leave accumulation permitted under the ordinances of the City, provided that at the time of such transfer of employment to the City, such employee did not elect to receive payment in cash of one-fourth the value of the accumulated but unused sick leave while in the employ of such agency as permitted under Ohio R.C. 124.39(B) and under these Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. 3-01. Passed 1-22-01.)