(a) Amount. Each employee shall be entitled to sick leave of four and six-tenths hours with pay for a biweekly pay period for which the employee is on a pay status. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative without limit. An employee who transfers from a public agency to the City shall be credited with the unused balance of that employee's accumulated sick leave.
(b) Falsification. Falsification of a written, signed Application for Leave shall be grounds for disciplinary action including dismissal.
(c) Use. Employees may use sick leave, upon approval of the responsible administrative officer, for absence due to:
(1) Illness, injury or pregnancy-related condition of the employee or a member of the employee's Immediate family.
(2) Exposure of employee or a member of the employee's immediate family to a contagious disease which would have the potential of jeopardizing the health of the employee or the health of others.
(3) Required medical examinations or treatment of employee or a member of the employee's immediate family which cannot be scheduled during the employee's non-working hours. Employees are encouraged to schedule routine examinations during non-work time.
Employees must always give as much advance notice as is possible of the day, time and duration of any expected absence to be charged to sick leave. Sick leave will be used in accordance with the provisions of the Personnel Policy Manual.
(d) Medical Evidence. The City may require satisfactory medical evidence for the allowance of leave due to sickness or injury in any of the following cases:
(1) Absence of more than three days.
(2) A significant number of employees have requested sick leave on the same date.
(3) There is evidence of abuse of sick leave such as frequently recurring one or two day absences or conduct during the sick leave which seems inconsistent with the sickness claimed.
The City may also request satisfactory medical evidence before an employee returns to work after an illness of more than two weeks, an injury, or following exposure to a contagious disease. The City may also require an employee to be examined by a physician selected by the City, at the City's expense.
(e) Immediate Family. Immediate family under this Section means the employee's spouse, child, which includes the biological, adopted or foster child, a step-child, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis, and the employee's parents. The City may require proof of relationship and illness.
(Ord. 42-2012. Passed 12-17-12.)