(a) Employees of the Village who become pregnant, or employees who are adopting a child, and who desire to return to work at a future date, shall be granted maternity or adoption leave for up to nine weeks, which may be extended upon agreement of both parties.
(b) Application for maternity or adoption leave shall be in writing, and shall contain a statement of the expected date of birth, or in the case of adoption, the date of obtaining custody, the date on which the leave of absence is to commence and the intended date of return to service. Such written application shall be submitted sixty days in advance of the beginning date of the leave.
(c) Employees shall be entitled to the use of sick leave pay during maternity or adoption leave. The use of such sick leave with pay shall be requested on the application for maternity/adoption leave. Upon exhaustion of all available/earned vacation and sick leave, maternity leave shall revert to leave without pay status.
(Ord. 89-11. Passed 8-7-89.)
(d) Upon return from approved maternity/adoption leave at the time set forth in the application for leave, the employee shall be entitled to reinstatement to the same position which was held prior to the leave or to an equivalent position.
(1) An employee, who because of miscarriage, other unforeseen circumstances or a personal desire to return to service, and who is physically able to resume her duties before the stated intended date of return, may present a medical certificate from the attending physician indicating the employee’s ability to return at a date earlier than specified. After presentation of such medical certificate, and upon approval of the Mayor, the employee may return to service at a date earlier than specified. The Mayor may withhold approval if the employee’s same or equivalent position is not available until the end of scheduled maternity leave.
(2) The Village requires certification by a medical doctor that an employee is physically able to perform all normal obligations upon intended date of return from maternity leave. If the employee cannot present medical certification declaring the employee to be physically fit to resume all such obligations, the employee shall not be reinstated as an employee.
(Ord. 90-17. Passed 10-8-90.)
(e) An employee who is on maternity leave shall receive continued hospitalization, medical-surgical and major medical insurance benefits during the authorized leave of absence, for up to three months. (Ord. 89-11. Passed 8-7-89.)