CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA PACKET

4938-6770-8028 v1 -26 - Once an employee reaches a deficit of twenty-four (24) hours of sick leave, the employee will not be permitted to use any additional sick leave until they have accumulated a positive balance of sick leave. 13.2 Sick Leave Accrual Regular Part-time Employee Regular part-time employees including job share employees provided that they average between twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29) hours per week, shall accrue four (4) hours of sick leave per month to a maximum accrual of seven hundred and twenty (720) hours. Regular part-time employee including job share employees provided that they average between thirty (30) through thirty-nine (39) hours per week, shall accrue six (6) hours of sick leave per month to a maximum accrual of one thousand and eighty (1,080.0) hours. 13.3 Sick Leave Usage Sick leave with pay shall be granted to all probationary and regular part-time including job share employees, and probationary and regular full time employees within the competitive service. Sick leave shall not be considered a right which an employee may use at their discretion but shall be allowed only as follows: 1) In cases of necessity and actual personal sickness or disability of the employee; 2) For medical and dental appointments of the employee, at the discretion of the immediate supervisor; 3) For the care of or attendance upon the sickness, routine medical and dental appointments or disability of members of the employee’s immediate family. A maximum of eighty (80) hours per calendar year of family sick leave may be used for this purpose. The immediate family shall consist of the spouse, domestic partner, children, children of a domestic partner, parents, parents-in-law, brothers, sisters, grandparent, grandchild, or other individual whose relationship to the employee is that of a dependent. This provision does not apply if the family sickness or disability occurs while the employee is on vacation leave. An employee eligible for temporary disability payments may use accumulated sick leave, compensatory time or vacation in order to maintain their regular income; provided, however, that the employee shall be allowed a credit against sick leave to the extent that temporary disability payments are retained by the City. In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave the employee shall notify their immediate supervisor prior to the time set for beginning their daily duties or as may be specified by the Department Head. The City may require medical verification for an absence of three (3) or more consecutive working days. The department may also require medical verification for absences of less than three (3) consecutive working days for Page 93 of 200