Common use of Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours Clause in Contracts

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this Agreement, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed month of service. Nonshift employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnel, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweek, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April 1, 2015, management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall are authorized to accrue annual sick leaveleave up to the maximum of a 1,250 hours sick leave accrual cap; however, only 1,000 hours maximum may be used toward redemption of sick leave hours upon retirement. However, if, during an employee's final year of employment, there is an abuse of sick leave by the employee that is not associated with a catastrophic or other significant illness that is verified in writing by a physician, the employee shall be exempt from participating in the "Redemption of Sick Leave Hours Upon Retirement" and remaining sick leave hours in the employee sick leave account shall be forfeited. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this AgreementMOU, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any The employee and any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned.; or 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed full month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay periodyear not to exceed the 1,000 hour accrual cap. Sick leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and it may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnelshifts, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweekworkweek or pay period, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, All accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation other than for the purpose of calculating redemptionnormal service retirement, as allowed for in this section. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April 1, 2015, management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this Agreement, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department headCity Manager or City Council/Personnel Committee. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick Xxxx leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and it may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee City Manager/City Council shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnel, days on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweek, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the CityCity of Montclair. Effective April 1, 2015, executive management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this AgreementMOU, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any The employee and any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; household and the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed full month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick Xxxx leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and may be taken after completing 2 months of service have been completedservice. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnelshifts, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweekworkweek or pay period, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April March 1, 2015, management employees classifications represented by MPOA may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. RAFT Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this Agreement, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed month of service. Nonshift employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick Xxxx leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnel, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweek, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April 1, 2015, management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this AgreementMOU, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any The employee and any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned.; or 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed full month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick Xxxx leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and it may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnelshifts, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweekworkweek or pay period, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, All accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation other than for the purpose of calculating redemptionnormal service retirement, as allowed for in this section. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April February 1, 20152014, management employees classifications represented by MGEA may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap. As of February 1, 2014, any member above the 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap will be grandfathered and may continue to accrue above the 1,000 cap; however, if a member grandfathered under this provision drops below the cap for whatever reason, the employee shall be limited by, and shall not accrue above the 1,000 cap. Effective February 1, 2015, members currently grandfathered under the sick leave accrual cap provision may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,400 hour sick leave accrual cap. All other provisions set forth in this section shall remain.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this Agreement, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department headCity Manager or City Council/Personnel Committee. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and it may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee City Manager/City Council shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnel, days on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweek, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the CityCity of Montclair. Effective April 1, 2015, executive management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this Agreement, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed month of service. Nonshift employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick Xxxx leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnel, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweek, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April 1, 2015, management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this AgreementMOU, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any The employee and any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; household and the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed full month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and may be taken after completing 2 months of service have been completedservice. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnelshifts, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweekworkweek or pay period, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation for the purpose of calculating redemption. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April March 1, 2015, management employees classifications represented by MPOA may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leaveleave up to the maximum of a 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this AgreementMOU, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any The employee and any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned.; or 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed full month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per yearyear not to exceed the 1,000 hour accrual cap. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick Xxxx leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and it may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnelshifts, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweekworkweek or pay period, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, All accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation other than for the purpose of calculating redemptionnormal service retirement, as allowed for in this section. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April 1, 2015, management employees may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 hour sick leave accrual cap.

Accrual and Use of Sick Leave Hours. Employees shall accrue annual sick leave. Such leave shall not be considered a benefit that an employee can use at the employee's discretion, but shall be allowed only in the following cases: (1) actual sickness or disability of the employee; (2) medical and dental appointments; or (3) illness of a person in the employee's immediate family as provided for in this section. Notwithstanding any definition or provision in this AgreementMOU, members of "immediate family" shall be defined as follows: 1. Any The employee and any lawful relative, by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or legal status (including adoption or guardianship) who is currently a member of the employee's household (those who legally dwell together under the same roof as a family)—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any member of the household; the parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the employee of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned.; or 2. The parent, grandparent, sibling, or child of the employee's current legal spouse/domestic partner, by blood or legal status, regardless of residence—provided no judicial decree has divested the spouse/domestic partner of his/her statutory relationship to any of the aforementioned. Further provided that the purpose of sick leave is to allow the employee time off to care for himself/herself during an illness or to directly provide primary responsibility for the care of the member of the employee's immediate family who is suffering from a serious health condition (an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves continuing treatment by a health care provider) that significantly prevents a minimal level of self-care, that such time off shall include only incidental and minimal travel time related to the care of the ill person, and that such time shall be preapproved in writing by the concerned department head. Sick leave accrual shall begin on the first day of employment on the basis of 8 hours' pay for every completed full month of service. Nonshift employees Employees shall accrue a maximum total of 96 hours of sick leave per year. Fire shift employees shall accrue sick leave at a rate of 5.195 hours of sick leave per pay period. Sick leave is credited biweekly through the payroll system, and it may be taken after 2 months of service have been completed. The concerned department head or designee shall have the option of requesting a doctor's certificate if an employee is absent for more than 3 consecutive days, or 3 consecutive shifts for Fire shift personnelshifts, on sick leave; in the case of suspected sick leave abuse (e.g., pattern of absences on the first or last days of the workweekworkweek or pay period, or the day before/after a holiday; a history of exhausting available sick leave each year; etc.); or where the employee's fitness for duty is in question. Except as otherwise provided for in item "C" of this section, All accumulated sick leave is forfeited upon termination. However, credited sick leave from another agency will be deducted from a retiring employee's total accumulation other than for the purpose of calculating redemptionnormal service retirement, as allowed for in this section. The City may credit an employee who is coming from another governmental agency with one-half of the employee's accumulated sick leave, up to a maximum of 240 hours. The purpose of this provision is to facilitate lateral recruitment of experienced employees to the City. Effective April February 1, 20152014, management employees classifications represented by MGEA may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,250 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap. As of February 1, 2014, any member above the 1,000 hour sick leave accrual cap will be grandfathered and may continue to accrue above the 1,000 cap; however, if a member grandfathered under this provision drops below the cap for whatever reason, the employee shall be limited by, and shall not accrue above the 1,000 cap. Effective February 1, 2015, members currently grandfathered under the sick leave accrual cap provision may accrue sick leave up to a maximum 1,400 hour sick leave accrual cap. All other provisions set forth in this section shall remain.