Benefit Defined. An employee may use up to three days (24 hours) if required to be absent from duty due to the death of a member of the employee’s immediate family. An employee may use one (1) additional day if attending a funeral out of the State of California or beyond a three hundred (300) mile (each way) radius from the City of Mountain View. Additional time off may be authorized by Human Resources or the Department Head or designee, and charged to accrued vacation, sick leave, or treated as leave without pay.
Benefit Defined. Employees shall earn sick leave with pay at the rate of seven (7) shift days per year. Sick leave shall be used only for non-duty related illness, injury or disability. Earned sick leave shall accumulate from year to year to a maximum of thirty (30) shift days, except as noted in Appendix A. Duty related illnesses, injuries or disabilities shall not be charged against the accumulated sick leave of the employee unless such deduction is allowed by Illinois statutes.
