– OLD SICK LEAVE PLAN. Each employee hired prior to January 1, 1987, who is not covered under the Disability Income Plan will be granted sick leave with full pay for one (1) day for each full calendar month of service. Effective July 1, 2014, sick time will be converted into hours entitling employees to full pay for eight (8) sick hours for each full calendar month of service. The unused balance of sick leave may be carried over and accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of one hundred and forty (140) days or 1,120 hours at any one time. Any excess over this amount shall be deemed to have expired. No employee will be entitled to sick leave until he or she has completed their probationary period. Sick leave shall be accrued as of the day an employee enters the service of the Employer, and shall be computed and allowed on the calendar year basis. Employees covered under the Old Sick Leave Plan may use sick time in one (1) hour increments for the employee or for a member of their immediate family. This sick time may also be used to attend to the medical and dental needs of the employee or a member of his or her immediate family only when they cannot be scheduled after work hours. Employees are encouraged to schedule their medical and dental appointments after work hours when possible. Time off for medical and dental appointments must be approved by your immediate supervisor to avoid scheduling conflicts within your department. Immediate family shall be defined as: Wife, husband, unmarried children, parents and grandparents. Effective July 1, 2014, there will no longer be a separate designation for sick medical time.
– OLD SICK LEAVE PLAN. Each regular full-time (56 hour) employee, who is not covered under the Disability Income Plan, will be granted sick leave with full pay for twenty-four (24) hours for each full calendar month of service. The unused balance of sick leave may be carried over and accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of 2,160 hours. Any excess over this amount shall be deemed to have expired. No employee will be entitled to sick leave until he or she has completed six (6) months of service. Sick leave shall be accrued as of the day an employee enters the service of the Employer, and shall be computed and allowed on the calendar year basis. Employees covered under the Old Sick Leave Plan may use sick time in one (1) hour increments for the employee or for a member of their immediate family. This sick time may also be used to attend to the medical and dental needs of the employee or a member of his or her immediate family only when they cannot be scheduled after work hours. Employees are encouraged to schedule their medical and dental appointments after work hours when possible. Time off for medical and dental appointments must be approved by your immediate supervisor to avoid scheduling conflicts within your department. Immediate family shall be defined as: Wife, husband, unmarried children, parents and grandparents. Effective July 1, 2014, there will no longer be a separate designation for sick medical time. Employees working a forty (40) hours per week schedule shall accrue sick leave at the rate of eight hours per month and shall be allowed a maximum accrual of 1,120 hours. Employees may utilize their allowances of sick leave on the basis of application approved by the Fire Chief or his designee for absence necessitated by inability to perform the duties of their position by reason of illness, or by exposure to contagious diseases under circumstances in which health of the employee with whom associated or members of the public necessarily dealt with would be endangered by attendance on duty. A certificate from a reputable physician, dentist, osteopath, or chiropractor may be required by Employer as evidence of illness before compensation for the period of illness is allowed. It shall be optional with the Human Resources Director whether the physical examination in such instance shall be administered by the City physician or upon request, employee's own medical physician, osteopathic physician, dentist, or chiropractor. Any medical fee for examination ...
