Paid Days Off
3A. Paid Days Off. Full Time employees are allowed leave with pay when they or members of their immediate family are incapacitated due to sickness or injury or to attend to personal business. All personnel who are employed on a full-time basis are entitled to Paid Days Off following the first eight (8) months of their employment and one (1) day for each month worked until 1 full service year effective January 1st to a maximum of fifteen (15) days. Probationary employees are not entitled to Paid Day Off credit, for the first forty (40) days worked, toward his/her first year of Paid Day Off benefits. On the first of the month following the month in which a new employee completes his/her eighth month of employment with the city, he/she shall be awarded 1 day per month until 1 full service year on January 1st where they will be awarded with all other employees. This is excluding any deductions for long term sick leave per contract language. Any employee off work for personal injury or illness during the eight (8) month period will have the time extended for the amount of time off. An employee on a xxxxxxx’x compensation disability, as a result of his/her employment with the City of New Castle will not be penalized. Unused Paid Days Off shall accumulate in an Extended Leave Bank to one hundred (100) days. No PDO awards will be made over 100. It is agreed that any employee with a bank of 100 days will be awarded days as used to maintain 100 day bank up to the agreed 15 day award. PDO time may be used in no less than 1 hour increments. Pay cannot be given unless the absence is reported. It is the responsibility of the employee to give notice to the employee’s department head at the earliest possible time. Notice may be given by phone. An employee who is absent for more than five (5) consecutive days must present a physician’s statement. The following information must be contained in the medical/doctor's statement for the “Paid Day Off” request to be approved. -Date and location of visit (doctor, hospital, clinic, etc.). - what period he/she was required to be absent from work due to the illness -and that he/she is fit to return to full work duty -Authorized signature of attending physician. If a statement fails to include the above information, management reserves the right to deny approval of the Paid Day Off(s). Temporary, part-time and probationary employees are not entitled to PDO benefits. Beginning January 1, 2013 and each January 1 thereafter, Paid Days Off shall be computed...
