Personal Leave General. A. Personal leave shall be used for any and all purposes for which sick and/or annual leave has heretofore been used.
Personal Leave General. Personal leave shall be earned and used in lieu of all sick and annual leave, except as specified in this Article. Members transferring into the bargaining unit, who have annual leave earnings credited to their State annual leave accounts, shall have the annual leave balances transferred to their personal leave account. Leave accruals shall occur twenty-six (26) times per year. To account for minute rounding in accrual rates below, active full-time employees shall receive an additional accrual, no more than once per year and starting 2021. This accrual shall be an amount equal to the difference between an employee’s current yearly accrual rate and the sum of twenty-six (26) times that pay period accrual rate.
Personal Leave General. Personal leave shall be earned and used in lieu of all sick and annual leave, except as specified in this Article. The City shall compute personal leave for each member on a monthly basis. Full time regular members shall accrue personal leave at the following rates: Length of Service Earned Monthly 0 through 2 years 16 hours Over 2 years, less than 5 years 18 hours Over 5 years, less than 10 years 20 hours 10 years and over 23 hours Personal leave will begin to accrue immediately upon hire, on a proportional basis for a fraction of a month. Leave may only be taken for reasons of illness or injury during the first six (6) months of employment. Personal leave will not accrue while a member is on leave without pay. Personal leave may be taken only on the authorization of the Chief of Police or their designee, except in the case of illness or injury to the member. If denied, it must be for good cause shown and explained in writing if requested by the member. Personal leave may be accrued to a total of 720 hours. Personal leave accrued in excess of 720 hours at the end of any calendar year shall be forfeited, except if circumstances beyond the control of the member warrant excess accrual, the member will be given a 30–day grace period to use accrual in excess of 720 hours. A member, upon written request, shall be permitted to cash in accrued personal leave according to the City’s cash-in policy referenced in the City’s personnel code 2.28.130(J). Upon separation of a member for any reason, the member shall be paid a lump sum payment for all earned but unused personal leave. If a holiday occurs when a member is on personal leave, the member shall be paid for the holiday, at the regular number of hours of the members regular shift without any deduction from accrued leave. Regular part–time members shall accrue personal leave on a pro- rated basis of the full-time accrual rate. Personal leave will accrue immediately upon hire. There is a maximum carryover of one hundred (100) hours at the end of each calendar year. A member with a carryover greater than one hundred (100) hours will be given a thirty (30) day grace period in which to use the carry over. If not used within this time the excess leave will be forfeited. There is no buy back of this personal leave. Upon separation of a part–time member, for any reason, the member shall be paid a lump sum payment for all earned but unused personal leave. A member who intends to use personal leave due to illness or inj...
Personal Leave General. A. Personal leave shall be used for any and all sick and vacation time off purposes, except as provided below in Section 2A.
