Sick and Injury Leaves. Sick leave with pay is an accumulated benefit for full-time Employees. Sick leave shall accrue at the rate of one sick day per month based on the shift full-time employees generally work. Sick leave time may be used for absence due to illness or injury of the employee or immediate family members in accordance with policies established by the Employer. Xxxx leave must be used in no less than one-hour increments, except that an employee who reports for work, becomes ill and leaves work because of that illness, or in circumstances where an immediate family member of an employee has a medical emergency that requires the presence of the employee, shall be paid for the hours worked and shall be charged only for the sick time used. However, to be eligible for this benefit, the employee must inform their supervisor that they are leaving work due to personal or immediate family illness. Staff retiring and fully vested in IMRF may receive service credit with IMRF for their unused sick leave in accordance with IMRF regulations and statutory authority. The Employer may, at its discretion, require an employee to submit a physician’s verification of illness when three or more consecutive workdays of sick leave are used. The Employer may also require a physician’s verification that an employee is well enough to return to work. Any employee who utilizes sick leave immediately before or after a scheduled vacation, or any other scheduled time off may be required to submit a physician’s verification of illness. Failure to submit to required medical exams or to provide required medical verification of illness shall be deemed to have abused sick leave and shall be subject to discipline in addition to forfeiting the paid leave time. Falsification of any verification of illness, or other actions abusing sick leave may result in discipline. To determine an employee’s fitness for duty, the Employer, at any time, may require an employee to submit to an examination by a physician or other appropriate medical professional designated by the Employer. The Employer shall pay for the cost not covered by insurance of any examinations at a facility designated and required by the Employer.
Sick and Injury Leaves. A. Notification of absence due to sickness shall be verbally provided to the officer at Station #1. No texted or emailed requests shall be honored. Sick leave may be exercised in twelve hour increments. Notification of sick leave shall occur as soon as possible, but no later than one half hour before the start of the employees work shift, unless it is shown that such notification was not feasible.
Sick and Injury Leaves
