Common use of SICK LEAVE AND HEALTH INSURANCE Clause in Contracts

SICK LEAVE AND HEALTH INSURANCE. SECTION 1. Sick leave shall accrue at the rate of ten (10) hours for each full calendar month of service beginning with the seventh (7th) full calendar month of employment accumulative to a maximum of seven hundred twenty (720) hours. At the end of the six (6) full calendar months of employment, the employee will be credited with the amount of sick leave earned in the first six (6) months of service. Sick leave shall be earned by an employee, at the foregoing rate, in any month in which the employee is compensated eighty (80) or more hours of actual work. For this purpose, however, earned vacation time shall be considered as work time. Sick leave may only be used when personal illness or physical incapacity renders an employee unable to perform the duties of his position. Whenever possible, the employee shall notify the Police Chief at least two (2) hours before the beginning of his scheduled shift as to his unexpected absence due to sick leave reasons. With prior notice, the Town shall have the right, at the employee’s expense, to require a doctor’s certification showing such sick leave usage to have been for “just cause”. Expense of obtaining said certification if “just cause” is found, expense to be borne by the Town. Sick time may not be taken for work related injury except for the first three (3) days of an injury which are not covered by Workmen’s Compensation. Any full-time employee who uses less than six (6) days of sick leave during a fiscal year (7-1 to 6-30) shall receive one-half of any balance of the first six days as earned time to be used the following fiscal year but not to exceed three days or 24 hours in any fiscal year. Earned sick time may be taken with the approval of the Police Chief and at times when convenient for the smooth operation of the department. The remainder of earned sick time shall be credited to accumulated sick leave in the normal manner. Earned time cannot be accumulated beyond the end of the fiscal year following the year that the time was earned.

SICK LEAVE AND HEALTH INSURANCE. SECTION 1. Sick leave shall accrue at the rate of ten (10) hours one and one quarter 1 1/4 days for each full calendar month of service beginning with the seventh (7th) full calendar month of employment accumulative to a maximum of seven hundred twenty (720) hoursdays. At the end of the six (6) full calendar months of employment, the employee firefighter will be credited with the amount of sick leave earned in the first six (6) months of service. Sick leave shall be earned by an employeea firefighter, at the foregoing rate, in any month in which the employee firefighter is compensated eighty (80) or more hours of actual work. For this purpose, however, earned vacation time shall be considered as work time. Sick leave may only be used when personal illness or physical incapacity renders an employee a firefighter unable to perform the duties of his position. Whenever possible, the employee firefighter shall notify the Police Fire Chief at least two one (21) hours hour before the beginning of his scheduled shift as to his unexpected absence due to sick leave reasons. With prior notice, the Town shall have the right, at the employeefirefighter’s expense, to require a doctor’s certification showing such sick leave usage to have been for “just cause”. Expense If the doctor’s certificate shows such sick leave usage to have been for “just cause”, expense of obtaining said certification if “just cause” is found, expense to certificate will be borne by the Town. Sick time may not be taken for work related injury except for the first three (3) days of an injury which are not covered by Workmen’s Compensation. Any full-time employee permanent firefighter who uses less than six (6) days of sick leave during a fiscal year (7-1 to 6-30) shall receive one-half (1/2) of any balance of the first six days as earned time to be used the following fiscal year but not to exceed three days or 24 hours (3) shifts in any fiscal year. Earned sick time may be taken with the approval of the Police Fire Chief and at times when convenient for the smooth operation of the department. The remainder of earned sick time shall be credited to accumulated sick leave in the normal manner. Earned time cannot be accumulated beyond the end of the fiscal year following the year that the time was earned. For the purpose of crediting accumulated time to earned sick time if less than six (6) days of sick time is taken, the work “day” will be equal to “one (1) shift”. For the purpose of charging earned time against the sick leave account, it will be based on actual hours taken.