Sick Leave and Injury Leave. Section 1. Sick leave is a benefit provided to the Employees to help offset the financial burden of illness. Every Employee is expected to be present for all assigned shifts, unless he / she suffers from a personal incapacitating illness or injury that renders him / her incapable of performing his / her normal duties, or unless a close family member suffers an incapacitating illness or injury that requires the Employee to provide care for that family member. A “close family member” is defined as a parent, child, spouse, sibling, “in-law” equivalent of the previous categories, “step” equivalent of the previous categories, or “grand” equivalent of the previous categories. Sick Leave is not a privilege that may be used at an Employee’s discretion.
Sick Leave and Injury Leave. 21.01 Each employee shall be entitled to accumulate sick leave at the rate of four and six-tenths (4.6) hours for every eighty (80) hours of work.
Sick Leave and Injury Leave. All Officers shall be entitled to ninety-six (96) hours of paid sick leave per year. Newly hired full-time Officers shall be entitled to accumulate sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours per month during the first year of employment. Unused sick leave in any year may be accumulated and used in any subsequent year to a maximum of eight hundred accumulated unused sick leave hours. However, an Officer will not under any circumstances be reimbursed for unused sick leave hours. The Township shall require a doctor’s certificate for any Officer under the following circumstances: An Officer is absent because of illness or injury for three (3) or more consecutive days. An Officer utilizes paid sick leave in excess of one hundred and twenty (120) hours per calendar year; An Officer utilizes paid sick leave immediately following a vacation or personal leave. All Officers shall be entitled to accumulate a maximum of eight hundred (800) hours of unused sick leave days to be utilized solely for the purpose of early retirement. Any Officer that had accumulated unused sick leave days in excess of eight hundred (800) hours prior to January 1, 2008, shall retain said hours to a maximum of sixteen hundred (1600) hours as prescribed by the pre-2008 collective bargaining agreement. An Officer shall not be entitled to utilize accumulated unused sick leave days for any purpose if such Officer is terminated or leaves township employment for any reason other than early retirement. Officers hired after February 1, 2008, shall not be eligible to accumulate sick leave days toward early retirement and will be limited to a maximum accumulation of 18 twelve-hour days or 216 hours. The Township will provide a short term disability insurance policy for all full-time Officers which will cover non-work related injuries and illnesses. Coverage under this plan shall have a first (1st) day injury; eighth (8th) day illness waiting period for benefits to begin. An Officer may use accumulated sick leave, personal leave or vacation time during the waiting period. The short-term disability plan will pay sixty-six and two thirds (66 2/3%) of the Officer’s base hourly rate from the time coverage becomes effective up to a maximum of 26 weeks. The Township shall pay the balance of the Officer’s pay during this time period.
Sick Leave and Injury Leave
