Use of Sick Leave - Sick Leave may be used as follows. (a) For absence of employee due to personal illness, injury, exposure to contagious diseases which could be communicated to other employees, or for illness in the employee’s immediate family.
(b) For absences due to a medical emergency of an immediate family member where-the employee's presence is unavoidably necessary, or for medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatments for the employee or his or her immediate family upon prior approval of his or her immediate supervisor. Additionally, employees shall only use sick leave for the foregoing purposes after providing sufficient proof of the necessity of such use to the Chief of Police or his or her designee, which will be determined in the sole discretion of the Chief of Police or his or her designee. Immediate family is defined as spouse, child, parent, and same residence dependents.
Use of Sick Leave - Sick Leave may be used as follows. (a) For absence of employee due to personal illness, injury or exposure to contagious diseases which could be communicated to other employees, or for illness in the employee’s immediate family.
(b) For absences due to a medical emergency of an immediate family member where the employee's presence in unavoidably necessary, or for medical, dental, or optical examinations or treatments for the employee or his immediate family upon prior approval of his or her immediate supervisor. Additionally, employees shall only use sick leave for the foregoing purposes after providing sufficient proof of the necessity of such use to the Chief of Police or his designee, which will be determined in the sole discretion of the Chief of Police or his designee. Immediate family is defined as spouse, child, parent, and same residence dependents.
(c) For absence due to death in the family of the employee. Relationships recognized and for which leave will be granted: father, mother, wife, husband, parent-in-law, step-parent, child, step-child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, xxxxxxxxxx, half-brother, half- sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law. Other relatives living in the same household shall be considered as family. Absence due to such situation shall not exceed three (3) days. Upon approval of the Chief of Police or his designee, bereavement leave in excess of three (3) days for out-of-state deaths may also be charged to the accrued sick time.
(d) Where injury leave has expired and the employee must be absent from work for an additional period due to injury. The Township reserves the right to take disciplinary action up to and including discharge against any employee who is guilty of submitting a false claim, or for working for another employer while on sick leave and is physically capable of performing his or her assigned duties.
