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<br /> <br /> <br />Personal illness or injury; <br /> <br /> <br />To attend medical and dental appointments; <br /> <br /> <br />To care for sick dependents; <br /> <br /> <br />To take dependents to medical and dental appointments; <br /> <br /> <br />Up to five days per calendar month to care for seriously ill family members who <br />may not live with the employee. For purposes of this provision, “seriously ill” <br />shall be determined in the sole discretion of the City Administrator. <br />Paid sick leave is provided for regular full-time and on a prorated basis for eligible part-time <br />employees. Regular full-time employees accrue sick leave at a rate of eight (8) working hours for <br />each calendar month. Eligible part time employees hired before January 1, 2004, include employees <br />working a minimum of 1040 hours per year. Eligible part time employees hired on or after January <br />1, 2004, include regularly scheduled part time employees who work a set, consistent schedule and <br />who work a minimum of forty (40) hours per biweekly pay period and non-scheduled part time <br />employees who work as needed who work a minimum of 1560 hours per year. Temporary and <br />seasonal employees are not eligible for sick leave. <br />There is no limit on the amount of accrued sick time that can be accumulated and carried forward <br />from one year to the next. <br />An employee must notify his/her immediate supervisor at least thirty (30) minutes before the start <br />of his/her regular start time if the employee intends to be absent from work. If an emergency <br />prevents the employee from notifying his/her immediate supervisor at such time, the employee <br />must call his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible during the workday. The employee is <br />required to keep his/her immediate supervisor informed of his/her anticipated return to work. <br />An employee attempting to use sick time for reasons other than those explicitly permitted in this <br />policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. <br />A doctor’s note shall be required if an employee is absent more than four (4) days or if abuse of sick <br />leave is suspected by the employee’s immediate supervisor, department head, or the City <br />Administrator. In some circumstances, an employee may be requested to submit to a medical <br />examination by a physician or medical facility licensed to practice medicine. In such a circumstance, <br />the City may select the physician and facility that will conduct the examination. <br />Unused sick leave will not be paid out in wages upon termination of employment, except as <br />provided in the Severance Pay section below. <br />SEVERANCE PAY <br />An employee resigning his/her employment with the City will be eligible for a cash payment for <br />unused sick leave if the following conditions are met: <br />1. The employee must resign in good standing (not terminated by the City); and <br />2. The employee must provide proper written notice of his/her resignation in <br />accordance with the City Resignation Policy; and <br /> <br />3.The employee must execute a release of claims. <br />Payment shall be based on the consecutive years of service completed by the employee and <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />