Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/25/2021

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per occurrence. Additional funeral leave may be taken (with prior approval from a supervisor) and is 'deductible from sick leave (up to tree (3) consecutive days), vacation or compensatory time as the EMPLOYEE may choose and have available. 15.4 To be eligible for sick leave with pay, an Employee shall: 1) report as soon as possible to the employee's immediate supervisor the reason for *the absence; 2) keep the employee's immediate supervisor informed of such employee's condition; 3) for any absence that exceeds three consecutive days, upon the employee's return to work, submit a medical certificate from a physician I) When the nature of the illness waimnted being seen by a health care professional or 2) at a Minimum, the employee must submit his or her own written documentation with a brief explanation of the nature of the absences; 4) r if requested bythe City Administrator or the Chief of Police, submit a medical certificate from a physician for absence. 15.5 Using or claiming sick leave for a purp o s e not authorized by Article 15.2 shall be cause for disciplinary action. 15.6 For the purpose of accumulating additional sick leave, an Employee using earned vacation leave, sick leave, compensatory time off or paid holidays is considered to be working. 15.7 EMPLOYEES shall receive a lump sum payment upon termination of employment with the EMPLOYER based upon thirty-three percent '(33%) of said EMPLOYEE'S unused accumulated sick leave after five (5) years of continuous employment. Severance pay shall not be available in any sum to an EMPLOYEE if that EMPLOYEE is discharged for just cause; severance pay shall not be paid if an EMPLOYEE voluntarily terminates his or her employment prior to five (5) years of continuous employment service; or the EMPLOYEE voluntarily terminates his or her employment without giving the EMPLOYER fourteen (14) days written notice. After fifteen (15) years of continuous employment service, the EMPLOYEE will receive thirty-five percent (35%) of said EMPLOYEE'S unused, accumulated sick leave. After twenty (20) years of continuous employment service, the EMPLOYEE will receive thirty-seven percent (37%) of unused, accumulated sick leave, After twenty-five (25) years of continuous employment service the EMPLOYEE will receive forty percent (40%) of said EMPLOYEE'S unused, accumulated sick leave. ARTICLE SIXTEEN (16) INJURY ON DUTY (IOD) 16.1 Employees injured during the'perfo o.anee of their duties for the EMPLOYER and thereby rendered unable to work for the EMPLOYER will be paid the difference between the Employee's regular pay and Worker's Compensation insurance payments for a period not to exceed ninety (90) working days per injury, not charged to the Employees vacation, sick leave or other accumulated paid benefits, after a three (3) working day initial waiting p erio d per injury. The three (3) working clay waiting period shall be charged to the employee's sick leave account less Worker's Compensation insurance payments. Employees drawing Workers' Compensation benefits will not receive supplementary IOD pay or sick leave pay, 12