Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/25/2021

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or chiropractic oar; childbirth or exposure to contagious disease where such exposure may endanger the health of others with whom the Employee could come in contact in the course of performing work duties, Sick leave may also be authorized when the Employee's presence is necessary, for actual illness, injury, legal quarantine or medical treatment in the Employee's immediate family, Immediate family, for the purposes if this .Article, shall be defines as spouse, parent, step parent children, step children, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren or a like member of the ' Employee's, spouse's family, The employee shall, when taking sick leave, make sure that the department duty schedule is adjusted as to maintain the department's minimal coverage requirements during the time the Employee is on sick leave. 15,3 Employees are allowed funeral leave up to 24 hours twice annually per o ccurrenc e (a maximum of 48 hours annually) for a death in the immediate family as defined under Article 15,2. That time is not chargeable against any accrued vacation, sick or compensatory time, Hours must be taken within five (5) calendar days froxn start to finish per occurrence, Additional funeral leave may be taken (with prior approval from a supervisor) and is deductible from sick leave (up to three (3) consecutive days), vacation or compensator time as the EMPLOYEE may choose and have available, 15.4 To be eligible for sick leave. with pay, an Employee shall: 1) re ort as so an.. as possible to the employee's mediate supervisor the reason p for the absence; 2) keep the employee's immediate supervisor informed of such employee's condition; 3) for any absence that exceeds three (3) consecutive days, upon the employee's return to work, submit a medical certificate from a physician 1) when the nature of the illness warranted 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) if requested by the 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 purpose hot authorized by,Article 15,2 shall be cause for disciplinary action, 15,6 ' For the purpose of accumulating additional sick leave, an Employee using paid holidays, earned vacation leave or sick leave 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 12