Ordinance - #91-15 - 07/23/1991 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Subek 5. During the probationary period following an original appointment, an employee is not entitled to use banked vacation leave. After the end of the probationary period, an employee is entitled to vacation leave banked from the start of probationary employment. 3.20.08 Sick leave. Subdivision l. Every probationary and regular employee is entitled to earn sick leave with pay at the rate of 1 day for each calendar month of full-time service or major fraction thereof. Sick leave may be banked to a maximum of 120 days. Unused sick leave in excess of 120 days at the end of a calendar year (December 31st) shall be converted to vacation at a rate of one hour vacation for each two hours of sick leave. Any employee terminating employment or any employee terminated shall be paid for 1/3 of any unused sick leave at the time of termination at the employee's current rate of pay. Subd. 2. Sick leave may be granted when the employee is unable to perform work duties due to illness, disability, the necessity for medical, dental, or chiropractic care, childbirth, or exposure to contagious disease where such exposure may endanger the health of others with whom the employee would come in contact in the course of performing work duties. Sick leave may also be granted for a maximum of three days in the case of death or serious illness in the employee's immediate family. Immediate family, for the purpose of this policy, shall be defined as spouse, parent, step-parent, children, step-children, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren or a like member of the Employee's spouse's family. Subd. 3. To be eligible for sick leave with pay, an employee shall: report as soon as possible to the employee's immediate supervisor the reason for the absence; keep the employee's immediate supervisor informed of such employee's condition; submit a medical certificate for any absence if required by the administrator or department head. Subd. 4. Using or claiming sick leave for a purpose not authorized'by Subd. 2 may be cause for disciplinary action under §3.20.18. Subd. 5. For the purpose of accumulating additional vacation or sick leave, an employee using earned vacation leave or sick leave is considered to be working. 3.20.09 Military leaves.; Every employee to whom Minnesota Statutes §192.26 or 192.261 applies is entitled to the benefits afforded by those sections subject to the conditions herein prescribed.