R2022-173 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268 General Service Employees

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unused sick leave,said employee must apply for disability benefits if he is eligible for such benefits and if granted, sick leave payment will be stopped. If permanent disability is awarded by the em- ployee's retirement fund, he may choose to be paid for his unused sick leave at one-half his normal daily rate of pay for each unused sick leave day or he may retain his remaining sick leave and be credited therewith if and when he returns to duty. Section 8. An employee who does not report for duty for twelve (12) months after the commencement of any leave resulting from an off-duty injury, illness or disability, regardless of the type of leave, shall be considered separated from employment with the City. The employee must furnish medical documentation of such sickness or ill health during this time period. An employee failing to provide medical documentation of such sickness or ill health shall be subject to immediate discharge. For purposes of this section,the City will be allowed to use a temporary employee until the employee returns to work or the employee quits or is discharged. Section 9.An employee who suffers a serious or severe illness or injury, either to himself or herself, shall be permitted to use sick leave days accrued by, and credited to, other employees, but only as provided hereby and only when such employee has no accrued sick leave days. The employee seeking sick leave days must agree, in writing, with the employee or employees from whom such sick leave days are sought,including the total number of days or hours involved, and present such agreement to the Human Resources Department; provided that, this be in cases where three or more days are needed, and no employee shall be permitted to sell or transfer accrued sick leave days for any consideration or thing of value. Permission for the transfer of accrued sick leave days shall not be unreasonably withheld by the City, subject to State and Federal law. The provisions hereof shall be construed so as to permit agreements between bar- gaining unit employees and non-bargaining unit employees. ARTICLE 15 LEAVES OF ABSENCE Section 1. Leave with pay, dependent on funeral arrangements and travel requirements, but not to exceed a maximum of five (5)days, may be granted a full-time employee in the classi- fied service in the event of a death in the immediate family. Immediate family includes only: (a) spouse, children, stepchildren, and spouse of children; (b) parents of the employee or the em- ployee's spouse; (c) brothers and sisters of the employee and of the employee's spouse; (d) grandchildren and grandparents of the employee; and (e)brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and (f) step-parents. In addition, the City shall adopt the provisions of the Illinois Child Bereavement Leave Act as enacted on July 29, 2016, in the event of the death of an employee's child or chil- dren, as defined by the Act, any contrary terms of this Article 15, Section 1 notwithstanding. Section 2. If a serious or unexpected emergency occurs to the spouse or children or a member of the immediate family in the household of an employee in the classified service while the employee is at work or up to one hour before the start of the employee's shift, such employee will be allowed to leave his duties while the emergency exists. Arrangements to enable the em- ployee to return to duty on the next duty day must be made if the emergency continues beyond the duty day on which it first occurred. Such leave used for the purpose of emergency leave as described in this section shall be charged against the employee's accrued sick leave. Section 3.A full-time classified employee in the classified service who is a member of the reserve unit of the armed forces of the United States will be granted leave for military duty,training sessions or schools in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. 22