R2024-362 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268, General Service Employees

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medical practitioner shall not be considered as part of the sixty-four (64) sick leave hours, as herein described. (b) "Medical documentation," for the purposes of this Agreement, shall mean a written statement signed by a person licensed to practice medicine(or their designee)that the employee was physically unable to perform his or her duties on the date for which sick leave credit is sought. (c) An employee shall be awarded one additional personal day on the first day of each fiscal year if no unexcused sick time was used in the preceding fiscal year. If the employee carries a balance of 240 sick days throughout the entire fiscal year, the employee shall be awarded a second additional personal day on the first day of the following fiscal year. Personal days must be used in the fiscal year in which they are awarded, or they will be forfeited. (d) Medical documentation shall be required for the use of sick time for the day before or the day after a holiday as listed in Article 13 Section 1. Section 4.An employee who becomes ill, injured or disabled off-the-job shall cause notice thereof to be given to his supervisor not later than the commencement of his/her next scheduled duty day. In the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances, an employee whose super- visor is not so notified within two duty days from the day on which the employee was first sched- uled to report shall be considered to have resigned from the classified service. Section 5. A physician's statement may be required before sick leave pay is paid if a pattern of chronic abuse of sick leave by the employee is evident. However, in all cases where four consecutive duty days are missed by an employee due to illness, injury or disability, a physi- cian's statement will be required before sick leave pay is paid. Such statements shall set forth reasons for the employee's inability to perform his duties and shall become a part of the employ- ee's personnel record. Physician's statements will be used in determining from time to time whether or not an employee is able to continue the performance of his duties. Section 6. Upon retirement from the classified service, an employee shall be allowed to use accumulated sick days for credit in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Section 7. If an employee is on sick leave and it is determined by a physician that the employee will be unable to return to work within an amount of time equivalent to his remaining 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 22