2008-81 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - AFSCME LOCAL 268, GENERAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

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medical practitioner shall not be considered as part of the forty (40) 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 em- ployee 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 May 1 st of each year if no sick time was used in the preceding twelve (12) month period, beginning on May 1 st and ending on April 30th. 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 May 15�. Per- sonal days must be used in the fiscal year in which they are awarded, pr they will be forfeited. Section 4. An employee who becomes ill, injured or disabled off-the-job shall cause no- tice thereof to be given to his supervisor not later than the commencernent of his/her next sche- duled duty day. In the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances, an employee whose supervisor is not so notified within two duty days from the day on which the employee was first scheduled 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 phy- sician'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 em- ployee'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 determine�d 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 ben- efits and if granted, sick leave payment will be stopped. If permanent disability is awarded by the employee'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 has no accrued sick leave credit and who fails to report for duty within 18 months of exhausting sick leave for the stated reasor� of sickness or ill health shall be subject to discipline, including discharge. The employee must furnish medical docu- mentation 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 em- ployee 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 him- self or herself, shall be permitted to use sick leave days accrued by, and credited to, other em- ployees, 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 em- ployees from whom such sick leave days are sought, including the total number of days or 27