2005-34 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT - FIRE SERVICE

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one working day or part thereof or two or more consecutive scheduled working days discounting any intervening earned or scheduled days off are missed, and only one-haif as much sick leave credit shall be deducted from such employees sick leave accumulation as would otherwise be deducted for such first day or part thereof; provided that, an employee shall be entitled to full pay for all time absent from the job due to illness, injury or off-the-job incurred disability if such employee provides the city with a physician's statement that such employee was injured, all or otherwise physically disabled on the date in question and if such employee has sufficient sick leave credit accumulated to cover such an absence and uses the same. Section 4. An employee who becomes ill, injured or disabled off-the-job shall cause notice there of to be given to his supervisor prior to the shift starting time. 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. However, in all cases where four consecutive duty days are missed by an employee due to illness, injury or disability, a physician's statement will be required before sick leave is paid. Such statements shall set forth reasons for the employee's inability to perform his duties and shall become a part of the employee'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. If an employee is on sick leave and it is determined by a physician that said 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 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 24 hours of unused sick leave or he may retain his remaining sick leave and be credited therewith if and when he returns to duty. Section 7. An employee found engaged in other employment comparable to his regular duties while on sick leave shall be subject to disciplinary action. Section 8. Upon retirement from the classified fire fighting service, an employee shall be paid $50.00 per accumulated day of sick leave up to 100 days and $75.00 per accumulated day of sick leave from 101 days up to 200 days. For purposes of this section, if a Fire Inspector retires as such, he shall be paid on the basis of 8-hour days. Section 9. Other than regular shift employees in the classified fire fighting service shall accrue one duty day with pay sick leave for each month of continuous service uninterrupted by resignation or discharge up to a maximum accumulation of 200 days. Such employees employed on the effective date of this contract shall be given credit for sick leave days that would have accrued above the previous 135 day maximum minus those days actually used. One day accumulated sick leave credit with pay shall be deducted from sick leave accumulated for each duty day not served due to illness. Section 10. Any 24-hour shift employee who has accumulated 2400 hours of sick leave and any 40 hour employee who has accumulated 800 hours of sick leave, as of each May 1 st, shall be granted one day's leave with pay to be used at any time during the fiscal year of the City prior to the succeeding April 30. Sick leave days deducted for payments pursuant to Article 12 of this Agreement shall not be deducted from an employee's total accumulation for purposes 17