2004-05 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT - POLICE SERVICE

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ARTICLE 12 SIC%LEAVE Section 1. Full-time employees in the classified service shall accrue one duty day with paid sick leave for each month of continuous service uninterrupted by resignation or discharge up to a maximum accumulation of 360 days. Section 2. Accumulated sick leave days may be used for illness, injury or ofF the-job incurred disability .One day of accumulated sick leave credit with pay shall be deducted from each employee's sick leave accumulation for each duty day not served due to illness, injury or off-the-job incurred disability. Section 3. No sick leave credit may be used by an employee for the first four hours of the fifth or any succeeding sickness occunence during any fiscal year. A sickness occurrence is hereby defined as any continuous absence by an employee from scheduled work periods, whether for one or more scheduled shifts, for stated reasons of illness, injury or off-the-job incurred disability for which no physician's verifying statement is provided by said employee to the City. An employee who becomes ill on the job shall not be charged with a sickness occurrence if said employee works a minimum of two hours on the day of illness or if said employee's immediate supervisor verifies to the City that said employee was ill. Section 4. In the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances an employee who becomes ill, injured or disabled off-the-job shall cause notice thereof to be given to his supervisor not later than two hours before the beginning of his next scheduled 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. However, in all cases where four consecutive duty days are missed by an employee due to illness, injury or disability, a physician's statement shall 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 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 (a). Upon retirement from the classified 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. (b). Officers may request that the buy back be paid upon retirement or within one calendar year of the officer's official retirement date. Officers who elect to postpone payment shall be paid within 30 days of their written request. 19