78-28 PERSONNEL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS

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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 in the police service who becomes ills 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. An employee in the general service who be- comes ill on the job shall not be charged with a sickness occur- rence if said employee works a minimum of four hours on the day of illness or if said employee's immediate supervisor verifies to the City that said employee was ill. (AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 86-03, January 21, 1986) 9-3 . An employee who becomes ill, injured or disabled off the job shall cause notice thereof to be given to his supervisor as follows: (a) For all full-time employees other than employees in the fire or police services, not later than the end of the first thirty minutes of the employee's next scheduled duty day; (b) For all full-time employees in the fire service, not later than the end of the first hour of the employee's next scheduled duty day; (c) For all full-time employees in the police service, not later than two hours before the beginning of the employee 9-4 . 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 is granted, sick leave payment will be stopped. If permanent disability is awarded by the employee's retirement fund, he mat choose to be paid for his unused sick leave at one half times his normal daily rate of pay for each unused sick leave day if he is an employee other than a regular shift employee of the fire service. A regular shift fire service employee may choose to be paid for his unused sick leave �� days at one half times his normal daily rate of pay for each 1.4 ��, unused sick leave days. The employee may choose to retain his '', remaining sick leave and be credited therewith if and when he I returns to duty. 9-5. Upon retirement, the City will pay the retiring employee ' $5. 00 for each day of unused accumulated sick leave. ' (AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 81-40, May 11, 1981) !� 9-6. An employee in the police service who has accumulated 100 i sick leave days as of May lst shall be granted one day's leave with pay to be used at any time during the year prior to April 30th, to be scheduled in accordance with departmental rules and regulations. Said days leave shall not be accumulated and carried