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

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10-6. A full-time employee other than employees in the police service shall be granted two hours leave with pay on national regular election day for the purpose of voting. Such leave shall be at the end of the shift when possible, but may be assigned at some other time if required by departmental operating schedules. 10-7 . If a leave of absence for more than 30 days in length is granted to a full-time employee of the fire service, the City may require a physical examination for such employee prior to said leave and may also require another physical examination before reinstatement of said employee. If two such physical examinations are required and the results thereof are found to be the same, the employee shall not be disqualified for reinstatement by reason of any physical disability disclosed thereby. 10-8 . An employee who fails to return to his position without notice at the time specified on his application for leave shall be considered to have resigned unless the employee gives evidence of extenuating circumstances. 10-9. Employees in the fire service duly appointed to serve as members or alternates of the union's bargaining committee for purposes of negotiating agreements with the City covering wages, hours and other conditions of employment, shall be permitted to attend bargaining sessions with the city concerning such agree- ments during regularly scheduled hours of duty with no loss of pay. (AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 86-03, January 21, 1986) (AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 86-75, September 15, 1986) CHAPTER 11 DISABILITY BENEFITS 11-1. In the case of injury, illness or disability arising out of and in the course of employment with the City, the City will pay the difference between such employee,'s regular salary or wage and any payments received by the employee from a public employee pension fund or under the provisions of workmen's compensation or , occupational disease laws, or either or both, for the duration of such disability, or a period of six calendar months from the date of commencement of disability, whichever is the shorter period of time. Beginning the second time during a fiscal year that an employee in the general service absents himself from the job for one complete working day or two or more consecutive scheduled working days discounting any intervening earned or scheduled days off due to an one the job injury, illness or disability, and on all such similar occasions until the end of the fiscal year, and any time that an employee in the police or fire services absents himself from the job due to an one the job injury, illness or disability, deductions shall be made from the employees accumu- lated sick leave credit equivalent to the number of days or por-