R2017-48 Contract Pay and Benefits AFSCME Local 268 and Decatur Public Library

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of the EAP to accommodate employee. (D) The employee shall give notice to the Employer of his/her use of sick leave as early as possible but at least one hour prior to the start of the employee's work shift, and in the case of an emergency, no later than prior to the beginning of his/her scheduled work shift. (E) Employees who have accrued four hundred (400) hours sick leave by January 1 of each year shallbe credited with an additional eight (8) hours of personal leave. Part- time employees who have accrued two hundred (200) hours sick leave by January 1 of each year shall be credited with an additional four (4) hours of personal leave. Employees at the current levels depicted shall receive the additional personal leave that is depicted above upon enactment of this agreement. (F) An employee who suffers a serious or severe illness or injury shall be permitted to use sick leave days accrued by, and credited to, other employees, but only as provided herein and only when such employee has no accrued sick leave, vacation or personal days. The employee seeking sick leave days must agree, in writing, with the employee or employees from whom such sick leave days are sought, including the total number of days or hours involved, and present such agreement to the City Librarian. No employee shall be permitted to sell or transfer accrued sick leave days for any consideration or thing of value. Permission for the transfer of accrued sick leave days shall not be unreasonably withheld by the Library, subject to State and Federal law. The provisions hereof shall be construed so as to permit agreements between bargaining unit employees and non-bargaining unit employees. Furthermore, an employee may utilize sick time that was received via donations from fellow employees, for follow-up treatment, by agreement of the parties. Section 2. Leave for Personal Business All regularly employed full-time employees are entitled to sixteen (16) hours of personal leave per year. Except in cases of emergency, the leave must be approved in advance by the employee's immediate supervisor and is contingent upon adequate staffing. Accrual of personal leave for part-time employees shall be as stated in Section 8 of Article XXIII. Personal leave shall not accumulate. New full-time employees who are employed between January 1 and June 30 are entitled to sixteen (16) hours personal leave that fiscal year, part-time employees employed during the same period receive eight (8) hours personal leave; those employed full-time between July 1 and December 31 receive eight (8) hours of personal leave for that fiscal year, part-time employees employed during the same period receive four(4) hours personal leave. Personal leave may be taken in increments of one half(1/2) of an hour. Section 3. Bereavement Leave Employees are entitled to up to four (4) days of funeral leave in the event of the death of a member of the family. Family for the purpose of bereavement leave is defined to mean spouse, Page 18 of 29