Sick leave is paid leave granted to eligible employees for their personal use. Merit and appointed employees are eligible for sick leave in accordance with the terms of this Article XVIII.
A.
Eligible full-time employees accrue sick leave at the rate of 13
days per fiscal year. A maximum of 60 total days of accrued sick leave
may be carried over from fiscal year to fiscal year. Employees who
become nonprobationary or appointed employees during any given fiscal
year shall be entitled to that fraction of the 13 days which represents
the pro-rata portion of the remaining fiscal year multiplied by 13.
B.
For purposes of this section, the number of hours in an accrued sick-leave
day for full-time employees shall equal the number of hours in the
standard equivalent full-time pay period divided by 10.
A.
Sick leave may be used for:
(1)
Incapacitating sickness or disability, including maternity when medically
necessary on the part of the mother or the infant;
(2)
Quarantine confinement;
(3)
Child-care responsibilities associated with adoption or placement
of the child with the employees, not to exceed five days. This may
be used only once per child for either the adoption or the placement;
(4)
Parental responsibilities associated with birth; not to exceed five
days per birth;
(5)
Illness of a family member living in the home of the employee, or
an employee's parent or child regardless of their place of residence,
when no other responsible adult is available to care for the family
member and care is required. For purposes of this subsection, the
term "parent" means the biological parent of the employee or employee's
spouse or an individual who stood in loco parentis (in place of a
parent) to an employee or employee's spouse when the employee
or employee's spouse was a child. The term "child" means a biological,
adopted or foster child, a stepchild or a legal ward of an employee
or employee's spouse or an individual to whom the employee or
employee's spouse stood in loco parentis when the individual
was a child;
(6)
Necessary medical or dental appointments of the employee or an individual as described in Subsection A(5) above when unable to attend the appointment alone and when no other responsible adult is available; or
(7)
Death in an employee's family relating to the death of a spouse,
child, parent, sibling, grandparents, or in-law, not to exceed three
days per death.
B.
If an employee becomes ill or injured while on annual, personal,
compensatory, or other paid leave, the period of such incapacity may
be changed to sick leave if the employee so requests. A supervisor
may request medical documentation from a physician.
A.
An employee who intends to use sick leave must notify the employee's
supervisor not more than one hour after the employee's normal
reporting time each day unless the employee is under a physician's
care for an extended period with the supervisor's knowledge or
there is a medical emergency. If an employee fails to provide proper
notification, the employee may be charged unpaid absence without leave
up to the time of notification and may be subject to disciplinary
action. Upon returning to work, the employee must submit a leave request
form.
B.
When an employee knows in advance of a need to use sick leave, the
employee must request the leave in advance.
C.
An employee who uses sick leave for more than three consecutive days
may be required to submit proof of the reason for the leave (i.e.,
a physician's certificate). Proof may also be required in cases
of frequent but nonconsecutive absences or when circumstances indicate
potential abuse of sick leave. Sick leave can be denied if a supervisor
requests medical documentation and it is not produced or is insufficient
to justify the amount of sick leave taken.
Upon separation from Town service for any reason, including
nondisciplinary reasons, all accrued sick days shall be forfeited
and the Town shall not pay an employee for unused sick leave.
