AgdaPkt 2016-12-12 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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6.3.E. - Page 43 18.1.2 Sick leave shall be defined as the non -job related absence from work due to illness, bodily injury, exposure to contagious disease, and caring of family members whose illness requires the employee's care. For the purpose of this article, immediate family means spouse, domestic partner (as defined and recognized under state law), child, stepchild or parent. 18.1.3 Unused sick leave may be accumulated to maximum sick leave credits of one -thousand two - hundred (1200) hours. 18.1.4 In the event an employee has accumulated the maximum sick leave credits of one -thousand two - hundred (1200) hours and the employee becomes so severely ill that he or she exhausts his or her sick leave, the Personnel Officer may, upon the written recommendation from the employee's department head, authorize additional sick leave to include any sick leave in excess of the one - thousand two -hundred (1200) hours maximum which may have been lost due to the maximum limitation; provided, however, that sick leave credits were not accumulated for a period of six (6) months or longer. 18.1.5 An employee may elect to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits for any calendar year (based on the preceding 26 pay periods) by requesting payment of unused sick leave in writing to the Director of Finance on or before December 1 of that year. Payment shall be made at twenty- five (25%) of the value of the unused sick leave, or fifty percent (50%) of the value of the unused sick leave when no more than ten (10) hours of sick leave have been used for the preceding (26) pay periods at the salary for the year in which the payment is being made. Payment shall be made after December 31. There shall be no payment in lieu of accumulated sick leave benefits for years prior to such calendar year. Use of Personal Business Leave shall be excluded from the definition of sick leave for the purposes of this article. 18.1.6 Accumulated sick leave credits shall be reduced by the value of the sick leave compensated as provided in the above paragraph and the remaining balance shall be accumulated to a maximum of one -thousand two -hundred (1200) hours . 18.1.7 If an employee terminates his or her employment, for reasons other than death, retirement or discharge, compensation in lieu of unused sick leave shall be paid in accordance with the terms provided for an employee who may elect to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits, prorated to the date of termination of service. Employees who have ten (10) years of service and who retire from City employment with benefits from PERS or who die while in the employ of the City shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) of accrued unused sick leave. In the event of the death of an employee, such payments shall be made to the designated beneficiary filed with the Director of Finance, or, in the event no designated beneficiary has been chosen, the beneficiary listed in the employee's insurance policy will receive the payment of such unused sick leave as provided under the provisions for an employee who elects to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits. Employees discharged shall not be eligible for payment of unused sick leave. 18.1.8 If an employee's illness or the illness of a family member results in an absence from work for three (3) or more days, a doctor's certificate or other reasonable proof of illness may be required by the City. 18.1.9 If a supervisor believes there is an abuse of sick leave, the supervisor may require the employee to provide medical verification for all future sick leave absences for a period of ninety (90) days, upon written notification by the supervisor to the employee. 20