2.84.550 Sick leave—Accumulation—Additional vacation in lieu of sick leave.
Sick leave may be accumulated up to a maximum of one hundred twenty days; or fifty-six shifts for fire department employees assigned on a twenty-four-hour duty shift basis. Additional vacation time shall be credited in conjunction with unused sick leave earned as provided in this section. Such accumulation and additional vacation is to be interpreted for police and fire employees in the same manner as otherwise set forth in this chapter.
A. Zero to Sixty Days or Equivalent Shifts Unused Accumulated Sick Leave. Up to sixty days or equivalent shifts unused sick leave will be accumulated with no additional vacation allowed.
B. Sixty to One Hundred Twenty Days or Equivalent Shifts Unused Accumulated Sick Leave. Accumulated sick leave in this category with additional vacation time will be accumulated in the calendar year as follows:
1. In any calendar year, six days or equivalent shifts of unused sick leave will be accumulated.
2. Fifty percent of the remaining unused sick leave will be credited to additional vacation and fifty percent will be accumulated sick leave.
C. One Hundred Twenty Days and Equivalent Shifts (Fifty-Six) or Over Unused Accumulated Sick Leave. All unused sick leave earned during the calendar year over one hundred twenty days or equivalent shifts (fifty-six) accumulated will be converted into additional time at the following rates:
1. Management, blue collar unit, white collar unit, general employees supervisory unit, police supervisory unit and police unit employees at seventy-five percent of the unused balance;
2. Fire unit and fire supervisory unit employees who have accrued the maximum of fifty-six shifts or one hundred twenty days of sick leave and who do not use any sick leave for the entire calendar year will receive one-half of his or her fifty-six shifts as vacation per year and the other half will be paid to the employee no later than January 15th of each year. An employee who has accrued fifty-six shifts or one hundred twenty days and who used a portion of his or her sick leave during the calendar year will be entitled to convert seventy-five percent of the unused sick leave to vacation.
D. Entitlement of One-Half Day Vacation for Every Day of Sick Leave. Those employees who, on July 10, 1972, have a total of more than one hundred twenty days accumulated sick leave will retain their accumulated sick leave but will not be credited with any further accumulated sick leave, but in lieu thereof, shall be entitled to one-half day vacation for every day of sick leave earned subsequent to July 1, 1972. Such vacation shall be taken in the calendar year following the earned sick leave.
E. Deduction for Subsection D from Portion Exceeding One Hundred Twenty Days Accumulation. Absence on account of illness occurring to any employee in subsection D of this section, not including members of the management unit, general employees supervisory unit and police supervisory unit, shall be deducted first from that portion of accumulated sick leave exceeding the one hundred twenty days accumulated sick leave.
F. Off-the-Job Illness or Injury. When any member of the management unit, general employees supervisory unit, police supervisory unit, fire unit and fire supervisory unit is absent from work due to an off-the-job illness or injury sick leave credit shall first be deducted from his or her current year’s sick leave accumulation.
G. Fire Department Employees on Twenty-Four-Hour Shifts. Fire department employees assigned on a twenty-four-hour duty shift basis may accumulate sick leave up to a maximum of fifty-six shifts. Such employees who, on July 1, 1977, have a total of more than fifty-six shifts accumulated sick leave, when absent from work due to an off-the-job illness or injury, shall be subject to the following: When such absences for the year exceed the current year’s accrual of sick leave credit, such excess absences shall be deducted from that portion of accumulated sick leave exceeding the maximum fifty-six shifts, until such credit is reduced to fifty-six shifts. (Ord. 3297 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2782 § 14, 1982; Ord. 2655 § 5, 1981; Ord. 2567 § 4, 1980; prior code § 3.18.200(g))