04-04-2022 Council Work Session Packet

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Beginning 17th Year 176 hours 6.77 hours Beginning 18th Year 184 hours 7.08 hours Beginning 19th Year 192 hours 7.38 hours Beginning 20th Year 200 hours 7.69 hours Employees may not carry over more than 240 hours of accrued vacation into the next calendar year without approval from the City Administrator. Employees may elect to use up to four weeks of accrued vacation or PTO at the end of their employment with the City, but are not eligible for holidays, leave accruals, or paid benefits during this period. 6.3 Sick Leave Sick leave is an authorized absence from work with pay, granted to qualified full-time and part- time employees who work at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis. Sick leave is a privilege, not a right. Employees are to use this paid leave only when they are unable to work for medical reasons and under the conditions explained below. Sick leave does not accrue during an unpaid leave of absence. • Full-time employees accumulate sick leave at a rate of one day per month. The maximum accumulation is 960 hours. • Part-time employees regularly scheduled to work at least 2-W30 hours per week will accrue sick leave on a pro -rated basis. • Temporary and seasonal employees will not earn or accrue sick leave. • Sick leave may be used only for days when the employee would otherwise have been at work. It cannot be used for scheduled days off. Sick leave may be used as follows: • When an employee is unable to perform work duties due to illness or disability (including pregnancy). • For medical, dental or other care provider appointments. • To care for children on the same basis as an employee. • To take children or other immediate family members to medical, dental or other care provider appointments. • To care for an ill or injured spouse, adult child, sibling, parent, grandparent, stepparent, parent in-laws, or grandchild, but is limited to a combined total of 160 hours for these relatives within a 12-month period. To be eligible for sick leave pay, the employee will: • Communicate with his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible after the scheduled start of the work day, for each day absent.