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65 12/2024 <br /> <br /> <br />#230 EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME <br /> Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) is authorized absence from work with pay. This specific leave applies to all <br />employees (including part-time, paid-on-call firefighters, seasonal, and temporary employees) performing <br />work for at least 80 hours a year. This policy does not apply to council members, commissioners, interns, <br />contractors, or volunteers. For purposes of this policy, a year is defined as a calendar year – January 1 to <br />December 31. ESST may only be used for days when the employee has a scheduled shift and would <br />otherwise have been at work. <br /> <br />ACCRUAL OF ESST <br />Full-time benefit eligible employees will be credited 48 hours of Earned Sick and Safe Time on January 1st, <br />which are available for immediate use. Unused ESST will be paid out to the employee at the end of the <br />calendar year. The cycle repeats each calendar year. <br /> <br />Part-time non-benefited employees, paid-on-call firefighters, seasonal and temporary employees who <br />work for the city at least eighty (80) hours in a year, will accrue ESST at a rate of one (1) hour per thirty <br />(30) hours worked, up to a maximum of 48 hours of ESST per year. Unused ESST will not be paid out to the <br />employee at the end of the calendar year. <br /> <br />ESST USE <br />The leave may be used as it is accrued in the smallest increment of time tracked by the city’s payroll <br />system which is fifteen (15) minute increments, for the following circumstances: <br />• An employee’s own: <br />• Mental or physical illness, injury, or other health condition <br />• Need for medical diagnosis, care or treatment, of a mental or physical illness <br />• Injury or health condition <br />• Need for preventative care <br />• Closure of the employee's place of business due to weather or another public emergency <br />• The employee's inability to work or telework because the employee is prohibited from <br />working by the city due to health concerns related to the potential transmission of a <br />communicable illness related to a public emergency, or seeking or awaiting the results of a <br />diagnostic test for, or a medical diagnosis of, a communicable disease related to a public <br />emergency and the employee has been exposed to a communicable disease or the city has <br />requested a test or diagnosis. <br />• Absence due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking of the employee provided the <br />absence is to: <br />- Seek medical attention related to physical or psychological injury or disability <br />caused by domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking <br />- Obtain services from a victim services organization <br />- Obtain psychological or other counseling <br />- Seek relocation or take steps to secure an existing home due to domestic abuse, <br />sexual assault or stalking <br />- Seek legal advice or take legal action, including preparing for or participating in any <br />civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or resulting from domestic abuse, sexual <br />assault, or stalking <br />• Care of a family member: <br />• With mental or physical illness, injury or other health condition <br />• Who needs medical diagnosis, care or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury or <br />other health condition <br />• Who needs preventative medical or health care