HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance Book 18, Page 510, Ordinance Number 74-4-945ORDINANCE No. 74-4-945
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUB -SECTIONS (a) AND (b) (4) OF SECTION
2-22 "SICK LEAVE GENERALLY" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH,KENTUCKY
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH,KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Sub -section (a) of Section 2-22 "Sick Leave Generally"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained
so that said sub -section as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 2-22 Sick leave generally.
(a) Each employee of the city regularly employed on a full time basis,
excluding members of the police and fire departments, shall be entitled to sick leave
with pay, and each employee shall be entitled to accrue sick leave time up to and
including a total of 120 working days. The accrual of sick leave shall be at the rate
of one and one-half (11) working days for each month of service up to the first 90
days accrued and at the rate of one (1) working day for each month of service up to
the 120 day total. No sick leave shall be credited to any employee until such time as he
has worked for the City for six consecutive months, after which time sick leave shall
be credited from the date of employment. A month in which a salaried employee is
paid for 15 days of more, and a daily or hourly employee is paid for 12 days or more,
shall be considered a month of service. Any employee granted a leave of absence for
any purpose shall continue to accrue sick leave at the rate prescribed in this section
during such absence. when an employee retires or dies, he or his surviving spouse
or his designated beneficiary, shall be paid an amount equivalent to one day's regular
pay for all sick days he has accumulated over 50 days at the time of such retirement
or death.
SECTION 2. That Sub -section (b) (4) of Section 2-22 "Sick Leave Generally"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained
so that said sub -section as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Sec. 2-22. Sick leave generally.
"(b) An employee eligible for sick leave with pay shall be granted
such leave for the following reasons only:
(4) The death of a member of the employee's immediate family, provided,
however, the employee will be excused from work for a period of three days only
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beginning with the day of death and ending with the day after the funeral, and the
employee shall be paid for such three days by taking credit for accumulated sick leave,
but any additional time taken during such period shall be deducted from secured vacation,
or as may be authorized for advanced vacation. "Family" in this instance shall include
the spouse and all lineal and lateral relations of the employee or spouse, any dependent
of the employee or any guardian or blood relative which had the primary responsibility
of raising the employee or spouse during childhood, or any son -in law or daughter-in-law."
SECTION 3. Sections 1 and 2 above amend portions of an ordinance adopted
November 25, 1947, and which was last amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 70-5-323,
adopted May 12, 1970.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and retroactive to April 1, 1974.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 2, 1974
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 2, 1974.