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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 11, Page 231, No Ordinance Number-'" 239' AN ORDINANCE FROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING OF LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR VACATIONS TO ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING OF SICK LEAVES TO ALL EMPLOCEI OF THE CITY, INCLUDING THE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMEN S; AND PRESCRIBING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEAVES OF ABSENCE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. VACATION LEAVE. Each employee of the City of Paducah, regularly employed on a full time basis and appointed by the City P+tanager, with the exception of a member of the police and fire depa t- ment who is entitled to leave of absence for a vacation as provided by Statute, shall be entitled to vacation leave with pay, and one I working day for each month of service shall be placed to the credit of each such employee up to a maximum of eighteen working days. For purposes of this section a Saturday.shall be considered one working day and a month in which a salaried employee is paid for fifteen days or more and a daily or hourly employee is paid for twelve days or more shall be considered a month of service. Vacation leave shall be taken by an employee upon approval of a department head at a time that will not interfere unreasonably with the operation of the department. An employee placed on the payroll after the beginning of a calendar year may be advanced the number of days vacation leave tha will be earned during the remainder of the calendar year. An employ- ee on the payroll at the beginning of a calendar year may be ad- vanced the number of days of leave necessary to give a total vacation period of twelve working days at any time in the calendar year. If an employee is separated from employment before such advance leave is accrued under this ordinance, the employee shall be required to reimburse.the c.1ty for the amount of unaccrued leave that was taken land for this purpose a deduction shall be made from the employee's final payroll check. Regular full time employees paid on an hourly basis shall receive vacation pay at their regular hourly rates for the number o hours in their regular daily shifts for each day while on vacation leave. Upon termination of employment an employee shall be paid for any unused accrued vacation leave not to exceed eighteen working days. 23?✓ r,\M[N D An employee granted.a leave of absence with pay for any pur- pose shall continue to accrue vacation leave at the rate prescribed in this section during such absence. This section shall not apply to members of the Police Depar - ment and "'ire Department. SECT -ION 2. SICK LEAVE. Each employee of the City of Paducah regularly ✓,�p employed on a full time basis and appointed by the City Manager,in- cluding each member of the Police and Fire Department, shall be ent tled to sick leave with pay, and one and one-half (1 1/2) working days for each month of service shall be placed to the credit of each such em- ployee up to a maximum of thirty (30) working days. For purposes of this section a Saturday shall be considered one working day and a mnth in which a salaried employee is paid for fifteen days or more and a daily or hourly employee is paid for twelve days or more shall be considered a month of service. An employee granted a leave of absence with pay for any purpose shall continue to accrue sick leav at the rate prescribed in this section during such absence. An employee eligible for sick leave with pay shall be granted such leave for the following reasons only: (a) personal illness or physical incapacity resulting from causes beyond the employeefs control; (b) the illness of a member of the employees household that requires the employee's personal care and attendance; (c) enforced quarantine of the employee in accordance with community health regulations; or (d) the death of a member of the employeets immediate family, i.e. the parents, children, husband, wife, brother, sister, or grandparents of the employee or of the employee's husband or wife. An employee on sick leave shall inform his department head of the fact and the reason therefor as soon as possible, and failure to do so within the first day of absence may, in the discretion of the City Manager, be cause for denial of sick leave with pay for the period of absence. An employee receiving sick leave with pay who simultaneously+ receives any compensation through a sick benefit plan financed in whole or in part by the city shall receive, for the duration of such com- pensation, only that portion of his regular salary which will, together with said compensation, equal his regular salary. Sick leave with pay in excess of three consecutive working days for any reason shall be granted only after presentation of a written statement by a licensed physician certifying that the em- ployee was unable to perform the duties of his position. Such statements shall accompany payrolls submitted to the City Treasurer,. 833 Whenever cirsumstances require, and with the approval of department head and the City Manager, sick leave may be taken in ad vance of accrual up to a maximum of fifteen working days; provided that -any employee separated from city employment who has been grant sick leave that is unaccrued at the time of such separation shall reimburse the city for all salary paid in connection with such unaccrued leave and if possible for this purpose a deduction shall be made from the employee's final payroll check. SECTION 3. When an employee is transferred to another department of city, any unused vacation leave or sick leave which may have acc lated to his credit shall continue to be available for his use. Absence for a fraction or part of a day that is chargable to sick leave or vacation leave in accordance with the provisions this ordinance shall be charged proportionally in an amount not smaller than one-half of a day. SECTION 4. MILITARY LEAVE. Any employee of the city regularly employe on a full time basis and appointed by the City Manager who attends summer training camp of the National Guard, Officers Reserve Corps, Enlisted Reserve Corps, or ,Naval Reserve shall be given leave not t exceed fifteen calendar days in a calendar year in addition to earn vacation leave. Military leave for such purposes shall not in any event exceed the number of days actually required for attendance at the training camp. An employee taking military leave under this section shall be paid by the city the amount by which his regular salary or average wage over the last six months exceeds total com- pensation reveived by reason of attendance at such training camp, exclusive of travel pay. SEC TION 5. LEAVE RECORDS. An individual leave record showing vacation and sick leave accrued and taken by each employee of the city shall maintained by the City Treasurer. This record shall be based on in formation entered on payrolls certified by the head of each depart- ment in a manner to be prescribed by the City Treasurer. SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become effective on be Gab G January 1, 1948, and after that date only vacation and sick leave accrued in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance shall by taken by any employee, except that Section 1 shall not apply to members of the Police Department and Fire Department. 238 SEC TION 7. ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE ON DECEMBER 31 1947. where it is a matter of record in any department of the city that an employee 41 has not taken the full vacation leave to which the employee was entitled during the calendar year 1947 under existinE ordinances of the city, such unused vacation leave as of December 31, 1947, shall be placed to the credit of the employee on the record maintained in accordance with Section 5 hereof. SEC TION S. If any section of this ordinance shall be adjudged or held invalid for any cause, it shall not thereby cause or result in the voiding or invalidating of any other section of this ordinance. It is hereby de3lared as the legislative intent that this ordinance wo have been adopted had such boid or invalid provisions not been in - :luded herein. SEC TION 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. 77 yor ��� Passed by the Board of Commissioners November 25, 1947 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, November 26, 1947.