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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 13, Page 454, No Ordinance Number454 ` AIS ORDINANCE 01ENDIEG SECTION 2 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "Ah' ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING OF LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR VACATIONS TO ALL Ei,IPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, WITH THE E%CEPTT_OH OF THE i•LE2-jBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTI-n&ITS; PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTIIG OF SICK LEAVE TO ALL I,1PLOYEES OF THE CITY, INCLUDING THF. MM,IBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTI-EPITS; AND PRESCRIBING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GRANTING OF SUCII LEAVES OF ABSENCE", UTHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF Col-lSSSIOA?ERS ON, 11!OVEI-:BER 25, 1947 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COPi•=ISSIOI'ERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KEI•?^lUCKY• SECTION 1. That Section 2 of an ordinance containing the title quoted above, which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners on November 25, 1947, be, and the same is hereby amended and reo-rdained so that said section as amended and reordained shall read as follows: r `C� "SECTION 2. SICK LEAVE. Each employee of the City of Paducah 1� Y.''ai l 6l i�T' regularly employed on a -Full time basis and appointed by the City Jf S i Manager, including each member of the Police and Fire Department, Vshall be entitled to sick leave with pay, and one and one-half (11) i working; days for each month of service shall be placed to the credit i of each such employee up to a maximum of 45 working days. For the 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. An employee granted a leave of absence with pay for any purpose shall continue to accrue sick leave 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 employee's control; (b) the illness of a member of the employee's 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 employee's 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 1danager, be cause for denial of sick leave with pay for the period of absence. 455 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 wbi ch 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 ofa written statement by a licensed physician certifying that the employee was unable to perform the duties of his position. Such statements shall accompany payrolls submitted to the City Treasurer. :"'henever circumstances require, and with the approval of the department head and the City Manager, sick leave may be taken in advance of accrual up to a maximum of 30 working days; provided that any employee separated from city employment who has been granted 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 employees final payroll check." SECTION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. 4,7 Mayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners December 6, 1955 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, December 6, 1955.