2020-12 - 2020-22 Public Works Collective Bargaining Agreements

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ARTICLE 18 for training, a copy of orders stating such release must be presented to the Department of Human Resources. D. Employees on military leave who thereafter return to employment with the City shall be reinstated at the current, applicable rate for his job, provided that the employee, who completes their active duty obligation (without voluntarily re -enlisting or extending that obligation) are entitled to their previous position according to the following schedule: LENGTH OF TOUR 1 — 30 Days 31 — 180 Days 181+ Days DAYS TO NOTIFY EMPLOYEER Next Business Day 14 Days 90 Days MATERNITY/SICK TIME PAY 18.01 Effective January 1, 2002, all employees shall earn sick time pay at the rate of 4.6 hours for every eighty (80) hours paid and may accumulate such sick time to nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. Sick time pay may be utilized on account of illness or injury incapacitating the employee from working and requiring the employee's absence or to care for sick or injured, pregnant, or newborn members of the employee's immediate family. Immediate family for the purpose of this Article shall be defined as spouse, son, daughter, stepchild, mother, father or stepparent. If the marriage of people of the same sex is no longer permitted by law the definition of spouse will include same -sex partners and the definition of stepchild will include the children of same -sex partners. 18.02 If the employee is absent from work for more than two (2) consecutive days, the employee must complete a Certificate of Illness or Injury form and have their physician complete the Attending Physician's Statement or attach an acceptable statement from the physician to the Certificate that indicates that the employee is able to return to regularly assigned duties. Sick absences will be counted even if interrupted by other days off, ie. sick Friday, regular scheduled days off Saturday, Sunday, sick Monday and Tuesday will count as more than two (2) consecutive working days. 18.03 Any abuse or patterned use of sick time shall be just and sufficient cause for disciplinary action. 18.04 Probationary employees shall receive no sick time during their probationary period, but will receive credit upon expiration of the probationary period for all time spent as a probationary employee. 18.05 In the event an employee becomes or continues to be incapacitated from work by illness or injury, after exhaustion of his acquired sick time, they may apply for donations of time according to the Sick Time Donation policy. 18