2020-19 - 2020-22 collective bargaining agreement, Dispatchers

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addition to the compensation provided for herein, any jury fees paid to the employee/juror shall be retained by the employee. 17.05 Employees shall be granted a leave of absence for military duty in accordance with State and Federal laws and local ordinances. ARTICLE 18 MATERNITY/SICK TIME WITH PAY 18.01 All employees shall earn sick time at the rate of 4.6 hours for every eighty (80) hours actually worked and may accumulate such sick time to nine hundred sixty (960) hours. 18.02 For any leave which qualifies under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), members of the Dispatchers Unit may use sick time. 18.03 Employees must apply for FMLA regarding FMLA-qualifying events such as an absence of more than three (3) consecutive days due to non -work related or work related illness or injury, being hospitalized overnight or when a serious medical condition, as defined by FMLA law and regulations, causes intermittent time off. Except as set forth in Section 18.08, employees must utilize their sick time and other paid time off during FMLA leave. 18.04 Sick time shall be utilized on account of illness or injury incapacitating the employee or a member of their immediate family from working and requiring the employee's absence. 18.05 When an employee is unable to report for duty because of illness or injury, the employee must call and advise the Duty Officer -in -Charge If the employee is injured or sick from work for more than three (3) consecutive days, or incurs an injury to his or her back, or has surgery, of any kind, or is advised to have surgery, he or she must have his or her physician complete the Attending Physician Statement or attach a statement from his or her physician that indicates he or she is able to return to regularly assigned duties. Prior to be assigned to duty, this document shall be submitted to the Department of Human Resources to determine if a physical is required. 18.06 Whenever an employee is absent due to illness or injury, that employee must secure permission from the Duty Officer -in -Charge before leaving his or her home. 18.07 An employee who is absent due to illness or injury or FMLA shall not be permitted to engage in any other outside employment during the period of his or her absence, nor may he or she return to such outside employment until he or she is assigned to duty. The Chief of the Division of Police shall take such steps as he deems necessary to prevent the improper taking of sick leave. 18.08 No employee shall be charged for sick time against his or her accumulated sick time bank for any time taken as a result of an injury or illness incurred while in the lawful performance of his or her duties. However, the City has the right to review the employee's physical and mental status each thirty (30) days of his or her absence in order to determine his or her ability to return to work to perform other light duties. Should it be determined by proper medical authority that the employee will not be able to return to normal duties, the City has the right to require that 14