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ORDINANCE NO. 2017-15 <br />Page 7 <br />may be satisfactory to him, or may require the employee to be examined by a physician <br />designated by and paid for by the employer. In any event, an employee absent for more than <br />two (2) work days must supply a physician's report to be eligible for paid sick leave, if <br />requested by that employee's department head. <br />(d) If the employee fails to submit adequate proof of illness, injury, or death in the <br />family, or in the event that upon such proof as is submitted or upon the request of medical <br />examination, the department head finds there is not satisfactory evidence of illness, injury or <br />death in the family sufficient to justify the employee's absence, such leave may be considered <br />an unauthorized absence and shall be without pay. <br />(e) Any abuse or patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for <br />disciplinary action including but not limited to reprimand, suspension and/or discharge. <br />(f) The department head may require an employee who has been absent due to a <br />personal illness or injury, prior to and as a condition of return to work, to be examined by a <br />physician designated and paid for by the Municipality, to establish that such employee is not <br />disabled from the performance of his or her duties and that his or her return to work will not <br />jeopardize the health and safety of other employees. <br />(g) When the use of sick leave is due to illness or injury in the immediate family, <br />"immediate family" shall be defined to only include the employee's spouse, children, <br />dependents who reside with the employee, parents, parents-in-law and individuals for whom <br />the employee serves as the legal guardian. <br />(h) Upon retirement, death and/or voluntary termination from service, all full-time <br />employees hired before January 1, 2011 shall be entitled to receive credit and payment for <br />accumulated but unused sick leave not to exceed nine hundred sixty (960) hours, provided that <br />they have been employed by the Municipality for ten (10) years or more. For purposes of this <br />Section, an employee shall be considered to have retired when such employee takes action that <br />is inconsistent with any reasonable intent to continue employment with the Municipality. <br />(i) Upon retirement, death and/or voluntary termination from service, all full-time <br />employees hired on or after January 1, 2011, who have been employed by the Municipality for <br />ten (10) years or more, shall be entitled to receive credit and payment for three-quarters (3/4) of <br />their accumulated but unused sick leave not to exceed four hundred eighty (480) hours; all <br />employees who have been employed by the Municipality for twenty (20) years or more, shall <br />be entitled to receive credit and payment for three-quarters (3/4) of their accumulated but <br />unused sick leave not to exceed nine hundred sixty (960) hours; and all employees who have <br />been employed by the Municipality for twenty-five (25) years or more, shall be entitled to <br />receive credit and payment for all of their accumulated but unused sick leave not to exceed nine <br />hundred sixty (960) hours. For purposes of this Section, an employee shall be considered to <br />