Common use of Sick Leave Certification and Approval Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Certification and Approval. It is the responsi- 1. Any twenty-four (24) hour employee who utilizes forty-eight (48) hours or more sick leave on consecutive work days or who utilizes seventy-two (72) hours or more sick leave per calendar year. 2. Any forty (40) hour employee who utilizes twenty-four (24) hours or more sick leave on consecutive work days or who utilizes fifty-six (56) hours or more per calendar year. 3. Any employee who utilizes emergency sick leave or accrued leave balances as sick leave under Section 15.5C (2). 4. Any instance when an employee utilizes a sick leave occurrence the scheduled shift prior to or after any established accrued time off including ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. 5. Any time the City has reasonable grounds to believe that sick leave is being abused. The City shall have the right, at its discretion, to verify the report of employees or the at- tending physician concerning the illness or disability of an officer, and to require the officer to be examined, at the City’s expense, by a physician selected by the City to determine the nature and extent of the illness or disability. Any medical examination ordered by the City to determine the physical fitness for work will be scheduled on the employee’s normal work shift. If the employee is ordered to be examined on his day off, the employee shall be compensated at time and one half (1-1/2) his hourly pay rate. As a result of this physician’s statements and examinations, the City may approve or deny an officer’s sick leave request, establish limits and conditions for any further approved sick leave connected with the same illness or disability, and allow or reasonably require an officer to return to work on a limited duty basis. Any employee using any amount of sick leave directly prior to an overtime selection shall not be eligible to be hired in and shall be skipped. Any employee using any amount of sick leave directly after accepting a hire in selection shall be skipped on their next overtime opportunity.

Sick Leave Certification and Approval. It is the responsi-respon- 1. Any twenty-four (24) hour employee who utilizes fortyseventy-eight two (4872) hours or more sick leave on consecutive work days or who utilizes seventy-two one hundred twenty (72120) hours or more sick leave per calendar year. 2. Any forty (40) hour employee who utilizes twenty-four forty (2440) hours or more sick leave on consecutive work days or who utilizes fiftysixty-six four (5664) hours or more per calendar year. 3. Any employee who utilizes emergency sick leave or accrued leave balances as sick leave under Section 15.5C (2). 4. Any instance when an employee utilizes a sick leave occurrence the scheduled shift prior to or after any established accrued time off including ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. 5. Any time the City has reasonable grounds to believe that sick leave is being abused. The City shall have the right, at its discretion, to verify the report of employees or the at- tending attending physician concerning the illness or disability of an officer, and to require the officer to be examined, at the City’s expense, by a physician selected by the City to determine the nature and extent of the illness or disability. Any medical examination ordered by the City to determine the physical fitness for work will be scheduled on the employee’s normal work shift. If the employee is ordered to be examined on his day off, the employee shall be compensated at time and one half (1-1/2) his hourly pay rate. As a result of this physician’s statements and examinations, the City may approve or deny an officer’s sick leave request, establish limits and conditions for any further approved sick leave connected with the same illness or disability, and allow or reasonably require an officer to return to work on a limited duty basis. Any employee using any amount more than 12 hours of sick leave directly immediately prior to an overtime selection shall not be eligible to be hired in and shall be skipped. Any employee using any amount of sick leave directly after accepting a hire in selection shall be skipped on their next overtime opportunity, unless they furnish substantiating evidence or a state- ment from their attending physician to the Fire Chief or his designee certifying that he/ she has treated or examined the employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family, and that the employee’s absence from work was required due to medical reason.