2169ORDINANCE NO. 2169
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 4.2 OF THE PERSONNEL
MANUAL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, REGARDING
SICK LEAVE FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Memphis desires to amend the Personnel
Manual of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, regarding the provisions for sick leave available to
newly hired employees;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 4.2 of the Personnel Manual of the City of West Memphis is
amended to read as follows:
4.2 Sick Leave
Full time employees who have completed one year of continuous service with the City are
eligible to receive sick leave.
Sick leave will be accumulated as follows:
A) Any employee hired prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall be entitled to
sick leave at a rate of twenty (20) working days per year;
B) Any employee hired on or after the effective date of this ordinance shall be entitled to
sick leave at a rate of twelve (12) working days per year.
Sick leave will be posted to the employee's account on his or her anniversary date.
One (1) bonus day's pay will be given to any full-time employee who does not use a sick
leave working day for a period of four (4) months.
A "working day" shall be eight (8) hours.
The department head will have jurisdiction as to individual requests for sick leave. The
department head's decision will determine whether compensation will be allowed for time
missed.
At the discretion of the department head, a doctor's certificate maybe required before an
employee can return to work. A doctor's certificate is required after three continuous missed
workdays.
Sick leave maybe granted to the employee for the following reasons:
Illness preventing normal work.
Medical treatment or convalescence recommended by an attending physician.
Medical, dental or optical examinations.
Exposure to a contagious disease.
Sick leave maybe granted to employees due to illness of a member of the immediate family.
"Immediate Family" shall mean the father, mother, sister, brother, wife, husband, child,
grandmother, grandfather, in-laws or any other individual acting as parent or guardian of an
employee.
Sick leave will be charged against the employee for only those hours the employee is
scheduled to work.
The minimum length of time chargeable to sick leave will be one (1) hour.
Sick leave will accumulate to a maximum of sixty (60) days.
Whenever an employee is separated from City service for reasons of retirement or permanent
disability, unused sick leave will be paid the employee at his regular rate of pay at the time
of separation.
Accumulated sick leave of a deceased employee will be paid to the employee's estate or to
an individual authorized to receive such payments. Payment will be computed at the
employee's regular rate of pay on the employee's last day worked.
Sick leave may not be used as vacation.
Any person returning to employment with the City of West Memphis after a previous period
of employment with the City of West Memphis shall not be credited with any sick leave
accrued during any previous period of employment.
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of any such conflict.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of December , 2007.
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WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
PHILLIP P , CI RK
SPONSORED BY:
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