1928ORDINANCE NO. ~_
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 4.2 OF THE PERSONNEL
MANUAL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee recommends the city adopt an
incentive program to help eliminate sick leave abuse and benefit employees that
do not mistreat their sick leave privileges.
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 hereby amended to read as follows:
4.2 Sick Leave
Full-Time employees of the City who have completed one year of
continuous service are eligible to receive sick leave.
Sick leave will be accumulated at a rate of twenty (20) working days per
year and will be posted to the employee's account on his 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. His decision will determine whether compensation will be
allowed for time missed.
At the discretion of the department head, a doctor's certificate may be
required before an employee can return to work. A doctor's certificate is
required afte continuous missed workdays.
Sick leave may be granted to the employee for the following reasons:
Illness preventing normal work.
Medical treatment or convalescence recommended by an attending
physician.
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Medical, dental or optical examinations.
Exposure to a contagious disease.
Sick leave may be granted to employees due to illness of a member of the
immediate family. °Immediate Familyn 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 he 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 his last day worked.
Sick leave may not be used as vacation.
PASSED and APPROVED this _,~._ day of ~.
2000.
William H. Johnson, ayor
ATTEST:
Phillip ,City Clerk
SPONSORED BY:
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