[Amended 8-2-1995 by L.L. No. 4-1995]
A. Absence from duty by an employee of the City of Rensselaer by reason
of sickness or disability shall be paid for as provided in this section
and not otherwise. Absence from duty for such reasons, if duly granted
by the department head, shall be considered and known as "sick leave."
B. The following regulations shall govern such absence from duty:
(1) An employee of the City of Rensselaer shall be granted sick leave
with pay of one working day a month or 12 working days a year.
(2) The 12 working days a year to be allowed an employee for sick leave
with pay may be accumulated.
(3) Upon becoming sick or disabled, an employee, by virtue of employment
or service after the effective date of this regulation, may, during
sickness or disability, be granted sick leave with pay to the extent
of the unused sick leave time which was accumulated.
(4) Allowable and allowed sick leave time shall be considered for all
purposes as continuous service, but in the event of resignation or
discharge of an employee, accumulated and unused sick leave is canceled.
(5) Anyone who uses all sick time due to an extended illness will be
covered by New York State disability insurance and may be eligible
to participate in any sick leave donation program as adopted by the
City.
(6) The Mayor may require a physician's certificate for any absence of
more than five days. Where the illness or disability is of long duration,
a physician's certificate may be required for each 10 days of continuous
absence. In any case, the Mayor may require an examination by a physician
or other acceptable evidence that the illness is bona fide.
(7) It shall be the duty and responsibility of each and every employee
to contact the department head on the initial day of each illness.
All City employees covered by this article shall be entitled
to receive time off for each of the following holidays:
New Year's Day
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
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Presidents' Day
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Memorial Day
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Independence Day
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Labor Day
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Columbus Day
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Veterans Day
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Election Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Friday after Thanksgiving
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Christmas
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Such other days when it is deemed that City Hall shall be closed
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An employee shall be granted five consecutive days upon the
death of a spouse or child and three consecutive calendar days' bereavement
leave due to a death in the immediate family, during which period
such employee shall sustain no loss of pay. For the purposes hereof,
"immediate family" shall include natural, foster, steps parents, grandchildren,
brothers, sisters, father-in-law, mother-in-law or any relative residing
in such employee's household. Such leave shall not be cumulative.
A regular full-time employee shall be granted a leave of absence
when required to report for jury duty, provided that he/she shows
evidence of such proposed jury duty. Employees shall be paid the difference
between any jury duty compensation they receive and their regular
wages for each day of jury duty. If an employee served on jury duty
for 1/2 day, he/she is required to return to work for the remainder
of the day, with a receipt from court to certify the time of duty.
A pregnant employee, upon written request, shall be granted
a leave of absence without pay for a period of six months or until
four months after the birth, whichever is greater. She may use any
accumulated sick or personal time due her in conjunction with her
six months' leave.
This article shall take effect retroactively to January 1, 1990.
[Added 8-15-2007]
The City of Rensselaer is desirous of banning the use of alcohol
in all City-owned buildings because of safety and liability concerns.
Effective immediately, alcohol shall be banned from all City buildings
in the City of Rensselaer.