[Adopted 3-10-1942 by G.O. No. 10-1942]
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Editor's Note: Former Article II of this chapter, previously
codified as §§ 14-7 and 14-8 of the Code of the City
of Yonkers 1967, was repealed at the time of adoption of this Code.
The laws, ordinances, rules and regulations now existing with
respect to the preparation and effect of payrolls are hereby continued
except as specifically amended by the provisions of this article;
and in preparing said payrolls, the head of each department, division
and City agency shall include on each payroll a statement of days
of absence of any officer or employee who shall have been absent during
the period covered by the payroll for any of the reasons referred
to in the rules hereinafter set forth and shall be governed by the
following rules.
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of these rules relating
to sick leave to protect, as far as consistent with good employment
policies, both the interests of the taxpayer and of the City of Yonkers
as an employer, and of the City officers and employees who, in the
course of their work, are absent from duty because of personal illness,
physical disability or death or illness in the immediate family.
[Amended 3-12-1957 by G.O. No. 10-1957; 2-14-1967 by G.O. No.
3-1967; 12-12-1967 by G.O. No. 24-1967]
A.
Any officer or employee represented by Local 456 of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of
America shall be granted sick leave with pay for not less than 12
working days in any calendar year on account of personal sickness
or physical disability, provided that no such leave may be granted
until the officer or employee has served continuously for six months,
and provided further that if any officer or employee does not take
the full amount of sick leave in any calendar year, the amount not
taken shall be accrued from year to year and used, if needed, up to
a total of 90 working days for those employees who have been employed
by the City for a period of 10 years or less, up to a total of 120
working days for those employees who have been employed by the City
for a period of 10 years to 20 years, and up to a total of 180 working
days for those employees who have been employed by the City for more
than 20 years.
B.
Any officer or employee not covered in Subsection A above shall be granted sick leave with pay for not less than 12 working days in any calendar year on account of personal sickness or physical disability, provided that no such leave may be granted until the officer or employee has served continuously for six months, and provided further that if any officer or employee does not take the full amount of sick leave in any calendar year, the amount not taken shall be accrued from year to year and used, if needed, up to a total of 180 days.
A.
Any officer or employee who is necessarily absent from duty because of serious illness of an immediate member of his family shall be granted sick leave with pay by the head of his department, division or City agency for not to exceed three working days in any calendar year, such leave to be deducted from the sick leave referred to in § 5-15 hereof.
B.
The phrase "an immediate member of his family," as referred to herein,
shall be interpreted to mean mother, father, brother, sister, wife
or child of the officer or employee.
A.
Any officer or employee who is necessarily absent from duty because
of the death of an immediate member of his family shall be granted
sick leave with pay by the head of any department, division or City
agency for a period not to exceed three working days in any calendar
year for each such death, such leave not to be deducted from the accumulated
leave of such officer or employee.
Any officer or employee of the City of Yonkers who is necessarily
absent from duty because of injury sustained in the performance of
his duties shall be included under the provision of Group 19 of § 3
of the Workers' Compensation Law and other applicable sections of
such law.
[Amended 6-24-1958 by G.O. No. 25-1958]
The head of any department, division or City agency, before granting any officer or employee sick leave with or without pay or with reduced pay, may take such steps as he considers necessary or desirable to determine the sufficiency of the alleged reason for absence from duty. He may make or cause to be made any investigation necessary to determine the facts and may, in case the absence for personal illness or physical disability exceeds three days, require the certificate of the employee's physician or of a physician designated and paid by the City of Yonkers. Each head of any department, division or City agency shall, in granting or refusing to grant sick leaves, take due account of the purpose of the sick leave privilege as stated in § 5-14 and shall use reasonable diligence to protect the interests of the City as an employer and to prevent the exposure to contagion of officers and employees who are not ill. The head of such department, division or City agency shall report to the Mayor, as soon as practicable after the end of each month, the name of each officer and employee who, during the month, was granted any of the above forms of sick leave, with or without pay, and the amount of each kind of leave taken by each such officer or employee. In computing the amount of such leave, Saturday shall be considered a full working day in the event that such officer or employee is scheduled and/or assigned to work on said day.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the members
of the Police and Fire Departments nor to officers, teachers and employees
in the unclassified service of the Board of Education.
