Editor's Note: Ord. No. 23-12-18-2, adopted 12-18-2023, provided
that: "Pursuant to 820 ILCS 192/15, the Village hereby adopts its
current paid leave policy for all Village employees as set forth in
the Village's Code of Ordinances, Employee Handbook, Annual Salary
Ordinances, existing employment policies adopted in its minutes and/or
practice any collective bargaining agreements to which the Village
is a party and all other binding legislative actions governing paid
leave adopted by the Village President and Board of Trustees of the
Village and Board of Trustees of the Town, as the same may be amended
from time to time. However, in no event shall the Village, as an employer,
provide less than one day of paid leave per year to any Village employee."
Vacation eligibility for employees shall be based on the length of
continuous service, starting with the first day of full-time employment
with any department of the Village. Absence from work resulting from
an on-the-job injury covered by the Village workers' compensation
shall not be deemed to be an interruption of service. Absence from
work due to layoff, or off-the-job injury or illness for a period
of one year or more shall be deemed an interruption in service. Re-employment
after retirement, voluntary separation or dismissal from employment
with the Village shall be deemed as a new start for the purposes of
vacation eligibility.
Vacations shall be scheduled with the employee's department head
or the Village President at least 14 days prior to the requested time
off, unless otherwise approved by the department head and Village
President, and so as not to disrupt the services provided by such
department. Each day of vacation eligibility shall represent eight
hours of time off available to the employee. Employees shall schedule
vacation time off in no less than half-day (four-hour) increments,
and shall not use their vacation eligibility for illness or injury
until they have fully used their then-current sick leave. Vacations
must be approved by the employee's department head or, if designated,
by his immediate supervisor.
No vacation leave shall be taken prior to the first 12 months of
employment, and earned vacation time must be taken by the employee
within one calendar year from the date it is earned. Vacation time
cannot be accumulated and carried from one twelve-month period to
the next, except in cases where the employee is asked to delay his
vacation at the request of the department head. For vacation purposes,
the employee's anniversary of his date of hire shall be used. The
Village Treasurer shall maintain all official records of vacation
eligibility.
Any employee who quits, retires, dies, or is otherwise terminated
from his employment with the Village shall be paid for any earned
and unused current vacation entitlement as of the date of separation.
After five consecutive working days' absence for personal illness
or injury, the employee shall furnish a physician's or practitioner's
certificate of treatment as a basis for pay and as a basis for return
to work.
Vacation time earned by an employee shall not be used for illness
until the employee's current and accumulated sick leave time is exhausted,
unless otherwise approved by the department head and Village President.
An employee who becomes ill, injured, or disabled as a result of
non-job-related occurrences shall be entitled to first use accumulated
sick leave, and then earned vacation leave. Five days after all accumulated
sick leave and earned vacation leave have been used, the ill, injured
or disabled employee may be removed from the Village payroll. If a
terminated employee wishes to resume employment with the Village,
he/she may apply and, if hired, be considered as a new employee.
All employees who become ill or are injured on the job must file
an injury report with Village Hall on the day of the accident, if
reasonably practicable. The department head shall report the same
to the Village President within 24 hours, and the Board of Trustees
may require the injury to be examined by a licensed physician and
a release to work obtained.
Family funeral leave. A maximum of up to three days with pay shall
be granted to a regular full-time employee, depending on funeral and
travel arrangements, in the event that a death occurs in the immediate
family. Available vacation time may be used if additional leave time
is needed by the employee.
Maternity leave. Maternity leave shall be treated the same as non-job-related
disability leave. The employee who requests maternity leave shall
be entitled to first use accumulated sick leave and then earned vacation
leave. Additional maternity leave without pay, not to exceed two months,
may be allowed to regular full-time employees if advised by the employee's
physician. Five days after the expiration of such additional period,
the employee may be removed from the payroll. If the terminated employee
wishes to resume employment with the Village, she may apply and, if
hired, be considered as a new employee.