(Added by Resolution CS03-083, 11/20/03)
Preamble. Modification of the rules and regulations contained in this rule IX shall be permitted if made in accordance with provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding entered into pursuant to the employer-employee meet and confer process and approved by the City Council.
(a) 
Entitlement. All employees in the competitive service shall be entitled to paid annual vacation leave, as determined by the accrual rate specified in the applicable memorandum of understanding or compensation plan.
(b) 
Effect of Resignation on Vacation Accrual. An employee who has resigned in good standing and is subsequently reinstated within one year from the date of his or her resignation shall have prior service counted in determining eligibility for increased vacation benefits, deducting therefrom the amount of time between the date of resignation and the date of reinstatement, which shall not be counted in determining eligibility.
(c) 
Effect of Holiday on Vacation. In the event one or more recognized holidays fall within an annual vacation leave, such holidays shall not be charged to vacation leave.
(d) 
Scheduling Vacation. The times during a calendar year at which an employee may take vacation shall be determined by the department head.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, employees who terminate employment shall be paid in a lump sum for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of termination in accordance with the applicable MOU or compensation plan.
(4311, 1/20/72; CS03-083, 11/20/03; amended by Resolutions CS 2013-08-15-701)
Sick leave with pay shall be granted by the appointing authority. Sick leave with pay not granted or requested may be accumulated by the employee from year to year, and unused earned sick leave shall be unlimited, unless otherwise stated in a current memorandum of understanding or compensation plan.
(a) 
Scope. Sick leave, with or without pay, shall not be considered a privilege that may be used at an employee's discretion; but such sick leave shall be granted only in case of necessity and actual sickness or disability of the employee or a designated family member, as set forth in the applicable memorandum of understanding or compensation plan.
No sick leave with pay shall be earned or credited to an employee during any unpaid leave or leaves of absence granted the employee.
In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave, the employee must comply with the provisions of the applicable memorandum of understanding or compensation plan for reporting and verification of sick leave.
(b) 
Physician's Certificate. The Director of Human Resources may require a doctor's certificate or other reasonable proof of illness as he/she deems necessary in order for an employee to receive an excused absence from work and sick leave pay.
(c) 
Refusal to Submit Affidavit. A refusal to submit to such examination, or to furnish the physician's certificate, or to file the employee's personal affidavit as herein required shall constitute good and sufficient cause for the suspension, demotion, or dismissal of the employee from the competitive service of the City of Stockton.
(d) 
Unauthorized Absence From Duty. If investigation by the City discloses that the employee was absent from work because of personal reasons, or for any reasons not connected with or arising from the actual illness or physical disability of the employee or a designated family member, as defined in the applicable memorandum of understanding, then the unauthorized absence of such employee or the action of the employee in filing the physician's certificate or in filing a personal affidavit, in order to claim or to receive such leave shall, in either or any of said events, constitute good and sufficient cause of the employee's dismissal from the competitive service of the City of Stockton.
In computing sick leave with pay, all municipal holidays shall be deducted and each employee shall be considered to work not more than five days each week.
(CS86-001, 1/2/86; CS03-083, 11/20/03; amended by Resolutions CS 2013-08-15-701)
(a) 
Regular Employees. An officer or all employees who are members of the Armed Forces of the United States or a member of the reserve corps or force of the military, naval, or marine service, including the Coast Guard and National Guard, and are required to perform active military service, shall be granted leave of absence in accordance with applicable federal and state law. If City policy or the applicable memorandum of understanding is more generous than federal or state law, then military leave shall be governed by the regulation that provides the better benefit; EXCEPT THAT, probationary employees who are called to active duty shall be required to complete the probationary period in accordance with the provisions of rule VIII of these rules and/or the applicable memorandum.
(CS03-083, 11/20/03; amended by Resolutions CS07-126, 09/20/07)
An appointing authority may, with the approval of the Personnel Officer, grant a regular employee leave of absence without pay not to exceed one year, except as provided in section 3 of this rule. Leave without pay shall be granted only upon written request of the employee. Whenever granted, such leave shall be in writing and signed by the supervising official and the Personnel Officer. Upon expiration of a regularly approved leave without pay, the employee shall be reinstated to the position of a similar class held at the time leave was granted. Failure on the part of an employee on leave to report promptly at its expiration, or within a reasonable time after notice of return to duty, shall be deemed a resignation.
(Amended by Resolution CS 03-083, 11/20/03)
Except as designated by the Personnel Officer, employees shall work a minimum of 40 hours per week.
(Amended by Resolution CS03-083, 11/20/03)
Every employee in the competitive service of the City of Stockton, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 1606 of said City, shall be in regular attendance at his or her work or assigned duties for the City at the time prescribed by or for the department in which he or she is employed during the normal or regular days of employment each week, in accordance with the rules and provisions of the respective memorandum of understanding regarding hours of work, holidays and sick leave.
The heads of all departments shall cause to be kept attendance records of the employees in competitive service, which shall be reported to the Personnel Officer in the form and on the dates specified.
(Amended by Resolution CS03-083, 11/20/03)
The dates observed as holidays shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the City Council.