All employees in the competitive service who have completed 12 consecutive months in the service of the City of Stockton shall be entitled to 10 working days annual vacation leave with pay. On January 1, employees with less than one year of continuous service shall be credited a prorated portion pending completion of one year of continuous service.
For members of the Fire Department, commencing with January 1 following two years of continuous service, each employee shall be credited with 15 working days of vacation; following 10 years, 20 working days; and following 20 years, 25 working days.
For member of the Police Department, commencing with January 1 following two years of continuous service, each employee shall be credited with 15 working days of vacation; following 10 years, 20 working days; and following 20 years, 25 working days.
If an employee does not receive pay for 10 or more working days during a calendar year, vacation credits shall be prorated.
An employee who has resigned in good standing and is subsequently reinstated within one year from the date of his resignation shall have his prior service counted in determining eligibility for increased vacation benefits, but the time between the date of resignation and the date of reinstatement shall not be counted in determining such eligibility.
Upon written approval of the Chief of the department, any eligible employee may defer a limited number of working days of his annual vacation to the succeeding calendar year which, when combined with January 1 credits, will not exceed 10 days more than earned. The times during a calendar year at which an employee may take his vacation shall be determined by the Fire Chief or Police Chief.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, employees with one or more years of service who terminate employment shall be paid in a lump sum for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of termination, provided, further, that employees unable to take earned vacation time due to a leave occasioned by a serviceconnected, compensated disability shall be paid for said vacation time in excess of earning limit upon retirement. In the event said employee returns to duty, he shall be required to take said excess earned vacation time prior to the 1st day of January next preceding.
(a) 
Sick leave with pay shall be granted by the appointing authority at the rate of one and one-fourth (1 1/4) work days for each month of service. Sick leave not taken may be accumulated from year to year, and said unused, earned sick leave shall be unlimited. Legal holidays authorized by the City Manager for each respective department and falling within an employee's sick leave shall not be regarded as expended sick leave but as expended holiday leave. No member of either of said departments who shall be off duty with pay, on account of sickness or disability, shall, in any case, be granted a leave of absence for a period exceeding 60 days, without special written permission of the appointing authority.
(b) 
Sick leave shall not be considered as a privilege which an employee may use at his discretion, but shall be allowed only in case of actual sickness or disability. Earned sick leave shall be credited to the nearest day.
(c) 
No sick leave shall be earned during leave of absence without pay.
(d) 
In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave, the officer or member shall notify his immediate superior or the Chief of the department prior to the time set for beginning his daily duties or as may be specified by the Chief of his department. When absence from duties on account of sickness or disability is for more than five days, said officer or member shall file with the Chief of his department and transmit to the personnel officer a certificate from a regularly certified physician, clearly specifying the character and nature of such sickness or disability, and probable duration of such sickness or disability. When absence from duties on account of sickness or disability is for more than four hours the Chief may require the filing of said medical certificate for each day of sickness or disability. These medical certificates must be filed as often as required by the Chief of his department during the continuance of such sickness or disability, but in any event must be filed once each five days. Upon approval of the Chief of their respective departments, a personal affidavit may be accepted in lieu of a physician's certificate.
A refusal to submit a physician's certificate as herein required shall constitute good and sufficient cause for suspension, demotion or dismissal of said employee from the classified service of the City of Stockton.
If investigation by the appointing authority discloses that the employee was absent from his said duties because of personal reasons, or for any reason not connected with or arising from the actual illness or physical disability of said employee, then the unauthorized absence of such employee or the action of the employee in filing said physician's certificate or in filing his said personal affidavit, in order to claim or to receive such leave, shall, in either or any of said events, constitute good and sufficient cause for the employee's suspension, demotion, or dismissal from the classified service of the City of Stockton.
The decision of the City Manager on the matter of suspension, demotion or dismissal may be appealed to the Civil Service Commission as provided elsewhere in these rules.
Any employee who is a member 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 is 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, a probationary employee who is 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 of understanding.
(Amended by Resolution CS07-126, 09/20/07)
An appointing authority may grant a permanent employee leave of absence without pay for a period 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 approved by the Chief of the department and the City Manager. 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 CS10-021, 08/19/10)
Any eligible or laid-off employee or employee on leave of absence whose entrance examination required a physical examination shall be required to report to the examining physician of the Civil Service Commission for physical examination prior to reporting for duty. Such examining physician shall file with the Commission his certificate of examination, which certificate shall show that the eligible or employee is in satisfactory health and physical condition. An unsatisfactory physical medical report as provided elsewhere in these rules may be cause for rejection of eligible or employee.
(a) 
Fire Department. The basic working time required of officers and members of the Fire Department shall be as provided in Section 2527 of Article XXV of the Charter of the City of Stockton.
(b) 
Police Department. The officers and members of the Police Department shall work in shifts of eight hours each, except in cases of emergency, during which time they shall work as directed by the Chief of the department. The officers and members of the Police Department shall be allowed days off at the rate of six days for every 21 days of work or any variation or equivalent without loss of pay.
These provisions appearing in (a) and (b) shall not in any case interfere with essential services to be rendered by either department; alternate schedules of work may be prepared by the Chief of the department and approved by the City Manager. Any changes other than of an emergency nature from a normal work week for employees of the City must receive prior approval by the City Manager.
(Amended by Resolution CS98-074, 10/1/98)
Every employee in the classified service of the City of Stockton shall be in regular attendance at his work of assigned duties for the City at the time prescribed by or for the department in which he is employed during his normal or regular days of employment each week, in accordance with the rules regarding hours of work, holidays, and sick leave.
The Chiefs of both departments shall cause to be kept attendance records of the employees in the classified service which shall be reported to the Personnel Officer in the form and on the dates he shall specify.
Modification of the rules and regulations contained in rule IX shall be permitted if made in accordance with the provisions of a negotiated memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to the Employer-Employee Relations Resolution of the City of Stockton and any amendments thereto.
(Added by Resolution CS02-080, 08/01/02)