[Adopted 3-10-1977 by Ord. No. 746]
All full-time employees, meaning employees who
had worked 40 hours per week or more, are hereby granted one working
day of sick leave for each month of employment during the first calendar
year after initial employment. Thereafter each full-time employee
is hereby granted 15 working days of sick leave time for each calendar
year.
Sick leave benefits described above shall not
accrue to part-time or seasonal employees.
Sick leave benefits shall be deemed to have
accumulated from year to year prior to January 1, 1966, less the actual
sick days taken or utilized by the employee due to illness and in
accordance with N.J.S.A. 11:24A-3.
Any employee claiming unused sick leave benefits
prior to January 1, 1966, shall be required to submit to the Township
Administrator and the Township Council a verified statement setting
forth the employee's initial employment date, the year or years during
which the employee was a full-time municipal employee and the day
or days that the employee acknowledges were utilized by the employee
as sick days chargeable to sick leave benefits; and, upon receipt
of said claim for unused benefits and the verification as required
herein, the Administrator shall verify to the fullest extent possible
the statements contained in the employee's statement of verification,
and the Administrator shall certify to the Township Council the results
of his findings with respect to the employee. The Township Council
may conduct a further review and investigation, and, upon completion
of said review and investigation, the Township Council shall by an
appropriate resolution notify the employee of the amount of unused
sick leave benefits that the Council has determined is actually due
and owing to said employee.
The provisions of this article shall relate
solely to time periods prior to January 1, 1966, and civil service
rules and regulations and any other ordinances or regulations of the
Township of Saddle Brook shall govern sick leave benefits subsequent
to January 1, 1966.
