HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998 Amending Ordinances 1673 and 1835 - Employee Vacation Accrual AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS,REPEALING SECTIONS,
AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS TO ORDINANCE NO. 1673, AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 1835.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR
SESSION ASSEMBLED, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of Ordinance No. 1673 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 3. (Va~e~-~e~e-~h~l~-~-~e-e~m~~e?-~-~
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~eem-ea~e~-sh~-~e-~e~e~e~) Each emp!oY~e shall be entitled to
accrue vacation leave to thirty (30) working days.
(a) Each employee's anniversary dat~ shall be twelve
,(1,2) months after entering the full time service of
the Employers.
(b) All accumulated annual leave is allowed when em-
ployee leav~, Em~l,o~er's employment for any reason.
Accumulated leave means vacation due after each full year
of service or portion thereof.
(c) ~art-time eDployees shall accumulate one (1)
eight (8) hour day vacation based on 173 hours of
work per month.
(d) An em~lqyee mu,st complete one year in status
eligible for annual leave accrual pr,igr to being eligi-
ble to tak,e annual leave. Probationary ,employees shall
accrue'leave from the start of full time employment
but shall not be eligible to take such annual leave
until the completion of their first ~ear,.
,(e),, N° probationary employee shall receive vacation
pay if _his,,emplo ,y~ent expi, r~s before the completion
of one (,1) full year~
(f) An employee who fails to give the Employer two
(2) weeks notice before termination or is discharged
for cause shall not be eligible for accumulated vaca-
tion time between his last anniversary date and date
of termination or discharge.
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Section 2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1673, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Employees shall accumulate sich leave at the rate of one day for
e~ch month in which an,~e~loyee is in pay status for fifteen or more
calendar, daYS_. ,,?egular ~art,-time employees shall be eligible for
sick leave as provided her,ein~ ~ut in proportion to the number of
hours the employee is scheduled in writing to work. Sick leave
so qranted and not used s,hall accrue to the credit of each such
emp!oyee, up to a maximum total,,,accumulation of 180 days.
(a) Sick leave shall nqt be considered as a privilege
which the employees may use at their discretion, but shall
only, be used in,case of neqessit,¥ aqd actual sickness
or disability. No employee shall be entitled to sick
le~ve ,gntil he shal,% ha~e,,,been 9mployeed by the Employer
continuously for atleast-six months. After the first
s%x mqnt~s~ sick leave shall accrue as provided herein.
If an .employee quits, the sick leave shall be cancelled.
(b) Sick leaye.,pay s~all be payable at the rate of one
day's pay (or protion thereof) for eac~ day (or portion
t~ere0f) of.gbsence due to b0h-a ,~f~e illn~ss; injury,
doctor or dentist visit.. The Empl, gye~ may ~equest certi-
fication from attending physicians or dent~st as proof
of.such illDess or vis%t.
(c) Any amounts received on account of,industrial
i n surance o r o %~e,r,, ~0ye r~men ~al ~paym~en~~ sba I f~~~t'e d
to sick leave and %he City shall ,~a¥ 0nly the balance
required to make the payment to the ~mPloyee for the
employee's regular compensation.
(d) Payment to any e~!oyee for time lost through
ill~ess shall be made only after written approval of
the supervisor, in charge. %~%~_
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(e) Rgpea%¢d aDP%ication for sick leave without
just cause, false application or the furnishin.g of amy..
false information with reference thereto by any employee
is~..hereb3 dDc~red to be grounds for suspension with-
out Dav or loss of employment at the discretion of the
Emp!oyer~
(f) Materni~.¥ 1D.avs is considered a form of sick leave and
will be treated as such and,based on physician's cer-
tificati.on of preqnanc¥, fifty (50) working days leave
mav be qranted, ma.xim.u~,, but must be accrued prior to
beinq qranted.
Section 3. Sections 5 and 6 of Ordinance No. 1673 are here
and hereby repealed.
Section 4. Ordinance No. 1673 is here and hereby amended
by the addition of the following new sections:
Section 6.1. An employee who has a death in his immediate
family will be granted one to three days bereavement leave, depending
upon the amount of travel required to attend the funeral. Immediate
family for the purpose of this Section shall be defined as mother,
father, spouse, children, sister, brother, monther-in-law and
father-in-law. When approved by the Mayor, an extension of emer-
gency leave may be granted for the employee where conditions
necessitate it. An employee shall not be entitled to both~be-
reavement leave pay, holiday pay, sick leave pay or vacation pay,
or any more than one of those, for the same time. Bereavement
leave shall not be deducted from sick leave or vacation leave at
any time.
Section 6.2. Emergency leave may be granted at the beginning
Qf each work year to five (5) days per year, non-accumaX-
any given year. Such en~rgency leave may cover jury duty, mili-
tary orders, or other cogent reasons no% r~sulting in financical
gains- to the individual, which are not provided for in the City
of Port Townsend policies. There shall be no pay deduction for
approved emergency leave. Emergency leave shall not be deducted
from sick leave or vacation leave at any time. To be allowed
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emergency leave, the employee must have the approval of the
department head for which he ~works prior to use of emergency
leave.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its
passage, approval and publication in the form and manner re-
quired by law.
Read for the first, second and third times, passed by the
Council and approved by the Mayor on the /7~day of ~ ,1984.
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Attest:
Davl Grove, City Clerk
Appr~ed as to f(~:
Keiffh ~ i ~H~er~Cff~ Atto'rney