Ordinance 1609Ordinance No. 1609
Alameda City Ordinances S.
Neu enes
NEW SERIES
AMENDING THE ALA DA MUNICI,
PAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS
2.532, 2.535 AND 2.53 THEREOF, RE.
LATING TO EMPLOYEEWSICK LEAVE
HENEFITS
BE IT C RDA NH D 13Y THE COUNCIL
ORDINANCE
as an Ile ar employees
of the Edit , l.ra case of sick.
ness or inury not ari as
result of and In the col.irse of
their employment, shall, after
the completion of six (0)
months Of employment, be
entitled to be absent from
duty on sick leave with pay,
ditring any twelve-month por-
iod, in accordance with the
•ollowlng schodule,
(1) For not more than ton
(10) workin day duringr the
first ten 0%) calendar years
of employment;
(2) For not more thati fit-
toon (15 ) working days after
ten (10) calendar Nrbars of
em loyent;
(' T m For not more than
twenty (20 working days after
twentv (28) calen ear years Of
employment.
Such annual sick leave, en-
titlement shall bo renewed as
of each January first follow-
In g completion of six (6)
months of✓mployment.
(a). Extended Dut Period.
r - e - M — Vro — yevs
week normally exceeds forty
(4 0) hours, each twenty-four
(24) hour duty period of such
employoos, sball he deented to
equal two (2) workirig days
for the purpose of computirig
sick leave under this Article. ,
o f 'Rick
the an-
nua s lok leave allowanoe pro-
vided for here1nabove, each
such official arid employee
c d
shall be redite with 6e (1)
working day of sick leave for
each month of employment
thereafter, provided, however,
that the time so ('zodited
shall not bc used for any sick
leave until such offlefal or
employee has completed six
(6) months of coyitinuous errs-
Ployment. Sick leave, credited
In accordEknce with the fore-
going, and unused, mav be
accumulated to a maxlxiuffi
of one hundred tweiity (120)
working daVs, and. any slick
leave valAdl'y takon b, any
such employee Shall f Irst
ebarged fAg4tn the nu al
sick leave" entitlenient pr(.)
v Wed for hc�rel nabove,
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R roce'ding subse`C"On (1,5), ow-
IVOr, an (,nnptoyee while on
leave of absence without pa
for more than thirty (30) ON
eudar days, granted,
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to SectA o
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su0b, sick leave credit for the
gr riod of such excess leave of
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Not loat
?_10=37t or e p ee s all be
entitled to sick leave with
pa r, as hereinbefore provided,
i css he shall have complied
with the following require-
rncnts-
fa) Notice of siciclxes a or
Injury on which claim for
qWk leave with pay may be
bw� ed must be given irniiiedi-
ately, unless it s be, shown
nol to have:- been reasonably
possible so to do, and that
notice was given as soon as
rewionably possible, after the
commencement of disability
froin such sickness or in ury,
and in any event not - later
than the third day of such
disability;
(b) Such notice shall be
given, or caused to be given,
to the head of t1w.department
in which such person may be
employed. Ellective officers
and officials or employees ap-
pointed by the City Council
Shall give notice to the City
Clerk. The depaxtment head
Or City C lerk, as the case
may be, to whom notice% of
sickness or injury is given
shall transmit the notice to
t It e Personnel l3epartmerit
upon such forms as it may
prescribe.
(c) The appropriate depart-
ment head, or in the case Of
department heads, the City
Mana er, or in the case of
efecteg officers and officials
or emloyees aointed by
the; 0 py Cc unc . y the City
Council, may, and when sick-
ness or 1n)ury exceeds five
(5) working days shall require
the officer's 'or I
sickness or injur� t
fie-d to the City 'h sic by
a certificate w
in rit ng sl ned
by a duly licensed physElan
or surgeon, fully stating the
nature and extent of such
person's Illness or Injury, and
oertif further that euoti
perscxrz is not able., by reason
to rform the duties
of - loymer.u. Such cer-
tific9te shall be in such form,
and cc)ntain such Information,
as the Ofty Physician m Iy
require. 'Phe phrase., "five (ma)
working. days," as used in
this sub-sectl6n and In Section
2-537, sh.W, for members of
the Fire a
1:)o rtm ent who
k
wor on a sElf t basis and
whose duty week exoeeds
forty (40) hours, mean three
(3)SUchshifts. .
See. 2.537. Additional Medical
In the event stex
MNa�ve for more than
five (5) working an ad-
dition al. certificate o.-T rift s,
shall be required at least
every five (5) working days
thereafter durivig the O(Yntirlu-
ance of such leave. unless In
the .ca ixi of the City Physic-
Ian, of the natut of
the disability for which such
leave is beirig takon. addi-
tional medical cortiflootes
aje lit, new��sary.
CA � I For tbo purpose of
tft axi employee's Sick
leave erselt and enlitletnont
set forth in this ordinance, Its
I-ovisionR Shall A 4e alicable
om roonoing J N 13 A pp
1970
a 3 rhig or ante
shaW full force and
effect from and artet the ex-
p i . ratlon of thirty (8 0) days
r)m the date of its final
Passar.
MRRY LA OTIOIX, JR.
Presiding Officer
of the Council
THMA L. NELSON
City Clerk
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