HomeMy Public PortalAbout1983_01_12_O002TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED January 12, 1983
ORDINANCE NO. 83-0-2
ADOPTED January 12, 1983
AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING SECTION 12.1-34 OF THE TOWN CODE REGARDING SICK LEAVE
POLICIES
ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Section 12.1-34 of the Town Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12.1-34. Sick Leave
(a) Each employee in the service of the Town shall be credited with sick
leave after it is earned at the following rates:
Regular hours worked per
2-week payroll period
Amount accrued per
2-week payroll period
80 3.70
70 3.23
40 1.85
Sick leave is earned regardless of the years of service. Employees
working a regular 40-hour week (80-hour payroll period) shall use sick leave
based on an 8-hour day. Employees working a 35-hour week (70-hour payroll
period) shall use sick leave based on a 7-hour day. Employees working a 20-
hour week (40-hour payroll period) shall use sick leave based on a 4-hour day.
(b) Employee use of sick leave shall be limited to the following
circumstances:
(1) Personal illness or injury.
(2) Visits to physicians, dentists, optometrists, and
other approved medical professionals for personal
health care.
(3) Quarantine.
(c) To receive paid sick leave an employee must notify the applicable
Department Head within four hours of his starting time unless some other
arrangement has been approved by the Department Head. A physician's state-
ment or examination by a physician designated by the Town may be required.
(d) At the close of each calendar year all unused sick leave in excess
of 21 days shall be converted to extended sick leave credits. ~Rese-e~ed~es
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e~g~b~e-~emg-~e~m-~meapme~a~m~-e~e~ms~amee. Extended sick leave credits
shall accumulate annually and shall only be used by an employee during periods
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of illness or other eligible disability when:
(1) all regular sick leave credits have been used prior to
completion of an employee's disability benefit elimination
period;
(2) period of disability income coverage has elapsed.
(e) Employees who retire from the Town service shall be paid for 25
percent of their unused extended sick leave credits accrued during town
employment.
(f) Employees who have lost time because of illness or injury and
have exhausted sick leave credits may have such time deducted from vacation
leave.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 12th day of January , 1983.
' Ro~ert-E'. S~ila~ Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of CoUncil