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<br /> <br />9 <br />Local 21/SLCEA Memorandum of Understanding January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2029 <br />• child (biological, adopted, foster, step, legal ward, child of a registered domestic <br />partner, or child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis) <br />• parent (biological, adoptive, foster, step, or legal guardian of an employee or the <br />employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner, or a person who stood in loco <br />parentis when the employee was a minor child) <br />• sibling <br />• grandchild <br />• grandparent <br />• designated person, who the employee must identify at the time of the sick leave <br />request. Employees are limited to one (1) designated person per twelve (12) month <br />period. <br /> <br />In accordance with California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, sick <br />leave may be used for an employee’s or family member’s diagnosis, care or treatment of <br />an existing health condition or preventive care, which includes appointments that cannot <br />be made outside of working hours, or for specified purposes for an employee who is a <br />victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. <br /> <br />An employee absent for more than three (3) consecutive workdays on account of sickness <br />or injury shall provide a medical certification of their inability to work. <br /> <br />A. Call-In: To qualify for paid sick leave, an employee must notify their supervisor as <br />soon as possible after the beginning of the workday, but no later than thirty (30) <br />minutes after the start of the workday. Waiver of the foregoing reporting requirement <br />can be made by the Department Head only in specified and unusual circumstances. <br /> <br /> In instances when an employee cannot report for work on a scheduled workday, <br />such employee shall comply with call-in rules established by the department head <br />for the employee’s work unit. <br /> <br />B. Accrual: Sick leave with pay is accrued at the rate of eight (8) hours for each full <br />calendar month of service beginning the first day of the calendar month following <br />full-time probationary employment. Employees whose full-time probationary <br />employment begins on the first workday of the month shall accrue sick leave upon <br />completion of that month. Unused sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of <br />two thousand (2,000) hours. <br /> <br /> In the event employee absences from duty are deemed by the City Manager to be <br />the result of concerted activity, any employee claiming sick leave with pay shall be <br />required to provide a doctor's certificate stating the nature of the sickness or injury, <br />the name and signature of the attending physician, the time and date the employee <br />was examined by the physician, and a certification that the disability was of such <br />severity as to prevent the employee from performing the job. The City Manager may <br />also require that the evidence submitted by the employee by reviewed by a physician <br />selected by the City and may require a physical examination by such physician at <br />the City's expense. In those instances where the City Manager requires that this