HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 74-012RESOLUTION NO. 74-12
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TFIE CITY COU? 1CIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESrRT DO S HERi:I Y
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SFCTION l. Hours of Work & Overtime. 'rhe work week of
all employees of the City shall be Eorty (40) hours per week.
Authorized worl.c over 40 hours per week wil.l be compensated on
a straight time or compensatory basi.s, provided money is
budgeted for said overtime work. All Department Heads and
certain other administrative personnel as designated by the
City Manager shall be exempt from the above overtime provi-
sions. Compensatory time off at the rate of straight time
for overtime worked by the employees in these exempt job
classifications may be authorized by City Manager. Whenever
feasible, permission to work overtime must be given in
advance by the City Manager or Department E'ead. If an
emergncy occurs and overtime is necessar._y, the emplo_yee
shall notify his Department Head on the following work day.
SF.CTION 2. Vacations. Al1 permanent er ployees of the
City shall be granted vacations annually of a maxi.mum of ten
(10) working days during each of the first two (2) years of
continuous service, and thereafter one additional day for
each year of continuous service to a maximum of fifteen (1.5)
working days:
a. After satisfactorily completing the six months
probationary period, each permanent employee shall receive
vacation credi.ts for each month of continuous service
starting from the first day •of probationary appointment. If
the employee is terminated or separated from City service
for any reason prior to completion of the six (6) months
probationary period, vacation credit for the probational
employee shall not be allowed.
b. The anniversary date for persons emnloyed or
promo ed between the first day of the month and the 16th day
of the month inclusive, shall be computed from the first day
of the month in which employed or promoted; for persons
employed or promoted between the 15th day of the month and
the last day of the month inclusive, the anniversary date
shall be computed from the first day of the month following
the date of the appointLnent or promotion.
c. Initially, vacation credits for persons completing
their six months probationary period shall be accrued and
pro-rated to January l.st following initial date of emp.loyment.
Thereafter, all vacation credits shall accrue to January lst
of each year. For the good of the service and. with due
regard for the employee, the City Manager may grant an
exception to the common anniversary provision upon reqttest
of an empl.oyee; provided, however, such exception shal.l nl_y
be granted during the calendar year immediately fol.lowing the
year of appointment.
d. If an employee does not take his vacation in any
calendar year, he ma_y, subject to approval of the City
Manager, be allowed such vacation during the s�icceeding
calendar year. In no event, however, shall any employee's
vacation with pay exceed twenty-two working days in any
calendar year.
e. Holidays falling within the vacation period shall
not be considered as a part of an employee's vacation.
Whenever a holiday falls within an emplo_yee's vacation
period an extra day may be added to his regu.lar vacation
period or used at the discretion of employee with. approval
of the City rlanager. Illness during a vacation period
shall not be considered as sick leave.
f. An employee terminating his service any time after
six months of continuous servi.ce and having given the city
two weeks prior written notice will be paid for any unused
vacation period. If notice is not given (two weeks) vacation
time accrued shall be lost.
g. Absence due to sick leave or other approved leave
of absence will not affect computations for vacation periods
unless such absences exceed one month, in which case that
month, or fraction thereof, shall be excluded from computa-
tion pursuant to Section 2a.
SF.CTION 3. Industrial Sick Leave. Whenever any perma-
nent employee is absent on account of injuries arising out
of and in the course of his employment, such employee shall
receive fu11 compensation during the first seven (7) days
of such absence. Thereafter, compensation shal.l be paid
in accordance with and under the provisions of the Workmen`s
Compensation Insurance and Safety Act of the State of
California. the City shall, in addition thereto, compensate
any such employee who is still absent from duty after the
seventh day, an amount equal to the difference between the
amount said employee receives from the Workmen's Compensation
Insurance Fund and the amount of his or her regular compensa-
tion, provided that the circumstances contributing to the
employee's injuries and prolonged absence from duties are
such that in the opinion of the City r4anager, the employee is
justly entitled to receive the maximum allowance as provided
herein. This additional compensation shall be for a maximum
period of one year. The one year period need not be conse-
cutive if the employee's absence is directly traceable to a
single incident.
SECTION 4. Sick Leave.
a. Sick leave credit sha11 be accumulated on the basis
of one (1) day per month worked or major fracti.on thereof.
Sick leave shall not be granted to probationary employees.
After probationary employees reach permanent status, sick
leave shall be credited to their account from date of employment.
Sick leave shall be iised for illness, off-duty non-work.
connected injury, physical examination, including eyes, dentist
appointments or other commonly accepted health connected matters.
When a specific instance is in doubt as being eligible for sick
leave allowance, the City Manager shall determine the granting
or denial. of same.
Any unused portion of accumulated sick leave may be
carried over into the next calendar year; provided, however,
an employee's accumulated sick leave may not exceed 120 days
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maximum. When an employee has accumulated the maximum of 120
days unused sick leave, further accumulation shall not be
allowed. However, to encourage attendance at work and dis-
courage the frivoluous use of excess sic_k leave., 50% of such
excess leave may be used as additional vacation time, or i.f
the good of the service ciictates, compensated in cash at
straight time rate. Compensation for unused sictc leave may
only be granted if funds have been budgeted or annropriated
for such in the annual budget.
b. An emnloyee who is absent because of i]_lness sha11 be
required to filt. a written statement describing his il.lness or
reason for absence which then must be approved by the City
Manager. Inteutional exposure to contagi.ous diseases, extra
hazardous occupations or hobbies, hangover or sunburn or other
similar intentional exposures sha11 not be classified as good
cause for sick leave. If. an absence because of illness or dis-
ability e�tends beyond three consecutive work days, the employee
may be required to file a statement from his or her physician.
SECTION 5. Family Illness Leave. If an �mployee requests
to be absent from duty because of an illness in his immediate
family which requires his attendance, he may, at the discretion
of his Department Head be granted leave from his accrued sick
leave not to exceed six days per year. For purposes of this
action the following are considered members of the immediate
family: mother, father, brother, sister, spouse, children or
parent of a spouse.
SECTION 6. Breavement I.eave. A permanent employee en-
titLed to sick leave may use that sick leave to be absent from
duty by reason nf death of his mother, father, brottier, sister,
spouse, child, parent or a spouse or former legal guardian.
An employee may use a maximum of three days from his accrued
sick leave for each bereavement.
SECTION 7. Subpoenaed Absence. An employee who is
subpoenaed, or required to appear in court as a witness, may
receive his regular pay duriiig his absence if, in the opiniori
of the City rlanager, th� serving as a witness is deemed to be
in the best interests of the public. A paid leave of absence
shall not be granted for time spent in court on personal cases
or when the appearance is not connected with his official
duty. Vacation allowance mav be used.
SF.CTION 8. Jury Duty. An employee summoned to and
servi.ng on jury duty shall inform his Department Iiead and may
be absent from duty with full pay. rxcept for travel expenses,
the employee shall receive the difference between his faull
regular pay and the pay received for jury duty.
SECTION 9. Leaves of Absence. An employee may be allocaed
a leave of absence without pay to attend to his private affairs
or other matter by submitting a written request to the City
Manager which has received nrior approval by the Department Iiead.
5ECTION 10. Military Leave of Absence. An employee who
is call.ed into the Armed Services of the United States (Army,
Navy, Coast Guard, rtarine Corps or. Ai_r Corps) for acti.ve reserve
duty, shall be allowed a paid leave of absence for a period of
not to exceed fifteen (15) days in any calendar year. The
employee will receive the difference between his full regular pav
and his reservists pay. An employee required to perform active
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duty with such organization for a period in excess of that
for which compensation may be paid hereunder may be granted a
leave of absence without pay. City service shall not be deemed.
to be interrupted by such absence for the purpose of this
resolution. An employee's employment status, with reference
to promotion or continuance in office, employment reappointment
to office of re-employment, sha11 not be prejudiced directly or
indirectly by reason of any absence from duty on account of
actual service in the military forces of the United States.
SECTION 11. Holida�s. Municipal offices shall be closed
on the following Legal Holidays:
a. January l, known as "rlew Year's Day"
b. The thirc '�onday in February, known as "Washington's
Birthday"
c. The last rlonday in May, known as "Memorial ?�ay"
d. July 4, known as "Independence nay"
e. The first Monday in September, known as "I,abor Day"
f. The second Monday in October, known as "Columbus Day"
g. The fourth Monday in October, known as "Veteran's Day"
h. The fourth Thursday in November, known as "Thanksgiving
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i. December 25, icnown as "Christmas Day"
Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed on the
fol.lowing Monday.
j. Any day declared to be a holiday by proclamation of
the Mayor, provided, however, that the Mayor shall not declare
a holiday except to conform to a holiday heretofore declared
by the President of the United States or the Governor of
California.
k. The employee's birthday. This hol.iday shall be
treated as accrued compensatory time and taken at a tirle
convenient to both the employee and the City, with the approval
of his or her respective Department Head.
l. The Friday after Thanksgiving or the day before
Christmas or the day after Christmas. The employee shall
be granted one of the three days off; the actual day is to be
decided between the employee and his or her respective Depart-
ment Head with consideration given to sufficient operation of
the departLnent .
YASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council this
14th day of February 1974, by the following vote:
AYES: Aston; Benson; Brush; McPherson; Clark
NOES: None
ABSFNT: None
ATT�ST:
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