NO. 1016- Policy for Employee Sick Leave
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A RESOLUTION
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FIXING POLICY FOR EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE, DETERMINING USE OF ACCRUED
AND ADVANCED SICK LEAVE, SETTING LIMITS ON SICK LEAVE, AND ESTABLISH-
ING AMOUNTS AND TIME FOR TRANSFERIBILITY OF SICK LEAVE CREDITS.
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz, Texas desires to provide a uniform system
in supplying sick leave credit to city employees to date, and;
WHEREAS, there has been no established policy for city employees to date,
and;
WHEREAS, a given number of days sick leave can reasonably be expected from
employees,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
That the following methods, procedures and actions relating to sick leave
policy are hereby established:
SICK LEAVE
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l. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of one (1) work day for each full
month of employment for all full-time employees. A full-time employee is con-
strued to mean an employee who has completed a forty (40) hour work week for a
period of one year.
2. Temporary or part-time employees shall not accrue sick leave b~t may be
granted sick leave at the discretion of the City Administrator not to exceed five
(5) work days. Any amount in excess of five (5) days must have approval of the
City Council.
3. Sick leave may be accumulated in an amount not to exceed 115 work days.
Sick leave accumulated in excess of the lIS-day authorization will be removed
from the records as of December 31 each year.
4. Sick leave without pay may be granted by the City Administrator not to
exceed 30 days in one calendar year for illnesses occuring from other than those
directly related to job performance. Periods of time in excess of 30 days may
be authorized by the City Council for illnesses or other required hospitalization
resulting directly from job performance.
5. Sick leave required in excess of that accrued by full-time employees
may be advanced by the City Administrator in amounts specified above. All other
requests for advance sick leave must be approved by the City Council. Should an
employee terminate employment while in arrears in advance sick leave repayment,
the employee shall reimburse the city for each advanced day of sick leave remain-
ing on record. Repayment will be based on current salary with daily rate computed
on a 30-day month.
6. Sick leave accrued credits may be transferable at time of employment
termination at the rate of three (3) sick leave days for one (1) day vacation leave
not to exceed a total of fifteen (15) days vacation leave for the purpose of deter-
mining (PAYMENT IN KIND) as contained in City of Schertz Resolution #1008. Sick
leave time may not be converted to vacation time for any other reason.
PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Sick leave records will be maintained by department heads or higher level
and posted on a monthly basis.
2. A Doctor's certificate may be demanded by the City Administrator for any
sick leave taken in excess of three (3) d?ys.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1St!.- day of ~, 191a.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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'Ci ty Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
Resolution # 1016