Notwithstanding the frequency, in all cases a doctor’s slip is required for employees
taking three or more successive sick days within five (5) days after returning to work.
Loss & Reinstatement of Sick Leave:
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Except in the case of death, accrued sick leave shall be lost if the
employee resigns, is discharged, released, or laid off. If full-time
employees leave employment with the Nashua Police Department, but
return within three (3) years of your date of termination, their accrued sick
leave will be reinstated.
Empleyees—Full and part-time employees who have reached their sick
leave cap, 1080 hours for full-time employees and 612 hours for part-time
employees.-shall be allowed up to an additional year’s sick leave accrual;
however, said days shall not be allowed to carry into the ensuing year. At
the start of every new calendar year, the sick leave balance shall be
brought back to the employee’s maximum accrual amount. Employees
will be able to again accrue sick days as outlined in this Article beyond
their cap up to an additional year’s accrual for that year, and the process
will begin again.
Full-time employees who abuse sick leave, shall forfeit 10 days (for 40-
hour-a-week employees), of accrued sick leave for a first offense. (If the
entire 10 days cannot be deducted from the accumulated total due to the
accrual amount, the negative balance will be carried over until the entire
time can be deducted.)
For the second offense, full-time employees shall forfeit 12 days (for 40-
hour-a-week employees) of accrued sick leave. (If the entire 12 days
cannot be deducted from the accumulated total due to the accrual amount,
the negative balance will be carried over until the entire time can be
deducted.) For the third offense, the employee will be immediately
discharged.
Death/Retirement Payments for Full-Time Employees:
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Accrued sick leave, up to the designated amount listed in the following
paragraphs, shall be paid in a lump sum to the employee’s beneficiary, as
specified in writing by the employee on an approved form, if death occurs
while employed by the Nashua Police Department. If no beneficiaries are
designated by the employee, the accrued sick leave will be paid to the
employee’s estate.
Upon retirement under the NH Retirement System, an employee will
receive payment for the accrued sick leave balance in his account (up to
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