every year, employees will be able to again accrue sick days as outlined in this Article over and
above their cap during the applicable calendar year, and the process will begin again.
2. Said accrued sick leave days over the specified cap shall at no time be allowed to carry into
the ensuing calendar year.
D. Abuse of Sick Leave ~ First Offense: Full-time employees, who abuse sick leave, shall forfeit
80 hours (for 40-hour-a-week employees), 75 hours (for 37 1/2 hour-a-week employees), or 70
hours (for 35-hour-a-week employees) of accrued sick leave for a first offense. (If the entire 80,
75, or 70 hours as specified previously cannot be deducted from the accumulated total due to the
accrual amount, the negative balance will be carried over until the entire 80, 75, or 70 hours can
be deducted.) Part-time employees, who abuse sick leave, shall forfeit accrued sick leave for a
first offense prorated based on full-time forfeitures contained within this paragraph.
E. Abuse of Sick Leave — Second Offense: For the second offense, full-time employees shall forfeit
96 hours (for 40-hour-a-week employees}, or 90 hours {for 37 1/2-hour-a-week employees), or 84
hours (for 35-hour-a-week employees} of accrued sick leave. (If the entire 96, 90, or 84 hours as
specified previously cannot be deducted from the accumulated total due to the accrual amount, the
negative balance will be carried over until the entire 96, 90, or 84 hours can be deducted.) Part-
time employees, who abuse sick leave, shall forfeit accrued sick leave for a second offense
prorated based on full-time forfeitures contained within this paragraph.
SICK LEAVE BANK:
All non-probationary full-time and part-time employees covered under this Agreement shall maintain and
contribute to a Sick Leave Bank on a voluntary basis from their unused sick leave accrual balance
(Appendix C — “Sick Bank Transfer Form"), A Sick Leave Bank Committee appointed by the Union shall
establish the rules, standards, and procedures of the Sick Leave Bank.
Said rules, standards, and procedures shall be provided to and approved by the Chief of Police before
implementation and operation of the sick Leave Bank by the Union. Once the rules, standards, and
procedures have been approved, the Sick Leave Bank usage shall not be subject to the grievance
procedure.
Employees shall hold harmiess the Commission, the Department, and the City for any decisions made by
the Sick Leave Bank Committee once installed
ARTICLE 18: BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Definitions: For the purposes of this Article:
A. The term "bereavement leave" means "a leave of absence granied to an employee upon a
death occurring in the employee's Immediate Family.”
B. The Chief's “designee” is the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau Commander. In
the absence of the Deputy Chief of Operations or the Bureau. Commander, the Chief's
designee may be the Divisional Supervisor.
C. “Domestic Partner” is defined in Article 3:
1. Who had a Jong-term intimate relationship with an employee,
2, Who was living in the same household as the employee at the time of death, and
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