HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0947 (2)H. An employee who is separated shall be paid for annual leave accumulated to the date
of separation, not to exceed a maximum of thirty (30) days or 240 hours. Any
advanced annual leave owed the county shall be deducted from the employee's final
compensation.
I. The estate of an employee who dies while employed by the county shall be entitled to
payment for all of the accumulated annual leave, not to exceed a maximum of 240
hours.
J. The above -stated leave schedule shall be increased by .6138 for employees hired
prior to the adoption of this policy.
K. A new employee coming directly from a NC state, city or county governmental
agency may receive credit for years of service at that agency for purposes of
determining the vacation accrual rate. To be eligible for the credit, the
governmental agency must certify the number of years the employee had
attained at the time of separation.
Section 6. Sick Leave Rev 1!1!97
Sick leave with pay is not a right which an employee may demand but a privilege granted by
the Board of County Commissioners. Sick leave shall be taken in increments of 15 minutes
and must be approved by the supervisor.
A. Employees may be granted sick leave for absence due to the following:
1. Sickness or bodily injury that prevents the employee from performing his or
her regular duties.
2. Medical or dental appointments.
3. The actual period of temporary disability caused by or contributed to by
pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery therefrom.
4. Exposure to a contagious disease when continuing work might jeopardize the
health of others.
5. Death in the employee's immediate family, not to exceed three (3) days for any
one occurrence. Additional leave time, under exceptional circumstances, may
be authorized by the department head. (Immediate family is deemed to include
spouse, mother, father, guardian, children, brother, sister, grandparent,
grandchild, plus various combinations of half, step, in-law and adopted
relationships that can be derived from those named.)
6. To supplement Worker's Compensation Insurance as provided in Section
12 of this Article.
B. If an employee is FMLA-eligible and if the reason for sick leave is an FMLA
qualifying reason, then sick leave under this policy must be substituted for FMLA
leave, so that both run concurrently.
C. Employees must notify their immediate supervisor of all requests for sick leave before
the leave is taken, or not later than fifteen (15) minutes after the beginning of a
scheduled work day. Sick leave may only be taken with the approval of the immediate
supervisor.
D. Each regular salaried employee occupying a permanently established budgeted
position (at least half the month) shall earn sick leave on a monthly basis at the rate of
one (1) day per calendar month (pm -rated for employees working fewer or greater
hours as established as the basic workweek). Sick leave will be cumulative for an
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