HomeMy WebLinkAbout1813 A~'r~ Ot~D!~.i~.= CE establisllinc a work weeX for certain City deparfmients,
establishing official holidays, vacation periods, sick leave, and ~rovidi~g
rulos and regulations govePi-iinC vaction periods ari~[ sick leave, establishing
rates of pay for all City ~ei~aPtme~its azld ~spealing O~dinance No. 1671, dated
Liay 14, 1946 and 0rdimailce I[o. 1758 dated Deoeaiber 3, 1947.
Section 1. ~np!oyees of the Police and Fire departments shall work such
shifts as may be assign!ed by the Co:am~iissioner of Public Health ~d Safety,
subject to any initiative ordinance which may apply and shall be subject to
call izl an~ emergency' while off duty. No overtime or holiday pay shall be
allowed such employees.
Section ~. ~iployee's other t~!all Policemen and Firemen shall work such
hours as may be assi:3ned by the Coim~issioner ir~ charge, not to exceed
llours in any one day and forty hours in any one week.
Section 3. Regular full time employees employed on ~ ho~!y basis shall,
as part of -their compezlsation for work peri'opined, receive one day's pay at
straight time for any holiday occurring duPinS the regular work week. If
qu!red to work on such holiday, they shall receive one additional day's pay
at straight, time. To receive such holiday pay an employee must receive pay
for the day before or the day after such holiday.
Section 4. As used in this ordinance "overtime" shall mean any time
worked oy an employee, except supervisory employees ~d Policemen and Fire-
men, at the request of proper authority over his regular assig~aent in ~y
one day or on his regula~ days off. It shall include work performed on holi-
days, except as provided in Section 3 herein. It shall also include time
worked by an employee outside of his regular weekly work schedule who has been
calked back from vacation i~-i an emergency for such work. The shortening of
time off between work weeks due to changes in work schedules shall not be con-
sidered overtime.
Section 5. Any employee required to work overtime shall be paid at the
rate of time a~lm one-half; provided tL~at in lieu of such paylnent, compensa-
tory leave may ~}e allowed at the Pate of one and one-half times the overtime
actually worked. Said compensatory leaYe shall be haadled by the Civil Ser-
vice Department in the smue m~lner as annual leave. The miniml~a overtime al-
lowed when an employee is called back after leaving the City' premises shall
be one itollP.
Section 6. The following holidays are hereby adopted as legal holidays
for the City of Bremerton: New Year's Day, Washinston~s Birthday, Secoration
Day, the t'.~ourth of July, Labor Day, No~ember llth, Th~ks~iving Day auld Chris.t-
mas Day, anu suc!i othei- days as may be proclaimed by the ~overnor of the State
of 'washington or the Presiden~ of the United States as legal holidays~ pro-
vided bi~lat the City Co~cil by resolution concur in the proc!~ation of such
legal holidays.
Section 7. Sick Leave: Acc~ulative sick leave with pay at the rate of
1 1/6 calendar days per luentli shall be grailted to ail officers ~d ~aployees
in the classified civil service, except imder circ~stances where me~ers of
the Police and Fire separtments ape affected by their respective pension and
relief associations as established by state law. The total acc~ulation of
sick leave sha!l not exceed 45 calendar days at full pay. The n~ber of cal-
endar days sick leave acc~milated by any employee shall be converted into
work days and al! records shall be kept by work days or, in the case of fire-
men, by shifts.
Section 8. The Civil Service Coi~ission is granted full authority to
actninister sick leave, making necessary r~es, provi~.ng forms, keeping re-
cords, and s~lall investigate cases ant mawr fina~ decisions on allowsmce of
pay for such time off duty.
Section 9. Sict{ leave credit shall accrue for the actu~ time for which
the e}l~ployee was' paid, inclu~lin~!i pai(i leave aud vacations, but shall not be
'allowed fop the time the emplo2yee was off duty without pay.
Section 10. No pa~ent for absence due to disease or injury will be al-
lowed unless such employee completes th~ following requirements:
{a) He shall send prompt notice to his ~ediate superior, by tele-
phone or otherwise, on his first day off duty.
(b) He shall fill out the required fo~ns for an application fop sick
leave pay within thirty-six (36) hours ~'ter his return to duty.
Ordinance No. 1815 (eon't)
(c) He shall show that he has taken treatment and precautions, or
other acceptable, effective meastu~es to correct the condition
and return to duty as soon as reasonably possible.
(d) ~thenever a~ employee off duty on paid vacations or accumulated
ovemtime wishes to charge some of such absence to ~is sick
leave account, by reason of ~ actual disaOility during that
period, he must send prompt notice of the sickness to his sup-
erior and conform to these requirements.
(e) He shall hold himself available for medical or other investi-
gation of his condition.
Section 11. The Civil Service Co~nission shall be notified innnediately by
the supervisor of any absence due to disease or inj~y by any Oity .employee.
Section 12. The certificate of the at[tending physician or designated healtk
official is not ordinarily required for sick l'eave four days or less, but may be
required by the Civil Service Co,hi,sion when such leave is not reco~mende~, by
the departme~t head or whenevez' an investigation is ordered. Sick leave ~th pa~
for more than four days must always be certified by the attending physician or
by a health officer of the city or co~ty health district.
Section 13. In order to minimize the work of handlin~ different forms for
applications, records and notices, ~y employee desiring s~ck leave pay shall
file an original and one copy of his application, such foz-ms to be obtained from
the foreman or supervisor,lone to be kept b'y such sapervisor~and the other to
be fita:d with the Oivil Service Coumission.
Section 14. ~Fa~.~_$ime or season~ employees shall receive sick teavo cre-
dit only in the propor~i~ that their actual service bears to regular full-time
work. ~,.~inim~ sick leave pay shall be one-half of a~?egular work day for
absence of from two t~ six hours. ~-,~ ~~~~ ~ff~
Section 15. Before final decision refusing the allowance of sick leave
pay, the con~lission s~all allow an employee an opport~ity to ce heard. Any
~" or any supervisor falsely- certify-
e~ployee frau. dulentty obtaini~ sick leave,
in6 to sick leave payment for absence from work for other reasons, may be sus-
pended or dismissed in accoroance with civil service rules.
Section 15. Pa~ent for sick leave shall not be allowed for absences for
ordinary professional treatment by a dentist or oculist, but sick leave payment
may be grm~ted for confinement at home or in a hospital for disability ~a which
a dentist or oculist is qualified to certify. Payment of sick leave s!~all not
be allowed for employees off duty because of sickness o~' other members of the
f~nily.
Section 17. Vacation Leave. Vacation leave with pay shall accrue at t he
rate of 1~ calendar ~ays for eac]~ full caten~iar month of service or 18 calendar
days per year. Accrual shall start From date of ~plo~ent, but shall not be
available ~til after 6 months of service. If an employee resigns or is dis-
charged before completion of the 6 month's periOd~ any accruea vacation is
feited. No leave shall accrue to seasonal ~a ext~a employees. No employee
shall be allowed to accumulate leave in e:~cess of fou? cate~ar weeks e:~cept as
hereinafter provic~ed. The number of calendar ~ays' vacation leave acc~unulated
by ~y emp[~oyee shall be convertec] into worx ~ays a~c~ ail records shall be ~ept
by worl~ days; or in ~he case of firemen by shifts.
Section 18. Periods of vacation leave s['~all be a?2:reed upon by the employee
and the department l~ead at a time tha~ will not interfere unreasonably v~it[~ the
operation of the department.
Section 19. ~ployees who are &ranted a lea~e of absence with pay for any
purpose shall continue to acc~nulate vacation leave at the regularly ~?escribed
rate d~ing such absence.
Section 20. Leave ~th pay shall be granted only when the following re-
quirements are met:
(a) Three days or more before s tarring leave the employee must pro-
cure a "Leave [~equest" form from his superivsor.
(b) Complete application form provided b~ the Civil Service Conmlission.
(c) Submit application to supervisor for his approval and ~:ransmittal
to department head fora approval.
(d) The department hea,~ shall i~ediately forward such application to
the Civil Service Commission for a~provai ~d, upon approval, copy
of application shall be returned to the employee.
Section ~l. In the case of an .uni'orseen emerf~ency requiring the absenae
of ~ employee suc~ as illness, injury or death in She i~ediate f~ily, the
employee shall notify his superivsor who shall then inform the C~vi! Service
Co~ission of the'absence of such employee.
Ordinance No. 1813 (Con't)
Section 22. Any employee fraudulently obtaining a vacation leave with
pay or any supervisor fraudulently certifyin~ such pa~n~ent for absence from
work may be suspended or dismissed in accordance with civil ser~ce rules.
Section ~. Upon separation of an employee from his emplo~nent the date
of such separation shall be deemed ~o be the last day of employment extended
by any aco~ulated leave to ~ paid in the payroll periom in which such terminal
l~av~ ocou~
Section ~4. Any leave accululated by an employee on ~cember ~1, 1~47~ plus
leave accumulated during the year 1948, less leave taken muting such year, shall
be carried forward to the credit of any employee provided that any leave acc~tu-
lated by the effective date oi' this ordinance in excess of four. calendar weelts
shall be taken within two months of such date.
Section S8. ~i~e rates of pay of all city employees si~all be es~aolished ac-
cording to nhe wor~ performed ~nd the rates established in the ~nual city budget,
as sup?lemented by' ~y legally estau:~lished salary orminance, an~ no rate shall
be chan:~ed nor shall the timekeeper or payroll department recognize ~y change
in the rate of any employee ~u~less said chan6e has been presented, to the City Com-
mission anS approved in w~iting by ~majority thereof.
Section ~6. 0rdin~ce l~o. 1671, dated ~ay 14, 1946 ~d entitled, "An 0rd-
inance esta01ishing a work wee~ for certain city mepartments, establishing of-
ficial holidays, vacation periods, sick leave, proviming rules an~ regulat~ sns
governing vacation periods rmm sick leave, establishing official pay days for all
City departments, and repealing 0rdin~ce No. 1S76, entitled" 'An Ordinance es-
tablishing a work wee~ for certain city departments, establishing .official holi-
days, vacation periorls, sici~ leave anct establishing official pay. days for all
City departments~ " and
Ordinance No. 17~8, dated .~ecember $, 1947 and entitled, "An ordinance relating
to the work week 2~or City ~epartments estab!isl~ing official holidays and vaca-
tions and sick leave a~d providing rules and regulations concerninL the s~e and
~ending Ordinance No. 1671, as ~aended, anm declaring an emergency" be and the
s~e are hereby repealed.
APPR0~D on first reading by -She City Co~cil of the City of Bremerton this
94th day of I~[ovember, 1948.
PASSED on second readin~:~ by 'She City Co~mcil of the City of _~remerton, sign-
ed by the i~[syor and attested by the City' Clerk in authentication of such passage
this 1st day of i.~cember, 1948.
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