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Home My WebLink About1758 ORDINANCE NO. 1758 ~ e ~' /~/~ AN ORDINANCE relating to -the work week for City Departments, establishing official holidays and vacations anm sick leave aha providing rules and regulations concerning the s~e and ~ending Ordinance No. 1671, as ~r~ended, and declaring ~ eme rgen gy~ {T,IE CITY OF BRENI~',RTOI~ ~TEB ORDAI?]) geegion 1. Thsg Seogion 1~ Opdin~noe No. lg{1 be mnended ~o pe~d es follows "Section 1. That employees of all city departments of the City of ~remerton excepting the Fire Department, Police Department and clerical and supervisory em- ployees and employees employed in a supervisory capacity, or on special or split shift assig~ents, shall be paid on an ho~ly basis at a rate per hour to be fixed by the City Council of the City of Bremerton for a regular work week and shall be paid for all time worked over five 5 hour days at a rate of one and one-half times their regular ho~!y wage. Ail time worked over and above the regular work week shall be overtime. The minim~ of time or overtime paid any st~ch employee, when called for duty a~ter his departure from the city's premises, shall be one ho~. ~ployees employed on an hourly basis shall be paid only for time actually worked; except for vacation, sick leave and holiday allowances hereinafter provided for, ~der Sections 5, 6 and 7." Section 2. That Section 2, Ordinance No. 1671, be amended to read as fol- lows: "Section 2. As used in this Ordinance, for hourly rated employees, the fol- lowing terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Day's work" shall mean 8 hours of work on any assigned shift. 2. "~ork week" shall mean ~0 hours of work composed of five 8-hour days per week on a regular tour of muty. 3. "Overtime" shall be construed as any time worked at the request of proper authority over and above 'the regular tour of duty. The shorten- ing of time off between work weeks due to changes in work schedules shall not be considered overtime. Section 3. That Section 5, Ordinance No. 1671 is ~ended to read as follows: "Section 5, Holidays. The following Holidays are hereby adopted as legal holidays for the City of Bremerton: New Year's ~ay, Washington's ~irthday, Decora- tion Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, November !lth, Thanksgiving Day ~d Christn day, and such other days as may be proclaimed by the Governor the State of Washingtc or the President of the United States as Legal holidays, provimed tha'c the City Council, by Resolution, concur in the procl~ation of such legal holidays. As part of their compensation for work performed, hourly employees are to receive straight time for Holidays occurring during their regular work week. If required to work on such holiday, they shall receive one additional day's pay at straight time. If such holiday is not worked it shall not be considered as part of the work week, and an additional day at straight time must be worked before overtime co--encee." Section 4. That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 1671 be ~nended to read as follo~ "Section 6. Sick Leave. C~ulative sick leave with pay at the rate of one and one-sixth (1 !/6) calendar clays per month shall be grated to all officers and employees in the classified civil service, except under circumstances where members of the Police and Fire Department are affected by their respective Pension ~d Relic systems ~ set up by St'ate Law. The total acc~ulation of sick'leave shall not ex- ceed forty-five (45) calendar ~iays at full pay. The n~ber of work mays allowed wil bear the s~e ratio to the n~ber of mays an employee works in two calenmar weeks as the calendar days sick leave accrued bears to fourteen (14) days. (a) The Civil Service Department is given full authority to a~ninister sick leave, provide forms, keep records and shall investigate cases and make final deci- sion on allowance of pay for such time off duty. (b) Sick leave credit shall accrue for tae actual time for which the employee was paid, including paid leave ~d vacations, but shall not be allowed for the time the employee was off duty without pay. (c) No pa~ent for absence due to disease or injury will be allowed unless su employee fulfills all of the following requirements. (a) He shall send prompt notice to his i~ediate superior, by telephone or otherwise, on his first day off duty. (b) He shall fill out the required forms for an application for sick leave pay within thirty-six (36) hours after his return to duty. (c) 'He shall show that he has taken treatment and precautions, or other acceptable effective measures to correct the condition and return to duty as soon as reasonably possible. ORDZNANCE NO. ±7~8 (Cont'd~ ~~ (d) Wt'lenever an employee off duty on paid vacations or acczu~ulated overtime wishes to charge some of such absence to his sick leave account, by reason of an actual disability during that period, he must send prompt notice of the sickness to his Superior and conform to these requirements. (e)He shall hold himself available for medical or other investiga- tion of his condition. (f) Non-wcrk days, such as Sundays, Legal Holidays, or half-ho!id~ys shall not be charged to sick leave. (d) The Civil Service Office shall be informed i~ediately by the Supervisor. ( pt'~ys ici an) (e) The certificate of the attending physicia'.,1 or designated health official is not ordinarily required for sick leave of four (4) days or less, but may be required by the Civil Service Conmaission when such leave is not recon2'~ended by the department head or when investigation is ordered. (f) Sick leave with pay for more than four (4) days must always be certified by the attending physician or by a health officer of the City representizxg the Civil Service Commission. (g) To minimize the work of handling different forms for applications, records and notices, the employee desiring sick leave pay shall fill out three copies of the application blank obtained from his foreman or supervisor, one to be kept by such supervisor and the rest 1'orwarded to the Civil Service Department. (h) Employees on part time or seasonal work shall receive sick leave credits only in the proportion that their actual service bears to regular full time work. (i) The minimum sick leave pay shall be ~ s of a regular work day for an absence of from ~ to 6 hours. .(j) Before final ~ecision refusing the allowance of sick leave pay, the Commis- sion shall allow the employee an opportunity to be hea~. (k) Any employee fraudulently obtaining sick leave, or any supervisor falsely certifying to sick leave pa}nnent for absence from work for other reasons, may be sus- pended or dismissed in accordance with Civil Service rules. (1) Payment for sick leave shall not be allowed for absences for ordinary pro- fessional treatme~t by a dentist or oculist, but sick leave pay may be granted for confinement at home or in a hospital for disability to which a dentist or oculist is qualified to certify. (m) Payment for sick leave shall not be allowed for employees off duty because o sickness of other members of his family." Section 8. That Section V, Ordinance No. 1671, is amended to read as follows: "Section 7. Leave. Vacanion leave with pay shall accrue at the rate of one and one-half (1~) calendar mays for each full calendar month of service, or eighteen calendar days per year. Accrual shall start from date of employment, but shall not be available until after six months of service. If an employee resigns or is dis- charged before completion of the six months period, any accrued vacation is forfeited No leave shall accrue to seasonal and extra employees. No employee shall be allowed to accrue leave in excess of t hre~YKl-~dar weeks. Accrued leave shall be figured as follows: Accrued working days~leave shall bear the (S~o~p to the number of calendar days leave accrued as the number of days an e~pl~oye~r o'rdinarily works in a week bears to 7 days. In figuring terminal leave, less than one-fourth (¼) day shall be dropped; at least one-fourth (z_) day but less than three-fourths (~/4) day shall be considered one-half (1/8) day; three-fourths (~/4) day or more shall be considered a full clay. (a) Leave periods shall 'be agreed upon by the employee and the department head at a time that will not interfere unreasonably with the operation of the department. (b) Employees who are granted a leave of absence with pay for any purpose shall continue 'to accrue vacation leave at the regularly prescribed rate during such absenc (c) Leave with pay shall be granted on.ly when the following procedure is com- plied with: (a) Three days or more before starting leave, procure a Leave Request from your supervisor. (b)Fill in form provimed by Civil Service Cormmission, answer- ing all questions fully. (c)Submit completed form to supervisor for his signature and transmittal to Department Head for approval. ORDINANCE 19~8 (Cont'd) C~~ (d) In case of an unforeseen emergency requiring the absence of an employee-- illness, injury, or death in the immed.iate family, or a ~ea~bniaf simi- lar import--the employee shall notify his supervisor then informing the Civil Service Office of tiie absence. The Department Head shall immedi- ately forward such request ~to the Civil Service Office for check and approval; approved copy of Leave Request will be returned to the em- ployee through the Department Head. Emergency cases will be con- sidered as per Section d above. (e) Any employee fraudulently obtaining leave with pay or any supervisor fraudulently certifying such payment for absence from work may be suspended or dismissed in accordance with Civil Service Rules. (f) Terminal Leave-- On the separation of an employee with accrued leave to his credit, the date of such separation shall be as of the last day worked extended by time allowance for terminal leave to be paid on the payroll in which it accrues. (g) Accrued leave to December 31, 1947, shall be carried forward to the credit oi' ~he various employees, subject to the limitation of a total of three (~) calendar weeks as set fortii above. Section 8. This ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and shall be come effective on January l, PASSED ~imously by the City ~o~cil, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ~rd day of December, 19i7. ~ - My r ATTEST: