HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 14-068ORDINANCE NO.14 -068
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, BY
REPEALING ARTICLE 2.04, SECTION 2.04.003 AND
ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2.04, SECTION
2.04.03 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS BY REVISING CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE LEAVE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and the same is
hereby amended by repealing Article 2.04, Section 2.04.003 and a new Article 2.04,
Section 2.04.003 is adopted to read as follows:
Sec. 2.04.003 Leave
(a) Regular full -time civilian employees regularly assigned to work forty (40) hours
(average 56 hours -- EMT /paramedic employees) per week shall earn paid time off on a
biweekly basis in accordance with the following schedules:
(1) Paid Time Off
Full Years of
Service
Hours Per Pay
Period
Hours Per Year
Weeks Per Year
0 -5
4.62
120
3
5 -10
6.16
160
4
10 -20
7.69
200
5
F-20+
9.23
240
6
Each regular full -time civilian employee shall earn paid time off leave only
when he /she is paid for forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours -
EMT /paramedic employees) each week of the pay period.
(2) Paid Time Off - EMT /Paramedic Employees
Full Years of
Service
Hours Per Pay
Period
Hours Per Year
Weeks Per Year
0 -5
6.47
168
3
5 -10
8.61
224
4
10 -20
10.77
280
5
20+
12.92
336
6
(b) An employee who is regularly assigned to work more than forty (40) hours per week
shall have paid time off and short-term disability accrual amended to reflect the percentage
that their expanded work schedule exceeds forty (40) hours per week.
(c) An employee may not carry more than nine hundred sixty (960) hours of paid time
off leave into the next calendar year (1344 hours - EMT /paramedic employees).
(d) Employees who are separated from employment before completing twelve (12)
months of continuous service shall not be entitled to payment for unused paid time off
leave.
(e) An employee who is on leave of absence without pay shall not earn paid time off
leave during that period of time.
(f) Each regular full -time employee shall earn paid time off leave which may be
available for use for any purpose upon employment with the supervisor's approval.
(g) Each regular full -time employee who leaves the city after completing twelve (12)
continuous months of service will be paid for all accumulated paid time off leave; however,
if the accumulated paid time off leave exceeds nine hundred sixty (960) hours, the
employee will not be paid for any short term disability (sick leave) accumulated prior to
October 1, 1991.
(h) Short-term disability. Each regular full -time employee regularly assigned to work
forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT /paramedic employees) per week shall earn
a maximum of ninety -six (96) hours of short-term disability per year (134.4 hours -
EMT /paramedic employees). Such employee shall earn short-term disability leave only
when he /she is paid for forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT /paramedic employees)
each week of the pay period.
(i) An employee may use his /her earned paid time off, compensatory time or leave
without pay to satisfy the forty (40) hours (average of 56 hours - EMT /paramedic
employees) condition of absence for the same non -job related illness, injury or disability
as a requirement to using short -term disability.
(j) Each regular full -time employee may accumulate up to seven hundred twenty (720)
hours of short-term disability leave (1008 hours - EMT /paramedic employees).
(k) Upon termination, an employee shall not be paid for any short-term disability hours
which the employee has on the date of termination in excess of the number of hours
existing as of September 30, 1991.
(1) An employee who leaves the city after completing twelve (12) month of continuous
service and had accumulated short-term disability leave (sick leave) prior to October 1,
1991, shall be paid upon termination for such leave if such leave in combination with
accumulated paid time off does not exceed a combined total of nine hundred sixty (960)
hours. The pay for such unused accumulated hours of short-term disability leave (sick
leave) shall be at the employee's rate of pay as of September 30, 1991.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and to such end, the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 3.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of the conflict only.
Section 4.
That this ordinance shall be effective from and after January 1, 2015.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 9th day of
December, 2014