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Home My WebLink AboutORD 19-EE��. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 12--2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY CHANGING THE VACATION LEAVE BENEFITS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDI.NG THE RULES TO BE FOLLOWED IN GRANTING AND RECEIVING SUCH VACATION LEAVE; AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY ADDING SEC. 12-2.1, PROVIDING FOR HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED FOR CITY.'EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SEC. 12-3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR SICK LEAVE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING THE RULES TO BE FOLLOWED IN GRANTING AND RECEIVING SUCH SICK LEAVE; AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAU- MONT, TEXAS., BY ADDING SEC. 12-3.1, PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCY LEAVE, MILITARY LEAVE, AND LEAVE FOR JURY DUTY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. F BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: I. That Section 12-2 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 12--2. Same - Vacation leave. ttAll permanent full-time employees of the City, except classified employees under the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service Act, shall be allowed vaca- tion leave with full pay in accordance with the fol- lowing rules and policy: "(a) Such employees shall earn one working day vacation for each calendar month of service, so as to total twelve (12) working days vacation for each twelve (12) calendar months of service. Employees shall receive one additional working day vacation for every five (5) full calendar years of continuous serv- ice with the city. Employees who earn fifteen (15) days of sick leave as provided for in Section 12-3, in a calendar year, and who do not use more than five (5) days of sick leave during said year, will have two (2) extra working days added to their_ vacation for the - following year; however, this shall not apply to sick leave earned prior to January 1, 1961. tt(b) An employee who enters the service before the 16th or leaves after the 15th of the month shall earn a day of vacation.for that month. It(c) Employees may accumulate vacation leave of not more than twenty-four (24) working days. tt(d) No vacation leave shall be taken in any calendar year unless such vacation was accumulated as of the first day of January of that year. No vacation leave can be taken by an employee until that employee has completed .one year of'service with the city, and then only such vacation leave as was accumulated as of the first day of January. (15) working days to an employeets credit for each twelve (12) calendar months. tt(b) An employee who enters the service before the 16th or leaves after the 15th of the month shall earn a day .of sick leave for that month. tt(c) Employees may accumulate sick leave of not more than ninety (90) working days. tt(d) Sick leave begins to accrue upon em- ployment., but may not be used by an employee until that employee has completed one year of service with the city. tt(e) An employee shall not be entitled to be paid for unused sick leave upon termination of em- ployment with the city. n(f) Sick leave may be used only for absence from duty because of personal illness, legal quarantine or illness in the immediate family. Immediate family shall include -father, mother, husband, wife, child, father-in-law, mother"in-law, brother or sister, or any relative living in the same household; however, sick leave shall not be used for absence due to pregnancy or complications thereof. tt(g) Absence because of illness in employees immediatefamily must be verified by certificate issued by a private physician. It(h) City employees who are absent from work because of illness are responsible for having their absence reported to their department head by not later than 9:00 otclock a.m. of the day of absence. Any city employee who fails to follow this regulation shall be penalized by having his sick leave charged to leave without pay. The absenteeism because of illness of city employees will be spot. -checked from time to time by the health department. It(i) After .an employee's accumulated sick leave has been exhausted, and when requested, accrued vacation leave may be used as sick leave. When absence due to illness exceeds the amount of paid leave earned and authorized, the pay of the employee shall be dis- continued until he returns to work. tt(j ) Employees who consistently use their sick leave as it is earned, or who fail to accumulate it, may be dismissed from the service. tt(k) Employees who become ill during the period of their vacation may request that their vacation be temporarily terminated and the time of illness charged, to sick leave. Vacation days unused may then be taken later in the year at such time as may be designated by the -employee's department head. The department head may require satisfactory proof of illness. tt(1) Upon return to duty after a period of sick leave an employee shall sign a certificate .of ill- ness confirming the number of days he was absent with pay. -3- Lr'i C:1 fd tt(e) Employees who have completed twelve (12) months:service with the city shall be paid for any earned but unused vacation upon termination of their service with the city not to exceed twenty --four (24) days. Employees who leave the employment of the City before completing twelve (12) months service shall not be entitled to any vacation pay. It(f) Department heads will develop vacation schedules in conformance with the policy of scheduling vacations over as wide a period as possible, in order to obviate the need for a temporary increase in per- sonnel . tt II. That the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered Section 12-2.1, which said section reads as follows: "Section 12.-2.1. Same w Holidays. It(a) The following are designated as holidays to be observed for all city employees occupying permanent positions: (1) New Year's Day; (2) Texas Independence Day; (3) Good Friday; (4) Memorial Day; (5) Independence Day;- (6) Labor Day; (7) Thanksgiving Day; (8) Christmas Day. st(b) If the holiday falls on a Sunday, it will be observed on Monday; if the holiday falls on Sat- urday, it will not be observed. t'(c) Holidays falling in the vacation period of an employee will not be counted as part of the - vacation leave of that employee.tt That Section 12--3 of the Code of . Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended t-o read as follows: ''Section 12-3. Same - Sick leave. ttAll permanent full --time employees of the city, except classified employees under the Firemen's and Policemen's ,Civil Service Act, shall be allowed sick leave with full pay in accordance with the following rules and policy: "(a) Such employees shall earn one working day of sick leave for each calendar month of service, with an extra working day of sick leave for each four (4) calendar months..of service, so as to total fifteen -2- IV. That the Code .of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered Section 12.-3.1, which said section reads as follows: "Section 12-L3.1. Same .- Emergency leave, military leave, and jury duty. If(a) All employees except part. -time, seasonal and temporary employees, may be granted emergency leave with pay for a period not to exceed three (3). days in case of death in their immediate family, as defined in Section 12-.3. This leave shall be charged against employees? sick leave. Part --time, seasonal, and temporary employees may be granted a leave of absence without pay in such cases. t?(b) Employees in permanent positions who are ordered by competent military authority to short tours of military duty, not to exceed fifteen (15) days annually, shall be paid their regular pay while on such leave. It(c) Employees who are required by due process of, law to render jury service shall receive their regular pay during such peri.od.tt V. All ordinances or- parts -of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 1962.. PASSED by the City Council this 20th day of February, A,.D. -- Mayor -- ppk) `+ CVM,