Everett Municipal Employees Local No. 113, AFSCME 3/17/2025

35 Section 6: Sick Leave While on Vacation It is understood and agreed that sick leave is to be used only in circumstances where an employee is scheduled to work and is unable to do so because of personal illness or injury. Therefore, if an employee becomes ill or injured once their vacation has commenced, vacation time will be deducted unless the employee provides certification of overnight hospitalization for which sick leave will be substituted for a regularly scheduled vacation day (one day for each night of hospitalization). However, if the employee notifies the Department Head or their designee prior to the commencement of the employee's vacation that said employee is ill or injured, sick leave may be used for any days which the employee would have been scheduled for vacation. In such cases, the vacation will be canceled and rescheduled, if possible, at a time mutually agreeable to the City and the employee. Section 7: Sick Leave and Vacation Accrual While Receiving Industrial Insurance Benefits It is understood and agreed that for the period in which an employee is receiving benefits pursuant to the Industrial Insurance Act, they shall not be entitled to accrual of sick leave and/or vacation time as set forth in Articles 11 and 13 of this Agreement. This section shall not prevent an employee from using sick leave or vacation benefits which have previously been earned to supplement the payment of industrial insurance benefits. For those hours of sick leave and/or vacation used to supplement industrial insurance benefits, the employee shall be entitled to accrue additional sick leave and/or vacation hours. Section 8: An employee's ability to work regularly and as scheduled is a requirement for continued employment. The City has the right to take corrective action to deal with unauthorized use of sick leave. Section 9: Subject to the Civil Service rules, the head of any department may discipline (including suspension or dismissal) any employee who uses sick leave under false pretenses. The City may request a doctor's statement for any sick leave provided there is evidence of unauthorized sick leave use. The request for the doctor's statement will be made following a determination of the possible sick leave abuse by a department head. Section 10: Employees who have successfully passed probation shall be allowed, upon separation, to receive in cash an amount equal to twenty (20%) of the value of their then existing sick leave accrual balances, up to the 960 hour yearly carryover cap.