Sec. 4.176. Allowance of Sick Leave with Pay for Illness or Injury not Sustained in Course of Employment Accumulation.

Sec. 4.176. Allowance of Sick Leave with Pay for Illness or Injury not Sustained in Course of Employment Accumulation. (a) Every member of the Fire Department or Police Department shall be entitled to sick leave with full pay as herein provided if the member is compelled to be absent from the member’s work on account of any illness or injury other than that caused by or arising from the member’s own moral turpitude, or sustained in the course of or arising out of and proximately caused by the member’s duties as a city employee. Such sick leave shall be allowed as follows: Commencing December 27, 1970, during the calendar in which the member is appointed and during such subsequent calendar year, the member shall be allowed not to exceed 12 working days’ leave at full pay, five working days at 75% of full pay, and five working days at 50% of full pay, plus the days of sick leave accrued and accumulated in the manner set forth hereinbelow. As used in this section and in Section 4.178 of this Code, the term “ calendar year ” shall mean the period commencing on the first day of the payroll period during which January 1st occurs and ending on the day immediately preceding the first day of the payroll period during which the next succeeding January 1st occurs. The allowance of sick leave in this section provided for shall accrue and accumulate in the manner specified herein while the member is absent on military leave. (b) Any unused balance of sick leave at full pay at the end of any calendar year shall be carried over and accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of 100 working days, provided, however, that any sick leave at full pay remaining unused at the end of any calendar year, which if added to a member’s accumulated sick leave at full pay, will exceed 100 working days, shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year be compensated for by cash payment of 50% of the salary rate current at the date of payment.