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

n, authorize cash payment to the legal beneficiaries of a member of the Police Department who, on or after January 1, 1990, suffered or suffers a duty-related death, for the balance of the member’s accumulated full-pay sick leave at 100% of the member’s salary rate on the date of the member’s death. In no instance shall a member or a member’s beneficiaries be compensated more than once for accumulated sick leave upon retirement, death, or death in the performance of duties of the member. If a member becomes separated from the service of either the Fire Department or the Police Department by reason of resignation and is thereafter employed by either department within seven days after the effective date of said resignation, the unused balance of all sick leave, accrued and accumulated in the department from which the member resigned, as of the effective date of such resignation, shall be restored. If a member of the Fire Department or Police Department was, within seven days prior to becoming a member, an employee of any department of the City, including an employee member of the Fire Department or Police Department, the unused balance of all sick leave accrued and accumulated in the department from which the member resigned, as of the effective date of such resignation, shall be restored. (c) Any unused balance of sick leave at 75% of full pay at the end of any calendar year and any unused balance of sick leave at 50% of 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 at 75% pay and 100 working days at 50% pay. All accrued sick leave at partial pay in excess of such maximum amounts shall be deemed waived and lost. (d) In all cases where such member is compelled to be absent from duty on account of such illness or injury, the member shall report the same as soon as practicable to the member’s appointing authority, and to the Medical Services Division of the Personnel Department. The appointing authority of a member receiving any benefits under this section may, in the appointing authority’s discretion and at such time as the appointing authority deems necessary, require such member to be examined by the Medical Services Division of the Personnel Department, which shall report its findings to said appointing authority.