Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 20.520 Defined.
20.520. - Defined.
The term "sick leave" as herein used shall mean any illness or injury incurred while said employee is actually in the service of the city. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 547.030)
SICK LEAVE
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances tit. 2, ch. 20, art. VIII
in effectMinneapolis Code of Ordinances § 20.530 Applications for leave.
20.530. - Applications for leave.
All applications to the city council by any employee regularly employed under the jurisdiction of the city council for leave of absence with pay, in excess of vacation, incidental sick leave, death in family, and physical disability allowance, all as set forth in the rules of the civil service commission, shall be granted only when accompanied by the following documents:
(a) A written communication from the head of the department with which said employee is connected, recommending that said application be granted;
(b) Certificate of a licensed physician stating the nature and cause of the illness or injury;
(c) Report of the city physician, or some physician designated by the civil service commission, giving the same information;
(d) Affidavit of the employee stating that the employee was physically unable to perform duties and giving the name and address of the attending physician and the names of witnesses who can testify as to the illness or injury. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 547.010; Pet. No. 249854, § 58, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 20.540 Accumulation.
20.540. - Accumulation.
The accumulation of any unused sick leave permitted by the civil service commission shall, if all of the provisions of the preceding section are complied with, be granted said employee as additional sick leave. In the event that any employee shall have received said maximum, they shall be granted no further or additional leave of absence, with pay, by the city council until and unless they shall have accumulated additional unused sick leave as permitted by the civil service commission, and then only to the extent of such accumulations of unused sick leave. This article shall not be construed as in any manner applying to employees of the city referred to in subdivision (f) of section 2 of Rule X of the rules of the civil service commission as of December 30, 1938. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 547.020; 89-Or-131, § 5, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 20.550 Sick leave credit pay plan.
20.550. - Sick leave credit pay plan.
(a) Eligibility. City employees with a sick leave balance of sixty (60) days or more on December 1, 2001, and each year thereafter shall be eligible to make an election to receive compensation for future earned sick leave.
(b) Election. On or before December 31 of each year commencing with 2001 eligible employees shall submit a sick leave credit pay plan election form to the human resources benefits department. An eligible employee must elect whether to receive a cash payment for all or any portion of sick leave that is earned during the calendar year immediately following the election. Such election is irrevocable. An eligible employee who fails to submit a sick leave credit pay plan election form to the human resources department on or before December 31 of each year shall be considered to have elected not to receive a cash payment for all or any portion of sick leave that is earned during the calendar year immediately following the election.
(c) Payment. Within sixty (60) days after the end of the calendar year immediately following the election, an eligible employee who has elected to receive cash payment shall be paid as follows:
(1) Accumulated sick leave of at least sixty (60) days, but less than ninety (90) days. Payment for sick leave days earned during the calendar year immediately following the election shall be at the rate of fifty (50) percent of the daily rate of pay in effect on December 31 of that year.
(2) Accumulated sick leave of at least ninety (90) days, but less than one hundred twenty (120) days. Payment for sick leave days earned during the calendar year immediately following the election shall be at the rate of seventy-five (75) percent of the daily rate of pay in effect on December 31 of that year.
(3) Accumulated sick leave of at least one hundred twenty (120) days. Payment for sick leave days earned during the calendar year immediately following the election shall be at the rate of one hundred (100) percent of the daily rate of pay in effect on December 31 of that year. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 540.221; 85-Or-226, § 2, 12-20-85; 90-Or-295, § 1, 11-21-90; 2001-Or-147, § 1, 12-14-01; 2001-Or-148, § 1, 12-14-01; 2003-Or-144, § 1, 12-15-03)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 20.560 Certain Charter and/or ordinance employees' eligibility.
20.560. - Certain Charter and/or ordinance employees' eligibility.
The following employees shall be eligible for the same sick leave benefits as employees in the classified service effective July 1, 1985:
City attorney
City engineer
Police chief
Planning director
Commissioner of health
Deputy planning director
City assessor
Fire chief
Coordinator
City clerk
Mayor's executive secretary
Budget director
Finance officer.
(85-Or-226, § 1, 12-20-85)
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