Medical leave.
St. Louis Revised Code § 4.10.190
in effect4.10.190 - Medical leave.
(a) Medical leave with pay shall be granted to bi-weekly rate employees in permanent competitive positions working fifty (50) percent time or more in accordance with regulations and procedures established by the Director of Personnel.
(1) All employees, unless otherwise stated in this chapter, shall accrue three (3) hours of medical leave for each bi-weekly pay period of employment but must complete the entire pay period to accrue the medical leave at the end of said pay period. This accrual rate is established for employees working an average work week of forty (40) hours. Medical leave shall be computed on a proportionate basis for employees whose average work week is more or less than forty (40) hours. An eligible employee may be granted paid medical leave by his/her appointing authority after completing ninety (90) days of continuous service.
(2) Employees in Section 4.10.020(a) or Section 4.10.020(b) hired by the Police Division on or after September 1, 2013, shall accrue medical leave as stated above in Section 4.10.190(a)(1).
(3) Employees in Section 4.10.020(a) or Section 4.10.020(b) hired by the Board of Police Commissioners before September 1, 2013, shall be entitled to all of the sick and medical leave accrued during such employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.10.190(a), medical leave with pay shall be granted at the rate of three and seventy one-hundredths (3.70) hours bi-weekly to employees in Section 4.10.020(a) or Section 4.10.020(b) hired by the Board of Police Commissioners before September 1, 2013, employed by the City and continuously employed by the City on September 1, 2013.
(b) The Director of Personnel may establish a system of cash awards, paid time off or other incentives to reward employees for perfect and near perfect attendance.
(c) An appointing authority shall remove an employee from the payroll for unexcused absence in accordance with regulations and procedures established by the Director of Personnel. When an employee is docked from the payroll under the provisions of this section, the amount deducted from his/her regular bi-weekly rate of pay shall be one (1) times the regular hourly rate as defined in this chapter for each hour of unexcused absence. If an employee is docked from the payroll for one (1) hour or more in a bi-weekly pay period, he/she will cease to accrue medical leave for the pay period.
(d) If management decides to send their employees or a group of employees home due to inclement weather, they will not lose their medical leave accrual for that pay period.
(e) All leave with or without pay for illness, injury, or physical inability to perform assigned duties shall be recorded on the payroll or a subsidiary document in the manner established by the Director of Personnel. Compensation for periods of absence from work when an employee sustains an injury by accident on the job shall be governed by the provisions of Section 4.10.240 (Workers' compensation and disability leave) of this chapter.
(f) An employee who is reemployed from an authorized layoff shall have his/her prior medical leave balance and sick leave balance restored if any, provided any sick leave balance has not been credited to the employee's length of service in determining pension benefits paid to the retiree. An employee who is reemployed from an authorized layoff and who has a medical and/or sick leave balance and who completed twenty-six (26) weeks of continuous employment prior to the layoff may take approved medical and/or sick leave upon reemployment.
(g) Each appointing authority shall institute procedures, in accordance with regulations established by the Director of Personnel that will discourage the improper use of medical leave with pay. When an employee is removed from the payroll for absence not approved by the appointing authority, the employee shall be notified promptly in writing.
(h) Employees shall not receive payment for any medical leave balance, and it shall not be used in the calculation of retirement benefits or payments under this chapter or any other ordinance.
(i) There shall be no advancement of medical leave.
(Ord. No. 71963, § 19, 2-11-2025; Ord. No. 71686, § 19, 6-28-2023; Ord. No. 71512, § 19, 6-16-2022; Ord. No. 71099, § 19, 2-27-2020.)
Source: City of St. Louis, Missouri, Revised Code of the City of Saint Louis, 2020, Annotated, and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/st._louis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.10CLSEPL_4.10.190MELEFetched: 11/1/2026