contract between the city of cleveland local 100, afscme ohio council ...

82. Upon retirement or death, an employee or his legal representative shall have the right to
convert his unused accumulated paid sick leave into cash at the rate of one (1) day's pay for each
three (3) days of unused accumulated paid sick leave. The pay rate used shall be the three (3)
year average of earnings, overtime and longevity pay divided by two thousand eighty (2080)
hours.
83. Each pay period the employee's pay stub shall show the amount of his unused
accumulated sick leave, vacation leave and personal leave (floating holidays) and compensatory
time.
84. An employee who is injured on the job shall have the option of using his sick leave,
workers' compensation benefits or his vacation, whichever he prefers.
Unpaid Medical Leave
85. An employee shall be granted a leave of absence without pay, for a period not to exceed
six (6) months, because of personal illness, injury or pregnancy, including postpartum periods,
supported by medical evidence satisfactory to the City if the employee is on sick leave without
pay in excess of one (1) full pay period and/or the employee has made application in accordance
with Paragraph Eighty-Seven (87) of this Contract. If the illness, injury or pregnancy, including
postpartum recovery periods, continues beyond six ( 6) months, the City may grant additional
medical leave under this paragraph upon the submission of medical documentation. An
employee on unpaid medical leave is expected to keep the City informed as to the progress of his
or her illness, injury or pregnancy, including postpartum recovery period, as circumstances
allows. Any employee who has been on unpaid medical leave may be required to submit to and
pass a physical examination before being permitted to return to work.
VOLUNTARY SICK LEAVE CONTRIBUTION
86. Employees who are not on an absence abuse list shall be entitled to voluntarily contribute
earned but unused, accumulated paid sick leave for the use of another bargaining unit employee
who is experiencing a serious health condition as defined by the FMLA; who must have
exhausted his own sick leave, vacation and personal leave; and, who must not be on the absence
abuse list. The following conditions shall apply:
[a]
[b]
An employee may contribute up to a maximum of forty ( 40) hours, per employee,
of his accumulated paid sick leave but must retain at least one hundred (1 00)
hours of accumulated leave after any contribution. Sick leave may be contributed
in not less than eight (8) hour increments. The employee so contributing his paid
sick leave shall have such contributed time deducted from his accumulated sick
leave balance.
Any agreement to contribute must be in writing and signed by the contributing
employee and his Union representative and subject to final approval by the City's
Office of Labor Relations. A copy of the agreement will be placed in each
employee's file.
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