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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VIII OF
CHAPTER TWO OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, ENTITLED, "PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE
CAREER SERVICE."
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, that Article VIII of Chapter 2 of the Code of
the City of Fairfax, Virginia, entitled, "Personnel Administration
for Employees in the Career Service," be and it hereby is amended
as follows:
Delete in its entirety subsection (b) of Section 2-47
and insert the following for that subsection:
"(b) The City grants annual and sick leave.
"(1) Annual Leave.
"Annual leave shall be granted full-time
employees for vacations, emergencies and other personal
uses and after a minimum of six months of continuous
service with the City. During the first six months of
employment, any time off from work under this category
shall be charged to Leave Without Pay unless circum-
stances warrant an exception by the City Manager. At
the completion of the first six months of employment,
annual leave accrued during that period will be credited
to the employee's account.
"Annual leave shall be accrued at the following
rates:
· . . with less than three years service, employee
earns four hours leave per pay period. .
· . . with less than fifteen years service, employee
earns six hours leave per pay period. . .
· . . with fifteen or more years service, employee
earns eight hours leave per pay period. . .
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"Except in cases of illness or emergencies, leave
must be approved in advance. The minimum leave incremen
is one hour. Each employee can accrue up to 30 days
annual leave or up to the number of days of annual leave
which that employee had accrued as of the date of the
adoption of this ordinance, whichever is greater.
"Each full-time employee can carry over an accrued
annual leave balance up to said maximum accrued
annual leave from year to year during continuous service
Each employee shall be required to use a minimum of 10
days annual leave each year. If an employee fails to
use this amount, it will be deducted from his leave
balance on December 31 of each year.
"Leave accrued prior to July 1, 1974, shall be
reconstituted into annual and sick leave as accrued by
each employee as of that date. Leave accrued from
July 1, 1974, up to the date of adoption of this ordin-
ance shall be treated as annual leave.
"Payment for annual leave.
"Upon separation or retirement, full-time employe
with over six months continuous service shall be paid
for all accrued annual leave as defined hereinabove in
the manner set forth hereinafter. Up to a maximum of
30 days accrued annual leave shall be paid on the basis
of one day for each day of annual leave accrued.
Accrued annual leave in excess of 30 days shall be paid
on a ratio of one day for each two days accrued.
"(2) Sick Leave.
Sick leave shall be accrued by full-time
employees on a basis of four hours for each two week
pay period.
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"It is the policy of the City to grant sick leave to
employees for illness or injury of sufficient serious-
ness to prevent the employee's attendance for duty. Sic
leave is only to be used when actually warranted. When
there is reason to believe sick leave is being abused,
a licensed physician's certificate or written explana-
tion may be required of the employee by his/her super-
visor, his Department Head or the City Manager for the
period of absence.
"In each case in which an employee is unable because
of personal injury or illness to report to duty, it
shall be his responsibility to inform, or have someone
inform his responsible supervisor within four hours
after the time he is due at work on the initial day of
his incapacity. Failure to inform the responsible
supervisor, without reasonable extenuating circumstances
shall result in the absence being classified as
Unauthorized Leave.
"No payment will be made for sick leave accrued upon
separation or retirement from City service."
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
its passage by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
Introduced: September 16, 1975
Passed:
Attest:
C~t~ 'Clerk
October 20, 1975