City Code Section
- A. Employers with a minimum of 6 Employees shall provide Employees with a minimum of one hour of paid Sick Time for every 30 hours of work performed by the Employee, within the geographic boundaries of the City, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
- B. Employers with a maximum of 5 Employees shall provide Employees with a minimum of one hour of unpaid Sick Time for every 30 hours of work performed by the Employee, within the geographic boundaries of the City, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.
- C. Employees who are paid base wage plus piece rate, tips or commission shall accrue and be paid Sick Time based on the base wage.
- D. Salaried executive, administrative or professional Employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act or the state minimum wage and overtime laws will be presumed to work 40 hours in each work week for purposes of earning and accruing Sick Time unless their normal work week is less than 40 hours, in which case Sick Time is earned and accrued based upon that normal work week.
- E. Employees who travel to the City and make a stop as a purpose of conducting their work accrue benefits under this Chapter only for the hours they are paid to work within the City.
- F. Employees may accrue a maximum 40 hours of Sick Time in a Year, unless the Employer provides, or is contractually obligated to provide, more. Sick Time equivalent to this amount may be given at the beginning of a Year to meet this requirement for accrual.
- G. Sick Time accrued by an Employee that is not used in a calendar year may be used by the Employee in the following Years. An Employer is not required to allow an Employee to carry over accrued hours in excess of 40 hours.
- H. If an Employee is transferred by an Employer to a separate division, entity or location of the Employer within the City, the Employee is entitled to all Sick Time accrued at the prior division, entity or location and is entitled to transfer and use all Sick Time as provided in this Chapter. If a Sick Time equivalent is given at the beginning of a Year, in accordance with Subsection G. of this Section, the Employer is not required to allow an Employee to carry over accrued hours.
- I. Accrued Sick Time shall be retained by the Employee if the Employer sells, transfers or otherwise assigns the business to another Employer and the Employee continues to work in the City.
- J. An Employer shall provide previously accrued and unused Sick Time to an Employee who is rehired by that Employer within six months of separation from that Employer. The Employee shall be entitled to use previously accrued Sick Time immediately upon re-employment.
- K. An Employer with a minimum of 6 Employees who provides a minimum of 40 hours in a Year of paid time off through a PTO policy, or an Employer with a maximum of 5 Employees who provides a minimum of 40 hours per Year of unpaid time off, that can be used under the same provisions of this Chapter, is not required to provide additional Sick Time.
- L. Sick Time will begin to accrue for Employees who are employed on the date this ordinance takes effect on the effective date. New Employees shall begin accruing Sick Time on commencement of employment.
- M. An Employer with a Sick Leave or PTO policy in effect that provides the Employee with accrual of Sick Time that equals or exceeds the requirements of this Section is compliant with this Section.