Torrance Municipal Code Art. 36 Sick Leave

a) Sick leave with pay shall be granted to each permanent or probationary employee at the rate of one (1) work day for each calendar month of service.

b) Employees shall continue to accumulate sick leave credits while on industrial accident leave.

c) Unused sick leave may be accumulated to a total of not more than one hundred eighty (180) working days. Safety members of the Fire Department shall be deemed to have used two (2) days sick leave for each shift that they are absent from work on sick leave.

Sick leave shall be used only in case of sickness or disability of the employee or as specified in Section 14.36.5.

a) In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave, the employee shall notify his immediate supervisor in the manner provided in departmental rules and regulations.

b) When absence is for more than three (3) working days (2 shifts in the Fire Department), such absence must be verified by a written statement from an attending physician or a personal affidavit, filed with the Personnel Department, stating the cause of absence, and the employee shall furnish any other proof of sickness reasonably required by the City Manager or department head.

a) In the event an employee is absent on sick leave during part of a week and subsequently is required to work on the sixth or seventh day of the same week, he shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2). He may, however, be required to substantiate an illness by a written statement from an attending licensed physician or personal affidavit.

b) Said rule shall not apply where an employee is called out for emergency work after hours and the overtime rate shall apply regardless of sick leave taken during the week.

a) In case of serious illness or death of a member of the immediate family, the employee may be absent with pay upon proper notice not to exceed three (3) consecutive days or shifts (2 shifts in the Fire Department). If a death occurred out of state the employee may be absent with pay upon proper notice not to exceed five (5) consecutive working days or shifts (3 shifts in the Fire Department).

b) Immediate family for the purpose of this section shall be defined as: spouse, mother, mother-in-law, father, father-in-law, sister, brother, child or guardian.

c) Such time shall be deducted from the existing accumulated sick leave of the individual.

Upon return from sick leave, employees in classifications requiring heavy physical exertion or involving public safety may be required by the department head to report for an examination by the City Medical Examiner to determine fitness for duty.

a) In the event that an employee sustains an injury as a result of an industrial accident, arising out of and occurring in the course of his employment with the City the employee shall be entitled to not more than seven (7) consecutive calendar days industrial accident leave at his regular salary rate. This provision of subsection a) of Section 14.36.7. shall not apply to public safety members who are entitled to compensation pursuant to the provisions of a State Statute.

b) Thereafter, such employee shall be entitled to his accumulated sick leave with pay at his regular salary rate. Said sick leave pay shall equal the amount arrived at by subtracting from his regular salary rate any payments for such accident which the employee has received or is entitled to receive as Workman’s Compensation pursuant to the provisions of a State Statute.

c) Employees who are on industrial accident leave or who are on sick leave with pay as a result of an industrial accident shall continue to accrue seniority, sick leave and vacation benefits and shall be paid holiday pay the same as if they had been present for duty.

(Added by O-2101; Amended by O-3486)

The provisions of this Article shall not apply to employees in representation units where a Memorandum of Understanding covering these working conditions is in force.