(a) Personal Days i. Employees hired before January 1, 1993 will be grandfathered with their current Personal Days.
(a) Personal Days. All eight-hour per day employees shall receive three (3) eight-hour personal days per calendar year and all 24-hour shift employees shall receive one (1) 24-hour personal day per calendar year to be made available at the beginning of each calendar year, which shall be granted upon advanced written notice to, and with permission of, the shift commander or pursuant to the rules specified in Section 15.4(b), which permission shall not unreasonably be denied. Eight-hour employees are allowed to carry one (1) personal day at year end into the next calendar year, however, all of the carried-over day must be utilized by May 1 of the year into which the day was carried, or it will be forfeited. 24-hour employees are allowed to carry up to one (1) personal day at year end into the next calendar year, however, all of the carried- over day must be utilized by May 1 of the year into which the day was carried, or it will be forfeited. Commencing each January 1, for eight-hour employees, one personal day is earned. Personal days are accumulated throughout the year. Personal days shall be tracked separately and are not included in the lump sum paid time off bank described in Section 15.2. For convenience of the employees, all personal days will be front loaded on January 1 of each calendar year. The amount of time off shall be pro-rated in an employee’s initial and terminal years of employment. In an employee’s final year of employment, the amount of personal time actually accrued will be reconciled at the time of separation. If the employee used more personal time off than had been earned, then the amount of excess time shall be deducted from the employee’s final earnings. The employee shall be responsible for repaying any amount still owed after the deduction from the final payroll. Employees may take personal time in two (2) hour increments. A person who retires or terminates employment will be required to reimburse the City for advance personal hours taken but not earned. A person who terminates and who has earned, but not taken, personal time shall be paid for such time, unless it has been forfeited as provided above.
