Personal Day Earning And Use. Employees shall accrue eight (8) hours of personal day leave with straight time pay each fiscal year at January 1st. In addition, Employees may earn an additional eight (8) hours of straight time pay for every fiscal quarter (i.e., January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December) that such an Employee does not use any sick time. Employees on probation shall earn personal days, but shall not be able to take them until after twelve (12) months have been completed. All accrued paid leave, except sick time, will count towards earning personal days; the taking of unpaid leave, or a suspension, shall prevent an Employee from earning a personal day in that fiscal quarter. The personal days earned by the Employee may be taken at any time or for any reason provided forty eight (48) hours' notice is given to the immediate supervisor, though the supervisor may refuse such leave for good cause. Personal days shall be granted on a first requested, first received basis. A personal day may be used with less than forty eight (48) hours' notice if approved by the Chief of Police or his designee. The Employee shall not have to provide a reason for taking the personal day. Personal days must be taken in at least one-half (½) shift increments, with the amount of hours dependent on the impacted Employee’s shift length. Personal days may be taken in less than half day/shift increments, at the discretion of the Chief of Police, with the amount of hours dependent on the impacted Employee’s shift length.
