A. Regular employees with less than three years’ continuous service shall be granted two working days per month leave with pay at the following rate per hour per pay period (0.09231). Regular employees with three years’ but less than five years’ continuous service shall be granted two and one-quarter working days per month with pay at the following rate per hour per pay period (0.10385). Regular employees with five years’ but less than seven years’ continuous service shall be granted two and three-quarters working days per month leave with pay at the following rate per hour per pay period (0.12692). Regular employees with seven years’ or more continuous service shall be granted three working days per month with pay at the following rate per hour per pay period (0.13846).

B. Leave can accrue from year to year up to a maximum accrued schedule of a limitation of 520 hours at the end of each calendar year specified by the Borough Mayor. Leave in excess of this limit at the end of the calendar year will be cashed out and paid to the employee during the month of January. Cash-ins due to the 520 maximum accrual rule do not count towards the three per year limit.

C. Department directors, or their designees, have the sole prerogative of approving or disapproving leave. Approval considerations shall be based upon department operating requirements, and the desire of the employee. Leave schedules may be amended to allow the department to meet emergency situations. Leave is not available for use in the pay period it is accrued. Employees are expected to maintain a 24-hour balance (based on FTE), for emergency/unanticipated use.

D. An employee who is unable to report for work for any reason without prior approval shall report the reasons for their absence within two hours from the time they were expected to report to work; failure to comply with this requirement will prohibit leave with pay for the absence. Supervisors may require a written statement from a physician to substantiate claims of illness.

E. Upon written request an employee may, three times per calendar year, receive 100 percent of the cash value of their accrued personal leave; provided, that a minimum of hours equal to three weeks (pro-rated to FTE) is maintained in the employee’s personal leave balance. Exceptions due to unusual or unforeseen circumstances may be made by the Borough Mayor or Chief of Staff. Unused accrued leave shall be compensated at the current base hourly rate at the time of resignation, layoff, or dismissal of an employee.

F. Leave may be donated to other FNSB regular employees only for catastrophic events, unforeseen emergencies/circumstances or illnesses. The Chief of Staff may authorize exception requests. Donating personal leave for payment of services or purchases or in lieu of cash transactions is expressly prohibited. (Ord. 2021-36 § 4, 2021; Ord. 2019-09 § 2, 2019; Ord. 2018-13 §§ 12, 13, 2018; Ord. 2015-58 § 2, 2015; Ord. 2015-34 §§ 16, 17, 2015; Ord. 2012-39 § 10, 2012; Ord. 2009-28 §§ 23, 24, 2009; Ord. 2003-58 § 18, 2003; Ord. 98-009 § 15, 1998; Ord. 94-050 § 5, 1994; Ord. 86-017 § 17, 1986; Ord. 84-102 § 2, 1985. 2004 Code § 2.24.411.)