Employee Manual 2025 - Flipbook - Page 36
2.
Personal Leave Days: A full-time employee working on a scheduled 37.5 or 40
hour work week shall be entitled to 3 personal leave days per fiscal year subject
to departmental approval. Administrative supervisory personnel shall be
entitled to 4 personal leave days each fiscal year. Personal leave days may not
be carried over from fiscal year to fiscal year and no pay-offs will be made upon
separation from employment.
3.
Educational Leave: Upon recommendation of the department head and
approval of the city manager, a non-probationary full-time employee may be
granted special leave for continuing their formal education, provided that the
work of the employee may be rescheduled so as not to interfere with the
proper operation of the department or the administration of the City. The leave
may be charged against vacation leave or the work schedule may be adjusted
to provide for the completion of the ordinary work week.
Maternity Leave: A maximum of one (1) year maternity leave of absence will be
granted to full-time employees. Leave is to commence when a physician
declares the employee to be unable to continue their employment and to expire
when the patient obtains a doctor’s release and is declared capable of returning
to work. As soon as notification has been received from the employee’s doctor
that they will be able to return to work at a given date, the employee must
notify their supervisor to confirm that they will be returning to their position
and, at this time, the temporary employee hired in the interim (or temporarily
transferred to this position) will be notified of the date the full-time employee
will return.
Any employee eligible under the terms of the disability insurance policy, will
receive disability benefits during the time of disability in accordance with the
terms of the policy underwritten by the City’s insurance carrier whether or not
said employee is declared to be full-time (thereby being guaranteed the return
of her position upon the end of disability).
4.
Parental Leave. Any employee (full-time, ¾ - time or year-round part-time) will
be granted 4 weeks of paid family leave in the event of the birth of their child
or adoption of their child. Multiple births or adoptions at the same time
constitute only 1 leave of 4 weeks. Leave must be taken at one time and cannot
be taken in shorter segments. Leave must be taken within 12 weeks of the birth
or adoption of the child(ren). This paid family leave is in coordination with
FMLA and not in addition to FMLA.
5.
Absence Without Leave. No employee shall absent themselves from duty
without permission of the department head. In case of illness, the employee
shall notify the office by telephone or messenger promptly. Absence from duty
without leave for three (3) consecutive days shall be deemed a resignation from
City service by the absentee. Upon a report of such absence by the department
City of Plymouth Employee manual - Page 36 – May 2025
