Page 37 - Employee Handbook 1-2015 rev9

Your supervisor is authorized to approve sick leave only if the above conditions are
followed completely. Claiming sick leave under false pretenses is considered a flagrant
violation of City policy and may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination, in
which case all accrued sick leave will be forfeited.

Employees returning from extended sick leave or leave without pay during which there
has been major medical treatment will be required to provide a doctor's statement attesting to
their fitness for duty.

Unused sick leave at the time of retirement is added to years of pension service at the rate
of one month of credit for each 20 days of unused sick leave. One more month is allowed for any
part of 20 days left over. If employment ceases before the time of retirement, all unused sick
leave is forfeited.

Employees shall not be paid for any accrued and unused sick leave upon separation from
employment. Unless otherwise provided, accrued and unused sick leave shall be reinstated when
an employee returns from authorized leave without pay or when reinstated within five (5) years
from any type of separation.

The City Manager must approve all requests for advanced sick leave for employees who
are confronted with a major illness or injury and have exhausted all accrued leave. All advanced
sick leave shall be restored to the City by the employee through normal accrual upon the
employees return to work. Upon termination, any remaining advanced sick leave shall be
charged against the employee’s accrued leave balances. You may choose to use paid sick leave
in conjunction with unpaid FMLA leave.

In accordance with N.C.G.S. 160A-164.1, full time firefighters, police officers and other
employees identified as first responders shall be allowed to use sick leave for any adverse
medical reaction resulting from the employee receiving an employment vaccination against small
pox pursuant to Section 304 of the Homeland Security Act. If you are employed as firefighter or
a sworn police officer and you have an adverse medical reaction to an employment vaccination
against small pox or become infected with small pox or with vaccinia, you will be treated as any
other employee with a compensable occupational disease under the North Carolina Workers’
Compensation Act.

E. Sick Leave Transfer

Full-time, benefits certified new hires coming to the City directly from a local or state
government organization who is a member of either the North Carolina Local Government
Employee Retirement System including Law Enforcement Officers, Legislative, Judicial,
Teachers’ or State Employees’ Retirement System, may have his/her sick leave balance
transferred to the City. Upon employment with the City and with proof of prior, eligible sick
leave balance, the employee will be immediately credited with his/her prior sick leave balance.

Rehires may be credited their sick time as long as they are rehired within 5 years.

City of Winston-Salem Employee Handbook November 2014 Revision 28