Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 18-3239

• File #: 18-3239
• Version: 1
• Name: ALIGNING THE COOK COUNTY SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE WITH THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE POLICY
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/11/2018
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 7/25/2018
• Final action: 9/12/2018
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ALIGNING THE COOK COUNTY SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE WITH THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE POLICY BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 44, Human Resources, Article III Vacation and Sick Leave, Section 44-93 - Sick Leave is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 44-93. - Sick leave. (a) Eligible employees may use sick leave for illness, disability incidental to pregnancy or nonjob related injury to the employee; appointments with physicians, dentists, or other recognized practitioners; or for serious illness, disability, or injury, in the immediate family of the employee. Eligible employees on maternity or paternity leave may use sick leave during the first four (4) to six (6) weeks following childbirth, depending on the type of delivery. Use of sick leave during maternity or paternity leave may be extended upon the Leave Coordinator's receipt of a medical statement indicating that the employee is unable to return to work due t...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
9/12/2018	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
9/12/2018	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
7/25/2018	1	Board of Commissioners	refer as amended in the errata	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

ALIGNING THE COOK COUNTY SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE WITH THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE POLICY

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 44, Human Resources, Article III Vacation and Sick Leave, Section 44-93 - Sick Leave is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 44-93. - Sick leave.

(a) Eligible employees may use sick leave for illness, disability incidental to pregnancy or nonjob related injury to the employee; appointments with physicians, dentists, or other recognized practitioners; or for serious illness, disability, or injury, in the immediate family of the employee. Eligible employees on maternity or paternity leave may use sick leave during the first four (4) to six (6) weeks following childbirth, depending on the type of delivery. Use of sick leave during maternity or paternity leave may be extended upon the Leave Coordinator's receipt of a medical statement indicating that the employee is unable to return to work due to medical reasons.

(a) (b) Sick leave is granted by Cook the County because an employee is unable to perform his/her assigned duties, or because his/her presence at his place of work would jeopardize the health of co-workers. Accordingly, sick leave shall not be used for any purpose other than to cover an absence related illness and shall not be used as additional vacation leave.

(c) All eligible employees shall be granted sick leave with pay at the rate of one working day for each month of service. A month of service is one in which an employee is in a pay status for at least 15 working days in a calendar month. All eligible employees on a part-time work schedule shall be granted sick leave with pay proportionate to the time worked per pay period. Sick leave may be accumulated to equal, but at no time to exceed, one hundred seventy-five (175) working days. Records of sick leave credit and use shall be maintained by each office or department in the Cook Coun...