Sick Leave Paid Based on Every 3 Unused Days

The council has introduced an ordinance that would limit the amount of sick time township employees can accrue and be paid for after their retirement.

“The council had asked us to prepare the ordinance for non union members covered through our policy with a cap on sick time accrual and amount that can be spent for days and rate,” township administrator James Naples said.

Naples said the policy would be in effect for both retirements and resignations.

Union members are already seeing these limits in accruals in their contracts, but there was previously nothing to account for non-union members.

According to the current policy, employees who retire from the township see returns of one day’s pay for every three accumulated unused sick leave days based on the total maximum accumulation before reduction of 180 sick days.

The new ordinance changes that practice, by eliminating it for all sick days accrued after Jan. 1, 2013. They will still be paid on that ratio for days accrued as of Jan. 1.

Public hearing for the ordinance will be held April 1.

What do you think of the change?