Ebert v. Stark County Board of Mental Retardation

The primary question presented herein is whether the board had authority to adopt a sick leave policy which granted benefits greater than those prescribed by R. C. 124.38. This section provides, in pertinent part, that “** *each employee in the various offices of the county* * * shall be entitled for each completed eighty hours of service to sick leave of four and six-tenths hours with pay. * * * Unused sick leave shall be cumulative without limit.***” (Emphasis added.)

The board maintains that the foregoing provision grants it the authority to afford its employees sick leave credit pursuant…