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C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Sick leave is not a right which an employee <br />may use at his or her discretion, but shall be allowed only in cases of actual <br />sickness and disability, or necessity, as authorized in Subsection J below. <br />D. Limit. The total maximum accrual of sick leave with pay shall be four hundred <br />(400) hours, Sick leave usage of less than a full day shall be charged in <br />minimum increments of one-half (1h) hour, with fractional usage rounded <br />upward to the next higher multiple of one-half (1/2), <br />E. Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six (6) months without pay <br />to an employee who has exhausted all of his or her accrued sick leave if a <br />licensed physician designated by the City Manager indicates that the employee <br />will be sufficiently recovered to return to his or her employment within a six <br />(6) month period. Prior to the expiration of the additional time, the employee <br />may return to his or her position provided that the employee has a certificate <br />from one of the above mentioned physicians stating that the employee is able <br />to perform all the duties of his or her position without qualification. In addition <br />to the above, the City Manager may grant a further extension not to exceed a <br />total of one (1) year without pay. <br />F. Extension by Use of Accrued Compensatory Time Off. After an employee's sick <br />leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to use any <br />unused compensatory time off benefits or unused vacation leave. <br />G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate <br />supervisor either prior to or within four (4) hours after the time he or she is <br />scheduled to report for duty, or as otherwise established by departmental <br />regulations. When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive working <br />days, the employee must present to his or her Executive Director a physician's <br />certificate stating that, in the physician's opinion, the employee could not <br />report to work because of such illness or injury and that the employee is <br />sufficiently recovered to safely return to work. Such certificate shall be <br />transmitted to the Executive Director of Personnel Services with the report of <br />the employee's return to work. <br />A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness <br />or injury may be required after an absence of any duration less than three (3) <br />days. <br />H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from <br />duty because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful <br />26 <br />