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her account, The City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits <br />for such illness or injury starting on the fourth (0) day. <br />The City may authorize employees to use sick leave, vacation, or <br />compensatory time for approved workers' compensation medical <br />appointments as specified herein, The City may authorize use of such leave <br />for City approved medical appointments whenever such appointments <br />cannot be secured outside the employee's regular workday, and salary <br />continuation or workers' compensation benefits are not available. <br />D. Limit. Sick accrual will be capped at sixteen hundred (1,600) hours or two hundred <br />(200), eight (8) hour working days, Sick leave usage shall be charged in minimum <br />increments of a half (1/2) hour. Fractional usage under a half (1/2) hour shall be <br />rounded up to the next higher multiple of a half (1/2) hour. <br />E. Extended. The City Manager may grant medical leave of up to six (6) months <br />without pay to an employee who has exhausted all of his or her accrued sick leave <br />if a licensed physician indicates that the employee will be sufficiently recovered to <br />return to his or her employment within a six (6) month period. Prior to the <br />expiration of the additional time; the employee may return to his or her position <br />provided that the employee has a medical certificate from a licensed physician <br />stating that the employee is able to return to work and perform all the duties of his <br />or her position without work restrictions. In addition to the above, the City <br />Manager may grant an additional extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year <br />without pay. <br />F. Extension by Use of Accrued Compensatory Time Off and/or Vacation. After an <br />employee's sick leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to <br />first use any unused compensatory time off benefits and then any unused and <br />available vacation leave, <br />G. Notice. An employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate supervisor <br />either prior to or within four (4) hours after the time he or she is scheduled to report <br />for duty, or as otherwise established by his or her department. When the absence <br />is for more than three (3) consecutive working clays, upon return to work the <br />employee must present to his or her Department Head a physician's certificate <br />providing a medical opinion that the employee could not report to work because of <br />such illness or injury, and advising that the employee is sufficiently recovered to <br />safely retrun to work. Such certificate shall be forwarded to the Executive Director <br />of Personnel Services. <br />Upon written request by a Department Head or his designee to an employee, a <br />physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or <br />injury may be required after any future absence of any duration less than three (3) <br />days. Such written notice shall be approved by the Department Head or designee <br />and the stated reason therefore. <br />41 <br />