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ARTICLE XI 11.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE 11.1 Sick Leave. A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick leave shall be deemed to mean absence from duty of an employee because of non -industrial illness or injury that prevents the employee from performing the duties of his or her position and shall be deemed to include time in quarantine resulting from non - duty related exposure to a contagious disease. B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn, eight (8) hours of sick leave for each full calendar month of service in which he or she is employed by the City with full pay; provided, however, any absence on sick leave for a period of time greater than fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any one (1) calendar month shall not be considered to be service entitling an employee to earn sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the other provisions in this Article, sick leave shall accrue to the credit of each employee to the extent that it is not used. Notwithstanding the foregoing, employees on leave of absence for service - connected illness or injury who are covered by the provisions of Labor Code Section 4850, shall continue to accumulate eight (8) hours of sick leave for each full calendar month of service for which he or she is employed by the City with full pay during said absence for service -connected illness or injury. C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be authorized as follows: 1. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at his or her discretion, but shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness or disability, or as authorized in Subsection .i below. 2. With respect to "miscellaneous -member" employees covered by this MOU, when such an employee's absence is caused by an industrial illness or injury, for which benefits are required to be provided under the State Workers' Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, the City shall pay 100% of salary for the first three (3) days of such absence and sick leave shall not be debited. D. Limit. The maximum total accumulation of sick leave with pay shall be 1600 hours. Sick leave usage of less than a full day shall be charged in minimum increments of one-half (1/2) hour, with fractional usage rounded upward to the next higher multiple of one-half (1/2). E. Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six months without pay to an employee who has exhausted all of his or her accrued sick leave if a licensed physician designated by the City Manager indicates that the employee will be sufficiently recovered to return to his or her employment within a six (6) months wt