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equal amount previously advanced from any sick leave accrued by the <br />employee until the total amount is recovered. If the employee terminates <br />before recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City will deduct the <br />unrecovered cost of sick leave from such terminated employee's final <br />paycheck, to the extent possible. <br />Commencing with Council approval of this MOU, the City may authorize <br />employees to use sick leave or vacation time for approved workers' <br />compensation medical appointments as specified herein. The City may <br />authorize use of such leave for City approved medical appointments <br />whenever such appointments cannot be secured outside the employee's <br />regular workday, and salary continuation or workers' compensation <br />benefits are not available. <br />D. Limit. <br />1. The maximum total accumulation of sick leave with pay shall be two <br />hundred fifty (250) eight (8) hour working days equal to two thousand <br />(2000) hours. Sick leave usage of less than a full day shall be charged in <br />minimum increments of one-half (1/2) hour, with fractional usage rounded <br />upward to the next higher multiple of one-half (1/2) hour. <br />2. The total amount of accumulated sick leave permitted to be compensated or <br />converted to employee's Retirement Health Savings Account as specified <br />herein under Subsection 10.1 (K) of this Article at the time of non - <br />disciplinary termination shall not exceed one thousand two hundred (1200) <br />hours. <br />E. Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six (6) months without pay to <br />an employee who has exhausted all of his or her accrued sick leave if a licensed <br />physician designated by the City Manager indicates that the employee will be <br />sufficiently recovered to return to his or her employment within a six (6) month <br />period. Prior to the expiration of the additional time, the employee may return to <br />his or her position provided that the employee has a certificate from the designated <br />physician stating that the employee is able to perform all the duties of his or her <br />position without qualification. In addition to the above, the City Manager may <br />grant a further extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year without pay. <br />F. Extension by Use of Vacation. After an employee's sick leave has been exhausted, <br />SANTA ANA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (SAMA) MOU: 2019-2022 <br />55D-38 <br />