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he or she may be granted permission to take any unused vacation leave benefits he <br />or she may have accrued. <br />G. Notice. The 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 departmental regulations. When the <br />absence is more than three (3) consecutive working days, the employee must <br />present to his or her Executive Director a physician's certificate stating the cause <br />of illness and that, in the physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work <br />because of such illness or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to <br />safely return to work. Such certificate shall be transmitted to the Executive Director <br />of Human Resources with the report of the employee's return to work. <br />A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or <br />injury may be required after an absence of any duration less than three (3) 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 />misconduct; or, sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment other <br />than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or by <br />reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other compensation. <br />I. Excess Usage. If sick, leave is used in excess of that due and available an employee, <br />such excess sick leave will, first, be deducted from any available vacation leave <br />benefit; second, from the next scheduled salary payment. <br />J. Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to 48 <br />hours of sick leave per calendar year, on a non -cumulative basis, as personal <br />necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to attend to an <br />illness of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee or as further specified below. <br />As used in this section, "child" means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a <br />stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; "parent" <br />means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian; and <br />"immediate family" means any member of the employee's household related by <br />blood or marriage; a parent, parent -in-law, spouse, child, brother, sister, <br />grandparent, or grandchild of the employee, regardless of residence; any other <br />relative of the employee by blood or marriage, where it can be established by the <br />employee that the employee's presence is required to handle emergency <br />arrangements and/or other matters. <br />SAN`rA ANA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (SAMA) MOi1: 2019-2022 <br />55D-39 <br />