CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2019-2022)

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above, the City Manager may grant a further extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year without pay. Extension by Use of Accrued Compensatory Time Off and/or Vacation. After an employee's sick leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to use, first, any unused compensatory time off benefits, then, any unused vacation leave benefits he or she may have accrued. G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate supervisor either prior to or within four (4) hours after the time he or she is scheduled to report for duty, or as otherwise established by departmental regulations. When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive working days, the employee must present to his or her Department Head a physician's certificate stating that, in the physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work because of such illness or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to safely return to work. A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or injury may be required after an absence of any duration less than three (3) days, H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from duty because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful misconduct; or, sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment of her than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or by reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gam or other compensation, Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available an employee, such excess sick leave will, first, be deducted from any available compensatory time off benefit; second, from any available vacation leave benefit; finally, deducted from the next scheduled salary payment. Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to 48 hours of sick leave per calendar year, on a non- cumulative basis, as personal necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to attend to an illness of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee. As used in this section, "child" means a CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: JANUARY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022 Page 46 #10865v2