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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 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 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 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, an employee on leave of absence for service -connected illness or injury who is 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. For purposes of computing sick leave accruals, an eight (8) hour day shall be the basis for computation. C. Authorized Only When Necessary. 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 J below. When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused a non -sworn employee's absence, for which benefits are required under the State Workers' Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid sick leave will be allowed such employee during the first three (3) days of the statutory waiting period. If the workers' compensation related illness or injury continues past the initial three (3) consecutive days, the employee will have the three (3) used sick days recredited to his or her account. Paid sick leave will continue until the fourth (41) day when the City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits for such illness or injury. If the employee does not have sufficient accumulated sick leave at the commencement of such industrial illness or injury, they will be advanced sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the City will deduct an equal amount previously advanced from any sick leave accrued by the employee until the total amount is recovered. If the employee terminates before recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City will deduct the unrecovered cost 27 #1114M