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extent possible. If the employee remains off work longer than fourteen (14) <br />days due to the same workers' compensation related illness or injury, the <br />employee will have the three (3) sick days used re -credited back to his/her <br />account. The City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits for <br />such illness or injury starting on the fourth (41) day. <br />c. The City may authorize employees to use sick leave, vacation, or <br />compensatory time for approved workers' compensation medical <br />appointments as specified herein. The City may authorize use of such leave <br />for City approved medical appointments whenever such appointments <br />cannot be secured outside the employee's regular workday, and salary <br />continuation or workers' compensation benefits are not available. <br />D. Limit <br />Sick accrual will be capped at sixteen hundred (1600) hours. <br />Sick leave usage shall be charged in minimum increments of a half (0.5) hour. <br />Fractional usage under a half (0.5) hour shall be rounded up to the next higher <br />multiple of a half (0.5) hour. <br />E. Extended Use <br />The City Manager may grant medical leave of up to six (6) months without pay to <br />an employee who has exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave if a licensed <br />physician indicates that the employee will be sufficiently recovered to return to <br />his/her employment within a six (6) month period. Prior to the expiration of the <br />additional time, the employee may return to his/her position provided that the <br />employee has a medical certificate from a licensed physician stating that the <br />employee is able to return to work and perform all the duties of his/her position <br />without work restrictions. In addition to the above, the City Manager may grant an <br />additional extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year without pay. <br />F. Extension by Use of Accrued Compensatory Time Off and/or Vacation <br />After an employee's sick leave has been exhausted, he/she may be granted <br />permission to first use any unused accumulated compensatory time off benefits and <br />then any unused accumulated vacation leave. <br />G. Notification of Use <br />An employee taking sick leave shall notify his/her immediate supervisor prior to <br />the time he/she is scheduled to report for duty, or as otherwise established by his/her <br />department. <br />2019-2022 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit �.. Page 58 <br />