CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2022-2025)

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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, injury, medical, or dental appointment that prevents the employee from performing the duties of their 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, one (1), eight (8) hour working day of sick leave for each full calendar month of service in which they are 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. 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. C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be authorized as follows: Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at their discretion, but shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness or disability, or as authorized in Section 11.1(J). 2. When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused an employee's absence, for which benefits are required under the State Workers' Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid sick leave shall 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 shall have the three (3) used sick days recredited to their account if the employee remains off work longer than fourteen (14) days. Paid sick leave shall continue until the fourth (4th) 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 shall be advanced sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the City shall deduct an equal amount previously advanced fiom 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 shall deduct the unrecovered cost of sick leave from such terminated employee's final paycheck, to the extent possible. CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU; JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025 Page M