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E. Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six (6) months without pay to <br />an employee who has exhausted all of their accrued sick leave if a licensed <br />physician indicates that the employee will be sufficiently recovered to return to <br />their employment within a six (6) month period. Prior to the expiration of the <br />additional time, the employee may return to their position provided that they have <br />a certificate from their physicians stating that the employee is able to perform all <br />the duties of their position without qualification. In addition to the above, the City <br />Manager may grant a further extension not to exceed a total of one (1) year without <br />pay- <br />F. Extension by Use of Vacation. After an employee's sick leave has been exhausted, <br />they may be granted permission to take any earned vacation they may have accrued. <br />G. Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify their immediate supervisor not <br />less than one (1) hour prior to the time they are scheduled to report for duty. If after <br />three (3) consecutive days of sick leave usage and if sick leave abuse is suspected <br />based on articulable facts, an employee may be required to produce a physician <br />certificate verifying that the employee was sick. <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 for monetary gain or other compensation, or by reason of engaging in <br />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 to an <br />employee, such excess sick leave, will first be deducted from any available <br />compensatory time off benefit; second, from any available vacation leave benefit; <br />third, from any available holiday leave benefits; and finally, will be considered <br />leave without pay. <br />J. Personal Necessity Leave (Family Sick Leave per Labor Code section 233). Each <br />employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to forty-eight (48) hours of <br />sick leave per calendar year, on a non -cumulative basis. This leave may be used to <br />attend to an illness of a child, parent, spouse, registered domestic partner, <br />grandchild, grandparent, parent in law, or sibling of the employee. It can also be <br />used for a "designated person". A "designated person" is a person identified by the <br />employee at the time they request sick leave. An employee may designate one (1) <br />person per twelve (12) month period. As used in this section, "child" means a <br />biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person <br />standing in loco parentis; and "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, <br />a stepparent, or a legal guardian. <br />Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: (a) to attend to a <br />serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family; (b) childbirth; <br />(c) to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or other valuable <br />property; or (d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the <br />employee's control make it impractical for them to report for duty. For the purposes <br />41 <br />