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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 their <br />account. The City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits for <br />such illness or injury starting on the fourth (4th) day. <br />c. Employees are permitted to use sick leave for a work related injury or <br />illness. The City may authorize employees to use vacation or compensatory <br />time for approved workers' compensation medical appointments as <br />specified herein. The City may authorize use of such leave for City <br />approved medical appointments whenever such appointments cannot be <br />secured outside the employee's regular workday, and salary continuation or <br />workers' compensation benefits are not available. <br />D. Limit <br />For all employees in the bargaining unit or who are currently employed by the City <br />in a full-time position at the time of City Council approval of this 2022-2025 MOU, <br />sick accrual will be capped at sixteen hundred (1600) hours. <br />For employees hired as new employees from outside the City into this bargaining <br />unit on or after the date of City Council approval of this 2022-2025 MOU, the <br />maximum amount of sick leave they may carry over into a calendar year is seven <br />hundred (700) hours. <br />Any sick leave accrual above seven hundred (700) hours will be converted into an <br />employee's Retirement Health Savings ("RHS") Plan account during the first full <br />pay period in January of each year. <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 their accumulated 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 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 their 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 />2022-2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit Page 51 <br />