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ORDINANCE NS-2232 345 <br />Page 39 <br /> <br />employee as follows: <br /> <br />(i) <br /> <br />Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (iii) of <br />this subsection, deduction shall be made from the <br />employee's accumulated sick leave for the first <br />three days that the employee is absent due to an <br />injury or disease compensable under the Act unless <br />the period of such absence equals or exceeds four- <br />teen (14) days. In the event the period of such <br />absence does equal or exceed fourteen (14) days, <br />sick leave which has been deducted from accrued <br />sick leave shall be reaccredited to accrued sick <br />leave, and all days absence due to such injury or <br />disease which had been accounted as sick leave <br />shall be converted to industrial injury leave. <br /> <br />(ii) <br /> <br />If the employee has no accumulated leave, it shall <br />be advanced and deduction shall be made from any <br />subsequently earned until the total amount advanced <br />has been recovered. If the employee should leave <br />the employment of the City prior to recovery of the <br />sick leave advanced, adjustment shall be made of <br />any final paycheck, if practicable. <br /> <br />(iii) <br /> <br />In the event that the injury or disease results in <br />immediate hospitalization, no sick leave will be <br />applicable and industrial injury leave will com- <br />mence immediately. <br /> <br /> (d) Any period of time during which an employee is required <br />to be absent from his or her position by reason of an injury or <br />disease for which the employee is entitled to receive compensation <br />shall not be considered a break in his or her continuous service <br />for the purpose of his or her right to salary adjustments, sick <br />leave, vaqation, or seniority. <br /> <br />Sea. 9-169. Payment for unused sick leave. <br /> <br /> Upon retirement, an employee who meets the following condi- <br />tions is eligible for payment for a portion of the unused sick <br />leave which he or she has accumulated: (1) the employee has been <br />credited for retirement purposes with a minimum of ten (10) years <br />of cumulative service with the City of Santa Ana; and (2) retire- <br />ment under the city's contract with the Public Employees' Retire- <br />ment System of the State of California shall be a service retire- <br />ment, as distinguished from a disability retirement. Such employee <br />shall be entitled to payment for one-third (1/3) of the total sick <br />leave benefit credited to his or her account upon his or her <br />effective date of retirement and at the rate of pay, effective on <br />that date. The maximum limit for this payment shall not be affected <br />by changes in the maximum limit of sick leave accumulation as set <br /> <br />39 <br /> <br /> <br />