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Extended. The City Manager may grant leave up to six (6) months without pay to an <br />employee who has exhausted all of his or her accrued sick leave if the City physician <br />or a licensed physician designated by the City Manager indicates that the employee <br />will be sufficiently recovered to return to his or her employment within a six (6) <br />month period. Prior to the expiration of the additional time, the employee may return <br />to his or her position provided that the employee has a certificate from one of the <br />above mentioned physicians stating that the employee is able to perform all the duties <br />of his or her 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 /> <br />Extension by Use of Accrued Compensator,/Time Off: After an employee's sick <br />leave has been exhausted, he or she may be granted permission to use any unused <br />compensatory time off benefits. <br /> <br />Notice. The employee taking sick leave shall notify his or her immediate supervisor <br />either prior to or within four (4) hours after the time he or she is scheduled to report <br />for duty, or as otherwise established by departmental regulations. When the absence <br />is more than three (3) consecutive ~vorking days, the employee must present to his <br />or her Department Head a physician's certificate stating the cause ofillness and that, <br />in the physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work because of such <br />illness or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to safely return to <br />work. Such certificate shall be transmitted to the Executive Director of Personnel <br />Services with the report of the employee's return to work. <br /> <br />A physician's certificate or other satisfactory written evidence of actual illness or <br />injury may be required after an absence of any duration less than three (3) days. <br /> <br />Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from duty <br />because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful <br />misconduct; or, sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment other <br />than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or by reason <br />of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other compensation. <br /> <br />Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available an employee, <br />such excess sick leave will first be deducted from any available compensatory time <br />off benefit; second, deducted from the next scheduled salary payment. <br /> <br />Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to 15 <br />hours of sick leave per calendar year, on a non-cumulative basis, as personal <br />necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to attend to an <br />illness of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee. As used in this section, "child" <br />means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a <br />person standing in loco parentis; "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, <br />a stepparent, or a legal guardian; and "immediate family" means any member of the <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br /> <br />