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ARTICLE X <br /> <br />10.0OTHERLEAVESOF ABSENCE <br /> <br />10.1 Sick Leave. <br /> <br />Definition. Except as otherwise provided, below sick leave shall be deemed to <br />mean absence from duty of an employee because of illness, injury, medical, or dental <br />appointment that prevents the employee from performing the duties of his or her <br />position, and shall be deemed to include time in quarantine resulting from exposure <br />to a contagious disease. <br /> <br />Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn, one (1), eight (8) <br />hour working day of sick leave for each full calendar month of service in which he <br />is employed by the City with full pay; provided, however, any absence on sick leave <br />for a period of time greater than fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any one (1) <br />calendar month shall not be considered to be service entitling an employee to cam <br />sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the other provisions in this Article, sick leave shall <br />accrue to the credit of each employee to the extent that is not used. <br /> <br />Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be <br />authorized as follows: <br /> <br />Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at his or her <br />discretion, but shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness <br />or disability, or as authorized in Subsection J below. <br /> <br />When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused an employee's <br />absence, for which benefits are required under the State Workers' <br />Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid sick leave will be allowed such <br />employee during the first three (3) days of the statutory waiting period. If the <br />workers' compensation related illness or injury continues past the initial three <br />(3) consecutive days, the employee will have the three (3) used sick days <br />recredited to his or her account. Paid sick leave will continue until the fourth <br />(4th) day when the City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits <br />for such illness or injury. If the employee does not have sufficient <br />accumulated sick leave at the commencement of such industrial illness or <br />injury, they will be advanced sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the <br />City will deduct an equal amount previously advanced from any sick leave <br />accrued by the employee until the total amount is recovered. If the employee <br />terminates before recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City will deduct the <br />unrecovered cost of sick leave from such terminated employee's final <br />paycheck, to the extent possible. <br /> <br />39 <br /> <br /> <br />