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<br />scheduled to report for duty, or as otherwise established by departmental <br />regulations. When the absence is more than three (3) consecutive working days, <br />the employee must present to his or her Department Head a physician's certificate <br />stating that, in the physician's opinion, the employee could not report to work <br />because of such illness or injury and that the employee is sufficiently recovered to <br />safely return to work. Such certificate shall be transmitted to the Executive <br />Director of Personnel 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 />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; or, sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment <br />other than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or <br />by reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other <br />compensation. <br /> <br />T. 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, deducted from vacation leave; third, from <br />the next scheduled salary payment. <br /> <br />J. Necessitv Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to 36 <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, <br />"child" means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a <br />child of a person standing in loco parentis; "parent" means a biological, foster, <br />adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian; and "immediate family" means <br />any member of the employee's household related by blood or marriage; a parent, <br />parent-in-law, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild of the <br />employee, regardless of residence; any other relative of the employee by blood or <br />marriage, where it can be established by the employee that the employee's <br />presence is required to handle emergency arrangements and/or other matters. <br /> <br />This 36 hours of personal necessity leave also may be used: a) to attend to a <br />serious accident to a member of the employee's immediate family; b) childbirth; <br />c) to cope with imminent danger to the employee's family, home, or other <br />valuable property; or d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the <br />employee's control make it impossible for him or her to report for duty. <br /> <br />10.2 Militarv Leave. <br /> <br />A. Proof of Orders and Reinstatements. An employee shall be granted military leave <br />if he or she furnishes the Executive Director of Personnel Services satisfactory <br />proof of his or her order to report for duty. Upon return and upon showing of <br />proof of actual service pursuant to such orders, he or she will be reinstated as <br />provided by law. <br /> <br />2S <br />