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<br />ARTICLE XI <br /> <br />11.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> <br />11.1 Sick Leave. <br /> <br />A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick <br />leave shall be deemed to mean absence from duty of an <br />employee because of non-industrial illness or injury that <br />prevents the employee from performing the duties of his <br />or her position, and shall be deemed to include time in <br />quarantine resulting from non-duty related exposure to a <br />contagious disease. <br /> <br />B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall <br />earn, eight (8) hours of sick leave for each full <br />calendar month of service in which he or she is employed <br />by the City with full paYj provided, however, any absence <br />on sick leave for a period of time greater than fifteen <br />(15) consecutive calendar days in anyone (1) calendar <br />month shall not be considered to be service entitling an <br />employee to earn sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the <br />other provisions in this Article, sick leave shall accrue <br />to the credit of each employee to the extent that it is <br />not used. Notwithstanding the foregoing, employees on <br />leave of absence for service-connected illness or injury <br />who are covered by the provisions of Labor Code Section <br />4850, shall continue to accumulate eight (8) hours of <br />sick leave for each full calendar month of service for <br />which he or she is employed by the City with full pay <br />during said absence for service-connected illness or <br />injury. <br /> <br />C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by <br />City employees shall be authorized as follows: <br /> <br />1. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use <br />at his or her discretion, but shall be allowed only <br />in cases of necessity and actual sickness or <br />disability, or as authorized in Subsection J below. <br /> <br />2. With respect to "miscellaneous-member" employees <br />covered by this Agreement, when such an employee's <br />absence is caused by an industrial illness or <br />injury, for which benefits are required to be <br />provided under the State Workers' Compensation <br />Insurance and Safety Act, the City shall pay 100% <br /> <br />39 <br />