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because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful misconduct; or, sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment other than employment by the City,for monetary gain or other compensation,or by reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other compensation. 1. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available to an employee,such excess sick leave will,first,be deducted from any available vacation leave benefit; finally, deducted from the next scheduled salary payment. J. Personal Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to forty-eight(48)hours of sick leave per calendar year,on a non-cumulative basis,as personal necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to attend to an illness of a child,parent, spouse, or registered domestic partner of the employee. As used in this section, a child means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; and a parent means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian of an employee or the employee's spouse or registered domestic partner,or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child. This section also applies to the employee's grandparent, grandchild, or sibling. California's Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 (AB1522) also known as California's Paid Sick Leave Law,required the City to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees upon oral or written request,within the parameters of the law, for the following purposes: • Diagnosis, care,or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventative care for an employee or an employee's qualified family member; Specified purposes for an employee who is a victim or domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Up to five (5) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: (a) to attend to a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family;(b)childbirth;(c) to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or other valuable property;or (d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the employee's control make it impractical for him or her to report for duty. For the purposes of this section only, a "day" shall be defined as the number of hours of work that an employee is required to work according to his or her specific workday schedule. K. Payment for Unused Sick Leave. 1. Payment criteria and limitations. Upon non-disciplinary termination of employment after ten (10) years of cumulative full-time service with the City,each qualified employee shall be 31