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ARTICLE XI <br />11.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br />11.1 Sick Leave. <br />A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick leave shall be <br />deemed to mean absence from duty of an employee because of <br />illness, injury, medical, or dental appointment that prevents the <br />employee from performing the duties of his or her position, and shall <br />be deemed to include time in quarantine resulting from exposure to a <br />contagious disease. <br />B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn, one (1), <br />eight (8) hour working day of sick leave for each full calendar month <br />of service in which he is employed by the City with full pay; provided, <br />however, any absence on sick leave for a period of time greater than <br />fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any one (1) calendar month <br />shall not be considered to be service entitling an employee to earn <br />sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the other provisions in this Article, <br />sick leave shall accrue to the credit of each employee to the extent <br />that it is not used. <br />C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees <br />shall be authorized as follows: <br />1. 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 <br />actual sickness or disability, or as authorized in Subsection J <br />below. <br />2. When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused an <br />employee's absence, for which benefits are required under the <br />State Workers' Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid <br />sick leave shall be allowed such employee during the first three <br />(3) days of the statutory waiting period. If the workers' <br />compensation related illness or injury continues past the initial <br />three (3) consecutive days, the employee shall have the three <br />(3) used sick days recredited to his or her account if the <br />employee remains off work longer than fourteen (14) days. Paid <br />sick leave shall continue until the fourth (4th) day when the City <br />pays the employee workers' compensation benefits for such <br />illness or injury. If the employee does not have sufficient <br />accumulated sick leave at the commencement of such <br />industrial illness or injury, they shall be advanced sick leave for <br />CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOLI: 2010 - 2012 Page 38 <br />25E-40