SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) (2010-2013)

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future absence of any duration less than three (3) days. Such written notice shall be approved by the Department Head or designee and the stated reason therefore. H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from duty 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 an employee, such excess sick leave will, first, be deducted from any available compensatory time off benefit; second, from any available vacation leave benefit; finally, deducted from the next scheduled salary payment. J. Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to 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, or spouse of the employee. As used in this section, "child" means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian; and "immediate family" means any member of the employee's household related by blood or marriage; a parent, parent-in-law, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild of the employee, regardless of residence; any other relative of the employee by blood or marriage, where it can be established by the employee that the employee's presence is required to handle emergency arrangements and/or other matters. Up to three (3) 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 family, home, or other valuable property; d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the employee's control make it impossible for him or her to report for duty; or e) attend to medical or dental appointments for members of the employee's household. 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. Except in cases of disability retirement, upon non-disciplinary termination of employment after ten (10) years of cumulative full-time service with the City, each qualified employee shall be entitled to payment for one- third (1/3) of the total sick leave benefit credited to his or her account upon the effective date of such termination, not to exceed a maximum 45