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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ARTICLE XI <br /> <br /> <br /> 11.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> <br /> 11.1 Sick Leave. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees <br /> shall be authorized as follows: <br /> <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOLI: 2010 - 2012 Page 38 <br /> 25E-40 <br />