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clays. 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 because of sickness or injury sustained while engaged in employment, other than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation; or due to other reasons resulting from engaging in any business or activity for the purpose of personal monetary gain or other compensation. 1. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available, such excess sick leave will first be deducted from any available compensatory time off benefit, then from any available vacation leave benefit, and finally from the next scheduled salary payment. 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. 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; it 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. Necessity leave may also be used: a) to attend to a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate fatnily; 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. K. Payment for Unused Sick Leave. 1. Except in cases of disability retirement, upon non - disciplinary termination of employment and ten (10) years of cumulative full -time service with the City, an employee shall be entitled to receive partial payment of their total accrued and unused sick leave balance upon the effective date of such termination and at the rate of pay effective on the date of such termination. At the employee's election, payment may be issued in either a lump surn or in equal monthly payments for a period of tap to five (5) years. 44 25A -48