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ARTICLE X <br />10.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br />10.1 Sick Leave. <br />A. Definition. California's Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 <br />(AB1522) also known as California's Paid Sick Leave Law, requires the City to <br />provide paid sick leave to eligible employees upon oral or written request, within <br />the parameters of the law, for the following purposes: <br />• Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or <br />preventative care for an employee or an employee's qualified family <br />member; <br />• Specified purposes for an employee who is a victim or domestic violence, <br />sexual assault, or stalking. <br />B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn an eight (8) hour <br />working day of sick leave for each full calendar month of service in which he or <br />she is employed by the City with full pay; provided, however, any absence on sick <br />leave for a period of time greater than fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any <br />one (1) calendar month shall not be considered to be service entitling an employee <br />to earn sick leave as aforesaid. <br />C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be <br />authorized as follows: <br />Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at his or her discretion, <br />but shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness or <br />disability, as authorized in Subsection A above and J below. <br />When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused an employee's <br />absence, for which benefits are required under the State Workers' <br />Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid sick leave will be processed <br />during the first three (3) consecutive days of the statutory waiting period. If <br />the employee does not have sufficient accumulated sick leave at the <br />commencement of such industrial illness or injury, they will be advanced <br />sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the City will deduct an equal <br />amount previously advanced from any sick leave accrued by the employee <br />until the total amount is recovered. If the employee terminates before <br />recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City will deduct the unrecovered <br />cost of sick leave from such terminated employee's final paycheck, to the <br />extent possible. If the employee remains off work longer than fourteen (14) <br />days due to the same workers' compensation related illness or injury, the <br />employee will have the three (3) sick days used re -credited back to his or <br />M <br />25B-42 <br />