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<br /> 20.1.10 Pursuant to Article 20.13, a worker may also request family and <br /> medical leave if he/she is unable to perform his/her job because of <br /> a serious health condition, or needs to care for a child, following <br /> birth or placement, or needs to care for a spouse, child or parent <br /> who is seriously ill. <br />20.2 Industrial Disability Leave <br /> 20.2.1 A regular worker who is in the service of the City as of March 31, <br /> 1983, who suffers any disability arising out of and in the course of <br /> his/her employment, as defined by the Workers' Compensation <br /> laws of the State of California, shall be entitled to industrial <br /> disability leave without loss of compensation for the period of such <br /> disability to a maximum of one (1) year. Regular workers hired on <br /> April 1, 1983, or thereafter, shall be entitled to industrial disability <br /> leave without loss of compensation for the period of such disability <br /> to a maximum of sixty (60) days or until retirement, whichever <br /> occurs first. During the period the worker is paid by the City, the <br /> worker shall assign or endorse to the City any benefit payments <br /> received as a result of Workers' Compensation insurance <br /> coverage. The City reserves the right to withhold payment of any <br /> disability benefits until such time as it is determined whether or not <br /> the illness or injury is covered by Workers' Compensation. <br /> 20.2.1.1 In the event that the City exercises its right to withhold <br /> immediate payment of disability benefits, and until <br /> such time that a coverage determination is made, <br /> workers may elect to utilize accrued sick leave for the <br /> interim period. If accrued sick leave becomes <br /> exhausted, workers may then elect to utilize accrued <br /> vacation leave for any remaining interim time. <br /> 20.2.2 Workers shall not accrue sick leave or vacation leave credits during <br /> any period of disability exceeding one (1) month. <br /> 20.2.3 A worker hired after April 1, 1983, who is still unable to return to <br /> duty after exhausting paid industrial accident leave may, at the <br /> discretion of the worker, be placed on paid sick leave if he/she is <br /> eligible therefore. Accumulated sick leave will be reduced, at the <br /> discretion of the worker, only in the amount necessary to provide <br /> less than equal to a full day's wages or salary, as indicated in the <br /> worker's assignment, when added to compensation without <br /> penalties from the City's Workers' Compensation insurance carrier. <br /> 32 <br />