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SECTION 9. LEAVES <br />9.1 Sick Leave <br />9.1.1 Regular full-time and probationary employees shall accrue sick leave at <br />the rate of eight (8) hours per month, provided they have worked one <br />hundred sixty (160) hours that month, to a maximum of nine hundred sixty <br />(960) hours (1200 hours effective September 1, 2000). Sick leave usage <br />shall not be considered as a privilege, which an employee may use at his or <br />her discretion, but shall be allowed only in case of necessity of actual <br />sickness or disability. Charge for sick leave used shall be on the basis of <br />one (1) hour for each hour used; provided however, that sick leave shall be <br />charged for only those hours when the employee was absent from work. <br />Sick leave may not be used before it is earned. <br />At the City's request, an employee who has been absent more than three <br />(3) days must file with the City a statement by a person licensed to practice <br />medicine or dentistry that the employee was under said doctor's care while <br />absent. When an employee returns to work after any absence chargeable <br />to sick leave or as a result of an industrial absence or illness, the City may <br />require a statement from a physician that the employee is in fit physical <br />condition to perform all the duties of his or her position. In addition, the <br />employee may be required to undergo a medical examination at the City's <br />expense to be performed by a doctor designated by the City, before the <br />employee is permitted to return to work. <br />An employee may use up to five (5) days of accrued sick leave in any <br />calendar year for illness in the immediate family. For the purpose of this <br />Section, immediate family means spouse, domestic partner or child. <br />9.1.2 Except in cases of extreme emergency or exceptional unforeseen <br />circumstances, in order to receive compensation for absences charged to <br />sick leave, the employee shall notify his/her immediate supervisor no less <br />than one-half hour plus travel time prior to the scheduled time for <br />beginning his/her work duties of the impending absence. At the same <br />time, the employee shall provide the immediate supervisor with a <br />telephone number where he/she can be reached during the term of the <br />absence. The burden of proof of extreme emergency or exceptional <br />unforeseen circumstances shall be upon the unit member. <br />9.1.3 Sick leave pay shall not be granted when the disability arises from any <br />illness, sickness or injury sustained while engaged in a gainful occupation <br />(other than City service) either as an employee, officer, and executive or as <br />a business or professional proprietor or partner. <br />16 <br />