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filed with the Director of Finance, or, in the event no designated beneficiary has been chosen, the beneficiary listed in the employee' s insurance policy will receive the payment of such unused sick leave as provided under the provisions for an employee who elects to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits. Employees discharged shall not be eligible for payment of unused sick leave. If an employee's illness results in an absence from work for three (3) or more days, a doctor's certificate or other reasonable proof of illness may be required by the City. Absences Less Than One (1) Day - Council Appointed Officers, Senior Executives, and Management & Professional Personnel shall charge the appropriate leave balances (vacation, sick, administrative) only for absences of one (1) or more working days. PERS Sick Leave Credit - In the event the PERS sick leave credit contract option is provided to any employee organization in the miscellaneous group of employees, all executive service personnel shall be granted this benefit. Disability Leave - Executive Service Personnel who are employed by the City as of March 31, 1983, who suffer any disability arising out of and in the course of his/her employment as defined by the Workers' Compensation laws of the State of California, shall be entitled to industrial disability leave without loss of compensation for the period of such disability to a maximum of one (1) year. Employees hired on or after April 1, 1983, shall be entitled to industrial disability leave without loss of compensation for the period of such disability to a maximum of sixty (60) days or until retirement, whichever occurs first. During the period the employee is paid by the City, the employee shall assign or endorse to the City any benefit payments received as a result of workers' compensation insurance coverage. The City reserves the right to withhold payment of any disability benefits until such time as it is determined whether or not the illness or injury is covered by workers' compensation. The benefits of sick leave and industrial disability leave shall be mutually exclusive and no industrial disability leave may be used for the purposes specified under sick leave, and no sick leave benefits may be used for the purpose specified under disability leave. Employees shall not accrue sick leave or vacation leave credits during any period of disability exceeding one (1) month. Funeral Leave - In the event of a death in the immediate family of an employee of the City, that employee shall , upon request, be granted such time off with pay as is necessary to make arrangements for and/or attend the funeral not to exceed three (3) regularly scheduled working days or four (4) days in the event the funeral is 300 or more miles from the City. This provision does not apply if the death occurs during the employee' s paid vacation or while the employee is on leave of absence, layoff or sick leave. 8