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01/10/2011 <br /> SECTION 18 - LEAVES <br /> 18.1 Sick Leave <br /> 18.1.1 Sick Leave Accrual <br /> Regular and probationary employees who work a fifty -six (56) hour <br /> workweek shall accrue sick leave at the rate of twenty -four (24) <br /> hours per month to a maximum of one thousand nine hundred <br /> twenty (1,920) hours. In the event the present duty schedule is <br /> changed by increasing or decreasing the number of hours worked <br /> in the work cycle, the rate of accrual and the maximum accrual of <br /> sick leave credit will be increased or decreased in direct proportion <br /> to such change. Regular and probationary employees who work a <br /> forty (40) hour workweek shall accrue sick leave at the rate of <br /> eight (8) hours per month to a maximum of nine hundred sixty <br /> (960) hours. Sick leave shall accrue during an absence which is a <br /> result of occupational disability resulting from service with the City. <br /> In the event an employee of the Fire Department regularly <br /> assigned to a twenty -four (24) hour duty shift is temporarily <br /> assigned by the Fire Chief with the approval of the City Manager to <br /> a forty (40) hour workweek, sick leave for such employee shall <br /> continue to be credited at the fifty -six (56) hour rate. Such <br /> appointment and accrual credit shall not exceed ninety (90) <br /> calendar days, except by mutual agreement between the Union <br /> and the City. <br /> 18.1.2 Sick Leave Usage <br /> Employees shall be eligible for sick leave benefits from the <br /> commencement of their employment with the City, to a maximum <br /> of the hours accrued, for absence due to non - occupational <br /> disability only during the time such disability, illness, or other <br /> sickness or injury continues. Sick leave during the first six (6) <br /> months of employment may only be used with the approval of the <br /> Fire Chief or his or her designee. Sick leave shall not be credited <br /> to any employee whose employment is terminated prior to six (6) <br /> months of employment. <br /> At the City's request, the employee must file with the City, after an <br /> absence of three (3) consecutive working days or two (2) <br /> consecutive duty shifts, as the case may be, a statement by a <br /> person licensed to practice medicine or dentistry that the employee <br /> was under said doctor's care while absent. When an employee <br /> returns to work after any absence chargeable to sick leave, or as a <br /> result of an industrial absence or illness, the City may require a <br /> statement from the attending doctor that the employee is in fit <br /> 31 <br /> Page 37 #15077 <br /> MUFF # 905 <br />