Agmt99 Redwood City Police Officers Association (POA) MOU 1999-2002

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chargeable to sick leave or as a result of an industrial absence or illness, the City may require a statement from a physician that the employee is in fit physical condition to perform all the duties of his or her position. In addition, the employee may be required to undergo a medical examination at the City's expense to be performed by a doctor designated by the City, before the employee is permitted to return to work. An employee may use up to five (5) days of accrued sick leave in any calendar year for illness in the immediate family. For the purpose of this Section, immediate family means spouse, child or parent. 9.1.3 Except in cases of extreme emergency or exceptional unforeseen circumstances, in order to receive compensation for absences charged to sick leave, the employee shall notify his/her immediate supervisor no less than one-half hour plus travel time prior to the scheduled time for beginning his/her work duties of the impending absence. At the same time, the employee shall provide the immediate supervisor with a telephone number where he/she can be reached during the term of the absence. The burden of proof of extreme emergency or exceptional unforeseen circumstances shall be upon the unit member. 9.1.4 Sick leave with pay shall not be granted or accrued when the disability arises from any illness, sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by any willful misconduct or when disability is sustained while engaged in a gainful occupation (other than City service) either as an employee, officer, executive or as a business or professional proprietor or partner. 9.1.5 In the event an employee has accumulated the maximum sick leave credits of one -thousand two -hundred (1200) hours and the employee becomes so severely ill that he or she exhausts his or her sick leave, the Personnel Officer may, upon written recommendation of the employee's department head, authorize additional sick leave to include any sick leave in excess of the one -thousand two -hundred (1200) hours maximum which may have been lost due to the maximum limitation: provided, however, that sick leave credits were not accumulated for a period of six (6) months or longer. 9.1.6 An employee may elect to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits for any calendar year by requesting payment of unused sick leave in writing to the Director of Finance on or before December 1 of that year. Payment shall be made at twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of the unused sick leave (50% when no more than 12.5 hours of sick leave have been used) for that calendar year. Payment shall be made after .December 31 and shall be paid using the salary in effect December 31. There shall be no payment in lieu of accumulated sick leave benefits for years prior to such calendar year. 15