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7. 2 �& SECTION 9. LEAVES 9.1 Sick Leave 9.1.1 Regular full -time and probationary employees shall accrue sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours per month, provided they have worked one hundred sixty (160) hours that month, to a maximum of one - thousand two - hundred (1200) hours. Sick leave usage shall not be considered as a privilege which an employee may use at his or her discretion, but shall be allowed only in case of necessity of actual sickness or disability. Charge for sick leave used shalt be on the basis of one (1) hour for each hour used; provided however, that sick leave shalt be charged for only those hours when the employee was absent from work. Sick leave may not be used before it is earned. 9.1.2 Employees, upon completion of their initial six (6) months of employment, shall be eligible for sick leave benefits, to a maximum of the hours accrued, for absence due to non - occupational disability only during the time such disability, illness, or other sickness or injury continues. At the City's request, an employee who has been absent more than three (3) days must file with the City a statement by a person licensed to practice medicine or dentistry that the employee was under said doctor's care while absent. When an employee returns to work after any absence 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 shalt 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. 242 16