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LEAVES WITH PAY <br />Sick Leave <br />A. Sick leave is authorized absence from duty with pay, granted <br />to all full -time and permanent part -time employees. Sick <br />leave is not a privilege for an employee to use at his /her <br />discretion, but shall be allowed only when the employee is <br />too sick to work, and under the conditions explained below. <br />B. A full -time employee shall accumulate sick leave at a rate <br />of one day per month. Sick leave may be accumulated to a <br />maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days. <br />C. Permanent part -time employees, working a minimum of 20 hours <br />per week, will accumulate sick leave pro -rated based on <br />actual hours worked in a month applied against the rate of <br />one day per month for a full -time employee, rounded to the <br />nearest hourly increment, not to exceed the full -time <br />accrual rate. <br />D. Temporary and seasonal employees shall not be entitled to <br />sick leave. <br />E. Sick leave shall not be earned by any employee during a <br />leave of absence without pay, suspension, layoff or other <br />off - payroll status. <br />F. An employee who is entitled to the benefit of accrued sick <br />leave pursuant to this section and who is eligible to <br />receive worker's compensation payments shall be granted <br />accrued sick leave pay only in the amount of the difference <br />between the employee's regular salary and the worker's <br />compensation payments. <br />Employees who are absent from work and are being paid <br />workers compensation insurance benefits shall be considered <br />to be working for the purpose of accumulating additional <br />vacation leave or sick leave for up to three (3) months of <br />absence from work. No sick leave or vacation benefits will <br />be earned while receiving compensation payments for time <br />exceeding three (3) months. <br />G. Administration of Sick Leave. The following procedures will <br />be followed in administering the sick leave policy of the <br />City: <br />1. When an employee uses sick leave for an absence <br />exceeding three (3) days, a physician's statement may <br />be required on the first day of return to work, <br />indicating the nature of the sickness and attesting to <br />the employee's ability to return to work. No employee <br />18 <br />