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a. Accruing Earned Sick and Safe Leave Full-time regular employees will not accrue additional ESST hours in excess of current Personal Leave Time accrual as the Personal Leave Time Policy exceeds the requirements of the ESST Law. For temporary, part-time, and on-call firefighter employees performing work for at least 80 hours in a year for the City, hours of ESST will be one hour for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours per year. b. Earned Sick and Safe Leave Use: The leave may be used as it is accrued in the smallest increment of time tracked by the city’s payroll system. Full-time, part-time, and temporary employees are tracked in .25- hour increments. Paid on-call firefighters are tracked in one-hour increments. ESST may be used as personal leave in addition to the following:  An employee’s own: o Mental or physical illness, injury or other health condition o Need for medical diagnosis, care or treatment, of a mental or physical illness o injury or health condition o Need for preventative care o Closure of the employee's place of business due to weather or other public emergency o The employee's inability to work or telework because the employee is prohibited from working by the city due to health concerns related to the potential transmission of a communicable illness related to a public emergency, or seeking or awaiting the results of a diagnostic test for, or a medical diagnosis of, a communicable disease related to a public emergency and the employee has been exposed to a communicable disease or the city has requested a test or diagnosis. o Absence due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking of the employee provided the absence is to:  Seek medical attention related to physical or psychological injury or disability caused by domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking  Obtain services from a victim services organization  Obtain psychological or other counseling  Seek relocation or take steps to secure an existing home due to domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking  Seek legal advice or take legal action, including preparing for or participating in any civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or resulting from domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking  Care of a family member: o With mental or physical illness, injury or other health condition o Who needs medical diagnosis, care or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury or other health condition o Who needs preventative medical or health care o Whose school or place of care has been closed due to weather or other public emergency