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spouse, parent, or dependent child. One day of accumulated sick leave credit with pay shall be <br /> deducted from each employee's sick leave accumulation for each duty day not served due to illness, <br /> injury or off-the-job incurred disability of the employee or employee's spouse, parent, or <br /> dependent child. <br /> Section 3. No sick leave credit may be used by an employee for the first four hours of <br /> the fifth or any succeeding sickness occurrence during any annual period of May 1 to the following <br /> April 30.A sickness occurrence is hereby defined as any continuous absence by an employee from <br /> scheduled work periods, whether for one or more scheduled shifts, for stated reasons of illness, <br /> injury or off-the-job incurred disability for which no physician's verifying statement is provided <br /> by said employee to the City. An employee who becomes ill on the job or must leave the job for <br /> dependent illness shall not be charged with a sickness occurrence if said employee works a <br /> minimum of two hours on the day of said employee's or dependent's illness, or if said employee's <br /> immediate supervisor verifies to the City that said employee or employee's dependent was ill. <br /> Section 4. In the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances an employee who <br /> becomes ill, injured or disabled off-the-job shall cause notice thereof to be given to his supervisor <br /> not later than two hours before the beginning of his next scheduled duty day. In the absence of <br /> evidence of extenuating circumstances an employee whose supervisor is not so notified within two <br /> duty days from the day on which the employee was first scheduled to report shall be considered to <br /> have resigned from the classified service. <br /> Section 5. A physician's statement may be required before sick leave pay is paid. <br /> However, in all cases where four consecutive duty days are missed by an employee due to illness, <br /> injury or disability, a physician's statement shall be required before sick leave pay is paid. Such <br /> statements shall set forth reasons for the employee's inability to perform his duties and shall <br /> become a part of the employee's personnel record. Physician's statements will be used in <br /> determining from time to time whether or not an employee is able to continue the performance of <br /> his duties. <br /> Section 6. Upon retirement from the classified service,an employee shall be paid fifty <br /> percent (50%) of his/her hourly pay rate per accumulated hour of sick leave up to 800 hours, and <br /> seventy five percent(75%)of his/her hourly pay rate per accumulated hour of sick leave in excess <br /> of 800 hours up to 1,600 hours. The payment shall be made to the Retirement Health Savings <br /> (RHS)plan established by the union for this purpose. <br /> Section 7. An employee who has accumulated 800 hours sick leave as of May 1 st shall <br /> be granted 8 hours leave with pay to be used at any time during the year prior to April 30th, an <br /> employee who has accumulated 1,920 hours sick leave as of May 1st shall be granted 16 hours <br /> leave with pay to be used at any time during the year prior to April 30, to be scheduled in <br /> accordance with departmental rules and regulations. Said days leave shall not be accumulated and <br /> carried over into the following year except with the approval of the City Manager or if the <br /> employee was requested to delay said days leave by the Chief and with the approval of the City <br /> Manager. Employees' leave balances shall be maintained in hours, and increments of one tenth <br /> thereof. <br /> 21 <br />