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�I <br /> ARTICLE 14 <br /> LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> Section 1. Leave with pay of two duty days for 24-hour employees, or thirty two (32) <br /> consecutive duty hours plus eight(8) duty hours travel time if out of state for 40-hour employees, <br /> shall be granted a full-time employee in the classified fire fighting service in the event of a death <br /> in the immediate family. Immediate family includes only: (a) spouse, children, stepchildren and <br /> spouse of children; (b) parents, stepparents of the employee or the employee's spouse; (c) <br /> brothers, stepbrothers, sisters, and stepsisters of the employee and of the employee's spouse; <br /> and, (d) grandchildren, step grandchildren and grandparents, and step grandparents of the <br /> employee and of the employee's spouse. <br /> Section 2(a). An emergency is hereby defined as a situation of a serious nature involving <br /> an occurrence or occurrences unknown to an employee at the beginning of his or her shift. If a <br /> serious or unexpected emergency occurs to the spouse or children or a member of the immediate <br /> family of an employee in the classified fire fighting service, such employee will be allowed to leave <br /> his duties while the emergency exists subject to department needs during periods of public safety <br /> concern such as, but not limited to, fires, explosions or natural disasters, but not including basic <br /> staffing requirements absent such conditions. <br /> Arrangements to enable the employee to return to duty on the next duty day must be made <br /> if the emergency continues beyond the duty day on which it first occurred. <br /> (b). If an employee wishes to leave duty to attend the birth of his child, such an employee <br /> may, at his option and in addition to any rights conferred by subsection (A) hereof, use one (1) <br /> day of sick leave, or part thereof, for attendance at such birth. <br /> Section 3. A full-time classified employee in the fire fighting service who is a member of <br /> the reserve unit of the armed forces of the United States will be granted leave for military duty, <br /> training sessions or schools in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. <br /> Section 4. An employee in the classified fire fighting service who fails to return to duty at <br /> the time specified on his application for leave shall be considered to have resigned from such <br /> service in the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances. <br /> Section 5. In cases of leave of absence which are for more than thirty(30)days in length, <br /> the city may require a physical examination for an employee granted such leave and may require <br /> such an examination before reinstatement of the employee. If such examination is required <br /> before said leave is granted and the results thereof are found to be substantially the same as <br /> disclosed by the examination before the leave, the employee shall not be disqualified from <br /> disability for reinstatement. <br /> Section 6. Employees duly appointed to serve as members or alternates of the union's <br /> bargaining committee for purposes of negotiating agreements with the City covering wages, <br /> hours, and other conditions of employment, and employees duly appointed to attend grievance <br /> meetings and hearings with the City, shall be permitted to attend such bargaining sessions, and <br /> such meetings and hearings, during regularly scheduled hours of duty with no loss of pay. <br /> 21 <br />