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issue shall be submitted to a third physician specializing in occupational medicine, whose decision shall be <br />final and binding. Fees and expenses of the physician shall be borne equally by the parties. For purposes of <br />this section, an injury is defined as a traumatic damage to the body, of external origin, unexpected and <br />undesigned by the injured person. The aforementioned language is designed to comply with the Americans <br />with Disabilities Act. <br />13.06 An employee who reports absent from assigned duties due to sickness or injury shall not be permitted <br />to engage in any other outside employment during the period of their absence, nor may the employee return <br />to such outside employment until returning to assigned duties or receiving permission from the Assistant <br />Chief. The Chief of the Division of Fire shall take such steps as necessary to prevent the improper taking <br />of sick leave. <br />13.07 Sick Time <br />A. One (I) sick leave day, either earned, taken, used or converted, shall be considered to be a twenty four <br />(24) hour period, unless the employee is scheduled to work for a period of less than twenty four (24) hours. <br />In such cases, the sick time shall be equal to the scheduled hours and no employees shall be charged for <br />sick time on days which the employee is not scheduled for duty. <br />B. All employees shall earn sick time at the rate of 4.6 hours for every eighty (80) hours actually worked, <br />and may accumulate such sick leave to two thousand four hundred (2400) hours. <br />13.08 Duty Exemption <br />A. An employee who suffers a service connected injury or illness incurred during the course of or arising <br />out of employment with the City shall receive their regular earnings for a period not to exceed ten (10) <br />work shifts, subject to the approval of the Fire Chief. The employee will continue to accumulate time during <br />this period. <br />B. During any such period, the employee shall remain available for and report as directed for any light duty <br />assignment for which the treating physician and the Fire Chief determine to be appropriate for the em- <br />ployee's physical restrictions and the operational requirements of the Division of Fire. <br />C. The employee may request additional periods not to exceed ten (10) work shifts provided said employee <br />continues to be restricted from regular duty as certified by the treating physician. Additional periods will <br />be subject to the approval of the Fire Chief. <br />D. In the event that the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) should disallow an employee's claim <br />for benefits, the employee shall be charged with all time lost from work (not including time spent on a light <br />duty assignment) against the employee's accumulated sick time, provided the employee has sick time avail- <br />able. Should the employee not have a sufficient amount of paid sick time available, the employee may <br />charge accumulated vacation and/or holiday time. Should the employee not have sufficient paid time avail- <br />able to cover either all or part of the time off, up to and including the date the claim is disallowed, then any <br />wages paid to the employee shall be repaid by the employee to the City through payroll deduction. <br />13.09 In the event an employee becomes or continues to be incapacitated from work by reason of illness or <br />injury after sick time and any other paid time is used up, they may apply for donations of time according to <br />the Sick Time Donation policy. <br />