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(a) Paid sick leave shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of one and one fourth (1 1/4) days for each month; (b) Pay for sick leave shail be at the employee's straight time hourly rate (or portion thereof if absent for less than a full day); (c) !f an employee is absent on sick leave for more than three (3) consecufive work days, the City shall require the emplayee to present medical evidence that fhe employee was under a doctor's care and is able to retum fio work The City will review the attendance records of employees periodically and at least once in each three (3) month period. If the City believes that an employee is developing an attendance problem, the City will notify the employee in writing thafi medical evidence will be required for absences of three (3) days or less. When an employee's record becomes satisfactory, the requirement fior such medical evidence for short term absences will be removed, and the employee will be notified in writing. (d) Employees may use up to fifteen (15) work days per year of earned and accumulated sick leave if necessitated by illness in the employee's immediate family. For purposes of this subsection, "immediate family" shall be interpreted to be spouse, chi(dren, parents of the employee, regardless of the place of residence; and other relatives living within the hausehold of the employee. (e) When an employee with five (5) or more years of service retires having received P.E.R.S. pension, dies, or takes disability retirement and has accumulated sick leave time, the retiring employee may convert one-half (1/2) of the accumulated sick leave time (with the City of North Olmsted) to pay on the basis of his rate of pay at the time of retirement but the maximum amount paid shall not exceed One thousand (1,000) hours. (f) An empioyee shoutd make an effort to schadule medical and dental appointments for himself and his family members during non-working haurs. Section 2. Consistent with the just cause standard in Article 30, the City may discipline or, if appropriate, discharge an employee for abuse vf sick leave or the patterned use of sick leave (Ex. repeated Mondays, Fridays, or days after payday). Section 3. Sick leave shall not be paid to any full-time employees which exceeds forty (40) hours in a normal work week as defined in Article 10, Sections '( and 2, of this Agreement. Section 4. Employees hired after Jufy 1,1998 and have accumulated sick leave with another political subdivision wili transfer said sick leave and sha!l use the transferred sick leave prior to sick ieave accumulated while employed with the City of North Olmsted. Sick leave carry-over from another political subdivision shall not be used to calculate an 17