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14.06 Any abuse of sick leave or the unjListified patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for discipline, including discharge, as may be determined by the Enlployer, subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure. 14.07 All employees shall receive three (1) eight (8) hour days off, or the employee may elect to receive twenty-four (24) hours pay for each six (6) consecutive nlonths of unused sick leave. Unused sick leave days earned may be carried over to a new year with a maximum accumulation of sia (6) days (48 hours). 14.08 Accumulated unused sicl: leave time may be convened at the time of retirement, disability retirenlent, or death of an employee. The payment far all those who qualify under this Section shall be based upon the rate of pay of the employee at the time of his retirement, disabiliry retireinent or death, and paymeilt shall amount to five-eighths (5/8) of the unused accumulated siek leave tiine. The inaximuin amount paid for accumulated unused sick leave time and accrued compensation tiine ("comp time") shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1500) hours in total. 14.09 Einployees inay 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. However, if an employee Lises inore than seven (7) sick work days per calendar year for this purpose, the Employer may requue that the employee provide a certificate froin the immediate family' member's doctar(s), explaining the need and purpose of the employee's absence. For purposes of this subsection, "irmllediate family" shall be interpreted to be spouse, children, parents of the einployee, regardless of the place of residence; and other relatives living within the housellold of the employee. 14.10 If an einployee is absent on sick leave or other related reasons for tnore than three (3) consecutive work days and said absence qualifies under the FMLA, the City inay apply those days against the twelve (12) week leave period. ARTICLE XV BEREAVEMENT LEAVE 15.01 All employees shall be granted bereavemei7t leave accardiizg to the following schedule: 15.02 Upon the death of an iininediate family member, five (5) days; and, 15.03 Upon the death of a family meillber three (3) days. 15.04 For the purposes of this article, immediate fainily nlember shall mean: Husband, wife, child, parent, brother or sister of employee and parents of spouse of the employee. Family member shall mean: Brother or sister of spouse, grandparents, grandparents of spouse, grandchild as well as any relative living in the employee's home. 15.05 Bereavement leave shall be exclusive of sick tiine or any other accunlulated time.