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approval of the Fire Chie£ Any leave of absence for personal reasons shall not exceed a ninety (90) day period. If the personal leave of absence is for an event which qualifies for medical leave under FMLA, then the Employer may require the employee to take the Ieave as medical leave under the FMLA. 16.2 To rnaintain any benefits normally paid by the Ernployer, the employee on a personal leave of absence as provided for in Article 16.1 or on a medical leave under FMLA, shall pay the cost of such benefits to the Finance Director on the first day of the month for which the benefit payment applies, provided, however, that employees on qualifying medical leaves under FMLA shall not be required to pay the Employer's shaxe of their health insurance premium while on such qualifying medical leave. 16.3 If an employee does not report to the Fire Chief upon expiration of any leave of absence, he shall lose all rights of employment. 16.4 Probationary ernployees shall not be eligible for a Personal Leave of Absence. 16.5 Employees on qualifying military leaves of absence are entitled to receive all benefits guaranteed under applicable federal law and local ordinance ta employees who are on such leaves of absence, but are not entitled to any benefits guaranteed to municipal employees on military leaves of absence by state law, so long as the Employer, by local ordinance or in collective bargaining agreements, provides benefits for such employees that vary from state law ARTICLE XVII WORK RELATED ILLNESS/INJURY 17.1 The parties hereto recognize and agree that the duties of employees are such that said employees are exposed to disease and injury as a result of their assigned duties. It is the intention of the parties to provide to said employees, salary continuation benefits when an employee contracts an illness as hereinafter specified. Likewise, it is the intention of the parties to provide to said employee, salary continuation benefits when an employee is injured while responding to an emergency call, returning from an emergency call, operating at or during an emergency call or training that replicates emergency situations. It is not intended that salary continuation benefits be granted to employees who incur routine injuries in the performance of their duties in non-emergency situations. 17.1(a) In the event that a full time employee of the North Olmsted Fire Department should become ill due to contact with a life threatening illness (e.g., HIV, Tuberculosis, Meningitis or other equally threatening illness) while on duty, and such illness has so incapacitated the employee that he temporarily is unable to work, the Fire Chief shall investigate and determine whether the illness is work related and of a tempoxary nature. The Fire Chief shall then forward his fmding to the Safety Director who shall determine the nature and extent of the illness and how contracted, including the circumstances thereof. If after consideration of the totality of the facts, the Safety Director determines that said disease was contracted during employment and is of a temporary nature requiring medical leave, the Safety Director may authorize the full payment of the employee's regular salary for a period of ninety (90) days. 19