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00, Section 18.15 Any abuse of sick leave or the patterned use of sick leave shall be just and 4w sufficient cause for discipline, including discharge, as may be determined by the Employer. (Example: Mondays, Fridays, day after payday, etc.) Section 18.16 Any employee scheduled to work on a holiday who reports sick shall be charged sick leave for that holiday, provided the proper NOMBL medical form has been completed and shall forfeit his right to receive the holiday pay. If the employee has no sick leave or does not have the proper NOMBL medical form completed, he shall receive no pay for that day. ARTICLE 19 LEAVES OF ABSENCE & FUNERAL LEAVES Section 19.01 All employees shall be entitled to take a personal leave of absence with the approval of the Service Director and under the terms and conditions as he sets forth, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any leave of absence for personal reasons, shall not, however, exceed a ninety (90) day period. Said employee in order to maintain any and all benefits which are paid by the City shall be required to pay the Finance Director, the cost of said benefits in advance on a monthly basis. The maximum permissible leave of absence for any reason shall be ninety (90) days. The written request to the Service Director must clearly explain the reason for the personal leave of absence and be specific as to the dates required. (a) Special circumstances may occur for an employee to make application to the Service Director for a leave of absence; whereby this leave will not affect the employee's seniority as stated in Section 14.01. This situation will not be precedent setting for past or future leave of absence requests granted by the city. Section 19.02 Any employee who is required to be away from work due to sickness shall be entitled to use up sick leave which has been accumulated, according to the rates as specified in Sec. 18.05, and Sec. 18.06. When an employee has exhausted all accumulated sick leave, then that employee shall be entitled to a sickness leave of absence which shall not exceed ninety (90) days from the date that said employee has exhausted his accumulated sick leave. During said ninety (90) day period, said employee, in order to maintain any and all benefits which are paid by the City shall be required to pay the Finance Director, the cost of said benefits in advance on a monthly basis. Section 19.03 After the leave of absence specified in Section 19.01 and 19.02 has terminated, the employee shall report to the General Manager for work. If the employee fails to do so, the employee shall be terminated. This section shall not affect the application of Worker's Compensation statute. Section 19.04 A full-time employee shall be granted time off with pay (not to be deducted from the employee's sick leave) for the purpose of attending the funeral of a member of the employee's family. Each full-time employee shall be entitled to three (3) work days off, if necessary, for attending local funeral services of inembers of his immediate family, or up to five (5) wark days off, if necessary, for the out-of-state funeral of a member of the immediate family. Immediate family, for purposes of this section is defined as spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, parent or grandparent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, step-father, step-mother, step-sister, step-brother, step-son, and stepdaughter. The Employer reserves the right to request proof or certification from the employee prior to payment of the days off as described in this section. 16