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(d) Emergency/non-routine medical, dental surgery or optical surgery of the employee; and (e) Sickness or emergency medical treatment of the employee's immediate family. The term "immediate family" shall be interpreted as meaning parents, parents of spouse, spouse, and children of the employee, regardless of place of~residence, as well as other relati~aes living in the employee's home. The maximum sick leave which may be granted under this paragraph for family illness may be no more than eighty (80) hours per year for employees who have been with the City more than twelve (12) months. Department heads may require a medical certificate before paying any employee under this paragraph. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a medical certificate shall be grounds for disciplinary action including dismissal. (f) Sick leave may be used to attend the funeral of a half-brother, half-sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, for a maximum of three (3) days. Section 18.15. Any abuse of sick leave or the patterned use of sick leave shall be just and 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 PIOMBL medical form completed he shall recei~%e no pay for that day. ARTICLE XIX LEAVES OF ABSEIVCE AI•!D F UIlERAL LEAVES Section 19.01. All employees shall be entitled to take a personal leave of absence with the approval of the Service Director, 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. 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. ar~d Sec. 18.06. tlhen an employee has exhassted all accumulated sick leave, thin 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 lea=~~e. 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 adj;ance on a monthly basis. 13