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portion thereof if absent for less than a full day); c) If an employee is absent on sick leave for more than three (3) consecutive work days, the City shail require the employee to present medical evidence that the employee was under a doctor's care and is able to return to work. The City will review the attendance records of employees periodically and at least once in each three (3) month period. If it believes that an employee is developing an attendance problem, it will notify the employee in writing that medical evidence will be required for absences of three (3) days or less. When an employee's record becomes satisfactory by going three (3) months without an absence, the requirement for such medical evidence for short term absence 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. However, if an employee uses more than six (6) sick work days per calendar year for this purpose, the City may require that the emp{oyee provide a certificate from the "immediate family" rnember's doctor(s), explaining the need and purpose of the employee's absence. For purposes of this subsection, "immediate family" shall be interpreted to include: spouse, children, parents of the employee - regardless of the place of residence, and other relatives living within the employee's household. e) When an employee with five (5) or more years of service refires, having received P.E.R.S. pension and having accumulated sick leave time, the retiring employee may convert one-half (1/2) of the accumulated sick leave time to pay on the basis of his rate of pay at the time of retirement, but the maximum amount paid shall not exceed six hundred (600) hours the first year of the contract; eight hundred (800) hours the second year of the contract; and one-thousand (1,000) hours the third year. fl An employee should make an effort to schedule medical and dental appointments for himself and his family members during non-work hours. g) Any abuse of sick feave or the unjustified patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for discipline, including discharge, as may be - determined by the Employer. ARTICLE 20: SICK LEAVE BONUS SECTION 1: All employees shall receive two (2) eight (8) hour days off with pay, plus an additional four (4) hours off with pay, or the employee may elect to receive twenty (20) hours pay for each six (6) consecutive months of unused sick leave. Unused sick 18