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conditions permit, having in mind the volume of work. ARTICLE 15 - PAJD SICK LEAVE Section 1. A fuli-time employee wha has completed his probationary period shall be granted sick leave for personai iilness or injury as foilows: (a) Paid sick leave shall be eamed and accumulated at the rate of one and one fourth (1 1/4) days for each month; - (b) Pay for sick leave shail be at the employee's straight time hourly rate (or portion thereof if absent for less than a fuii day); O If an employee is absent on sick leave for more than three (3) consecutive work days, the City shafl 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 recocds of employees periodically and at least once in each three (3) month period. If the City believes that an employee is developing an attendance problem, the City will notify #he employee in writing that medical evidence will be required for absences of three (3) days or less. When an employee's record becomes satisfactory, the requirement far such medicaf evidence for short term absences wi11 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 iiiness in the employee's immediate family. For purposes of this subsection, °immediate family" shall be interpreted to be spouse, children, parents of the employee, regardless of the place of residence; and other relatives living within the household of the employee. (e) When an employee with five (5) or more years of service retires having received P.E.R.S. pension, dies, or takes disability retirement and has accumulated sick leave time, the retiring employee may convert one-half ('/z) of the accumulated sick leave time (with the City of North Oimsted) to pay on the basis of his rate of pay at the time o# retirement, but the maximum amount paid shall not exceed Nine hundred and sixty (960) hours. (fl An employee should make an effort to schedule medical and dental appointments for himself and his family members during non-working hours. Section . Consistent with the just cause standard in Articie 30, the City may discipline or, if appropriate, discharge an employee for abuse of sick leave or the pattemed use of sick leave (Ex. repeated Mondays, Fridays, or days after payday). ems:ope+ufafl-do gBKNOLM.WPD 16 u1%lme?•, .e,s+?rv'?f?fi.-_,', .. . ... . . vadM'a^.+a,-?r. o- r£n ??•?tfM.2ku ,... t?F'ME+?':k?44.$?J`}P 4S ?,.a+`*N5.'M'^3e