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SICK LEAVE BONUS ARTICLE XXII Section 1. All employees shall receive one and one-half (1- 1/2) eight (8) hour days off, with pay, or the Employee may elect to receive twelve (12) hours pay for each six (6) consecutive months of unused sick leave. Unused sick leave days earned may be carried over, if not taken within one (1) year of date of day earned, to the following year, with a maximum of five (5) days. OTHER LEAVES_OF ABSENCE ARTICLE XXIII Section 1. Military Leave. An employee shall be granted a leave of absence for military duty under the ternas and conditions provided in applicable state law. Section 2. Unpaid Sick Leave. A regular full-time employee who has completed his probationary p.eriod and who has exhausted his paid sick leave shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed six (6) months for a continuing disability which is substantiated by-credible medical evidence. If the illness or disability continues beyond six (6) months, additional sick leave may be granted by the City upon request. The employee shall be required to submit proof acceptable to the ' City of his ability to perform the work of his job upon the termination of the sick leave. Section 3. An employee shall accumulate senicrity during any leave of absence, but he shall not be entitled to any bene- fits, except hospital/surgical benefits which shall be provided by the City on a one hundred percent (100%) basis, limited to a three (3) month period after an initial thirty (30) day waiting period. Ari employee must direct pay any required hospital/surgi- cal premiums to the City on or before the monthly due date. Section 4. When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence, he will be assigned to the position which he formerly occupied at the then current rate of pay or to a similar position ? if his former position no longer exists if he is physically qualified for the job. In the event the City questions whether the employee is physically able to do the work, it will require., the employee to furnish a medical certificate of a physician . supporting his claim of fitness, and the City shall have the right to have the employee examined by a doctor of its choice. The charges for the second physician shall be borne by the City. If disagreement thereafter exists, a third physician shall be mutually selected by the Union and the City to determine the issue, and the opinion of the third physician shall be final on the parties. The charges made by the third physician shall be shared equally by the City and the Union. -17-