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e) When an employee with five (5) or more years of <br />service retires, having received P.E.R.S. pension <br />and having accumulated sick leave time, the retiring <br />employee may convert one-half (1/2) of the <br />accumulated sick leave time to pay on the basis of <br />his rate of pay at the time of retirement, but the <br />maximum amount paid shall not exceed four hundred <br />eighty (480) hours paid. <br />f) An employee should make an effort to schedule <br />medical and dental appointments for himself and his <br />family members during non-work hours. <br />g) Any abuse of sick leave or the unjustified <br />patterned use of sick leave shall be just and <br />sufficient cause for discipline, including <br />discharge, as may be determined by the Employer. <br />ARTICLE 24 <br />SICR LEAVE BONLTS <br />section 1: All employees shall receive one and one-half (1- <br />1/2) eight (8) hour days off, with pay, or the Employee may <br />elect to receive twelve (12) hours pay for each six (6) <br />consecutive months of unused sick leave. Unused sick leave <br />days earned may be carried over, if not taken within one (1) <br />year of date of day earned, to the following year, with a <br />maximum of five (5) days. <br />ARTICLE 25 <br />OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br />Section 1: A regular full-time employee who has completed <br />his probationary perios and who has exhausted his paid sick <br />leave shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for a <br />period up to 120 calendar days for a continuing disability <br />which is substantiated by credible medical evidence. If the <br />illness or disability continues beyond 120 calendar days, <br />additional sick leave may be granted by the City upon request <br />up to an additional 75 days. The employee shall be required <br />to submit proof acceptable to the City of his ability to <br />perform the work of his job upon the termination of the sick <br />leave. If the employer believes that the employee failed to <br />submit satisfactory proof of illness or injury upon request, <br />or in the event that upon receipt of a physicians statement <br />or a affidavit for doctor/hospital record form and the city <br />believes there is not evidence of illness or injury <br />sufficient to justify the employee's absence. The employer <br />shall have the right to have the employee examined by a <br />19