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Such pa.yment shall be made only for those sick hours earned by the employee while employed by the employer. Sick pay shall be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time of conversion. Payment for sick leave, on this basis sha.ll be considered to eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by the employee. Such payment shall be made only once to an employee. Section 18.14. Sick leave can be used for the following reasons: (a) Sickness of the employee; (b) Injury to the employee; (c) Exposure to contagious disease where quarantined by the Board of Health; (d) Fmergency/non-routine medical, dental surgery or optical surgery of the employee; and (e) Sickness or emergency medical treatment of the employee's "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 relatives living in the employee's home. The maximiun sick leave which may be granted under,this paragraph for family illness may be no more than eighty (80) hours per year for enployees who ha.ve been with the City more than twelve (12) months. Department heads may require a satisfactory 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 max.i_mm of three (3) days. Section 18.15. Any abuse of sick leave or the pa.tterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for discipline, including discharge, as may be determined by the Fmployer. (Example: Mondays, Fridays, day after payday, etc.) Section 18.16. Any enployee 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 NOMBL medical form completed, he shall receive no pa.y for that day. ARTICLE XIX LEAVES OF ABSENCE & FUNERAL LEAVES Section 19.01. All employees shall be entitled to take a personal leave of absence with the approval of the Service Director and tmder the terms and conditions as he sets forth, which approval shall not be unreasona,bly 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 a11 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 sha.ll be ninety (90) days. -14-