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sick leave credit earned must be used or deducted first, including any sick time credit transferred pursuant to Section 161.01(a)(1) (C) hereinabove. (3) In the event the City questions whether the employee is physically able to do the work, it shall require the employee to furnish a City supplied medical certificate from 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. If the original doctor's response is insufficiently detailed, the employee shall authorize the City to contact the doctor to secure necessary information. The charges for the second physician shall be borne by the City. (b) Jury Duty and Witness Pay. An employee called for jury duty shall be granted a leave of absence for the period of jury service and shall be compensated at full pay for absences necessarily caused by the jury duty. An employee who is required to be absent from scheduled work to serve as a witness called by the City or by a party in litigation with the City shall be paid for time lost from scheduled straight time work. Witness pay shall not be paid for purposes other than those stated herein. (c) Funeral Leave. (1) A full -time employee shall be granted a three -day leave of absence with pay, in the event of the death of an immediate family member. (2) A full -time employee shall be granted a five -day leave of absence with pay, in the event of the death of an immediate family member who resides outside the State. (3) For the purpose of this section, "immediate family" includes parent, parents of spouse, spouse and children of the employee, brothers and sisters of the employee, and step - parents of the employee as well as other relatives living with the employee if the employee is acting as parent or guardian. (d) Parental Leave. All employees shall be entitled to parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child, providing such employee is the natural parent of the child or is the legal parent of the adopted child. The duration of the leave shall be at the employee's discretion. Such leave shall not be permitted in less than one -day increments. Employees desiring to use such leave in increments of less than six consecutive months shall provide the employer a minimum of five days' notice and a schedule listing the day or days the employee will utilize the parental leave benefit. In any event, such leave shall not exceed beyond six months from the date such leave was first requested. An employee shall be entitled to use vacation leave or accumulated sick leave credit in lieu of being unpaid. During the period in which an employee is off work on parental leave, such employee shall not accumulate vacation leave credit or sick leave credit. The employer may require at its discretion satisfactory proof such as a certificate of birth of the child or in the case of an adopted child, a copy of the court document authorizing the adoption. When an employee returns to work after a leave of absence, he shall be assigned to the position which he or she formerly occupied at the current rate of pay or to a similar position if his/her former position no longer exists if he /she is physically qualified for the fob. In the event the City questions whether the employee is physically able to do the work, it may require the employee to be examined to substantiate his claim of fitness. Such examination shall be done by a doctor of the employer's choice within seven days. Charges for this examination shall be borne by the City. If it is determined that the employee is not physically qualified or capable of performing the job task, the employer shall make every effort to make reasonable accommodations for such employee or if possible, offer another available position to such employee.