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ARTICLE XV SICK LEAVE 15.1 Sick leave shall be earned in accordance with the Ohio State minimum requirements and accumulation shall be unlimited. 15.2 Line Personnel shall have the option to receive twenty six (26) hours compensatory time or twenty six (26) hours pay at the Basic Hourly Rate of Pay for Line Personnel plus Longevity for each six (6) consecutive months of unused Sick Leave. Staff Personnel shall have the option to receive twenty (20) hours compensatory time or twenty (20) hours pay at the Basic Hourly Rate of Pay for Staff Personnel plus Longevity for each six (6) consecutive months of unused sick leave. Selection of such time off shall be subject to the approval of the Fire Chief or his designee. 15.3 An employee or his estate shall be paid for unused, accumulated Sick Leave at the time of retirement, disability retirement or death. Payment shall be based upon the Basic Hourly Rate of Pay for his "work week" at the time of disability, retirement or death plus Longevity and the amount shall be one-half (1/2) of the unused Sick Leave with a maximum payment of one thousand (1,000) hours. 15.4 Any employee who transfers from one department within the City of North Olmsted to another shall be credited with the unused balance of Sick Leave accumulated. 15.5 Sick Leave may be taken for any of the following reasons: A. Illness or injury to the employee. B. Illness or injury of a member of the employee's immediate family. C. Medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment of the employee, where the treatment may not be scheduled during non -working hours. D. Exposure to contagious disease where quarantined by the Board of Health or communicable to other employees. E. Pregnancy of the employee where complications exist or childbirth by employee's spouse. 15.6 The Employer shall require an employee to furnish a standard form identifying the reason for the use of sick leave as per 15.5 and signed by the employee. 15.7 Before an absence may be charged against accumulated sick leave, the Employer may require proof of illness, injury or death as may be satisfactory to the Employer, or may require the employee to be examined by a physician designated by and paid for by the Employer. In any event, an employee absent for three (3) consecutive work days must supply a physician's report to be eligible for paid sick leave, unless waived by the Employer. This paragraph shall not be applied in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. 17