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(2) Use of Sick Leave. Employees may use sick leave for absence due <br />to: <br />A. Personal illness, injury or exposure to contagious disease <br />where quarantined by the Board of Health. <br />B. Illness in the immediate family. Employees may use up to <br />fifteen work days per year of earned and accumulated sick <br />leave if necessitated by illness in the employee's immediate <br />family. For purposes of this section, "immediate family" <br />shall be interpreted to be spouse, children, parents of the <br />employee, regardless of place of residence; and other <br />relatives living within the household of the employee. <br />C. Proof of absence. The department head shall require that <br />the employee furnish a satisfactory affidavit to the effect <br />that the absence was caused by illness or due to any of the <br />foregoing causes. <br />D. Return to work. If an employee is absent on sick leave for <br />more than three consecutive work days, the City shall <br />require the employee to present medical evidence that the <br />employee was under a doctor's care and is able to return to <br />work. The City shall review the attendance records of <br />employees periodically and at least once in each three- <br />month period. If it believes that an employee is developing <br />an attendance problem, it shall notify the employee in <br />writing that medical evidence will be required for absence <br />of one day or less. When an employee's record becomes <br />satisfactory, the requirement for such medical evidence for <br />short-term absences shall be removed, and the employee <br />shall be notified in writing. <br />E. Accumulated sick leave credit may be used and shall be <br />deducted, as permitted herein, based on its annual or <br />chronological acquisition such that the earliest or first sick <br />leave credit earned must be used or deducted first, <br />including any sick time credit transferred pursuant to <br />Section 161.01(a)(1) (C) hereinabove. <br />(3) In the event the City questions whether the employee is physically <br />able to do the work, it shall require the employee to furnish a City <br />supplied medical certificate from a physician supporting his claim <br />of fitness, and the City shall have the right to have the employee <br />examined by a doctor of its choice. If the original doctor's <br />response is insufficiently detailed, the employee shall authorize the <br />City to contact the doctor to secure necessary information. The <br />charges for the second physician shall be borne by the City. <br />(b) Jury Duty and Witness Pay. An employee called for jury duty shall be <br />granted a leave of absence for the period of jury service and shall be compensated at full <br />pay for absences necessarily caused by the jury duty. An employee who is required to be <br />absent from scheduled work to serve as a witness called by the City or by a party in <br />litigation with the City shall be paid for time lost from scheduled straight time work. <br />Witness pay shall not be paid for purposes other than those stated herein. <br />(c) Funeral Leave. <br />(1) A full-time employee shall be granted a three-day leave of absence <br />with pay, in the event of the death of an immediate family member. <br />(2) A full-time employee shall be granted a five-day leave of absence <br />with pay, in the event of the death of an immediate family member <br />who resides outside the State. <br />2 <br />