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(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. (e) Probationary Period. All new employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of 180 days. The department head shall undertake three job performance evaluations of all new employees during the probationary period. The first such evaluation shall be completed within the first sixty days of employment. The second evaluation shall be completed between the sixtieth day and 120th day of employment. The third shall be completed by the 179th day of employment. If it is determined by the third evaluation that the employee has not progressed sufficiently or the work being performed is not satisfactory, such employee shall not be retained. The department head is hereby directed to counsel the employee through the probationary period and extend the necessary direction and training necessary to assist the employee through the job assignment process. A copy of all such aforementioned evaluations shall be provided to the department head's appropriate director and the Director of Personnel and Administrative Services. (Ord. 93-26. Passed 4-6-93.) (f) Payment of Accumulated Sick Leave Credit. An employee shall be paid for unused, accumulated sick leave at the time of disability, retirement or death. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms "disability" and "retirement" shall mean, respectively, "disability or service retirement under any state retirement system in this State." Payment shall be based upon the basic hourly rate of pay at the time of disability, retirement or death plus longevity and the amount shall be one-half of the unused sick