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(c) Medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment of the employee, where the treatment cannot be scheduled during non -working hours. (d) Exposure to contagious disease where quarantined by the Board of I Iealth or communicable to other employees. (e) Pregnancy of the employee, birth of a child, and placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care. 15.02 A frill -time employee shall be granted sick leave for reasons outlined in Article 15.01 as follows: (a) Paid sick leave shall be earned and accumulated at the rate of four and six -tenths (4.6) hours for every eighty (80) hours paid, excluding overtime; (b) Pay for sick leave shall be at the employee's straight time hourly rate (or portion thereof if absent for less than a full day); (c) If an employee is absent on sick leave for more than three (3) consecutive work clays, the Employer shall require the employee to present a physician's report attesting of the employee's incapacity and that the employee was under the doctor's care and is able to return to work. The Employer will review the attendance records of employees periodically and at least once in each three (3) month period. If the Employer believes that an employee is developing an attendance problem, the Employer will notify the employee in writing that medical evidence will be required for absences of three (3) days or less. When an employee's record becomes satisfactory, the requirement for such medical evidence for short term absences will be removed, and the employee will be notified in writing. (d) Employees may use up to fifteen (15) work days per year of earned and accumulated sick leave if necessitated by illness in the employee's immediate family. For purposes of this subsection, "immediate family" shall be interpreted to be spouse, children, parents of the employee, regardless of the place of residence; and other relatives living within the household of the employee. (e) When an employee with five (5) or more years of service retires having received P.E.R.S. pension, dies, or takes disability retirement and has accumulated sick leave time, the retiring employee may convert one-half (1/2) of the accumulated sick leave time (with the City of North Olmsted) to pay on the basis of his rate of pay at the time of retirement but the maximum amount paid shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) hours. 15.03 Consistent with the just cause standard in Article 30, the Employer may discipline or, if appropriate, discharge an employee for abuse of sick leave or the patterned use of sick leave (Ex. repeated Mondays, Fridays, or clays after payday).