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14.06 Any abuse of sick leave or the unjustified patterned use ol'sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for discipline, including discharge, as may be determined by the Employer, subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure. 14.07 All employees shall receive two and one half (2 1/2) eight (8) hour days off (20 hours), or the employee may elect to receive twenty (20) hours pay for each six (6) consecutive months of unused sick leave. Unused sick leave days earned may be carried over to a new year with a maximum accumulation of five (5) days (40) hours. 14.08 Accumulated unused sick leave time may he surrendered at the time of retirement, disability retirement or death of the employee. In order to receive such payment the employee must be eligible to receive a pension from the Pension fund. The payment for all those who qualify under this section shall be based upon the rate of pay of the employee at the time of his retirement, disability or death, and payment shall amount to the five-eighths (5/8) of the unused accumulated sick time. The maximum amount paid for accumulated unused sick leave time and accrued compensation time shall not exceed one thousand live hundred (1500) hours in total. 14.09 Employees may use up to filieen (15) work days per year of earned and accumulated sick leave if required by illness in the employee's immediate family. However, if an employee uses more than seven (7) sick work days per calendar year for this purpose, the Employer may require that the employee provide a certificate from the "immediate family" member's doctor(s), explaining the need and purpose of the employee's absence. 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. 14.10 If an employee is absent on sick leave or other related reasons for more than three (3) consecutive work days and said absence qualities under the FMLA, the City may apply those days against the twelve (12) week leave period. ARTICL,I:? XV BEREAVEMENT LEAVE 15.01 All employees shall be granted bereavement leave according to the following schedule: 15.02 Upon the death of an immediate family member, five (5) days; and, 15.03 Upon the death of a family member three (3) days. 15.04 For the purposes of this article, immediate family member shall mean: Husband, wife, child, parent, brother or sister of employee and parents of spouse of the employee. Family member shall mean: Brother or sister of spouse, grandparents, grandparents of spouse, grandchild as well as any relative living in the employee's home. 15.05 Bereavement leave shall be exclusive of sick time or any other accumulated time. 12