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FXI I IBIT "A" As amended 161.01 NON -BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYI-T BENEI ITS. (a) Sick Leave Policv. The sick leave policy for all non -bargaining unit employees of the City, excluding elected officials, is hereby established as follows: (1) Sick leave credit. A. Accumulation of credit -sick leave is earned in accordance with the state minimum requirement at the rate of one and one-fourth days per month of employment or fifteen days per year. B. Regular full-time employees shall receive annual sick leave according to the following formula: Sick leave days per year 125 x months x hours x Sick leave days per year represent the eight- hour days accumulated, months represents the months worked per year; hours represents the hours worked per day. C. Employees may transfer accumulated sick leave credit upon employment with the City in accordance with State law, subject however to use and payment thereof as regulated herein. (2) Use of Sick Leave. Employees may use sick leave for absence due to: A. Personal illness, injury or exposure to contagious disease where quarantined by the Board of Health. B. Illness in the immediate family. Employees may use up to fifteen work days per year of earned and accumulated sick leave if necessitated by illness in the employee's immediate family. For purposes ofthis section, "immediate family" shall be interpreted to be spouse, children, parents of the employee, regardless of place of residence; and other relatives living within the household of the employee. C. Proof of absence. The department head shall require that the employee furnish a satisfactory affidavit to the effect that the absence was caused by illness or due to any of the foregoing causes. U. Return to work. If an employee is absent on sick leave fc)r more than three consecutive work days, the City shall rec vire the employee to present medical Evidence that the emp�oyee was under a doctor's care and is able to return to work The City, shall review, the attendance records of employees periodically and at least once in each three-month period. If it believes that an employee is developing an attendance problem, it shall notify the employee in writing that medical evidence will be required for absence of one day or less. When an employee s record becomes satisfactory, the requirement for such medical evidence for short-term absences shall be removed, and the employee shall be notified in writing. E. Accumulated sick leave credit may, be used and shall be deducted, as permitted herein, based on its annual or chronological acquisition such that the earliest or first sick leave credit earned must be used or deducted first, including any sick time credit transferred pursuant to Section 161.01(a)(1) (C) hereinabove. (3) In the event the City questions whether the employee is physically able to do the work, it shall require the employee to furnish a City supilied medical certificate from a physician supporting his claim offrtness, and the Citv shall have the right to have the employee examined by a doctor of its choice. If the originaFdoctor's response is insufficiently detailed, the employee shall authorize the City to contact the doctor to secure necessary information. The charges for the second physician shall be borne by the City.