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SECTION 2: Wan employee is absent on sick leave or other related reasons for more than three <br />(3) consecutive work days and said absence qualifies ruder the FMI.A. the I= mployer may apply <br />those days against the twelve (12) week Icave period. <br />ARTICLE 20: <br />SICK LEAVI,; BONES <br />SECTION 1: All employees shall receive three (3) eight (8) hour days off with pay. or the <br />employee may elect to receive twenty-four (24) hours pay for each six (6) consecutive months of <br />unused sick leave. Unused sick leave days earned may be carried over. if not taken within one <br />( I ) year of date of day earned. to the tol lovving, year.. vy ith a maximum of live (_5) days. <br />Starting July 1. 2022, all employees shall receive three (3) eight (8) hour days off w ith pay, or <br />the employee may elect to receive twenty-four (24) hours pay ifthe employee does not use sick <br />leave for an}calendar half (i.e..lanuary —June or July — December). Unused sick leave days <br />earned may be carried over, if not taken within one (1 ) year of date of day earned, to the <br />follovving year. with a maximum of five (5) days. <br />Any unused sick leave bonus that accumulates prior to July 1, 2022 will be prorated. <br />ARTICLE. 21: <br />OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br />SECTION 1: A regular full-time employee N\ ho has completed his probationary period and who <br />has exhausted his paid sick leave shall be granted a leave ofabsence without pay for a period of <br />Lip to 120 calendar days for a continuing disability which is substantiated by credible medical <br />evidence. If the illness or disability continues beyond 120 calendar days, additional sick leave <br />may be granted by the Employer upon request, up to an additional 75 days. The employee shall <br />be required to submit proof acceptable to the Employer of his ability to perform the work of his <br />job upon the termination of the sick leave. If the F;mployer believes that the employee failed to <br />submit satisfactory proof of illness or injury upon request. or in the event that upon receipt ofa <br />physician's statement or an affidavit for doctor/hospital record form and the Eumployer believes <br />there is no evidence of illness or injury Sufficient to justify the employee's absence, the employer <br />shall have the right to have the employee examined by a doctor of its choice within seven days. <br />The charges for the second physician shall be borne by the Employer. if disagreement <br />thereafter exists, a third physician shall be mutually selected by the Union and the Employer to <br />determine the issue. The cost of such examination shall be shared equally by the employer and <br />the Union. If it is determined that there is not evidence of illness or injury to justify the <br />employee's absence; sick leave may be considered an unauthorized leave, and may be the cause <br />for disciplinary action. <br />16 <br />