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absence; except, however, if the employee uses excessive sick leave and /or demonstrates a pattern of sick leave misuse, abuse, or falsification (i.e., using sick leave in conjunction with days off, vacation, holidays, or otherwise) the employee may be required to file the physician's statement or personal affidavit following an absence of a single work shift. 11.3 Catastrophic Leave Effective May 1. 1998, the Catastrophic Leave Policy attached as Exhibit A shall be extended to Association members. Section 12. Leave of Absence 12.1 General Leave Any regular or probationary employee may upon written request to the Department I lead and the Personnel Director, be granted by the City Manager a leave of absence without pay, for a period not to exceed three (3) months. The written request must state the reasons for the leave. The Department Head may grant a regular or probationary employee a leave of absence without pay, for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar week. Said leaves shall be reported to the Personnel Director. During said leave, an employee shall not accrue vacation or sick leave benefits or be eligible for holidays, nor shall such time be considered as service time. 12.2 Extended Medical Leave Any regular or probationary employee who is temporarily disabled from work due to a medical condition may, upon written request to the Department Head and the Personnel Director, be granted by the City Manager, a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed three (3) months beyond the exhaustion of any accrued sick and vacation leave. With a recommendation by the Department Head to and approval by the Personnel Director, the City Manager may extend the leave for up to an additional thirty (30) days. In unusual circumstances involving catastrophic illness, the City Manager may, upon the recommendation of the Department Head and Personnel Director, extend a leave of absence without pay up to but not exceeding one year from the date of disability. The term medical disability includes all temporary medical disabilities including pregnancy, childbirth and associated medical conditions. Except in instances involving catastrophic illness the total approved paid and unpaid time away from work because of medical disability prior to and after the birth of a child, shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) days. An employee no longer disabled because of pregnancy, childbirth or associated medical conditions may apply for additional unpaid leave time for the care of the child under the provisions of Section 12.1 above. -1l-