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7.3 Sick Leave <br /> 7.3(1) Sick Leave Accrual <br /> A. Each management employee shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8.0) hours for <br /> each month of service to a maximum accumulation of one thousand, four hundred <br /> forty (1,440) hours of sick leave except as follows. Management employees may <br /> accumulate an unlimited number of sick leave hours, except, however, hours <br /> accumulated in excess of one thousand four hundred and forty (1,440) may be used <br /> only to apply toward additional years of service under the current PERS "Credit for <br /> Unused Sick Leave ", Government Code, Section 20862.8. <br /> B. An employee on leave of absence with pay in lieu of temporary disability payments <br /> pursuant to Section 4850 of the Labor Code shall accumulate sick leave during said <br /> leave of absence, in accordance with the provisions of that section. <br /> 7.3(2) Sick leave Usage <br /> A. Management employees shall be eligible for sick leave with pay. Sick leave shall not <br /> be considered a right which an employee may use at his/her discretion, but shall be <br /> allowed only as follows: <br /> 1. In cases of necessity and actual personal sickness or disability of the employee; <br /> 2. For medical and dental appointments of the employee, at the discretion of the Fire <br /> Chief; <br /> 3. For the care of, or attendance upon, the sickness or disability of members of the <br /> employee's immediate family or for bereavement because of the death of a member <br /> of the employee's immediate family. A maximum of forty (40) hours per year of <br /> sick leave may be used for this purpose. For purposes of this section, the <br /> immediate family shall consist of the spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, <br /> grandparents, or other individual whose relationship to the employee is that of a <br /> dependent. <br /> (a) The Fire Chief shall grant such leave and determine the amount thereof. <br /> (b) This provision does not apply if the family sickness or disability, or the <br /> employee's bereavement, occurs while the employee is on vacation. <br /> 4. A management employee eligible for temporary disability payments may use <br /> accumulated sick leave in order to maintain his/her regular income, provided, <br /> however, that the employee shall be allowed a credit against sick leave to the <br /> extent that temporary disability payments are retained by the city. <br /> -8- <br />