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17 <br /> <br />grandchild, or sibling or a designated person. A designated person is one identified by the <br />employee at the time the employee requests paid sick leave. The Department may limit <br />the employee to one designated person per year. Employees assigned to a 56-hour work <br />schedule may utilize a maximum of one hundred forty-four (144) hours of accumulated <br />sick leave per calendar year and employees assigned to a 40-hour work schedule may <br />utilize a maximum of (96) hours of accumulated sick leave for this purpose. <br />C. Sick Leave may also be used to obtain any relief or services related to being a victim of <br />domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking including the following with appropriate <br />certification of the need for such services: <br />1. A temporary restraining order or restraining order. <br />2. Other injunctive relief to help ensure the health, safety or welfare of themselves <br />or their children. <br />3. To seek medical attention for injuries caused by domestic violence, sexual <br />assault, or stalking. <br />4. To obtain services from a domestic violence shelter, program, or rape crisis <br />center as a result of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. <br />5. To obtain psychological counseling related to an experience of domestic <br />violence, sexual assault, or stalking. <br />6. To participate in safety planning and take other actions to increase safety from <br />future domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including temporary or <br />permanent relocation. <br />10.4 Sick Leave Procedure <br />A. Employees are required to report the need for sick leave in accordance with Department <br />policy. Employees shall notify the scheduling system prior to the start of their scheduled <br />duty shift when utilizing sick leave. The Fire Chief or designee may waive this <br />requirement based on exigent or unique circumstances. <br />B. If an employee is on vacation and a permissible use of sick leave occurs while on vacation, <br />the employee may report the need for sick leave in accordance with Department policy <br />and request to be taken off vacation leave and be placed on sick leave for the hours the <br />employee is eligible for sick leave as specified in Section 14.2 of this MOU. <br />C. <br />and/or a pattern of sick leave misuse, abuse or falsification (i.e., using sick leave in <br />conjunction with days off, vacation, holidays or otherwise). <br />D. Employees who are eligible for temporary disability payments may use accumulated sick <br />leave in order to maintain their regular income; provided, however, the employee is <br />allowed a credit towards sick leave to the extent that temporary disability payments are <br />retained by the Department. <br />E. Any proposed <br />be negotiated with the Union. <br />Page 294 of 674