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Docusign Envelope ID: 5BEB38E3-9A4C-4D1 9 -9586 -Al 7352C599AA grandchild, or sibling or a designated person. A designated person is one identified by the employee at the time the employee requests paid sick leave. The Department may limit the employee to one designated person per year. Employees assigned to a 56 -hour work schedule may utilize a maximum of one hundred forty-four (144) hours of accumulated sick leave per calendar year and employees assigned to a 40 -hour work schedule may utilize a maximum of (96) hours of accumulated sick leave for this purpose. C. Sick Leave may also be used to obtain any relief or services related to being a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking including the following with appropriate certification of the need for such services: l . A temporary restraining order or restraining order. 2. Other injunctive relief to help ensure the health, safety orwelfare of themselves or their children. 3. To seek medical attention for injuries caused by domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 4. To obtain services from a domestic violence shelter, program, or rape crisis center as a result of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 5. To obtain psychological counseling related to an experience of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 6. To participate in safety planning and take other actions to increase safety from future domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including temporary or permanent relocation. 10.4 Sick Leave Procedure A. Employees are required to report the need for sick leave in accordance with Department policy. Employees shall notify the scheduling system prior to the start of their scheduled duty shift when utilizing sick leave. The Fire Chief or designee may waive this requirement based on exigent or unique circumstances. B. If an employee is on vacation and a permissible use of sick leave occurs while on vacation, the employee may report the need for sick leave in accordance with Department policy and request to be taken off vacation leave and be placed on sick leave for the hours the employee is eligible for sick leave as specified in Section 14.2 of this MOU. C. The Fire Chief may request a physician's certificate or a personal affidavit verifying an employee's need for sick leave when there is evidence of excessive sick leave usages and/or a pattern of sick leave misuse, abuse or falsification (i.e., using sick leave in conjunction with days off, vacation, holidays or otherwise). D. Employees who are eligible for temporary disability payments may use accumulated sick leave in order to maintain their regular income, provided, however, the employee is allowed a credit towards sick leave to the extent that temporary disability payments are retained by the Department. E. Any proposed changes to the Department's current attendance management program shall be negotiated with the Union. 17