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An employee on leave of absence with pay in lieu of temporary disability payments pursuant to Section 4850 of the Labor Code shall accumulate sick leave during said leave of absence, in accordance with the provisions of that section. 7.5(2) Sick Leave Usaqe A. Management and confidential employees shall be eligible for sick leave with pay. Sick leave shall not be considered a right, which an employee may use at his/her discretion, but shall be allowed only as follows: 1. In cases of necessity and actual personal sickness or disability of the employee; 2. For medical and dental appointments of the employee, at the discretion of the employee's supervisor; 3. For the care of, medical or dental appointment for, or attendance upon the sickness or disability of members of the employee's immediate family or for bereavement because of the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. A maximum of forty-eight (48) hours per year of sick leave may be used for this purpose. For purposes of this section, the immediate family shall consist of the spouse, children, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, or other individual whose relationship to the employee is that of a dependent. (s) The department head shall grant such leave and determine the amount thereof. (b) This provision does not apply if the family sickness or disability, or the employee's bereavement occurs while the employee is on vacation. 4. A management and confidential employee eligible for temporary disability payments may use accumulated sick leave in order to maintain his/her regular income, provided, however, that the employee shall be a~lowed a credit against sick leave to the extent that temporary disability payments are retained by the City. 5. In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave, the employee shall notif,j his/her supervisor prior to the time set for Page 11 of 30