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• Sick leave with pay shall be granted to all full-time employees. Sick leave shall not be considered a right, which an employee may use at his/her discretion, but only shall be allowed as follows: A. In cases of necessity and actual personal sickness or disability of the employee. B. For medical and dental appointments of the employee, at the discretion of the Fire Chief or his/her designee. C. For the care of or attendance upon the sickness or disability of members of his/her immediate family. A maximum of one hundred forty-four (144) hours of sick leave for 56-hour employees and ninety-six (96) hours for 40-hour employees may be used for this purpose. The immediate family shall consist of the spouse, children of employee or spouse, parents of employee or spouse, brothers, sisters or other individuals whose relationship to the employee is that of a dependent or near dependent. The Fire Chief shall grant such leave and determine the amount thereof, provided, however, that Human Resources shall first, where necessary, pass upon sufficiency of relationship. D. Sick leave is to be reported per department policy. E. If an employee is on vacation and becomes sick, he/she may call as stated in section D above and request to be taken off vacation and placed on sick leave for those times employee is eligible for sick leave as stated in sections (A), (B), and (C)above. An employee eligible for temporary disability payments may use accumulated sick leave in order to maintain his regular income; provided, however, that the employee shall be allowed a credit towards sick leave to the extent that temporary disability payments are retained by the Department. In order to receive compensation while absent on sick leave, the employee shall notify the scheduling system per department procedure prior to the start of his/her scheduled duty shift. Said notification requirement may be waived by the Fire Chief or his/her designee to address personal emergencies. When the absence is for more than two full shifts, one shift equals 24 hours,the employee may be required to file a physician's certificate or a personal affidavit with the Fire Chief stating the cause of the absence. 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 a physician certificate or a personal affidavit following an absence of a single work shift or otherwise comply with the City's Attendance Management Program. Any purposed changes to the City's current Attendance Management Program shall be negotiated with the Union. 14.4 Sick Leave Increments 19