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disability occurs while the employee is on vacation; d. Employees eligible for temporary disability payments may use accumulated sick leave until eligible for short-term disability benefits in order to maintain their regular income, or may use accumulated sick leave in-lieu of short-term or long-term disability benefits during the duration of the approved medical leave. 2. Absences for a Regular Workday or Longer When an absence is for an employee's regular workday or longer, the employee may be required to file a physician's certificate or a personal affidavit with the Assistant City Manager/Administrative Services Director stating the cause of the absence. 3. Absences of Less Than a Regular Workday Except for confidential employees, absences due to illness or disability of less than the employee's regular workday shall not be deducted from the employee's accrued sick leave balance. C. Sick Leave Conversion In lieu of the CaIPERS "Credit for Unused Sick Leave Option" employees may, during their final year of service prior to retirement from the City, convert their unused sick leave to additional years of service in the computation of their Section 5.3 Retiree Medical Benefit. For each hour converted, the employee shall receive one half (1/2) hour of additional service time. 6.7 Administrative Leave In recognition that management employees are required to work hours beyond their regular hours of work to fulfill their management responsibilities, each management employee shall be credited with seven days (56 hours) of administrative leave per year on the first pay date in January of each year or upon hire (see Appendix D for provisions that govern the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department ["LPFD"]). In addition, the City Manager may, as recommended by the Department Head, grant up Page 20 of 44