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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 the physician's statement or personal affidavit following an absence of a single work shift or otherwise comply with the City's Attendance Management Program. Any proposed changes to the City's current Attendance Management Program shall be negotiated with the PPOA. 12.3 Bereavement Leave The parties agree that in the event of a death in the immediate family, employees may take two (2) days of City paid bereavement leave and may request to use up to an additional three (3) days of accrued sick leave for a total of five (5)days at the discretion of the Chief of Police, in the event of a death of an immediate member of his/her family. Bereavement Leave shall be tracked separately from Family Sick Leave as provided in 12.2 (3). Additionally, employees may utilize other paid leaves to extend bereavement leave, subject to approval of the Department. In this context only, immediate family shall be defined as: spouse, domestic partner, child, foster child who resided with the employee at the time of his/her death, stepchild, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, spouse's grandmother, spouse's grandfather, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or grandchildren. 12.4 Catastrophic Leave The Catastrophic Leave Policy attached as Exhibit D shall be extended to Association members. Section 13. Leave of Absence 13.1 General Leave of Absence Any regular or probationary employee may submit a written request for a general leave of absence up to a maximum of three (3) calendar months. Such written request shall be submitted to the Chief of Police and the Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations and is subject to the sole and final approval of the City Manager. The written request must state the reasons for the leave. The Chief of Police may grant a regular or probationary employee a leave of absence without pay, for a period up to two (2) calendar weeks. Said leaves shall be reported to the Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations. During said leave, an employee shall not accrue vacation or sick leave benefits or be eligible for holidays, nor shall such time be considered as service time. 13.2 Extended Medical Leave Any regular employee who is temporarily disabled from work due to a medical condition may, upon written request to the Department Head and the Personnel Director, be granted by the City Manager, a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed three (3) months beyond the exhaustion of any accrued sick and vacation leave, except as may be provided by law. Probationary employees may be eligible for leave as provided by law. All such leave, paid and 14