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employee's immediate family or for bereavement because of the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. A maximum of forty (40) 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. (a) 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 disabilitypayments may use accumulated sick leave in order to maintain his/her regular income, provided, however, that the employee shall be allowed 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 notify his/her supervisor prior to the time set for beginning his/her daily duties or as otherwise may be specified by the department head. B. Absences For a Regular Work Day or Longer When an absence is for an employee's regular work day or longer, the employee may be required to file a physician's certificate or a personal affidavit with the personnel director stating the cause of the absence. An employee may be allowed a sick leave deficit of twenty-four (24.0) hours. C. Absences of Less Than a Regular Work Day Except for confidential employees, absences due to illness or disability of less than the employee's regular work day shall not be deducted from the employee's accrued sick leave balance. - 10 -