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7.5 Sick Leave <br /> 7.5(1) Sick Leave Accrual <br /> A. Each management and confidential employee shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight <br /> (8.0) hours for each month of service to a maximum accumulation of one thousand, four <br /> hundred forty (1,440) hours of sick leave except as follows. Management and <br /> confidential employees may accumulate an unlimited number of sick leave hours, <br /> except, however, hours accumulated in excess of one thousand four hundred and forty <br /> (1,440) may be used only to apply toward additional years of service under the current <br /> PERS "Credit for Unused Sick Leave ", Government Code, Section 20862.8. <br /> See Fire Department Appendix D <br /> B. An employee on leave of absence with pay in Lieu of temporary disability payments <br /> pursuant to Section 4850 of the Labor Code shall accumulate sick leave during said leave of <br /> absence, in accordance with the provisions of that section. <br /> 7.5(2) Sick Leave Usage <br /> A. Management and confidential employees shall be eligible for sick leave with pay. Sick <br /> leave shall not be considered-a right -which an employee may use at his/her discretion, <br /> but shall be allowed only as follows: <br /> 1. In cases of necessity and actual personal sickness or disability of the employee; <br /> 2. For medical and dental appointments of the employee, at the discretion of the <br /> employee's supervisor; <br /> 3. For the care of, or attendance upon, the sickness or disability of members of the <br /> employee's immediate family or for bereavement because of the death of a <br /> member of the employee's immediate family. A maximum of forty-eight (48) <br /> hours per year of sick leave may be used for this purpose. For purposes of this <br /> section, the immediate family shall consist of the spouse, children, parents, <br /> brothers, sisters, grandparents, or other individual whose relationship to the <br /> employee is that of a dependent. <br /> 9/1/99 Page 10of26 <br />