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ARTICLE X <br />10.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br />1.0.1 Sick Leave <br />A. Definition <br />'The City provides paid sick leave to eligible employees upon verbal or written <br />request, within the parameters of the law, for the following purposes: <br />• Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition, or preventative <br />care of, an employee of an employee's qualified family member; <br />• Specified purposes for an employee who is a victim or domestic violence, <br />sexual assault, or, stalking. <br />B. Accrual <br />Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn eight (8) hours of sick leave for <br />each full calendar month of service in which he/she is employed by the City with <br />full pay; provided, however, any absence on sick leave for a period of time greater <br />than fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any one (1) calendar month shall not <br />be considered to be service entitling an employee to earn sick leave as aforesaid. <br />C. Use of Sick Leave <br />1. Authorization for Use <br />Use of sick leave shall be authorized as follows: <br />a. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at his/her discretion, <br />but shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness or <br />disability, as authorized in this article. <br />b. When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused an employee's <br />absence, for which benefits are required under the State Workers' <br />Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid sick leave will be processed <br />during the first three (3) consecutive days of the statutory waiting period. If <br />the employee does not have sufficient accumulated sick leave at the <br />commencement of such industrial illness or injury, they will be advanced <br />sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the City will deduct an equal <br />amount previously advanced from any sick leave accrued by the employee <br />until the total amount is recovered. if the employee terminates before <br />recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City will deduct the unrecovered <br />cost of sick leave from such terminated employee's final paycheck, to the <br />201.9-2022 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit Page 57 <br />a <br />