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ARTICLE X <br /> 10.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> 10.1 Sick Leave. <br /> A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick leave shall be deemed to <br /> mean absence from duty of an employee because of illness, injury, medical, or <br /> dental appointment that prevents the employee from performing the duties of their <br /> position, and shall be deemed to include time in quarantine resulting from exposure <br /> to a contagious disease. <br /> B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn, one (1), eight (8)hour <br /> working day of sick leave for each full calendar month of service in which they are <br /> employed by the City with full pay; provided, however, any absence on sick leave <br /> for a period of time greater than fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any one <br /> (1) calendar month shall not be considered to be service entitling an employee to <br /> earn sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the other provisions in this Article, sick <br /> leave shall accrue to the credit of each employee to the extent that it is not used. <br /> C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be <br /> authorized as follows: <br /> 1. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at their discretion,but <br /> shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness or disability, <br /> or as authorized in Section 10.1(J). <br /> 2. 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 allowed <br /> such employee during the first three(3)days of the statutory waiting period. <br /> If the workers' compensation related illness or injury continues past the <br /> initial three (3) consecutive days, the employee will have the three (3)used <br /> sick days recredited to their account, if the employee remains off work <br /> longer than fourteen(14)days. Paid sick leave will continue until the fourth <br /> (4th) day when the City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits <br /> for such illness or injury. If the employee does not have sufficient <br /> accumulated sick leave at the commencement of such industrial illness or <br /> injury,they will be advanced sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the <br /> City will deduct an equal amount previously advanced from any sick leave <br /> accrued by the employee until the total amount is recovered. If the <br /> employee terminates before recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City <br />