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for a purpose not permitted by this MOU or the law, it will be considered abuse of <br /> sick. leave. If abuse of sick leave is suspected, a physician's certificate or other <br /> satisfactory written evidence may be requested. <br /> H. Denial. No employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay while absent from <br /> duty because of sickness or injury purposely self-inflicted or caused by willful <br /> misconduct;or,sickness or disability sustained while engaged in employment other <br /> than employment by the City, for monetary gain or other compensation, or by <br /> reason of engaging in business or activity for monetary gain or other compensation. <br /> I. Excess Usage. If sick leave is used in excess of that due and available an employee, <br /> such excess sick leave will, first, be deducted from any available compensatory <br /> time off benefit; second, from any available vacation leave benefit; finally, <br /> deducted from the next scheduled salary payment. <br /> J. Necessity Leave. Each employee shall be afforded the opportunity to use up to <br /> forty-eight (48) hours of sick leave per calendar year, on a non-cumulative basis, <br /> as personal necessity leave. All of this personal necessity leave may be used to <br /> attend to an illness of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee. As used in this <br /> section, "child" means a biological, foster, or adopted child, a stepchild, a legal <br /> ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; "parent"means a biological, <br /> foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, a person who stood in loco parentis when the <br /> employee was a minor child, or a legal guardian; and "immediate family" means <br /> any member of the employee's household related by blood or marriage, a parent, <br /> parent-in-law (including biological, adoptive, foster, stepparent, and legal <br /> guardian), spouse, registered domestic partner, child, brother, sister, grandparent, <br /> or grandchild of the employee, regardless of residence, or any other relative of the <br /> employee by blood or marriage, where it can be established by the employee that <br /> the employee's presence is required. to handle emergency arrangements and/or <br /> other matters. <br /> Up to five (5) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: <br /> 1. To attend to a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate <br /> family; <br /> 2. For childbirth; <br /> 3. To cope with imminent danger to the employee's family, home, or other <br /> valuable property; <br /> 4. When the existence of external eirewnstances beyond the employee's <br /> control make it impossible for them to report for duty; or <br /> 5. To attend to medical or dental appointments for members of the employee's <br /> household. <br /> CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: JULY 1,2025 THROUGH.TUNE 30,2028 <br /> Page 38 <br /> 13139922.1 SA370-001 <br />