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ARTICLE X 10.0 OTHER LEAVES OF ABSENCE 10.1 Sick Leave. A. Definition. Except as otherwise provided below, sick leave shall be deemed to mean absence fiom duty of an employee because of illness, injury, medical, or dental appointment that prevents the employee from performing the duties of his or her position, and shall be deemed to include time in quarantine resulting from exposure to a contagious disease. B. Accrual. Each employee shall be entitled to, and shall earn, one (1), eight (8) hour working day of sick leave for each full calendar month of service in which he is employed by the City with full pay; provided, however, any absence on sick leave for a period of time greater than fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days in any one (1) calendar month shall not be considered to be service entitling an employee to earn sick leave as aforesaid. Subject to the other provisions in this Article, sick leave shall accrue to the credit of each employee to the extent that it is not used. C. Authorized Only When Necessary. Use of sick leave by City employees shall be authorized as follows: 1. Sick leave is not a right which an employee may use at his or her discretion, but shall be allowed only in cases of necessity and actual sickness or disability, or as authorized in Subsection J below. 2. When an accepted industrial illness or injury has caused an employee's absence, for which benefits are required under the State Workers' Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, paid sick leave will be allowed such employee during the first three (3) days of the statutory waiting period. If the workers' compensation related illness or injury continues past the initial three (3) consecutive days, the employee will have the three (3) used sick days re-credited to his or her account, if the employee remains off work longer than 14 days. Paid sick leave will continue until the fourth (01) day when the City pays the employee workers' compensation benefits for such illness or injury. If the employee does not have sufficient accumulated sick leave at the commencement of such industrial illness or injury, they will be advanced sick leave for this purpose. Subsequently, the City will deduct an equal amount previously advanced from any sick leave accrued by the employee until the total amount is recovered. If the employee terminates before recovery of all advanced sick leave, the City will deduct the unrecovered cost of sick 43 25B-83