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Regular full-time and part-time employees who have worked for the City for at least six months are eligible to earn sick leave from the date the employee is hired. Paid sick leave is not available to temporary, intermittent, or seasonal employees. Sick leave may be approved only for days when an employee would otherwise have been regularly scheduled to work. It may be used, with the approval of the supervisor, in any of the following cases: 1 When the employee cannot work because of the illness, injury, or disability of employee, employee's minor children, or employee's spouse;' 2 For medical, dental chiropractic, or optical examinations or treatments of employee or employee's minor children; 3 When the employee's presence would jeopardize the health of other employees by exposing them to contagious disease; 4 What a member of the employee's immediate family is seriously ill or injured, requiring the employee's attendance. Immediate family is defined as spouse, parents, children, siblings, stepparents, stepchildren, or legal guardian). The City may require confirmation of the necessity of attending the family member by the physician. 9.2 Accrual Amount. Sick leave for every probationary and regular full-time employee will be twelve days per year based on the accrual of one day for each calendar month of full time service or a major fraction thereof. An employee may accumulate no more than 120 days. 9.3 Requirements 1. Sick leave shall not be granted until it is earned. 2. Sick leave is accrued at the end of a completed year of service to be used during the following year. 3. In the event of termination, sick leave will NOT be paid to the employee. 4. Employees shall report the reason for their absence as soon as practical to their supervisor (employees failing to give such notice will be subject to discipline). 16