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An employee holding a full-time position with permanent <br />status who has completed two (2) full years of continuous <br />service shall be eligible for the catastrophic illness <br />leave benefit upon receiving a prior favorable <br />recommendation therefore from the department head <br />concerned and only upon the specific approval of the City <br />Manager. To be eligible for leave under this section, <br />such employee must be unable to work at his/her position <br />or any less demanding position to which he/she may be <br />assigned by the department head concerned, and must have <br />exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave, <br />vacation, holiday, overtime and all other accumulated <br />leave or pay benefits. <br />Upon receiving prior approval, an employee shall be <br />allowed catastrophic leave up to a total of one-half (~) <br />of the accumulated sick leave the employee had when the <br />catastrophic illness occurred to a maximum catastrophic <br />leave of fifty (50) work days; an employee who does not <br />have twenty (20) days' accumulated sick leave at the time <br />the catastrophic illness occurs may be permitted up to <br />ten (10) working days' catastrophic leave. Leave under <br />this section shall become effective after all other paid <br />leave is exhausted. During any period of catastrophic <br />illness leave, the employee shall receive compensation at <br />the rate of sixty percent (60%) of his/her regular base <br />pay. <br />A minimum of one (1) year must elapse fallowing the <br />termination of the catastrophic illness leave before an <br />employee may be permitted further catastrophic illness <br />leave. However, if subsequent .catastrophic illness <br />occurs within a year following the termination of the <br />previous catastrophic illness leave, ari employee may be <br />permitted to use whatever accumulated paid leave he/she <br />has and then whatever catastrophic illness leave he/she <br />was eligible for but did not use. <br />The same principles concerning the administration of the <br />sick leave benefit shall be used for this benefit where <br />applicable. <br />Section 37. Non-Discrimination <br />The City and the Union agree that there shall be no <br />discrimination against any employee because of Union <br />activities or because of race, color, religion, sex, <br />national origin, age, marital status, disability, or <br />sexual orientation defined by applicable Federal and <br />State regulations. <br />38 <br />