Agmt 2002 San Leandro Police Officers' Associaton SLPOA

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Section 14. Sick Leave The object of sick leave is to provide orderly methods of furthering the health and safety of each employee as well as aiding in the maintenance of productivity. Sick leave is not a right which an employee can use at his or her discretion, but a privilege which can be allowed only in case of actual sickness, or non job-incurred injury of such employee, or of such employee's immediate family which compels the employee to be absent from work. In order to qualify for paid sick leave, notification. must be given to the work unit supervisor as soon as practicable, but a least thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of the regular work day. Waiver of this reporting requirement can be made by the Police Chief only, and only in specific unusual circumstances. Absence for illness may not be charged to sick leave not already accumulated. An employee holding afull-time position with probationary or permanent status maybe allowed a leave of absence from duty without loss of pay on account of sickness or injury. Sick leave with pay is cumulative at the rate of one (1) workday for each month of service beginning at the time of fiull-time probationary employment. Unused sick leave maybe accumulated to a total of two hundred forty (240) workdays. In the event employee absences from duty are deemed by the City Manager to be the result of concerted activity, any employee claiming sick leave with pay shall be required to provide a doctor's certificate stating the nature of the sickness or injury, the name and signature of the attending physician, the time and date the employee was examined by the physician, and a certification that the disability was of such severity as to prevent the employee from performing the job. The City Manager may also require that the evidence submitted by the employee be reviewed by a physician selected by the City and may require a physical examination by such physician at the City's expense. In those instances where the City Manager requires that this procedure be followed, it is understood that the burden of proof to qualify for sick leave with pay is placed upon the employee. Sick leave shall not be granted to an employee who is absent from duty due to illness or injury incurred while self-employed or working for an employer other than the City of San Leandro. The benefits provided under this section shall not be available to employees whose absence is caused by sickness or injury arising within the course and scope of City employment. An employee who takes a leave of absence without pay for a period in excess of fifteen (15) calendar days shall not accrue sick leave for such period. Except a.s hereinafter provided, payment for unused sick leave will be granted to full-time regular employees who are represented by the San Leandro Police Officer's Association with at least fifteen (1S) years' continuous City service, including full-time service in an annexed jurisdiction, at termination, retirement or resignation in good standing based on salary at termination pursuant to the following schedule: Number of sick leave days accumulated, multiplied by seven and one-half percent (7 %%), multiplied by the number of whale years of service, multiplied by the hourly rate at termination. The above formula figure of seven and one- halfpercent (7 %%) will be adjusted to ten percent (10%) for an employee who terminates City service after completing twenty-five (25) years of uninterrupted City service by way of 11