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<br />14 <br /> <br />Section 18. Catastrophic Illness Leave <br /> <br />The objective of this section is to complement the City's wellness program for employees by <br />improving health benefits in instances of catastrophic illness, and thereby aid employees to do <br />better work. <br /> <br />An employee holding a full-time position with permanent status who has completed two (2) full <br />years of continuous service shall be eligible for the catastrophic illness leave benefit upon <br />receiving a prior favorable recommendation therefore from the Police Chief and only upon the <br />specific approval of the City Manager. To be eligible for leave under this section, such <br />employee must be unable to work at the position or any less demanding position to which <br />assigned by the Police Chief, and must have exhausted all accumulated sick leave, vacation, <br />holiday, overtime and all other accumulated leave or pay benefits. <br /> <br />The same principles concerning the administration of the sick leave and vacation leave benefits <br />shall be used for this benefit where applicable. <br /> <br />Section 19. Jury Duty <br /> <br />Any employee who has one (1) or more years of continuous service with the City, when <br />reporting for jury service as specified by summons, will be entitled to the difference between <br />jury duty pay and the regular daily rate of pay for each day of jury service up to a maximum of <br />fifteen (15) working days during any twelve (12) consecutive months. <br /> <br />Employees scheduled to work the graveyard shift immediately preceding a day of jury duty as <br />above defined will not be required to work such shift and will receive jury duty pay in lieu <br />thereof, subject to the foregoing maximum limitation. <br /> <br />Any day or swing shift employee scheduled to begin service on a jury before 12:00 noon shall <br />not be required to report to work beforehand. Any employee released from jury duty prior to <br />12:30 p.m., shall report to work for the balance of the shift. <br /> <br />An employee who is scheduled for jury service or who serves on a jury on Friday and Monday <br />will not be required to work on a Saturday or Sunday unless it is at the overtime rate of pay. <br />Days of jury duty and all fees paid shall be verified by the court official responsible for issuing <br />checks in payment of jury service. Service not paid for by the court is not covered by this <br />section. <br /> <br />Section 20. Leave of Absence Without Pay <br /> <br />A leave of absence may be granted to an employee when it would improve the quality of the <br />employee's job performance for the City government or when such leave is in other ways <br />considered to be in the best interest of the City service. This could include leave for such <br />purposes as additional job-related education or training, or extended illness not covered by <br />accumulated sick leave. <br /> <br />For the purposes of this section, a leave of absence is defined as a privilege which may be <br />granted to an employee wishing to leave the City service in good standing without pay for a <br />limited period. Such employee must make a written request to the supervisor for such leave,