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receiving a prior favorable recommendation therefore from the department head concerned and <br />only upon the specific approval of the City Manager. To be eligible for leave under this <br />section, such employee must be unable to work at his/her position or any less demanding <br />position to which he/she may be assigned by the department head concerned, and must have <br />exhausted all of his/her accumulated sick leave, vacation, holiday, overtime and all other <br />accumulated leave or pay benefits. <br /> <br /> Upon receiving prior approval, an employee shall be allowed catastrophic leave up to a total of <br />one-half (½) of the accumulated sick leave the employee had when the catastrophic illness <br />occurred to a maximum catastrophic leave of fifty (50) work days; an employee who does not <br />have twenty (20) days' accumulated sick leave at the time the catastrophic illness occurs may be <br />permitted up to ten (10) working days' catastrophic leave. Leave under this section shall <br />become effective after all other paid leave is exhausted. During any period of catastrophic <br />illness leave, the employee shall receive compensation at the rate of sixty percent (60%) of <br />his/her regular base pay. <br /> <br /> A minimum of one (1) year must elapse following the termination of the catastrophic illness <br />leave before an employee may be permitted further catastrophic illness leave. However, if <br />subsequent catastrophic illness occurs within a year following the termination of the previous <br />catastrophic illness leave, an employee may be permitted to use whatever accumulated paid <br />leave he/she has and then whatever catastrophic illness leave he/she was eligible for but did not <br />use. <br /> <br /> The same principles concerning the administration of the sick leave benefit shall be used for <br />this benefit where applicable. <br /> <br />Section 37. Non-Discrimination <br /> <br /> The City and the Union agree that there shall be no discrimination against any employee <br />because of Union activities or because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital <br />status, disability, or sexual orientation defined by applicable Federal and State regulations. <br /> <br />Section 38. Professional Certification <br /> <br />All represented employees working in a full-time permanent position who are regularly <br />assigned to the Water Pollution Control Plant shall be reimbursed for obtaining or renewing <br />job-required certificates. <br /> <br />For those represented, eligible and required employees, the City agrees to continue to pay for <br />the cost of getting and maintaining a pesticide/herbicide application certificate. <br /> <br />The City shall reimburse, permanent full-time Traffic Operations and Associate and Assistant <br />Engineers in the Engineering and Transportation Department, for the cost of obtaining and/or <br />renewing job required certificates while employed by the City. <br /> <br />The City agrees to pay the cost of written and medical examinations for those represented <br />employees who are required to obtain and maintain a Class B Driver's License. <br /> <br />Section 39. Standby Pay <br /> <br />A. Public Works Employees <br />29