Agmt 2014 San Leandro City Employees Association SLCEA

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head only in specified and unusual circumstances. Absence for illness may not be charged to sick leave not already accumulated. In instances when an employee cannot report for work on a scheduled work day, such employee shall comply with call-in rules established by the department head for the work unit in which the employee works. b. Accrual: An employee holding a full-time position with probationary or permanent status may be allowed a leave of absence from duty without loss of salary on account of sickness or injury. Sick leave with pay is cumulative at the rate of eight (8) hours for each full calendar month of service beginning the first of the calendar month following full-time probationary employment. Employees whose full-time probationary employment begins on the first work day of the month shall accrue sick leave upon completion of that month. Unused sick leave may be accumulated to a total of two thousand (2000) hours. 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 by 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 parties understand and agree that once salary continuation benefits have been exhausted, if applicable, sick leave, compensatory time and part-time PTO leave that have been accrued will be coordinated with other applicable benefits, in that order, to mitigate the financial impact of an employee's absence. An employee who is in unpaid status for 44 or more hours in a given pay period shall not accrue sick leave for such period. c. Payment: Payment for unused sick leave will be granted to full-time regular employees with at least fifteen (15) years' continuous City service at death, 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 (71/2%), multiplied by the number of whole years of service, multiplied by the hourly rate at termination. The above formula figure of seven and one-half percent (71/2%) 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 termination, service retirement or resignation in good standing with the City. An employee whose death or permanent disability is a result of an accident which is held to be compensable by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board will receive payment for unused 8