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