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employee may be permitted to use whatever accumulated paid leave such employee has and then whatever catastrophic illness leave the employee was eligible for but did not use. The same principles concerning the administration of the sick leave benefit shall be used for this benefit where applicable. Section 18. 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 fury 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 PM, 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 19. 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. For the purposes of this section, a leave of absence is defined as a privilege which may be granted to an employee wishing to leave the City service in good standing without pay for a limited period. Such employee must make a written request to the supervisor for such leave, stating the dates of leave and return and the reason for the request. The Police Chief must submit a written statement giving the reasons for recommending the approval of each request, after considering such factors as employee work 15