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J An employee may be eligible for sick leave days for the following reasons: a. Personal illness or physical incapacity. b. Quarantine of an employee by a physician or health officer. C. Illness in the family that would require the employee to take care of the family member(s). d. Medical, dental and optical visits. An employee who is unable to report for work due to one of the previously listed sick leave reasons shall report the reason for the absence to the employee's Supervisor before or within 1 hour from the time the employee is expected to report for work. If the employee's Supervisor could not be reached, the employee may report to the City Clerk's office. Sick leave with pay may not be allowed unless such report has been made. A leave request must be completed as soon as the employee returns to work and forwarded to the City Clerk's office. Employees will be allowed to use 24 hours undocumented sick time within a leave year. After the use of 24 hours undocumented sick time, employees must provide a note from a licensed physician or other person legally authorized to treat an illness, disease, or disability in order to receive paid sick leave. Absence for part of a day shall be deducted from the accrued sick leave in amounts of no less than one (1) hour increments. Employees who use all of their accrued sick leave can thereafter be placed on leave of absence without pay unless extenuating circumstances justify exceptional action by the Mayor and reported to the city council. Unused sick leave shall not be paid to employees who separate or are separated from the City except at retirement with 20 years of continues service. If an employee retires after completing at least 20 years of continues service (without a break in employment), they will be paid for all unused sick leave at his/her rate of pay up to 3 months salary. Sick leave is considered a privilege that is not to be abused. If the supervisor feels that the privilege is being abused, he or she may require the employee to furnish a doctor's certificate for each period of absence. If an employee falsely repots a sickness as an excuse for absence, the absence will be considered an unauthorized absence and will be documented and filed in his/her personnel file. In an event of illness, the employee is expected to keep the department head informed of the progress, and should the sick leave be in excess of 24 hours, the employee must present the supervisor with a written statement from a physician certifying that the illness prevented the employee from performing his/her duties. Failure to do any of the previous will result in the employee being charged with available vacation or personal hours leave without pay. 17