WHEREAS - Watsonville California

Sick leave is payable only in the cases of bona fide illness or
injury.
7.3.2 The maximum accumulation of unused sick leave is 125 days
(1,000 hours). Sick leave accumulated in any calendar year in
excess of 125 days (1,000 hours) shall be paid at the rate of
fifty (50%) percent of such excess. Upon a thirty (30) day
notice from the employee, the employee may select CTO in
lieu of a paid rate of 50% in excess of 125 days. Employees
may donate hours in excess of 1,000 at the 50% rate to other
employee’s catastrophic leave accounts. The balance of such
unused sick leave is lost and the sick leave accrual is reduced
to 125 days (1,000 hours) on January 1 of each year.
7.3.3 Employee sick leave of up to one-half (1/2) of an employee's
annual accrual (one-half of the annual accrual is currently 7
1/2 days) may be utilized for the care of immediate family in
the event of an injury or illness in accordance with the City's
current sick leave policy.
7.3.4 Employees shall cease accruing sick leave after eighty (80)
consecutive hours on paid sick leave.
7.3.5 In case of death in immediate family an employee may be
granted accrued sick leave not to exceed three (3) days.
Additional time off for this purpose must be vacation, C.T.O.,
or unpaid leave. Bereavement leave must be approved by the
Department Head.
7.3.6 When an employee becomes ill while on vacation or other
authorized leave (except leave without pay) or otherwise
becomes eligible for sick leave benefits, his/her absence from
the job for the period during which he/she is thus eligible for
sick leave may be so charged. In such event the employee
must notify his/her department head or supervisor not later
than four (4) hours after the start of the workday and shall
submit upon his/her return a licensed health care provider's
certificate. In cases of bonafide emergency, the four (4) hour
notice requirement may be waived.
7.3.7 Immediate Family. For the purposes of administering this
section, the immediate family shall include parents, brothers,
sisters, spouses, domestic partners and children. Where
unusually close ties exist, the department head may determine
other relationships to be included in this definition on a caseby-case
basis.
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