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Employees are required to maintain a proper duty uniform. The city will maintain a Load Bearing Vest program and fund Load Bearing Vests and replacements which include replacement of pouches and accessories. ARTICLE 18 - SICK LEAVE 18.1 Sick leave is not a privilege or vested right that an Employee may use at his/her discretion. Eligible Employees may use sick leave only for the following: • Personal illness or injury; • To attend medical and dental appointments; • To care for sick dependents; • To take dependents to medical and dental appointments; • To utilize additional time for bereavement; • In accordance with state and federal law. Paid sick leave is provided for regular full-time and on a prorated basis for eligible part-time Employees. Regular full-time Employees accrue sick leave at a rate of eight (8) working hours for each calendar month. Temporary and seasonal Employees are not eligible for sick leave. There is no limit on the amount of accrued sick time that can be accumulated and carried forward from one year to the next. An Employee must notify his/her immediate supervisor at least thirty (30) minutes before the start of his/her regular start time if the Employee intends to be absent from work. If an emergency prevents the Employee from notifying his/her immediate supervisor at such time, the Employee must call his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible during the workday. The Employee is required to keep his/her immediate supervisor informed of his/her anticipated return to work. An Employee attempting to use sick time for reasons other than those explicitly permitted in this policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. A doctor's note shall be required if an Employee is absent more than four (4) days or if abuse of sick leave is suspected by the Employee's immediate supervisor, department head, or the City Administrator. In some circumstances, an Employee may be requested to submit to a medical examination by a physician or medical facility licensed to practice medicine. In such a circumstance, the City may select the physician and facility that will conduct the examination. Unused sick leave will not be paid out in wages upon termination of employment, except as provided in the Severance Pay section below. 18.2 Leave balances will be checked on the last pay day in October of each year. If Employee is at or over 960 accrued sick hours, they will begin accruing leave at the rate of eight (8) 8-hour days per year on the first pay day in November. If Employee is under 960 accrued sick hours they will remain accruing at the rate of twelve (12) days per year. When balances are checked on the last pay day in October the following year, Employees accruing at the eight (8) days per year rate shall have one-half (1 /2) of the previous year's accrued 7 Page 156 of 273