Medical Leaves of Absence. When an employee continues to be absent from work due to an illness or injury after having used up his/her sick leave credit, he/she must apply for an unpaid sick leave of absence. Upon departmental approval of the unpaid sick leave of absence, he/she shall be removed from the payroll until he/she returns to work. If he/she does not return to work within twelve (12) consecutive months after he/she has been placed in a non-pay status, his/her seniority shall terminate. If, however, an employee is separated from his/her employment as provided in this subsection because of his/her absence from work due to a disability covered by worker’s compensation, his/her seniority shall be frozen as of the date of his/her separation. If and when such employee is reinstated within thirty (30) days following the cessation of such disability presenting medical evidence of his/her physical ability to perform the necessary work, such employee shall be entitled to exercise the amount of seniority he/she had acquired prior to his/her separation to obtain a job within the bargaining unit, in accordance with the seniority provisions then in effect, which job he/she has the seniority and the then-present ability to satisfactorily perform. Meaningful consideration will be given to an employee who applies for reinstatement under this Subsection.
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