Ordinary Sample Clauses

Ordinary. Ordinary sick leave shall mean illness of or off-duty injury to the member or the member's immediately family: 1. The member may use all his accrued sick leave, after which time he must use his annual leave or take leave without compensation. The manner in which additional time off will be allowed shall be the sole responsibility of the City Manager or designee. 2. For any period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours for Staff Division or forty-eight (48) hours for Shift Division of continuous absence, the City may require a doctor’s certificate of illness prior to allowing the individual to return to work. 3. When Staff Division use forty (40) hours or Shift Division use seventy-two (72) hours of continuous sick leave, the City may require a physical prior to allowing the member to return to work. 4. The City may require the member to submit a doctor's certificate of illness or may require a physical examination, attesting to the necessity of the member being absent from work because of illness, if the member has taken twelve (12) individual (single) days of sick leave in the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period. 5. If the City has reason to suspect member is misusing sick leave privileges, the City may require the employee to provide a doctor's certificate of illness for future illnesses by providing written notice to the employee. The written notice shall specify the reasons for suspecting misuse of sick leave. Failure to provide the requested certification shall be grounds for disciplinary action. 6. Sick leave may be used by member in the event the member determines it is necessary to stay home with a sick child or to attend to any other member of the immediate family who is ill. Sick leave may also be used in the case of a death in the immediate family. If the member's absence due to caring for such family member exceeds the times set out in 2, 3, 4 or 5, above, the City may require similar evidence of illness or physical condition to be provided regarding the member of the immediate family. "Immediate family" shall mean the spouse, children, mother, father, father-in-law, sisters, brothers, mother-in-law, stepmother, stepfather, stepchildren, grandchildren of the employee only, and grandparents of the employee only. It shall also include any guardian who raised the employee in the guardian's home.