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ARTICLE 26 <br /> MEDICAL LEAVE AND DISABILITY LEAVE <br /> 26.01 ELIGIBILITY <br /> A. Full-time permanent non-shift employees earn medical leave at the rate of one (1) <br /> work day per month starting the first full month of employment. Shift employees <br /> shall accrue medical leave at the rate of one day(12 hours)per month. For purposes <br /> of computation,one full 24-hour shift will be equal to two(2) 12-hour medical leave <br /> days. <br /> B. Medical leave may be taken as earned during the employee's probationary period. <br /> C. Frequent claiming of benefits under this rule will constitute grounds for the <br /> assumption by the Emergency Services Director that the physical condition of the <br /> employee is below the standard necessary for the proper performance of duties. <br /> Likewise,evidence of malingering or the abuse of this benefit will constitute grounds <br /> for prompt dismissal or disciplinary action by the Emergency Services Director. <br /> Employees suspected of abusing leave will be placed on notice and will be required <br /> to submit a doctor's note upon their return to work. Abuse of leave shall be defined <br /> as three occurrences in a 90 day period. For shift employees, each shift or partial <br /> shift that the employee is absent shall be an"occurrence." <br /> 26.02 EARNING OF MEDICAL LEAVE <br /> An employee on medical leave for more than fifteen(15)consecutive working days shall not <br /> accrue medical leave for that period of time. <br /> 26.03 ACCRUAL <br /> A. For employees hired before the beginning of the first pay period after Union <br /> ratification and County approval of this Agreement, medical leave may be <br /> accumulated for a total of no more than one hundred (100) days at the employee's <br /> anniversary date. <br /> 43 <br />