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10.6 All employees who, because of their duties are asked to remain away from their home portals, shall receive compensation for food and lodging reasonably and necessarily incurred in accordance with the City of Pequot Lakes Travel/Expense Reimbursement Policy and reimbursement for mileage incurred, if authorized to use the employee's private vehicle, at the IRS applicable established mileage rate, and direct travel time to and from shall be compensated as paid work time. ARTICLE 11 SICK LEAVE 11.1 Full-time employees shall earn sick leave with pay at the rate of 8 hours per month. Sick leave shall be accrued on a semi-monthly basis. Sick leave shall accumulate to a maximum of nine hundred sixty (960) hours and may be granted in increments of not less than one (1)hour. 11.2 Upon separation from employment, due to retirement, voluntary or involuntary termination for whatever reason, all employees with five years of service to the City of Pequot Lakes shall receive ten (10%) percent of their unused sick leave. Employees with ten (10) or more years of service shall receive twenty-five (25%) percent of their unused sick leave. 11.3 An employee shall be granted sick leave with pay when the employee is unable to work due to illness, the necessity for medical, chiropractic or dental care, childbirth or pregnancy disability, sickness of a member of the employee's "immediate family" subject to Section 11.4 hereof, or exposure to contagious disease where such exposure may endanger the health of others with whom the employee would come in contact in the course of duty. 11.4 In the event of serious illness in the immediate family of the employee, sick leave may be used to provide necessary care which requires the presence of the employee and which cannot be obtained in another manner. For purposes of this Subsection, "immediate family" shall be construed to mean the employee's parents or spouse, or minor children or minor step-children living in the home. 11.5 The Employer may require the employee to submit a medical certificate, in a form satisfactory to the Employer, in the event of absence of three (3) days or more, or if the Employer reasonably suspects misuse or excessive use of sick leave. Abuse of sick leave may be cause for disciplinary action. 11.6 Employees shall notify their supervisor by telephone or other means at the earliest opportunity when they will be unable to report to work as scheduled because of illness. Such notice shall be given as soon as possible prior to the start of the shift which will be missed because of illness or injury. 22794-1(9.16.08) 11