Common use of Approved Use Clause in Contracts

Approved Use. A. Employees shall be granted leave with full pay for actual illness or injury, confinement for reason of quarantine, serious illness of the employee's immediate family at the Sheriff's discretion, upon certification from a physician stating the employee's need to care for the ill family member, and/or non-routine visit to a physician or dentist for medical care up to the number of accumulated sick days the employee has earned. Immediate family is defined as only: mother, father, brother, sister, child, minor step child, xxxxxx child, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, legal guardian or other person who stands in the place of a parent. Paid sick leave for care of family members other than those listed above must be approved by the Sheriff. The Sheriff's approval will not be unreasonably withheld. Sick leave abuse will be grounds for termination. Employees absent on sick leave for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive working hours may be requested to provide a physician's statement verifying the nature of the illness and attesting to the employee's fitness to return to work.