Extended Unpaid Sick Leave. If an employee has exhausted his/her paid sick leave and if a physician retained by the College certifies that his/her health is such that he/she is not physically or mentally capable of efficiently and regularly performing his/her usual work, such employee shall be placed on a leave of absence for a period not exceeding six (6) months, which shall be renewable for an additional period or periods subject to a total limitation of one (1) year, provided that such total limitation shall be eighteen (18) months in the case of an employee with eight (8) years or more but less than fifteen (15) years of continuous employment at the commencement of such leave of absence and two (2) years in the case of an employee with fifteen (15) years or more of continuous employment at the commencement of such leave of absence. Such leave of absence shall be unpaid, except for any benefits to which the employee
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Samples: College Union Agreement, Union Agreement, Union Agreement