Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury. A. Annual Leave may be applied to:
Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury. A. Annual Leave may be used for the reasons, and according to the terms, for use of sick leave under Article V., Section 1.
Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury. Annual Leave may be applied to: An absence necessitated by the employee's personal illness, injury, or disability due to pregnancy or childbirth. Medical and dental office appointments when absence during working hours for this purpose is authorized by the department. Absence due to exposure to a contagious disease when quarantine is imposed by health authorities or when it is determined by a physician designated by the County that the presence of the employee on duty would endanger the health of others. Absence from duty because the employee's presence is needed to attend to the critical illness of a member of his or her immediate family. For purposes of this Subsection, immediate family shall mean father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepparent, brother, sister, wife, husband, registered domestic partner, child, xxxxxxxxx, grandchild, grandparent, or legal guardian.
Use of Annual Leave for Illness or Injury.
A. Annual Leave may be applied to:
1. An absence necessitated by the employee's personal illness, injury or disability due to pregnancy or childbirth.
2. Medical and dental office appointments when absence during working hours for this purpose is authorized by the department.
3. Absence due to exposure to a contagious disease when quarantine is imposed by health authorities or when it is determined by a physician designated by the County that the presence of the employee on duty would endanger the health of others.
4. Absence from duty because the employee's presence is needed to attend to the serious illness of a member of his or her immediate family. For purposes of this Subsection, immediate family shall mean father, father- in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepparent, brother, sister, wife, husband, child, stepchild, grandparent or legal xxxx.
5. Absence from duty because: (1) the employee’s presence is needed to attend to the diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventive care for, an employee or an employee’s family member; or (2) an employee is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the employee uses the leave time for the purposes described in Labor Code sections 230(c) and 230.1(a). Use of this leave is limited to the time period specified in Labor Code section 233. For purposes of this Subsection “family member” means child, parent, spouse, registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling as those terms are defined by Labor Code section 245.5(c).
6. Absence from duty because of personal emergencies not to exceed thirty (30) annual leave hours during the fiscal year.
7. An absence due to an air pollution alert which prevents the employee from traveling to his or her work location.
B. An employee may be required to furnish a certificate issued by a licensed physician or registered nurse or other satisfactory evidence of illness, injury or medical condition, or medical or dental office calls when the department has notified the employee in advance of such a requirement or when the employee has been under the care of a physician.
C. Annual Leave shall not be applied to absences which occur on a County holiday.
