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 Tuition reimbursement.

Part-time and temporary employees who are certified for benefits must attend Benefits
Enrollment and New Employee Orientation. Employees exceeding 1,000 work hours per year
must join the North Carolina Local Government Employees’ Retirement System.

D. Sick Leave

Sick leave with pay is one of your most valuable benefits. Upon employment, you begin
earning sick leave at the rate of one day per month. Earned and unused sick leave is carried
forward each year.

Sick leave may be used for the following purposes:

 Maternity-related illness or injury
 Birth of a child
 Adoption of a child
 Placement of a child for foster care
 Personal illness or injury
 Visits to various medical professionals, i.e. doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists
 Personal dental care
 Illness or injury to members of your immediate family where your services are needed
 Serious health condition of the employee as defined under FMLA
 Military Exigency
 Serious health condition of the employee's spouse, child or parent as defined under
FMLA
 Death in your immediate family
 Addition to service time for retirement benefits

Immediate family members will include the following: employee's father, mother,
husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, father-in-law,
mother-in-law, or parental guardian.

In order to use your paid sick leave, you must:

 Promptly report to your supervisor the reason for your absence as described in the
WORK POLICIES AND PROCEDURES-ATTENDANCE Section of this Handbook
 Keep your supervisor informed of your condition on an agreed upon schedule
 Permit and agree to any medical examination and/or certification which the City may
consider necessary
 In accordance with the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act, agree to any
medical examination and/or certification which is required after an absence of more
than three (3) days

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