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be paid for any unused vacation up to a maximum of twenty (20) days. Employees with more than ten (10) years of service will be paid for any unused vacation up to a maximum of thirty (30) days. SECTION 14.04 Attendance Holidays Interruption of work programs caused by employee absence is costly. In order to encourage work attendance, certain employees will earn one (1) attendance holiday after the completion of each quarter of the City's fiscal year subject to the following policies: A. All qualified employees who have not taken sick leave,-military leave, funeral leave, leave without pay, injury leave or vacation.pay in lieu of sick leave during the work quarter will receive an Attendance holiday. B. Attendance holidays will be taken after prior approval has been received from the supervisor. C. Only full time employees are eligible for Attendance holidays. SECTION 14.05 — Sick Leave Regular employees are eligible for sick leave with pay after their first full month of service if illness occurs. Part-time employees receive pro -rated benefits. Temporary employees do not receive sick leave benefits. Sick leave is accrued at the rate of one and one - quarter (1 %4) working days for each full month of employment. A maximum amount of one hundred and thirty-five (13 5) days of sick leave may be accumulated against future illness. Sick leave will be allowed in accordance with the following policies: A. Sick leave will be granted only for absence from duty because of personal illness or when needed for illness in the immediate family. Immediate family includes an employee's spouse, child, parent, father -in -law, mother -in -law or any relative living in the employee's home. Sick leave for an immediate family member of the employee is limited to five (5) working days per calendar year for a serious illness. Although an employee can only take five days of sick leave for an immediate family member they are still eligible for up to 12 weeks of family medical leave for a family member who has a serious health condition in a rolling 12 month period. B. Notification of illness and request for sick leave must be made to the supervisor, or as otherwise provided by department policy, prior to the beginning of the scheduled workday; or as soon thereafter as possible. C. The City may request an employee to provide verification of the circumstances surrounding any use of sick leave. A doctor's statement verifying the illness or injury or a statement 33 Revised 01 -25 -05