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532 Funeral leave is paid time off. An employee may arrange additional time off with the approval of his/her Department Head. Any additional time off will be charged to, and limited by any accrued leave time. Substantiation of an employee's use of funeral leave may be required. SECTION 14.10 — Authorized Leave Without Pa Employees may be authorized to take leave without pay for up to three (3) months during a 12 month period; however in unusual circumstances, the City Manager has the option of approving up to an additional three (3) months of leave without pay. Leave without pay may be taken under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreeable between the employee, his/her department head and the City Manager. After exhausting all authorized leave without pay, if the employee is not able to perform the essential job functions, the employee will be terminated. A request for such leave must be made in writing to the employee's Department Head. Length of service, quality of performance, the urgency of need and the City's interest will be considered prior to approving the request. If an employee is eligible for Family and Medical Leave and has exhausted all paid leave benefits, leave without pay must be approved. Fringe benefits accrued at the time of departure will be carried over to the time of return. However, no fringe benefits will be accumulated during the period of absence. Employees must notify the department head of his/her intention to return to work from authorized leave without pay as soon as possible. Not returning to work within three (3) working days after expiration of a leave of absence is considered a resignation. SECTION 14.11- Injury Leave Civil Service employees must be granted injury leave with full pay, for up to one (1) year as required by Civil Service Law or until the employee is able to return to duty, whichever comes first. Injury leave applies only to Civil Service Employees. SECTION 14.12 — Worker's Compensation/Return to work Employees who are injured on the job must report the injury to their supervisor immediately but no later than 24 hours of injury. The supervisor must complete the City of Paris Supervisor's First Report of Injury form immediately upon receiving a report of injury from the employee and submit to the Finance Office. After an injured employee is off the job for five days and is unable to return to full duty, he /she will receive Worker's Compensation benefits only, unless the employee elects to 38 Revised 01 -25 -05