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4.578Sick Leave –Use of Sick Leave. (1) Unless an employer allows use at an earlier time, an employee becomes eligible to use sick leave only after: (a)The employee has been employed by the employer for 90 days; and (b)If the employer does not have a physical location inside the city, the employee has performed work inside the city for that employer totaling at least 240 hours in a year. Once an employee becomes eligible to use sick leave, the employee remains eligible regardless of the number of hours worked for thatemployer in subsequent years. (2) An employee may use sick leave for the following qualifying absences: (a)Diagnosis, care or treatment of the employee or the employee's family member's mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition, including preventive medical care; (b)One or more of the purposes set out in ORS 659A.272 related to domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking; and (c)Any other reason listed in the administrative rules adopted pursuant to section 4.582 of this code. (3) An employee may use sick leave only during times that the employee is scheduled to perform work inside the city. (4)Shift Trading. (a)An employer may not require an employee to find a replacement worker for his or her shift as a condition for the employee's use of sick leave, nor work an alternative shift in lieu of using accrued sick leave. (b)If the employer allows shift trading, and if an appropriate shift is available, an employee may choose to work additional hours or shifts without using available sick leave for the missed hours or shifts. (5) Nothing in sections 4.570 through 4.584 of this coderequires an employer to compensate an employee for accrued unused sick leave upon the employee’s termination, resignation, retirement, or other separation from employment. (6) An employer with a sick leave or paid time off policy that provides the employee with use of leave that equals or exceeds the requirements of this section is compliant with this section. 4.580Sick Leave–Exercise of Rights Protected; Retaliation Prohibited. (1) It shall be unlawful for an employer to interfere with the exercise of any right protected under sections 4.570 through 4.584 of this code. (2) An employer shall not take retaliatory action or discriminate against an employee because the employee has exercised rights protected under sections 4.570 through 4.584 of this code. Ordinance -Page 3of 6