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Eligibility for Use:%u2022 Employees may use earned sick time for the following reasons:o (a) The employee%u2019s mental or physical illness, injury or health condition; medical diagnosis, care or treatment of the employee%u2019s mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; or preventative medical care for the employee. o (b) For the employee%u2019s family member%u2019s mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; medical diagnosis, care or treatment of the employee%u2019s family members%u2019 mental or physical illness, injury or health condition; or preventive medical care for a family member of the employee.o (c) If the employee or the employee%u2019s family member is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, for medical care or psychological or other counseling for physical or psychological injury or disability; to obtain services from a victim services organization; to relocate due to domestic violence or sexual assault; to obtain legal services; or to participate in any civil or criminal proceedings related to or resulting from the domestic violence or sexual assault. o (d) For meetings at a child%u2019s school or place of care related to the child%u2019s health or disability, or the effects of domestic violence or sexual assault on the child; or o (e) For the closure of the employee%u2019s place of business by order of a public official due to a public health emergency; for an employee%u2019s need to care for a child whose school or place of care has been closed by order of a public official due to a public health emergency; or when it has been determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider that the employee%u2019s or employee%u2019s family member%u2019s presence in the community would jeopardize the health of others because of the employee%u2019s or family member%u2019s exposure to a communicable disease, whether or not the employee or family member has actually contracted the communicable disease. %u2022 Employees must provide reasonable notice to the employer when requesting earned sick time.%u2022 The employer may require reasonable documentation to verify the need for earned sick time.For the purposes of this policy, %u201cfamily member%u201d includes all the following: o (a) Biological, adopted or foster child, stepchild, or legal ward, a child of a domestic partner, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis. o (b) Biological parent, foster parent, stepparent, adoptive parent or a legal guardian of an employee or an employee%u2019s spouse or domestic partner or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child. o (c) A person to whom the employee is legally married under the laws of any state or a domestic partner. o (d) A grand parent. o (e) A grandchild. o (f) A biological, foster or adopted sibling. o (g) Any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship