Sec. 4.126. Allowance for Sick Leave. (a) Every civilian employee of the City shall be entitled to sick leave with pay as provided herein, if the employee is compelled to be absent from work on account of any illness or injury other than that caused by or arising from the employee's own moral turpitude. Such sick leave shall be allowed as follows: 1. Full-Time Employees. A. Full-time employees shall begin accruing sick leave on the first day of employment. Employees shall accrue a total of one day (8 hours) of sick leave at the end of the first month (30 calendar days) of employment and shall accrue one additional day at the end of each subsequent month (30-calendar day period) worked until January 1. Beginning January 1, employees shall accrue sick leave as provided in Subsection (a)1.B of this section. Employees may use their accrued sick leave beginning on the 90th day of City employment (90 calendar days from the date of hire). B. Beginning the January 1 subsequent to the date of their initial City employment, full- time employees shall be allowed 96 hours leave at 100% of full pay and 40 hours at 75% of full pay each calendar year for sick leave, plus the hours of sick leave accrued and accumulated as provided herein. C. Employees hired prior to January 1, 1998, who were previously allowed to accrue 40 hours of leave at 50% of full pay each calendar year shall have any unused balance of such sick leave frozen with no further credits or withdrawal permitted. D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, employees in representation units shall be governed by the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding for their representation units. Changes in employees’ rates of sick leave accrual resulting from changes in their representation unit, shall be adjusted on the January 1 following such change. 2. Half-Time Employees. A. Half-time employees as defined by Section 4.110(a) of this Code, shall begin accruing prorated sick leave on the first day of employment. Sick leave for a half-time employee shall be prorated on the basis of total number of hours scheduled in relationship to the total number of hours required for full-time employment. Employees may use their accrued sick leave beginning on the 90th day of City employment (90 calendar days from the date of hire). B.