4, In the Dispatchers Division only two (2) dispatchers in any
vacation period.
kK. Upon the retirement or death of an employee he/she shall be paid all
accumulated vacation leave including a pro-rata accrual on a monthly basis for
time worked past his/her anniversary date. The employee must work until at least
the 15"" of the month in question to be included in the pro-rata calculation.
Article 22 - PAID SICK AND INJURY LEAVE
A. Sick leave will be accrued at the rate of ten (10) hours per month up to
a maximum accrual of seven hundred twenty (720) hours allowed. Sick leave does
not accrue during disciplinary suspension. Sick leave taken shall be charged
against hours accumulated on the basis of the actual number of hours the employee
is absent during scheduled duty hours. Effective upon signing of this Agreement,
sick leave will no longer have a maximum accrual of seven hundred twenty (720)
hours. However, payment of sick leave upon retirement or death as described in
Article 22, I and J will never exceed seven hundred twenty (720) hours; any
remaining sick leave hours over that amount upon retirement or death will go into
the sick leave bank described in Article 22, K.
B. In the event of a prolonged absence because of illness in excess of
thirty (30) calendar days, sick leave accumulation will be allowed only for the first
thirty (30) days of such an absence. There will be no accumulation of sick leave
during absences covered by the Sick Bank.
C. Sick leave will be used only for the personal injury or illness of the
employees, not contracted in the line of duty, provided such sickness or injury is
not incurred as the result of day-off work in which case no sick leave will be paid.
In the case of sickness or injury incurred as the result of working for another
employer, the employee shall receive no sick leave with pay.
C.1. An employee may use a maximum of 80.64 hours per year for the care
of the illness of a family member who resides in the immediate household. The
usage of sick leave in this instance may not necessarily be covered by the Family
Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employees utilizing sick leave under this paragraph
who are unable to perform their duties for more than two (2) consecutive duty
shifts shall furnish to the Chief of the Department a certificate from a physician
