LONG TERM DISABILITY (LTD)
Employees who are covered by this Agreement may be eligible for Long-Term Disability under the City’s
Long-Term Disability Plan in accordance with the provisions thereof as the same may be amended from
time to time. There shall be no cost to the employee for this benefit.
SHORT TERM DISABILITY
The City of Nashua will offer Short Term Disability coverage to all employees covered under this CBA.
Participation in this program will be completely optional and funded entirely at the employee's expense.
ARTICLE 17: SICK LEAVE & SICK LEAVE BANK
TRANSFERS FROM ANOTHER OUTSIDE BARGAINING UNIT OR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT:
Full-time and part-tine employees who transfer from another bargaining unit outside of the Department or
from another City Department without any breaks in City service will be permitted to retain their sick leave
accrual balances. However, they will not be permitted to use them as sick days under this article until
completion of six (6) months of continuous Department employment.
FULL-TIME & PART-TIME EMPLOYEES:
A. Accruals per Month & Year:
1. Sick leave is accumulated at 10 hours per month for the full time employee as defined in Article
3Q provided the employee has been employed on the 15** of the month. Total accumulation
per year is 15 days (120) hours for the full-time employee.
2. Part-Time employees, as defined in Article 3P shall receive prorated sick day accruals based
on hours in a normal work day and will reach maximum accrual caps based on full-time accruals
for employees.
B. Sick Leave Deductions: For the purposes of this article, a one-day sick leave deduction shall be
the employee's normal work day hours.
C. Maximum Accruals:
All full-time and part-time employees can accrue up to a maximum of 1,080 hours. As noted above,
part-time employee’s accrual rates are prorated.
* Employees Hired Prior to 9/16/03:
e Employees can accrue up to a maximum of 1080 sick leave hours.
e Employees hired on or after 9/16/03:
® Employees can accrue unlimited sick leave hours.
D. Payment on Death, Retirement, or Resignation (after 15 years of service for resignations):
Employees Hired Prior to 9/16/63:
