Enrollment/Group Re-Opening: Any patrolman requesting initial membership in one of the
plans may enter only during a specified enrollment period (group re-opening). Any patrolman
desiring to select a different plan, after having enrolled in one of the plans, may make that
selection only once during one (1) calendar year.
ARTICLE 17
SICK LEAVE
The Chief's designee for the purposes of this Article shall be the Bureau Commander or
Divisional Supervisor.
Accrual Rate:
A. Full-Time Employees: Full-Time employees shall be allowed to accrue an unlimited
amount of sick hours. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of 10 hours per month, a
total of 120 hours, in any calendar year. If sick time taken exceeds 120 hours in any
calendar year and prior accrued sick leave is available, it may be used for that illness
upon approval of the Chief.
EB. Part-Time Employees Part-Time Employee shall be allowed to accrue an unlimited
amount of sick hours. Sick leave shall be accrued at a rate specified below:
34 hours:week = 8.5 monthly hourly accrual rate or
102 hours/12 days per year.
Retirement Death Benefit:
A, Full-Time Employees: A maximum of 960 accrued sick hours (120 days} may be paid
only after a full-time employee has voluntarily terminated employment and completed
twenty (20) years of service with the Department or within the New Hampshire
Retirement System as required by State Statutes. Payment of such sick hours (120
days) shall be made to the employee's estate if death occurs while employed by the
Department.
B. Part-Time Emplovees: This article does not apply to part-time employees.
Loss of Sick Days:
A. Full-Time _Emplovees: Except in the case of death, accrued sick hours shall be lost if
termination of employment is for any reason other than retirement, or voluntarily
termination after completion of twenty (20) years with the New Hampshire Retirement
System as provided by law.
B. Part-Time Emplovees: For part-time employees, accrued sick hours shall be lost after
termination of employment, including death.
Leavina Durina Tour of Dutv: Employees leaving their tour of duty sick shall complete NPD
Form #710, “Documentation of Time Not Worked." The time {in hours) will be rounded up to the
nearest 4% hour and will be deducted from the employee's accrued sick leave.
Physician's Verification: Employees taking three (3) or more successive sick days shall provide
a physician's verification of absence within five (5) days after returning to work, Such verification
shall be directed to the attention of the employee's Bureau Commander.
