J. Whenever an employee retires, he/she shall receive his/her accrued
sick leave pay up to a maximum of seven hundred twenty (720) hours in a lump
sum at the rate of pay in effect at the date of retirement.
K. | Any member of the bargaining unit may contribute eight (8) hours of
his/her sick leave to a sick leave bank by July 31 of each contract year.
Contributing members may apply for withdrawal from the sick leave bank upon
depletion of accumulated sick leave for reasons of prolonged or continuing illness
or incapacitating accident. The total amount of accumulations in the bank as of
July 1, 1983, is agreed to be 7910 hours. Henceforth, the total number of
accumulated hours in the bank shall not exceed 58 hours times the number of
eligible members in the bargaining unit. Withdrawals from the bank shall be
charged against the total number of hours in the bank on the basis of the number of
actual hours the employee is absent during scheduled duty hours. The operation of
the bank and withdrawals therefrom shall be carried out by a committee of two (2)
members of the bargaining unit, and one (1) administrator selected by the Chief.
The committee shall establish its rules and regulations and shall require
documentation from a physician supporting the request for sick leave bank
withdrawals. The committee shall furnish written records of deposits, withdrawals
and documentation to the Chief and to the City Human Resource Department.
Records of deposits shall be furnished no later than August 30th of each year. In all
cases, the decisions rendered by the committee shall be final and binding,
provided, however, that specific provisions of this Paragraph K cannot be
superseded by any rules or regulations of the sick leave bank committee. All
decisions of the committee shall be in accordance with its rules and regulations.
The provisions of this Article shall govern all sick leave bank entitlements.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Paragraph K to the contrary, after using up
all his own sick leave accrual and vacation (according to Sick Leave Bank Rules),
accrual no employee shall be able to withdraw more than eighteen months of sick
leave from the sick leave bank for any one sickness or injury without the prior
approval of the Fire Commissioners, to whom the employee may appeal.
Additional contributions of eight (8) hours of a member’s sick leave may be made
by members in the event that the total accumulated hours in the sick leave bank fall
below four hundred twenty (420) hours
L. A program of light duty work shall be made available within the Fire
Department for Fire Department personnel who have sustained a work related
disabling injury. Light duty assignments shall conform to New Hampshire law.
Any variation to the work schedule set forth in Article 14 for such light duty work
shall be mutually agreed upon by the Union and the Chief of the Department,
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