Thirty hours or less of sick leave used in the calendar year - fifty percent
(50%) of one week's pay;
Forty-eight (48) hours or less of sick leave used in the calendar year - forty
percent (40%) of one week's pay.
In computing total departmental sick time use for purposes of determining
whether the enhanced benefits in this subparagraph will be paid in the calendar
year in question, all departmental sick time used will be included, except that the
consecutive hours used by an individual employee on account of a single injury or
illness which exceed 420 consecutive hours for that injury or illness will not be
included. The 420 hour maximum shall be included tn the computation.
N _ Bargaining Unit employees shall be granted a maximum of two (2)
shifts for personal leave per year, provided that on January 1 of each year the
employee has a balance of six hundred (600) or more hours of accrued sick leave.
Bargaining Unit employees shall be granted a maximum of one (1) shift for
personal leave per year, provided that on January 1 of each year the employee has
a balance of three hundred (300) or more hours of accrued sick leave. Personal
leave shall be deducted from the employee’s sick leave. Personal leave shall not
carry forward from year to year. Members wishing to use personal leave in this
section must notify the deputy chief or Division Supervisor by 7 a.m. on the day
the leave is to be used. This leave cannot be scheduled on days excluded under
Article 21 H.2.
O. —Bargaming Unit employees shall be granted two (2) shifts for Training
Leave per year, provided that on January 1 of each year the employee has a balance
of six hundred (600) or more hours of accrued sick leave. Bargaining Unit
employees shall be granted one (1) shift for Traming Leave per year, provided that
on January 1 of each year the employee has a balance of three hundred (300) or
more hours of accrued sick leave. Training Leave shall be deducted from the
employee’s sick leave. Traming Leave shall not carry forward from year to year
and must be used to attend fire Service related trammg approved by the Chief or
designee. Members wishing to use training Leave in this section must notify the
Deputy Chief or division supervisor seven (7) days in advance of the requested
leave date. This leave cannot be scheduled on days excluded under Article 21 H.2.
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