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6.B. - Page 180 of 366 <br />Employees who die while in the employ of the City shall be eligible to <br />receive compensation for twenty-five percent (25%) of accrued unused <br />sick leave. <br />Employees who die in the line of duty or whose death is determined to <br />be directly attributable to injury or illness sustained while on duty shall <br />be eligible to receive compensation for one -hundred percent (100%) of <br />accrued unused sick leave. <br />In the event of the death of a unit member, such payments shall be made <br />to the designated beneficiary filed with the Director of Finance, or, in <br />the event no designated beneficiary has been chosen, the beneficiary <br />listed in the unit member's insurance policy will receive payment of such <br />unu�s]ed sick leave in the applicable amount as provided in this Section <br />Gfflnar; .x ;x leo„ of siek leave «e,dits <br />Unit members discharged for disciplinary reasons shall not be eligible <br />for payment of unused sick leave. <br />9.1.98 Unused accumulated sick leave at the time of retirement, for which the <br />employee receives no compensation, shall be converted to additional <br />service credit at the rate of 0.004 years of service for each day, i.e., two <br />hundred fifty (250) days of sick leave €e- hall equal one additional year <br />of service credit. <br />Local safety member benefits subject to a maximum of ningty percent <br />(90%) of the average final compensation will not be increased beyond <br />that limit for unused sick leave credit. <br />9.2 Industrial Disability Leave <br />Any safety employee as defined by the MOLT between the City and the Public <br />Employees' Retirement System, who has suffered a disability arising out of and in <br />the course of his or her employment, as defined by Workers' Compensation Laws <br />of the State of California, shall be entitled to industrial disability leave while so <br />disabled without loss of salary, for the period of such disability to a maximum of <br />one (1) year or until the condition is permanent and stationary or until retirement, <br />whichever occurs first. During the period the employee is paid by the City, the <br />employee shall assign or endorse to the City any benefit payments received as a <br />result of Workers' Compensation Insurance coverage. <br />The City reserves the right to withhold payment of any disability benefits until <br />such time as it is determined whether or not the illness or injury is covered by <br />Workers' Compensation. <br />199 <br />