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7. zA-Z <br /> <br /> [n the event an employee requests payment pursuant to this <br /> Section 18.1.5, the Oty shall perform the necessary computation <br /> steps in the following order: <br /> <br /> (1) Compute the number of hours of unused sick leave for that <br /> calendar year; and <br /> <br /> (2) Compute a dollar amount equal to twenty-five percent <br /> (25%), or fifty percent (50%) if no more than 24 hours have <br /> been used during that calendar year, of the value of the <br /> unused sick leave computed in step 1, compensated at the <br /> rate of pay for the calendar year during which the sick leave <br /> was eamed; and <br /> <br /> (3) Pay the dollar amount computed in step 2 to the employee <br /> by the first pay period in February immediately following the <br /> calendar year during which the sick leave was earned; and <br /> <br /> (4) Add the remaining seventy-five percent (75%), or fifty <br /> percent (50%), of the unused sick leave computed in step 1 <br /> to the employee's accumulated sick leave credits; and <br /> <br /> (5) Drop any accumulated sick leave credits in excess of one <br /> thousand nine hundred twenty (1,920) hours. <br /> <br /> 18.1.5.1 Unused accumulated sick leave at the time of <br /> retirement, for which the employee receives no <br /> compensation, shall be converted to additional <br /> service credit at the rate of 0.004 years of service for <br /> each day, i.e., 250 days of sick leave for one <br /> additional year of service credit. Local safety <br /> member benefits subject to a maximum of 90% of <br /> the average final compensation will not be increased <br /> beyond that limit for unused sick leave credit. <br /> <br /> 18.1.5.2 Upon retirement or death, an employee or an <br /> employee's dependents shall be paid fifty percent <br /> (50%) of all of the employee's accumulated sick <br /> leave. Payment of unused sick leave hours shall be <br /> made at the employee's current hourly rate. <br /> <br /> 18.1.6 Procedures for Requesting and Approving Sick Leave <br /> <br /> Employees are responsible for notifying the Battalion Chief's office <br /> of any inability to report to duty pdor to the commencement of <br /> their work shift. Shift employees shall notify the Battalion Chief's <br /> office prior to 0700 hours of the day the employee is to be absent, <br /> Non-shift employees shall noiJfy their immediate supervisor by <br /> <br /> 31 <br /> <br /> <br />