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9.1.6 An employee may elect to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits for any calendar year by requesting payment of unused sick leave in writing to the Director of Finance on or before December 1 of that year. Payment shall be made at twenty-five pement (25%) of the value of the unused sick leave for that chlendar year at the salary for the year the payment is being made and shall be made after December 31. There shall be no payment in lieu of accumulated sick leave benefits for years prior to such calendar year. Accumulated sick leave credits shall be reduced by the value of the sick leave compensated as provided in the above paragraph and the remaining balance shall be accumulated to a maximum of nine hundred sixty (960) hours (1200 hours effective 9/1/98). No sick leave shall be granted during the original twelve (12) months of employment with the City. However, when the first (lst) anniversary year is completed, sick leave accumulation with pay shall be allowed for time worked in the straight-time hours per month work requirement has been met. 9.1.7 Unit members with twenty (20) years of service with the City, who retire from City employment with benefits from PERS or who die while in the employ of the City shall be eligible to receive twenty-five percent (25%) of accrued unused sick leave. Effective September 1, 1998, unit members with twenty (20) years of service with the City, who retire from City employment with benefits from PERS shall be eligible to receive fifty percent (50%) of accrued unused sick leave. Employees who die while in the employ of the City shall be eligible to receive twenty-five percent (25%) of accrued unused sick leave. In the event of the death of a unit member, such payments shall be made to the designated beneficiary filed with the Director of Finance, or, in the event no designated beneficiary has been chosen, the beneficiary listed in the unit member's insurance policy will receive payment of such unused sick leave as provided under the provisions for a unit member who elects to receive compensation in lieu of sick leave credits. Unit members discharged shall not be eligible for payment of unused sick leave. 9.2 Industrial Disability Leave Any safety employee as defined by the MOU between the City and the Public Employees' Retirement System, who has suffered a disability arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, as defined by Workers' Compensation Laws of the State of California, shall be entitled to industrial disability leave while so disabled without loss of salary, for the period of such disability to a maximum of one (1) year or until the condition is permanent and stationary or until retirement, 16