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accumulations. One day accumulated sick leave credit with pay shall be deducted from <br /> sick leave accumulated for each duty day not served due to illness. <br /> Section 10. Any 24-hour shift employee who has accumulated 2400 hours of sick <br /> leave as of each May 1st shall be granted one day's leave with pay, and any 40 hour <br /> employee who has accumulated 800 hours of sick leave as of each May 1st shall be <br /> granted eight (8) hours leave with pay, to be used at any time during the period of May 1 <br /> through the succeeding April 30. Sick leave days deducted for payments pursuant to <br /> Article 12 of this Agreement shall not be deducted from an employee's total accumulation <br /> for purposes of this section. The leave time granted employees under Sections 10 and 11 <br /> of this Article shall not be accumulated and carried over into the following period of May <br /> 1 through the succeeding April 30, except with the approval of the City Manager, or if the <br /> employee was requested to delay the taking of the leave by the Fire Chief with the <br /> approval of the City Manager. <br /> Section 11. Any 24-hour shift employee who has not accumulated 2400 hours of <br /> sick leave as of each May 1 (including employees hired after May 1, 1987) shall be each <br /> entitled to one days' leave with pay, and any 40 hour employee who has not accumulated <br /> 800 hours of sick leave as of each May 1 (including employees hired after May 1, 1987) <br /> shall be each entitled to eight (8) hours leave with pay to be used at any time during the <br /> period of May 1 through the succeeding April 30, if as of May 1 of each such annual period <br /> such employee has accumulated 75 percent (75%) of the maximum possible <br /> accumulation of sick leave that such employee could have earned since either May 1, <br /> 1987, or the employee's date of hire, whichever is later. Sick leave deducted for payments <br /> made pursuant to Article 12 of this Agreement shall not be deducted from an employee's <br /> accumulated total for purposes of this section. At such time as 75 percent (75%) of an <br /> employee's maximum possible sick leave accumulation calculated as herein described is <br /> equivalent to either 2400 hours for a 51.8 hour per week employee or 800 hours for a 40 <br /> hour per week employee, then as of the next succeeding May 1st such employee may <br /> only qualify for the leave provided in this Section 11 by meeting the standards set forth in <br /> Section 10 hereof. <br /> Section 12. A 24-hour shift employee may divide the leave day specified in <br /> Sections 10 and 11 of this Article 13 into two 12-hour paid leaves. A request for a full day <br /> of such leave by one employee shall have priority over a request for a divided day, as <br /> herein provided, by another employee only if such request for a full day is submitted prior <br /> to 12:00 P.M. on the duty day preceding the duty day so requested. All requests to divide <br /> a day of such leave must be submitted prior to mandatory sign-up. <br /> ARTICLE 14 LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> Section 1. Leave with pay of two duty days for 24-hour employees, or thirty two <br /> (32) consecutive duty hours plus eight (8) duty hours travel time if out of state for 40-hour <br /> employees, shall be granted a full-time employee in the classified fire fighting service in <br /> the event of a death in the immediate family. Immediate family includes only: (a) spouse, <br /> children, stepchildren and spouse of children; (b) parents, stepparents of the employee <br /> or the employee's spouse; (c) brothers, stepbrothers, sisters, and stepsisters of the <br /> 24 <br />