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accumulated 75 percent (75%) of the maximum possible accumulation of sick leave that <br /> such employee could have earned since either May 1, 1987, or the employee's date of <br /> hire, whichever is later. Sick leave deducted for payments made pursuant to Article 12 of <br /> this Agreement shall not be deducted from an employee's accumulated total for purposes <br /> of this section. At such time as 75 percent (75%) of an employee's maximum possible <br /> sick leave accumulation calculated as herein described is equivalent to either 2400 hours <br /> (effective January 1, 2027, 2160 hours) for a 51.8 hour per week employee or 800 hours <br /> for a 40 hour per week employee, then as of the next succeeding May 1st such employee <br /> may only qualify for the leave provided in this Section 11 by meeting the standards set <br /> forth in 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 forty (40) <br /> consecutive duty hours for 40-hour employees, shall be granted a full-time employee in <br /> the classified fire fighting service in the event of a death in the immediate family. <br /> Immediate family includes only: (a) spouse, children, stepchildren and spouse of children; <br /> (b) parents, stepparents of the employee or the employee's spouse; (c) brothers, <br /> stepbrothers, sisters, and stepsisters of the employee and of the employee's spouse; and, <br /> (d) grandchildren, step grandchildren and grandparents, and step grandparents of the <br /> employee and of the employee's spouse. <br /> Section 2 (a). An emergency is hereby defined as a situation of a serious nature <br /> involving an occurrence or occurrences unknown to an employee at the beginning of his <br /> or her shift. If a serious or unexpected emergency occurs to the spouse or children or a <br /> member of the immediate family of an employee in the classified fire fighting service, such <br /> employee will be allowed to leave his duties while the emergency exists subject to <br /> department needs during periods of public safety concern such as, but not limited to, fires, <br /> explosions or natural disasters, but not including basic staffing requirements absent such <br /> conditions. <br /> Arrangements to enable the employee to return to duty on the next duty day must be <br /> made if the emergency continues beyond the duty day on which it first occurred. <br /> (b). If an employee wishes to leave duty to attend the birth of his child, such an <br /> employee may, at his option and in addition to any rights conferred by subsection (A) <br /> hereof, use one (1) day of sick leave, or part thereof, for attendance at such birth. <br /> Section 3. A full-time classified employee in the fire fighting service who is a <br /> member of the reserve unit of the armed forces of the United States will be granted leave <br /> 25 <br />