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credit with pay shall be deducted from sick leave accumulated for each duty day not served due <br /> to illness. <br /> Section 10. Any 24-hour shift employee who has accumulated 2400 hours of sick leave <br /> and any 40 hour employee who has accumulated 800 hours of sick leave, as of each May 1st, <br /> shall be granted one day's 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 Article 12 <br /> of this Agreement shall not be deducted from an employee's total accumulation for purposes of <br /> this section. The day's leave granted employees under Sections 10 and 11 of this Article shall <br /> not be accumulated and carried over into the following period of May 1 through the succeeding <br /> April 30, except with the approval of the City Manager, or if the employee was requested to <br /> delay the taking of the day's leave by the Fire Chief with the approval of the City Manager. <br /> Section 11. Any 24-hour shift employee who has not accumulated 2400 hours of sick <br /> leave or any 40 hour employee who has not accumulated 800 hours of sick leave as of each <br /> May 1 (including employees hired after May 1, 1987), shall be each entitled to one days' leave <br /> with pay to be used at any time during the period of May 1 through the succeeding April 30, if as <br /> of May 1 of each such annual period such employee has accumulated 75 percent (75%) of the <br /> maximum possible accumulation of sick leave days that such employee could have earned <br /> since either May 1, 1987, or the employee's date of hire, whichever is later. Sick leave days <br /> deducted for payments made pursuant to Article 12 of this Agreement shall not be deducted <br /> from an employee's accumulated total for purposes of this section. At such time as 75 percent <br /> (75%) of an employee's maximum possible sick leave accumulation calculated as herein <br /> described is equivalent to either 2400 hours for a 51.8 hour per week employee or 800 hours for <br /> a 40 hour per week employee, then as of the next succeeding May 1 st such employee may only <br /> qualify for a day's leave by meeting the standards set forth in Section 10 hereof. <br /> Section 12. A 24-hour shift employee may divide the leave day specified in Sections 10 <br /> and 11 of this Article 13 into two 12-hour paid leaves. A request for a full day of such leave by <br /> one employee shall have priority over a request for a divided day, as herein provided, by <br /> another employee only if such request for a full day is submitted prior to 12:00 P.M. on the duty <br /> day preceding the duty day so requested. All requests to divide a day of such leave must be <br /> submitted prior to mandatory sign-up. <br /> ARTICLE 14 <br /> LEAVES OF ABSENCE <br /> Section 1. Leave with pay of two duty days for 24-hour employees, or four consecutive <br /> calendar days plus one (1) travel day if out of state for 40-hour employees, shall be granted a <br /> full-time employee in the classified fire fighting service in the event of a death in the immediate <br /> family. Immediate family includes only: (a) spouse, children, stepchildren and spouse of <br /> children; (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, (d) <br /> grandchildren, step grandchildren and grandparents, and step grandparents of the employee <br /> 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 or her <br /> shift. If a serious or unexpected emergency occurs to the spouse or children or a member of <br /> the immediate family of an employee in the classified fire fighting service, such employee will be <br /> 20 <br />