2008-82 AUTHORIZING CONTRACT PAY AND BENEFITS - I.A.F.F. LOCAL 505, FIRE ASSOCIATION

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pursuant to Article 12 of this Agreement shall not be deducted from an employee's accumulated total for purposes of this section. At such time as 75 percent (75%) of an employee's maximum possible sick leave accumulation calculated as herein described is equivalent to either 2400 hours for a 53 hours employee or 800 hours for a 40 hour employee, then as of the next succeeding May 1 st such employee may only qualify for a day's leave by meeting the standards set forth in Section 10 hereof. ARTICLE 14 LEAVES OF ABSENCE Section 1. Leave with pay of two duty days for 24-hour employees, or four consecutive calendar days plus one (1) travel day if out of state for 40-hour employees, shall be granted a full-time employee in the classified fire fighting service in the event of a death in the immediate family. Immediate family includes only: (a) spouse, children, stepchildren and spouse of children; (b) parents, stepparents of the employee or the employee's spouse; (c) brothers, stepbrothers, sisters, and stepsisters of the employee and of the employee's spouse; and, (d) grandchildren, step grandchildren and grandparents, and step grandparents of the employee and of the employee's spouse. Section 2 (a). An emergency is hereby defined as a situation of a serious nature involving an occurrence or occurrences unknown to an employee at the beginning of his or her shift. If a serious or unexpected emergency occurs to the spouse or children or a member of the immediate family of an employee in the classified fire fighting service, such employee will be allowed to leave his duties while the emergency exists subject to department needs during periods of public safety concern such as, but not limited to, fires, explosions or natural disasters, but not including basic staffing requirements absent such conditions. Arrangements to enable the employee to return to duty on the next duty day must be made if the emergency continues beyond the duty day on which it first occurred. (b). If an employee wishes to leave duty to attend the birth of his child, such an employee may, at his option and in addition to any rights conferred by subsection (A) hereof, use one (1) day of sick leave, or part thereof, for attendance at such birth. Section 3. A full-time classified employee in the fire fighting service who is a member of the reserve unit of the armed forces of the United States will be granted leave for military duty, training sessions or schools in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Section 4. An employee in the classified fire fighting service who fails to return to duty at the time specified on his application for leave shall be considered to have resigned from such senrice in the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances. Section 5. In cases of leave of absence which are for more than thirty (30) days in length, the city may require a physical examination for an employee granted such leave and may require such an examination before reinstatement of the employee. If such examination is required before said leave is granted and the results thereof are found to be substantially the same as disclosed by the examination before the leave, the employee shall not be disqualified from disability for reinstatement. 20