Common use of Accrual and Usage Clause in Contracts

Accrual and Usage. (1) A full-time employee shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of one day per month (5 hours, 36 minutes for fire suppression personnel and 4 hours for all other employees in 24 pay periods on the first two paydays of each month) of employment which may be used at the discretion of the employee in the event of illness or injury which is not job-related. In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Civil Service Board, one-third (1/3) of accrued sick leave may be used after exhaustion of injury-on-duty time; however, the combination of temporary disability payments and sick leave shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the employee’s regular rate of pay. (2) An employee in active service of the City eligible to accumulate sick leave credits may in January each year, receive a cash payment for twenty-five percent (25%) of the unused portion of sick leave credits accumulated during the preceding calendar year from January 1 through December 31, provided the employee shall have to his/her credit on December 31, immediately preceding the date for payment, a total of at least sixty (60) sick leave days accumulated. The employee shall be paid for such percentage of sick leave accumulation at the rate of pay which the employee was receiving on January 1 of each year in which payment is made. The amount of time for which an employee is paid shall be deducted from the employee's total accumulation. (3) An eligible employee may elect to receive cash payments for accumulated sick leave by notifying the Payroll Section, Department of Finance in writing of such election no later than January 1 of each year.

Accrual and Usage. (1) A full-time employee shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of one day per month (5 hours, 36 minutes for fire suppression personnel and 4 hours for all other employees in 24 pay periods on the first two paydays of each month) of employment which may be used at the discretion of the employee in the event of illness or injury which is not job-related. In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Civil Service Board, one-third (1/3) of accrued sick leave may be used after exhaustion of injury-on-duty time; however, the combination of temporary disability payments and sick leave shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the employee’s regular rate of pay. (2) An employee in active service of the City eligible to accumulate sick leave credits may in January each year, receive a cash payment for twenty-five percent (25%) of the unused portion of sick leave credits accumulated during the preceding calendar year from January 1 through December 31, provided the employee shall have to his/her their credit on December 31, immediately preceding the date for payment, a total of at least sixty (60) sick leave days accumulated. The employee shall be paid for such percentage of sick leave accumulation at the rate of pay which the employee was receiving on January 1 of each year in which payment is made. The amount of time for which an employee is paid shall be deducted from the employee's total accumulation. (3) An eligible employee may elect to receive cash payments for accumulated sick leave by notifying the Payroll Section, Department of Finance in writing of such election no later than January 1 of each year.