Agmt 2002 San Leandro Police Officers' Associaton SLPOA

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termination, service retirement or resignation in good standing with the City. Effective March 1, 2002, upon an employee's retirement, sick leave may be used as service credit on an hour for hour basis, or cash in accordance with the above-mentioned formula.- Actively employed employees formally represented by the San Leandro Police Officers' Association who die or are permanently disabled as a result of an accident which is held to be compensable by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board will receive payment for unused sick leave according to the seven and one-half percent (7 '/z%) formula above without regard to length of continuous City service. Section 15. mineral Leave In the event of death in the immediate family of an employee who has one (1) or more years of continuous service with the City, the employee shall, upon request to the supervisor, be granted such time off with pay as is necessary to make arrangements for the funeral and attend same, not to exceed three (3) workdays; additional funeral leave may be granted, not to exceed a total of five (5) calendar days when such death and/or funeral is outside of the nine (9) Bay Area counties. This provision does not apply if the death and/or funeral occurs during the employee's paid vacation, or while the employee is on leave of absence, layoff, sick leave, or any other leave status. Funeral leave applies only in instances in which the employee attends the funeral or is required to make funeral arrangements, but is not applicable for other purposes such as settling the estate of the deceased. It is understood, however, that leave, as pxovided in the preceding paragraph, may be granted to commence prior to the decease of a member of the employee's immediate family. Such paid absence shall be charged to death leave, with full salary payment permitted upon the favorable recommendation of the Police Chief and the Human Resources Director and upon the approval of the City Manager. The foregoing funeral leave provisions do not apply to hourly or part-time employees. Section 16. Milita Leave Military leave shall be granted in accordance with the provision of the California State Law. An employee entitled to, and taking, military leave shall provide, through appropriate chain of command, the Police Chief with orders calling him/her to active military duty. The Police Chief, within the limits of military necessity and regulations, may determine when such leave shall be taken. Upon returning from military leave, an employee shall provide, when applicable, copies of military release papers. Section 17. Catastrophic Illness Leave The objective of this section is to complement the City's illness protection program for employees by improving health benefits in instances of catastrophic illness, and thereby aid employees to do better work. An employee holding afull-time position with permanent status who has completed two (2) full years of continuous service shall be eligible for the catastrophic illness leave benefit upon receiving a prior favorable recommendation therefore from the Police Chief and only upon the specific approval of the City Manager. To be eligible for leave under this section, such 12