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time. However, the Police Chief, under appropriate circumstances may permit a modification of this requirement. The time at which an employee shall take vacation leave during the calendar year shall be determined with due regard for the needs of the department. The vacation/holiday sign-up will be posted in the authorized work locations of the respective divisions for sworn employees of the Police Department not later than November 1, to be completed by December 1, for the next calendar year. In the event one (1) or more municipal holidays falls within a vacation leave, such days shall not be charged as vacation leave and the vacation leave shall be extended accordingly for those employees eligible for such holidays. Upon the approval of the Police Chief, vacation leave may be accumulated to a maximum of two (2) years' vacation entitlement and taken in one (1) calendar year. such approval shall be recorded in the employee's personnel file. An employee who fails to take accrued vacation leave within the time herein prescribed shall lose such accrued vacation leave. An employee who is on Leave Without Pay status for one (1) through fifteen (15) calendar days shall continue to accrue vacation leave for the pay period. An employee who is on Leave Without Pay status beyond fifteen (15) calendar days shall not accrue vacation leave for those subsequent pay period(s). Vacation leave will again accrue when the employee has returned to paid status for the full pay period. Upon being separated from City service, an eligible employee shall be entitled to compensation for any accrued but unused vacation calculated at the rate of pay at the time of termination. The following vacation leave provisions do not apply to hourly or part-time employees. 13.2 Vacation leave for each full-time employee shall be accrued and credited for the pay period in which it is earned. An employee holding a full-time position shall be entitled to a vacation leave which shall consist of five -sixths (5/6) work days for each full calendar month of service performed. In the year in which an employee holding a full-time position completed five (5) full years of City service, such employee shall be entitled to fifteen and three-quarters (15-3/4) work days of vacation for service performed, For each full year of full-time City service completed thereafter, three-quarters (3/4) of a work day vacation shall be added up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) work days of vacation. 13.3 If a member is on medical leave as a result of an on -duty injury or illness, the member's vacation accrual shall continue. Upon return to duty, the member shall utilize the vacation accrued while on medical leave within twelve (12) months of return to duty. The vacation utilization shall be in accordance with established department vacation sign-up procedures. Section 14. Sick Leave The object of sick leave is to provide orderly methods of furthering the health and safety of each employee as well as aiding in the maintenance of productivity. 9