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7 SLMO 2023-2028 Memorandum of Understanding 16.00-16.99 yrs of service 24.00/192 17.00-17.99 yrs of service 24.75/198 18.00 or more yrs of service 25.00/200 A newly hired employee shall accrue vacation leave at a rate commensurate with their total years of public sector experience in their field in accordance with the above schedule. Effective January 1, 2023, employees hired between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022, shall have their vacation rate adjusted based on their years of public sector experience in their field. Employees with 0-4.99 years of experience shall have their vacation accrual rate increased from 12 days to 15 days per year. An employee who is in unpaid status for 44 or more hours in a pay period shall not accrue vacation leave for that pay period. In the event one 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. Management employees may accumulate vacation leave up to a maximum of three (3) years vacation accrual. An additional year may be accumulated with Department Head approval. Cash out: An employee may elect to cash out up to 120 hours of unused vacation leave that will accrue in the following tax year, to be paid in the second pay period in July and/or December. The cash out payment is taxable income and subject to all applicable withholding amounts and payroll deductions. The election must be made by December 15th of each year for the following year and is irrevocable after that date. If, after making an irrevocable election, an employee fails to accrue sufficient hours to satisfy their election amount, they will only be eligible to cash out up to the hours accrued in the tax year. Employees who do not submit a cash out election by the annual deadline will be deemed to have waived the right to cash out any vacation leave in the following tax year and will not be eligible to cash out vacation leave in that year. 4.2 Sick Leave: Sick leave is a paid leave. Sick leave is to be used in cases of actual sickness or injury of the employee or of a member of their immediate family which compels an employee to be absent from work. Sick leave may also be used for routine dentist and doctor visits as these visits maintain the health and productivity of the employee. The immediate family of an employee includes the employee’s spouse, registered domestic partner, children, stepchildren, parents, grandparents and step-parents, where there was a child-rearing relationship, who are permanent household DocuSign Envelope ID: EF681A38-577E-416B-B307-EA76BB515AD5