CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2022-2025)

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maximum limit of one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours, at the rate of base pay effective on the date of termination. 6. Employees who notify the City, in writing, of their intent to retire in twelve (12) calendar months from the date of retirement shall be allowed to cash out any eligible sick leave bank balances (Sections 11.1(K)(1) through ll.1(K)(5)), upon request. Employees shall receive payment the first paycheck in January after the request has been made. If the employee cashes out their eligible sick leave bank balances prior to retirement and subsequently does not retire from the City, all future sick leave accrual for the employee shall be subject to the same cash out provision elected and will be processed on the final paycheck. All combined cash outs cannot exceed what the employee would have been entitled to if the cash out was processed on the final paycheck only. A lump sum payment shall be made to the beneficiaries of any eligible employee whose death occurs while such employee is an active employee of the City, such payment to be in the amount of one-third (1/3) of the total sick leave benefit credited to the employee's account at the time of their death, and at the rate of pay effective on the date of death. L. California's Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 (AB1522) also known as California's Paid Sick Leave Law, required the City to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees upon oral or written request, within the parameters of the law, for the following purposes: • Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventative care for an employee or an employee's qualified family member; Specified purposes for an employee who is a victim or domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 11.2 Bereavement Leave. A. An employee shall be granted up to three (3) working days leave without loss of pay in the case of a death of a member of the employee's immediate family. Such leave is designated as bereavement leave. "Immediate family" as used in this section is limited to: Any member of the employee's household related by blood or marriage; A parent, parent -in-law, stepparent, spouse, domestic partner, child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, grandparent, or grandchild of the employee, regardless of residence; Any other relative of the employee by blood or by marriage where it can be established by the employee that as a result of such relative's death, the CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOU: JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025 Page 40