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sick leave for a period in excess of fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days shall not be considered as service for vacation accrual purposes. Each sworn member of the Police and Fire Departments is hereby granted fifteen (15) consecutive days (equivalent to six shifts in the Fire Department) of regular vacation with pay for each full year of service with the city, as provided for in Government Code Sections 38634 and 53250. Section 2254. Longevity Vacation. Each permanent employee is granted one (1) additional working day of vacation leave with pay for each completed year of city service in excess of ten years. No employee shall be allowed more than ten (10) working days of longevity vacation leave with pay by reason of the provisions of this Section, regardless of the number of completed years of City service. Section 2255. Limitation on Vacation. No employee is granted and no employee shall be allowed to take any vacation leave with pay in excess of fifty (50) working days in any one year by any combination of the vacations in these Rules and Regulations granted. Further, no employee may accumulate more than one longevity vacation period, and the equivalent of one regular vacation period, from a previous year, and vacation not taken beyond that amount is forfeited. Therefore, the maximum vacation that an employee with less than ten (10) years' service could accumulate is thirty (30) working days, and only an employee with more than twenty (20) years' service could accumulate and take the authorized maximum of fity (50) working days in any one year. Section 2266. Sick Leave, Industrial Accident. If any employee is compelled to be absent from duty as a result of any injury or disease which comes under the State of california Workmen's Compensation Insurance and Safety Act, the sick leave allowed to such employee shall begin with the first day he is absent from duty for this reason and continue until the first day for which he is paid compensation from the insurance fund. Deduction shall be made from his accumulated sick leave for the period of time he is paid full salary by the City for such absence. I.~ he has no accumulated leave, it shall be advanced and deduction shall be made from any subsequently earned until the total amount advanced has been recovered. If the employee should leave the employment of the city prior to recovery of the sick leave advanced, adjustment shall be made on any final pay check, if practicable. From the first day for which he is paid compensation, he shall receive compensation at a rate equivalent to 100% of his normal gross salary, less the amount of temporary disability indemnity received by him in accordance with the aforementioned Act. If the total temporary disability continues the length of time required to pay him compensation for the first seven (7) days of disability, the sick leave deducted shall be recredited if it has been deducted from accrued sick leave. Payments of difference between salary and compensation shall continue for not more than six (6) calendar months during the twelve (12) months following the first date for which payment is made, excepting those entitled to a longer period by State laws. Any period of time during which an employee is required to be absent from his position by reason of anl injury or disease for which he is entitled to receive compensation shall not be considered a break in his continuous service for the purpose of his right to salary adjustments, sick leave, vacation, or seniority. -5-