SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION (POA) (2013-2015)

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and "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal guardian. Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: (a) to attend to a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family; (b) childbirth; (c) to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or other valuable property; or (d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the employee's control make it impractical for him or her to report for duty. For the purposes of this section only, a "day" shall be defined as the number of hours of work that an employee is required to work according to his or her specific workday schedule. K. Payment for Unused Sick Leave. Definition. All employees, except for those involved in disciplinary termination, shall be entitled to payment under the following provisions: 1. After ten (10) years of cumulative full -time service with the City, each qualified employee shall be entitled to payment for one -third (1/3) of the total sick leave benefit credited to his or her account upon the effective date of such termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 427 hours, at the rate of pay in effect on the date of such termination. a. At his or her option, an employee may convert the above lump sum payment option into health insurance or long term care insurance premiums to the extent necessary to provide the employee and his or her designated eligible dependents, if any, with benefits under the health insurance program maintained by the Association. The City's obligation to pay such premiums shall be terminated when the sum of premiums paid equals one - hundred fifty percent (150 %) of the amount of the lump sum payment that the employee would have received for unused sick leave benefits had this option not been elected, not to exceed a maximum of 640 hours. 2. After 15 years of cumulative full -time service with the City, each qualified employee shall be entitled to credit for two - thirds (2/3) of the total sick leave benefit credited to his or her account upon the effective date of such termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 1,066 hours, calculated at the rate of pay in effect on the date of such termination. This credit shall be applied toward monthly health insurance premiums or toward long- term care insurance premiums, beginning on the effective date of termination. The City's obligation to pay such premiums to the Association on behalf of the employee shall be terminated when the total credit as described above has been exhausted. 46