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Up to 48 hours of this personal necessity leave may be used: a) to attend to a serious <br />accident to members of the employee's immediate family; b) childbirth; c) to cope <br />with imminent danger to the employee's family, home, or other valuable property; <br />d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the employee's control <br />make it impossible for him or her to report for duty; or e) attend to medical or dental <br />appointments for members of the employee's household. For the purposes of this <br />section only, a "day" shall be defined as the number of hours of work that an <br />employee is required to work according to his or her specific workday schedule. <br />K. Payment for Unused Sick Leave. <br />Except in cases of disability retirement, upon non - disciplinary termination <br />of employment after ten (10) years of cumulative full -time service with the <br />City, each qualified employee shall be entitled to payment for one -third <br />(1/3) of the total sick leave benefit credited to his or her account upon the <br />effective date of such termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of fifty - <br />three and one -third (53.33) eight (8) hour working days, at the rate of pay <br />effective on the date of such termination. <br />Maximum sick leave cash -out after ten (10) years of service shall be equal <br />to 427 hours (53.33 x 8). <br />At the employee's election, payment of unused sick leave may be received <br />in either a hump sum of money, or in equal monthly payments for a period <br />of up to five (5) years. <br />A lump sum payment shall be made to the beneficiaries of any eligible <br />employee whose death occurs while such employee is an active employee <br />of the City, such payment to be in the amount of one -third (1/3) of the total <br />sick leave benefit credited to the employee's account at the time of his or <br />her death, and at the rate of pay effective on the date of death. <br />2. At his or her option, an employee may convert any lump sum payment <br />provided herein into health insurance premiums, to the extent necessary to <br />provide the employee and his or her designated eligible dependents, if any, <br />with benefits under the health insurance program maintained by the City. <br />The City's obligation to pay such premiurn shall terminate upon the <br />happening of any of the following events; <br />a. Premiums have been paid on behalf of the former employee lmtil all <br />55394.00000 \13081831.9 <br />30 <br />25H -32 <br />