CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2015-2017)

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employee by blood or marriage, where it can be established by the employee that the employee's presence is required to handle emergency arrangements and /or other matters. Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: 1. To attend to a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family; 2. For childbirth; 3. To cope with imminent danger to the employee's family, home, or other valuable property; 4. When the existence of external circumstances beyond the employee's control make it impossible for him or her to report for duty; or 5. To attend to medical or dental appointments for members of the employee's household. 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. 1. Except in cases of disability retirement, upon nondisciplinary termination of employment 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 (53.3 eight -hour days), at the rate of pay effective on the date of such termination. Payment of all unused sick leave shall be included in the employee's final paycheck, and is subject to payroll taxes. 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 his or her death, and at the rate of pay effective on the date of death. CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) MOIL: 2015- 2017 Page 46