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child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis; <br />and "parent" means a biological, foster, adoptive parent, a stepparent, or a legal <br />guardian. <br />Up to three (3) days of this personal necessity leave may be used: (a) to attend to <br />a serious accident to members of the employee's immediate family; (b) childbirth; <br />(c) to cope with imminent danger to the employee's home or other valuable <br />property; or (d) when the existence of external circumstances beyond the <br />employee's control make it impractical for him or her to report for duty. For the <br />purposes of this section only, a "day" shall be defined as the number of hours of <br />work that an employee is required to work according to his or her specific <br />workday schedule. <br />K. Payment for Unused Sick Leave. <br />Definition. All employees, except for those involved in disciplinary termination, <br />shall be entitled to payment under the following provisions: <br />1. After ten (10) years of cumulative fall -time service with the City, each <br />qualified employee shall be entitled to payment for one -third (1/3) of the <br />total sick leave benefit credited to his or her account upon the effective <br />date of such termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 427 hours, at <br />the rate of pay in effect on the date of such termination. <br />a. At his or her option, an employee may convert the above hump sum <br />payment option into health insurance or long term care insurance <br />premiums to the extent necessary to provide the employee and his <br />or her designated eligible dependents, if any, with benefits under <br />the health insurance program maintained by the Association. The <br />City's obligation to pay such premiums shall be terminated when <br />the sum of premiums paid equals one - hundred fifty percent (150 %) <br />of the amount of the lump sum payment that the employee would <br />have received for unused sick leave benefits had this option not <br />been elected, not to exceed a maximum of 640 hours. <br />2. After 15 years of cumulative full -time service with the City, each qualified <br />employee shall be entitled to credit for two - thirds (2/3) of the total sick <br />leave benefit credited to his or her account upon the effective date of such <br />termination, not to exceed a maximum limit of 1,066 hours, calculated at <br />the rate of pay in effect on the date of such termination. This credit shall <br />be applied toward monthly health insurance premiums or toward long- <br />term care insurance premiums, beginning on the effective date of <br />termination. The City's obligation to pay such premiums to the <br />Association on behalf of the employee shall be terminated when the total <br />credit as described above has been exhausted. <br />45 <br />