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6.5(3) Sick Leave Accrual For Fire Battalion Chiefs <br /> A. A fire battalion chief shall during his /her first <br /> year of employment earn sick leave at the rate of <br /> eleven and two - tenths (11.2) hours for each month <br /> of service. On the employee's anniversary hire <br /> date, each employee shall receive five hundred <br /> thirty -seven and six - tenths (537.6) hours of sick <br /> leave credit, in addition to sick leave earned but <br /> not used during probation. Upon completion of <br /> five (5) years of service, each employee shall <br /> again earn sick leave at the rate of eleven and <br /> two- tenths (11.2) hours per month. <br /> B. No employee shall accumulate more than two <br /> thousand sixteen hours (2,016) of sick leave <br /> except as follows: Effective October 1, 1990 any <br /> fire battalion chief may accumulate an unlimited <br /> number of sick leave hours, except, however, hours <br /> accumulated in excess of two thousand sixteen <br /> (2,016) may be used only to apply toward <br /> additional years of service under the current PERS <br /> "Credit for Unused Sick Leave," Government Code, <br /> Section 20862.8. <br /> C. An employee on leave of absence with pay in lieu <br /> of temporary disability payments pursuant to <br /> Section 4850 of the Labor Code shall accumulate <br /> sick leave during said leave of absence, in <br /> accordance with the provisions of that section. <br /> 6.5(4) Sick Leave Usage <br /> A. A full -time management and confidential employee <br /> shall be eligible for sick leave with pay. Sick <br /> leave shall not be considered a right which an <br /> employee may use at his /her discretion, but shall <br /> be allowed only as follows: <br /> 1. In cases of necessity and actual personal <br /> sickness or disability of the employee; <br /> 2. For medical and dental appointments of the <br /> employee, at the discretion of the immediate <br /> supervisor; <br /> 3. For the care of, or attendance upon, the <br /> sickness or disability of members of the <br /> employee's immediate family or for <br /> bereavement because of the death of a member <br /> of the employee's immediate family. A <br /> maximum of forty (40) hours per year of sick <br /> leave may be used for this purpose, except <br /> that a battalion chief may use fifty -six (56) <br />