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Authorized emergency vacation may be allowed due to special circumstances and temporary assignments will be made to accommodate. Personnel may take vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas if they provide the name of the coverage person. Vacation may be taken for less than a full shift but not less than twelve (12)hours unless the employee provides the name of the coverage person. For the purposes of this section, twelve (12)hour increments will be either 0800 hours to 2000 hours or 2000 hours to 0800 hours. If two (2) or more employees have the same employment date, seniority will be determined by placement on the employment list. If two (2) or more employees have the same employment date and are from different hiring agencies, seniority is determined by drawing from a hat. In the month of January of each year, starting in 1998,prior to January 31, each employee in order of Department seniority shall be granted an opportunity to choose vacation time. The January selections shall be for the period from February 1 to January 31 of the following year. Each employee in turn (based on Department seniority)will have an initial choice of vacation. Vacation selections can be for as many shifts/hours as the employee desires, up to his/her total accrued amount at the time of his/her requested vacation as long as the shifts/hours are taken consecutively. Once the most senior employee has chosen his/her initial vacation, it becomes the next least senior employee's choice. This process shall continue until all employees have had their initial selection of vacation. After the initial selections have been made by all employees, the second choice vacation selections can begin. Second choice vacation selections will be done in the same manner as the first choice selections. After the second choice vacation selections are completed, the third choice selections can begin and so on until no one wishes to choose any more vacation time. Fire Prevention Personnel will utilize a vacation scheduling program consistent with the process used for suppression personnel. 13.5 Vacation Pay at Termination Any employee of the Department shall be paid for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of termination. Such compensation for earned vacation shall be paid to the employee in one lump sum in a final check. The employee understands that if there is a deficit balance at termination, that deficit amount would be deducted from final compensation. Section 14. Sick Leave 14.1 Sick Leave Accrual—56 Hr Shift Employees Employees shall earn sick leave at the rate of eleven and two-tenths (11.2)hours for each month of service while on a 56-hour schedule and eight (8) hours for each month of service while on a 40-hour schedule. An employee may be allowed a sick leave deficit of fifty-six (56)hours beyond that actually earned. Employees on leave of absence with pay in lieu of temporary disability payments pursuant to 15