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15 <br /> <br />9.6 Vacation Sell Back <br />Employees may request to sell back up to two hundred forty (240) hours of accrued vacation leave in <br />each calendar year. Employees may sell back accrued vacation leave in one (1) hour increments with <br />a minimum sell back of eight (8) hours on the first pay date in March, June, September and December <br />of each year. Written requests for payment must be made by the employee fifteen (15) days in advance <br />of the first pay date in March, June, September and December. <br />Section 10. Sick Leave <br />10.1 Sick Leave Accrual – 56 Hour Shift Employees <br />Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56-hour work schedule shall earn sick leave at the rate of eleven and <br />two-tenths (11.2) hours for each month of service. Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 56-hour work <br />schedule may accumulate an unlimited number of sick leave hours subject to the following: <br />a. A maximum of 2,912 accumulated sick leave hours are available for use as paid time <br />off at any given time in accordance with sections 10.3 and section 10.4 below. <br />b. Sick leave hours accrued in excess of 2,912 are placed in a separate sick leave bank for <br />conversion to additional service credit at the time of retirement and are not available <br />for use as paid time off during employment. <br />c. Sick leave accrual will resume once the employee’s accumulated sick leave hours drop <br />below the 2,912 maximum. <br />d. All unused accumulated sick leave hours and any accumulated hours over the 2,912 <br />sick leave maximum will be converted to additional service credit at the time of <br />retirement in accordance with Government Code section 20862.8 (CalPERS “Credit for <br />Unused Sick Leave”). <br />e. Battalion Chiefs on leave pursuant to Labor Code section 4850 shall accumulate sick <br />leave hours during said leave in accordance with this section. <br /> 10.2 Sick Leave Accrual – 40 Hour Shift Employees <br />Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 40-hour work schedule shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours <br />for each month of service. Battalion Chiefs assigned to a 40-hour work schedule may accumulate an <br />unlimited number of sick leave hours subject to the following: <br />a. A maximum of 2,080 accumulated sick leave hours are available for use as paid time <br />off in accordance with sections 10.3 and 10.4 below. <br />b. Sick leave hours accrued in excess of 2,080 are placed in a separate sick leave bank for <br />conversion to additional service credit at the time of retirement and are not available <br />for us as paid time off during employment. <br />c. Sick leave accrual will resume once the employee’s accumulated sick leave hours drop <br />below the 2,080 maximum.