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calendar week. During unpaid leave, an employee shall not accrue vacation or sick leave benefits, nor <br />shall said time be considered service time. Holiday in lieu payments for which an employee would <br />otherwise be eligible shall be adjusted on a pro -rata basis to reflect an employee's leave time. <br />15.2 Floating Holiday <br />Fire Prevention Personnel will receive three (3) floating holidays per year with pay as follows: <br />Floating holidays for eligible employees shall be credited and taken in accordance with the regulations <br />set forth in this section. Each payroll calendar year eligible employees will be credited with floating <br />holidays at the rate of 24 (twenty -four) hours for each 40 -hour employee per year. Employees not in a <br />pay status at the beginning of the payroll calendar year will not be credited with floating holidays until <br />their return to work. In such cases, floating holidays will be prorated for the year once the employee <br />returns to work. New employees who join the City after the start of the calendar year will receive <br />floating holidays on a prorated basis. <br />Floating holidays are not cumulative and must be taken in the same year it is credited. <br />15.3 Jury Leave <br />Each regular or probationary employee of the Department who is required to serve as a trial juror is <br />entitled to be absent from his/her duties with the Department during the "period" of such service or while <br />necessarily being in court as the result of such a call. When the employee's services are "not required" or <br />upon "dismissal" from court, the employee shall return directly to work to complete the balance of the <br />workday or shift. The employee is allowed his or her regular salary provided the employee compensates <br />the Department for any fees received for service other than travel pay. If the employee does not <br />compensate the Department for such fees, the salary shall be lowered by the amount of such fees. <br />For the purposes of this section: <br />"Period" shall mean that period of time from the moment the employee is chosen as a juror until he /she <br />is dismissed by the judge. <br />Services that are "not required" shall mean those portions of time that an employee who is a prospective <br />juror, has not yet been chosen as a juror and has been released for the day but is required to return at a <br />later date for further consideration as a prospective juror. <br />"Dismissal" from court is when the judge dismisses the employee as a juror or prospective juror. <br />15.4 Leaves Resulting from Subpoena <br />Leaves of absence with pay shall be granted to a person while going to and from court and answering a <br />subpoena as a witness on behalf of the Fire Department. If sent off duty, employee will be paid per <br />Section 7.1 of this M.O.U. <br />18 <br />