2019-21 - Ratify Collective Bargaining - Paramedics

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B. During any such period, the employee shall remain available for and reportas directed for any light duly assignment for which the treating physician and the Fire Chief determine to be appropriate for the em- ployee's physical restrictions and the operational requirements of the Division of Fire. C. The employee may request additional periods not to exceed ten (10) work shifts provided said employee continues to be restricted from regular duty as certified by the treating physician. Additional periods will be subject to the approval of the Fire Chief. D. In the event that the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) should disallow an employee's claim for benefits, the employee shall be charged with all time lost from work (not including time spent on a light duty assignment) against the employee's accumulated sick time, provided the employee has sick time avail- able. Should the employee not have a sufficient amount of paid sick time available, the employee may charge accumulated vacation and/or holiday time. Should the employee not have sufficient paid time avail- able to cover either all or part of the time off, up to and including the date the claim is disallowed, then any wages paid to the employee shall be repaid by the employee to the City through payroll deduction. 13.09 In the event an employee becomes or continues to be incapacitated from work by reason of illness or injury after sick time and any other paid time is used up, they may apply for donations of time according to the Sick Time Donation policy. 13.10 Retirement and Death Conversion A. When an employee retires, resigns or dies from the Division of Fire, either through service or disability, and shall have completed ten (10) years of service in the Division, the employee, or the estate, shall be compensated in cash, based upon the hourly rate for conversion of time to cash at the time of retirement, resignation or death, for one -quarter (1/4) of their unused sick time which they shall have accumulated. However, in no event, shall the accumulated sick time for conversion purposes exceed two thousand four - hundred (2400) hours. 13.11 Conversion of Sick Time A. A. All employees who have accumulated more than one thousand five hundred (1500) hour Formatted: Body Text, Left, Indent: Left: 0", Numbered+ of sick time may convert, on a three (3) to one (1) basis, all hours accumulated in the calendar year over one thousand five hundred (1500) into a lump sum cash payment in January of each Level: 1 + Numbering Style: A, B, C, ... + Start at: r + Alignment: Left + Aligned at: 0.5" +Tab after: 0.81" + Indent at 0.81", Tab stops: 031", List tab + 0.5", Left+ calendar year, not to exceed a maximum of fifty (50) hours in any calendar year. Any conver- 1.13", Left + 1.56", Left + Not at 0.e1" sion made in accordance with this Article will be made at the hourly rate for conversion of leave to cash. Any sick time used durina the calendar does not reduce this calculation ARTICLE 14 PERFECT ATTENDANCE 14.01 Except for employees hired on or after January 1, 2010, all full-time employees who complete one - quarter (1/4) of a year with perfect attendance from January 1st to March 3 tat; April lst to June 30th; July 1st to September 30th; October Ist to December 31st; take no sick leave time for any reason whatsoever, excluding time off as a direct result of an on-the-job injury, lasting no more than four (4) 24-hour shifts (consecutive or intermittent), for each separate and distinct injury, shall be entitled to receive a direct cash