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Section 18.11 Any employee who transfers from this department to another department of the Employer shall be allowed to transfer his accumulated sick leave to the new department. Section 18.12 Full-time employees hired after August 1, 1997, who earned sick leave with any other political subdivision, school system, State, etc. other than the City of North Olmsted, shall not be credited to the individual's sick leave balance as an employee of the City of North Olmsted. Section 18.13 At the time of death, disability retirement or retirement; from active service with the Employer an employee may elect to be paid, for part of the value of his/her accrued but unused sick leave credit, based upon one of the following provisions: Retired after August l, 1993: '/s the value, 500 hours, maximum payment. Retired after March l, 1998: a. One/third (1/3) the value, 960 hours maximum payment, provided the employee has been employed Full-time by the Employer for thirty (30) years or more. or, b. One/third (1/3) the value, 700 hours maximum payment, for an employee who has been employed Full-time by the Employer for less than 30 years; however the employee must have at least five (5) years or more of continuous service with the Employer. or, c. One/half ('/z) the value, 500 hours maximum payment, for an employee who has been employed Full-time by the Employer for at least five (5) years or more of continuous service. Such payment shall be made only for those sick hours earned by the employee while employed by the employer. Sick pay shall be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time of conversion. Payment for sick leave, on this basis shall be considered to eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by the employee. Such payment shall be made only once to an employee. Section 18.14 Sick leave can be used for the following reasons: (a) Sickness of the employee; (b) Injury to the employee; (c) Exposure to contagious disease where quarantined by the Board of Health; (d) Emergency/non-routine medical, dental surgery or optical surgery of the employee; and (e) Sickness or emergency medical treatment of the employee's "immediate family" shall be interpreted as meaning parents, parents of spouse, spouse, and children of the employee, regardless of place of residence, as well as other relatives living in the employee's home. The maximum sick leave which may be granted under, this paragraph for family illness may be no more than eighty (80) hours per year. In addition to the use of sick leave referenced above, a Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) defined eligible employee may be granted additional use of sick leave in accordance with the FMLA; to care for a FMLA defined family member (employee's spouse, son, daughter or parent), suffering from a FMLA defined serious health/medical condition. The provisions of the FMLA shall be the determining factors when an employee applies for such additional use of sick leave. Department heads may require a satisfactory medical certificate before paying any employee under this paragraph. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a medical certificate shall be grounds for disciplinary action including dismissal. 15