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The parties moved Section 9 to Article 14 Duty Hours <br />Article 16. Holidays <br />The parties added luneteenth to the list of holidays. The parties agreed to delete from the list of <br />holidays: V: day on Christmas Eve, employee's personal day, and V: day on New Year's Eve. The <br />employees still have a personal day, the language was just moved down to new Section 4. <br />Article 17, Vacations <br />In Section 5, the parties agreed to add the following language: "for purpose of preference or <br />priority in the selection or scheduling of vacation, the date of hire by the City shall be used for <br />seniority. Lateral transfers with prior years of service shall not be advanced thereby but rather <br />limited to their respective date of hire by the City for purpose of seniority." <br />Additionally, the parties added language in a new Section 7, mirroring the clarification that only <br />accepted years of lateral credit are credited on the schedule. <br />Article 16, Sick Leave <br />The parties agreed to add the reasons for which sick leave may be utilized to the contract, <br />identifying the same reasons as those that were added to the AFSCME and FOP agreements. <br />In Section 3, the parties added Fitness for Duty Examinations/Disability Separation language to <br />explain the process for both. <br />Article 20, Unpaid Leaves of Absence <br />The parties agreed to strike a lot of language in this article that is addressed elsewhere in the <br />contract. Additionally, the previous Section 5 was deleted since it is already provided under state <br />law. <br />Article 21. Iniury Leave <br />The parties added language that states to be eligible for such leave, the employee most complete <br />any required documentation for the incident, apply to the TPA for medical benefits only, and be <br />certified by a city -approved provider as having a qualified line of duty injury. <br />The parties replaced the language in Section 2 Restricted Duty/Disability Application. The <br />language now explains that if the employee and City's doctor agree that the employee is capable <br />of returning to work, then the employee will be offered a restricted duty position. If the employee <br />refuses the position, line of duty sick leave would terminate, and the employee would have to use <br />their own sick leave. <br />In Section 3, the parties created a section for non -emergency response injuries. Under this section, <br />if an employee does not qualify for any of the benefits in this article but has sustained a line of <br />duty injury and used his own sick leave during the FML period may opt to tum over B WC funds. <br />4 <br />4891-9/234183, v.2 <br />