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funds. Any amount turned over to the Employer shall be credited to the employee's sick leave bank on a dollar -for -dollar basis. Article 17. Bereavement Leave In Section 1, the parties agreed to change the amount of bereavement leave offered. Now, employees shall receive up to forty (40) work hours of paid bereavement leave which most be taken in conjunction with the date(s) of death/funeral/service, in the event of the death of an immediate family member. The parties also added a sentence that documentation may be required to substantiate the requested leave. Article 18, Grievance Procedure The parties agreed to delete the sentence that unanswered grievances by the Employer shall be considered to have been appealed to the next step. The parties added a paragraph under Section 3 which states for purposes of calculating time limits, calendar days shall be limited to business days when the administrative offices are open, excluding all weekends and holidays. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline shall be considered the next regular business day. Under Section 6, the parties revised the language addressing the selection of arbitrators to include the ability to mutually agree to use any arbitrator to hear the case, and a new subsection explaining the selection process (strike method) to pick an arbitrator. Each party has the right to reject one panel of arbitrators. The rejecting party shall bear the cost of a new list. If the grievance is not referred to arbitration within the prescribed time limits, the grievance shall be considered resolved based on default rejection. Additional new language was included addressing the authority of the arbitrator as well and removing the issue of arbitrability from the purview of the arbitrator. Article 19, Discipline The parties revised terminology to reflect the pre -disciplinary process as a "conference" as opposed to a formal hearing. The parties also added language acknowledging that allegations of undue delay maybe raised by the union as part of the just cause review in disciplinary cases. The parties added language to reflect that the timeline for discipline runs from the date of the conference report being issued by the Chief of Police (not the conference itself). This will allow the Chief more time to review a situation if new information is introduced at the conference before issuing the report. The parties also added language excluding from the arbitration process any disciplinary action not involving a loss in pay, so that those matters may be grieved, but are not subject to arbitration. Article 22. Internal Invesdeadons The parties agreed to add language to address union concerns of investigation timeliness, with exceptions for any criminal cases or significant, documented reasons for delay. The parties deleted language that addressed criminal investigations that are not conducted by the Employer. 5 48797997-4643., 1