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115 Section 10. Vacation Leave - Terminal Pay and Repayment of Vacation Leave An employee who is separated without failure in performance of duties or personal conduct, shall be paid for vacation leave accumulated to the date of separation not to exceed a maximum of 240 hours (360 hours for emergency medical service personnel). For involuntary separation due to failure in performance of duties or personal conduct as outlined in Article VII, Section 8 and 9, accumulated vacation leave may be withheld at the discretion of the county manager at the time of an employee's separation. Any vacation leave owed the county shall be deducted from the employee's final compensation. Section 11. Vacation Leave - Payment for Accumulated Vacation Leave Upon Death The estate of an employee who dies while employed by the county shall be entitled to payment for all of the accumulated vacation leave credited to the employee's account not to exceed a maximum of 240 hours (360 hours for emergency medical service personnel). Section 12. Sick Leave Sick leave with pay is not a right which an employee may demand but a privilege granted by the Commissioners for the benefit of an employee when sick. Sick leave shall be granted to an employee absent from work for any of the following reasons: sickness, bodily injury, required physical or dental examinations or treatment, or exposure to a contagious disease when continuing to work might jeopardize the health of others. Sick leave may be used for death in the employee's immediate family but may not exceed three (3) days for any one occurrence, except by special permission from the department head. Immediate family shall be deemed to include spouse, mother, father, guardian, children, sister, brother, grandparents, grandchildren plus the various combinations of half, step, in-law and adopted relationships that can be derived from those named. Notification of the desire to take sick leave should be submitted to the employee's supervisor prior to the leave or not later than two (2) hours after the beginning of a scheduled work day. Section 13. Sick Leave - Manner of Accumulation Anniversary date of employment shall be used for determining earned sick leave. For the purpose of calculating sick leave, the basic work week shall be forty (40) hours. Each full-time permanent and probationary employee working the basic work week shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours for each completed month, or ninety-six (96) hours for each completed year of service. Emergency medical service personnel shall earn sick leave at the rate of twelve (12) hours for each completed month, or one hundred forty-four (144) hours for each completed year of service. Emergency medical personnel shall be charged on an hour for hour basis for sick leave taken. Sick leave earned by permanent employees having a work week with greater or fewer hours than the basic work week shall be determined in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 19 of this Article. The department head may advance sick leave to an employee who has exhausted sick leave because of a major operation or illness. This advanced sick leave may not exceed the amount an employee can earn during the current calendar year, except with the approval of the Board of Commissioners. At the time of an employee's separation, any sick leave owed the county shall be deducted from the employee's final compensation. Section 14. Sick Leave - Maximum Accumulation Sick leave will be cumulative for an indefinite period.