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September 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1586 hours for EMS 24/48 personnel and 252 hours for law enforcement officers working a 12 hour shift schedule) shall have the excess vacation leave converted to sick leave. Converted sick leave shall be used in the same manner as accrued sick leave and may be used for authorized sick leave purposes. And, like regular sick leave, any unused converted sick leave may be counted toward creditable service at retirement as regulated by the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or Law Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement Fund. Employees are cautioned not to retain an excess accumulation of vacation leave until late in the calendar year. Due to the necessity of keeping all County functions in operation, large numbers of employees cannot be granted vacation leave at any one time. If an employee has excess leave accumulation during the latter part of the year and is unable to take such leave because of staffing demands, the employee shall receive no special consideration either in having vacation leave scheduled or in receiving any exception to the maximum accumulation. Section 7. Vacation Leave - Payment on Separation An employee who is separated shall be paid for vacation leave accumulated to the date of separation, not to exceed a maximum of 290 hours (336 hours for EMS 24/48 personnel and 252 hours for law enforcement officers working a 12 hour shift schedule). 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 290 hours (336 hours for EMS 24/98 personnel and 252 hours for law enforcement officers working a 12 hour shift schedule) . The date of death shall be used as the date of separation for purpose of determining such payment. Section 8. Sick Leave A11 regular and probationary employees who are scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours during the calendar year shall receive sick leave in accordance with this policy. Sick leave with pay is not a right which an employee may demand but a privilege granted by the Board of Commissioners for the benefit of an employee when sick and for other authorized purposes: (a)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 and treatment, or exposure to a contagious disease when continuing work might jeopardize the health of others. (b)Sick leave may be used for illness, injury, or a medical appointment of a member of an employee's immediate family. (c)Sick leave may also be used for death in the employee's immediate family, but may not exceed 40 hours (56 hours for EMS 29/98 personnel and 92 hours for law enforcement officers working a 12 hour shift schedule) for any one occurrence. Note for the purposes of (b) and (c). 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 adoptive relationships that can be derived from those named. Foster children under the care of an employee shall be deemed immediate family for these purposes. The County Manager may authorize additional sick leave use for extenuating circumstances. Unless physically impossible, notification of the desire to take sick leave should be submitted to the employee's supervisor prior to the beginning of the scheduled workday. Sick leave requested in a workweek or work period cannot result in paid hours that exceed the scheduled hours for the week or period. The sick leave hours requested but not needed to complete a scheduled workweek or work period will remain in the employee's accrued sick leave balance. Section 9. Sick Leave - Manner of Accrual Anniversary date of employment shall be used for determining sick leave. For the purpose of calculating sick leave, the basic work week shall be 90 hours. Each regular and probationary employee scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours