Accrual and Use. Sick leave shall be accrued at the rate of six and 9/10 (6.9) hours of sick leave every pay period for employees working 24-hour shifts and at a rate of four and 6/10 (4.6) hours of sick leave for employees working 8-hour shifts. Employees will be compensated at their regular hourly rate for all authorized sick leave. Sick leave is taken in increments of one hour. *Conversion Note: For employees permanently changing from 53-hour to 40-hour or 40 hour to 53- hour sick time will be divided by 1.5 or multiplied by 1.5 respectively at the date of assignment. All time will be rounded to half hour. Employees may only use sick leave that has been accrued. Sick leave may be used for the following reasons:
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