Common use of Unused Sick Leave Upon Retirement Layoff Resignation or Death Clause in Contracts

Unused Sick Leave Upon Retirement Layoff Resignation or Death. 15.1 When an employee, in good standing, retires from active service with the City, with twenty-five (25) years of permanent continuous City service is hired after March 26, 1981, s/he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to his/her salary at the time of such retirement for one-half (1/2) of accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of ninety (90) days of pay, provided the employee has a minimum of sixty (60) days of sick leave accumulated. Retiring employees with less than sixty (60) days shall not receive any payment. 15.2 When an employee is laid off from continuous permanent active service with the City, the employee may elect to receive an amount equal to his/her salary at the time of the lay-off for one-half (1/2) the number of days for unused sick leave which the employee has accumulated, provided that the maximum payment shall not exceed an amount equal to wages for ninety (90) days. 15.3 Except as provided in 15.4, in the event of death before retirement of an employee covered by this Agreement, one-half (1/2) of his/her accrued sick leave, subject to the same maximum limitation as in the case of retiring employees, shall be paid to either: (a) to a beneficiary designated in writing by the employee, providing that the designation is in a form approved by the City and is on file in the employee’s personnel file in Human Resources at the time of death, or (b) in the event no named beneficiary is on file, to a person designated in the employee’s will or by the Probate Court. The City reserves the right to maintain the payment in escrow in the event of any dispute as to entitlement of such payment. 15.4 In the event of a work related death of an employee caused in the line of duty for the City of Portland Fire Department, or if a final determination is made by the Workers’ Compensation against the City of Portland, 100% of all accumulated sick leave shall be paid to the designee as prescribed in Section 15.3 of this Article. This payment shall be calculated as follows: Accrued sick leave balance (in hours) shall be divided by twelve (12) to convert the balance to days. The daily rate of pay shall be one-fourth (1/4) of an employee's weekly pay. 15.5 For resigning employees of good standing with more than three (3) years but less than ten (10) years of continuous permanent active service within the Department, payment shall be one-fifth (1/5) of accumulation with a maximum payment of twenty (20) days, providing the employee has a minimum of thirty (30) days of accumulated sick leave; for similar employees with more than 10 years of departmental service, payment shall be one-half (1/2) of accumulation with a maximum payment of forty-five

Unused Sick Leave Upon Retirement Layoff Resignation or Death. 15.1 When an employee, in good standing, retires from active service with the City, with twenty (20) years of permanent continuous City service if hired on or before March 26, 1981, and twenty-five (25) years of permanent continuous City service is hired after March 26, 1981, s/he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to his/her salary at the time of such retirement for one-half (1/2) of accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of ninety (90) days of pay, provided the employee has a minimum of sixty (60) days of sick leave accumulated. Retiring employees with less than sixty (60) days shall not receive any payment. 15.2 When an employee is laid off from continuous permanent active service with the City, the employee may elect to receive an amount equal to his/her salary at the time of the lay-off for one-half (1/2) the number of days for unused sick leave which the employee has accumulated, provided that the maximum payment shall not exceed an amount equal to wages for ninety (90) days. 15.3 Except as provided in 15.4, in the event of death before retirement of an employee covered by this Agreement, one-half (1/2) of his/her accrued sick leave, subject to the same maximum limitation as in the case of retiring employees, shall be paid to either: (a) to a beneficiary designated in writing by the employee, providing that the designation is in a form approved by the City and is on file in the employee’s personnel file in Human Resources at the time of death, or (b) in the event no named beneficiary is on file, to a person designated in the employee’s will or by the Probate Court. The City reserves the right to maintain the payment in escrow in the event of any dispute as to entitlement of such payment. 15.4 In the event of a work related death of an employee caused in the line of duty for the City of Portland Fire Department, or if a final determination is made by the Workers’ Compensation against the City of Portland, 100% of all accumulated sick leave shall be paid to the designee as prescribed in Section 15.3 of this Article. This payment shall be calculated as follows: Accrued sick leave balance (in hours) shall be divided by twelve (12) to convert the balance to days. The daily rate of pay shall be one-fourth (1/4) of an employee's weekly pay. 15.5 For resigning employees of good standing with more than three (3) years but less than ten (10) years of continuous permanent active service within the Department, payment shall be one-fifth (1/5) of accumulation with a maximum payment of twenty (20) days, providing the employee has a minimum of thirty (30) days of accumulated sick leave; for similar employees with more than 10 years of departmental service, payment shall be one-half (1/2) of accumulation with a maximum payment of forty-five

Unused Sick Leave Upon Retirement Layoff Resignation or Death. 15.1 When an employee, in good standing, retires from active service with the City, with twenty (20) years of permanent continuous City service if hired on or before March 26, 1981, and twenty-five (25) years of permanent continuous City service is hired after March 26, 1981, s/he shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to his/her salary at the time of such retirement for one-half (1/2) of accumulated sick leave up to a maximum of ninety (90) days of pay, provided the employee has a minimum of sixty (60) days of sick leave accumulated. Retiring employees with less than sixty (60) days shall not receive any payment. 15.2 When an employee is laid off from continuous permanent active service with the City, the employee may elect to receive an amount equal to his/her salary at the time of the lay-off for one-half (1/2) the number of days for unused sick leave which the employee has accumulated, provided that the maximum payment shall not exceed an amount equal to wages for ninety (90) days. 15.3 Except as provided in 15.4, in the event of death before retirement of an employee covered by this Agreement, one-half (1/2) of his/her accrued sick leave, subject to the same maximum limitation as in the case of retiring employees, shall be paid to either: (a) to a beneficiary designated in writing by the employee, providing that the designation is in a form approved by the City and is on file in the employee’s personnel file in Human Resources at the time of death, or (b) in the event no named beneficiary is on file, to a person designated in the employee’s will or by the Probate Court. The City reserves the right to maintain the payment in escrow in the event of any dispute as to entitlement of such payment. 15.4 In the event of a work related death of an employee caused in the line of duty for the City of Portland Fire Department, or if a final determination is made by the Workers’ Compensation against the City of Portlandduty, 100% of all accumulated sick leave shall be paid to the designee as prescribed in Section 15.3 of this Article. This payment shall be calculated as follows: Accrued sick leave balance (in hours) shall be divided by twelve (12) to convert the balance to days. The daily rate of pay shall be one-fourth (1/4) of an employee's weekly pay. 15.5 For resigning employees of good standing with more than three (3) years but less than ten (10) years of continuous permanent active service within the Department, payment shall be one-fifth (1/5) of accumulation with a maximum payment of twenty (20) days, providing the employee has a minimum of thirty (30) days of accumulated sick leave; for similar employees with more than 10 years of departmental service, payment shall be one-half (1/2) of accumulation with a maximum payment of forty-fivefive (45) days, providing the employee has a minimum of sixty (60) days of accumulated sick leave. 15.6 A good standing resignation is considered to be two (2) weeks' notice prior to the effective date of such resignation. 15.7 For purposes of this Article, except for 15.3, the daily rate shall be computed as one-fifth (1/5) of an employee's weekly pay.