Item 17 - Memorandum of Understanding Related to SEIU

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J. Payment for Unused Sick Leave For All Employees in the Bargaining Unit who are were employed by the City in a Full -Time Position on or before June 7, 2023: 1. Except in cases of disability retirement, upon non -disciplinary termination of employment and at least ten (10) years of cumulative full-time service with the City, an employee shall be entitled to receive a portion of or their total accumulated and unused sick leave balance, depending on their years of cumulative full-time service with the City, upon the effective date of such termination, at the rate of pay effective on the date of such termination. Upon termination of employment with the City, employees may deposit their accumulated, but unused sick leave hours into their Retirement Health Savings (RHS) account, subject to the following: • For employees who had less than ten (10) years of service with the City as of September 30, 2010, the maximum sick leave eligible, after ten (10) years of full-time service, shall be equal to one third (1/3) of the total sick leave accumulated, up to a maximum of three hundred and twenty-five (325) hours. • For employees who have at least ten (10) years of full-time service with the City prior to October 1, 2010, the maximum sick leave eligible, after ten (10) years of full-time service, shall be equal to one third (1/3) of the total sick leave accumulated, up to a maximum of four hundred and twenty-seven (427) hours. • For employees with at least fifteen (15) years of full-time service with the City, they may convert up to one hundred percent (100%) of their unused sick leave to the RHS up to a maximum of one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours. For employees hired as new employees from outside the City into this bargaining unit on or after June 7, 2023, there shall be no conversion of sick leave to RHS at termination. Per Section 10.D above, these employees shall have their sick leave above seven hundred (700) hours converted to the RHS in the first full pay period in January of each year if employed by the City. Sick leave has no cash value at termination. 2. A lump sum payment of the amount shall be made to the beneficiaries of any eligible employee whose death occurs while such employee is an active employee of the City. Such payment shall be in the amount as described above and at the rate of pay in effect on the date of death. 10.2 Bereavement Leave 2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full -Time Employees Unit Page 52