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would normally have worked shall be charged against the sick leave account. (7) Assignment. The City Manager may allow an employee to assign sick leave to another designated employee after determining it is in the best interest ofthe City. (8) Severance: Minimum 20 years of service: An employee who leaves the organization in good standing with a minimum of twenty (20) years of full-time service with the City, will be eligible to choose between putting (50%) of accrued sick leave (up to 480 hours) in the employee's post retirement health savings plan (RHS), subject to such provisions of the plan, or receiving 40% percent of accrued sick leave to a maximum payment of 384 hours in the form of cash payout. Minimum 10 years of service: An employee who leaves the organization in good standing with a minimum of ten (10) years of service with the City, is only eligible for 40% of accrued sick leave (up to 384) hours to be provided as cash payout (unless the employee elected to contribute their sick leave severance to the RHS plan, see Sec. 21-69). Sec. 21-68. Worker's Compensation Policy. (a) Worker's Compensation: If an employee is injured on duty, then the City's worker's compensation insurance company will determine if the injury qualifies for worker's compensation benefits. The employee can use sick leave during the interim if eligibility of worker's compensation insurance has not yet been determined. Once the injury is determined eligible for worker's compensation, then the sick leave shall be instated to the effective date of the worker's compensation insurance. (b) Other injuries: If an employee is injured off duty or is not covered by worker's compensation, then the employee must first utilize all accrued sick leave, followed by accrued compensatory time, and then vacation leave. Once all accrued leave is used, then the employee can goon unpaid leave with the approval of the city manager. If the employee is out on unpaid leave, then the employee is responsible for paying the costs of employee benefits, such as, but not limited to, health and dental insurance. Sec. 21-69 Post Retirement Health Saving Plan. Regular employees and regular part-time employees are eligible to participate in the City's Retirement Health Savings Plan. Employees must elect into the plan at the time of hire or during the benefits open enrollment period for the next calendar year. Employees have the option of contributing sick leave severance benefits into a City selected post retirement health care savings plan, see Sec. 21-67 (8) and/or I % of annual base wage. The Employer provides for a one time irrevocable election by the eligible employees to participate in the plan. Until such time that the election is made, the employee shall not participate in the plan. Adopted this llth day of May, 2004. ~. Steve Larson, Mayor 21-19