Section One. Except where varied in this Agreement, the State will continue in force its written rules and regulations with respect to Sick Leave (one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month) or other paid or unpaid leave of absence.

Section Two. A bonus day will be added to the sick leave bank of any employee if no sick leave is used in any six (6) month period of July 1 to December 31, or January 1 to June 30. For purposes of this Section, Funeral Leave and Injury Leave (supplemented by Sick Leave) of less than two (2) weeks shall not preclude the bonus day.

Section Three. Upon the death of an employee who has completed ten (10) years of State service, the employer shall pay to the beneficiary one-fourth (1/4) of the deceased employee’s daily salary for each day of sick leave accrued to his/her credit as of his/her last day on the active payroll, up to a maximum payment equivalent to sixty (60) days pay.

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