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A. Sick leave may not be traded for compensatory or vacation time. B. Sick leave may not be transferred. The City does not maintain a sick leave pool. C. Maternity leave will be treated like any other illness. D. Sick leave cannot be used while off the job due to a work related injury except for Civil Service employees as specified in Civil Service Law. E. Sick leave is not accrued while the employee is on leave without pay or on Worker's Compensation unless the employee is also taking paid leave. F. A Civil Service employee who is temporarily suspended or indefinitely suspended shall exhaust all appeal rights before the City is obligated to pay any accumulated civil service sick leave as prescribed under Chapter 143. G. On November 1St of each year, employees not regulated by the City of Paris Civil Service System, may at his/her option sell back certain portions of accrued sick leave. Criteria for the sell back eligibility are as follows: 1. The employee must have accumulated at least thirty -five (35) days of unused sick leave as of October 1. Sick leave accumulated prior to 9 -30 -13 may be used to meet the thirty -five (35) day minimum balance requirement. However, sick time accrued prior to 9 -30 -13 will not be eligible for sell back. 2. Only full, regular days of sick leave and no less than five (5) days up to a maximum of ten (10) days may be sold back at one time. 3. Compensation rate for the sell back will be 50% of total pay rate on the date the check is processed. 4. Sick leave balance used for sell back calculation is the amount accrued on October 1, of each year. 5. Employees who have used more than five (5) days of sick leave during the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to October 1, are not eligible for sell back that year. 6. In no case can sick leave balance after sell back be less than thirty (30) days. 7. In order to be eligible for sell back, the employee must be employed on the date the sell back pay is paid. Upon termination, an employee is not entitled to be paid for accumulated sick leave.