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Personnel who have signed up and have been approved for annual vacation will be required to take that time off. Changes will not be granted once annual vacations have been selected unless extenuating circumstances exist justifying such changes and subject to the Division Commander's approval. Personnel who participate in the Annual Vacation Sign Up will be eligible to identify vacation selections on a seniority basis, but may only select up to two years accrued vacation time. Requests for vacation outside the annual vacation sign up program will usually not be accepted any earlier than 60 days in advance of the requested time off. The Division Manager will have 30 days in which to make a decision on the request. If the request is made less than 30 days prior to the requested date(s) off, the Division Manager will have a reasonable time in which to make the decision. 11.5 Vacation Pay at Termination Employees shall be paid for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of termination. Such compensation for earned vacation shall be paid to the employee in one lump sum in a final check. Section 12. Sick Leave 12.1 Sick Leave Accrual Each full time employee shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours for each month of service. Effective June 1, 2008, employees may accumulate an unlimited number of sick leave hours; except, however, hours accumulated in excess of one thousand four hundred and forty (1440) maybe used only to apply toward additional years of retirement service credit under the current PERS "Credit for Unused Sick Leave," Section 20862.8. An employee maybe allowed a sick leave deficit of twenty four (24) hours beyond that actually earned. Employees on leave of absence with pay in lieu of temporary disability payments pursuant to Section 4850 of the Labor Code shall accumulate sick leave during said leave of absence, in accordance with the provisions of this section. 12.2 Sick Leave Usage Sick leave with pay shall be granted to all probationary and permanent full time employees within the competitive service. Sick leave shall not be considered a right which an employee may use in his/her discretion but shall be allowed only as follows: (1) In cases of necessity and actual personal sickness or disability of the employee. (2) For medical and dental appointments of the employee or employee's immediate family, at the discretion of the immediate supervisor. (3) For the care of or attendance upon the sickness or disability of members of his/her immediate family. A maximum of forty-eight (48) hours per year of sick leave may be 13