Union workers get top payout for sick days
By Mike Monson
Sunday September 9, 2007
Exactly how much sick leave a city employee can accrue varies, depending upon whether an employee is a member of a union. Police and firefighters, who are unionized, tend to have the most generous sick leave buyback provisions in both Champaign and Urbana.
In Urbana, upon retirement, a police officer can cash out half of his or her accumulated sick leave hours; firefighters with 20 years of service can get a 20 percent cash-out. Both firefighters and police also can cash in sick leave hours above a minimum amount each quarter at a 50 percent rate. Urbana sets no maximum on the number of sick leave hours that can be accrued.
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