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monetarily compensated, or the amount may be used towards future health care or a combination of both. Upon retirement, with a minimum of 90 days’ notice, and after 15 years of fulltime, continuous employment with the Town of Holland Highway or Water Department, the employee may be paid 35% of their daily rate per day for each sick day accumulated, the employee may be monetarily compensated, or the amount may be used towards future health care or a combination of both. An Employee who has been unable to perform his/her job for a period of three (3) consecutive workdays by reason of sickness or accident shall not be permitted to commence employment for the Employer until he/she has presented to his/her Superintendent of Highways a statement from his/her attending physician certifying that the Employee has recovered sufficiently to allow him/her to engage in the full and unrestricted performance of his/her duties on the job. The original of said physician statement shall be forwarded to the Town Supervisor for inclusion in the Employee’s personnel file. The Town does not offer light duty. ARTICLE VII: RETIREMENT Retirement requests must be submitted in writing to the Town Board, a minimum of 90 days prior to retirement. ARTICLE VIII: BEREAVEMENT Each employee is granted three (3) bereavement days for the following deaths: Parents, Sibling, Spouse or Partner, Child, Stepchild, Grandparents, Grandchildren, Parent-in-law, Sister-in-law, Brother-in-law, Son-in-law, and Daughter-in-law. Each employee is granted one (1) bereavement day for the following deaths: Aunt, Uncle, Niece, and Nephew ARTICLE IX: HEALTH INSURANCE Health Insurance will be provided for full time employees only. For the remainder of this contract, health insurance premiums for the employees of record as of January 1, 2016, will be paid at 100% by the Town. Health Insurance plans and carriers will be at the discretion of the Insurance Committee and Town Board. Employees hired after January 1, 2023, will contribute 10% of the total cost of health Insurance during their probationary period. If health care premiums increase 5% annually, this portion of the contract can be renegotiated by the Town. Non-Health insurance use: Employees who elect not to receive health insurance coverage provided by the town will receive an annual reimbursement of $1,200.00. Reimbursement made directly to the employee’s payroll at the close of the fiscal year. ARTICLE X: CLOTHING ALLOWANCE and CELL PHONES OSHA required safety clothing will be provided. Each full-time employee will be reimbursed up to $450.00 per year upon proper receipt of work-related safety clothing. All receipts must be processed in the current fiscal year. Receipts from prior year purchases will not be reimbursed. Employee will contribute $5 per week towards the town paid cell phone plan. Employees must purchase their own phones, at their own expense, either through the Town or anywhere else they