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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS days due to illness or injury, or at the employer’s discretion, a physician’s statement may be required to verify the disability and its beginning and expected ending dates. Such verification may be requested for other sick leave absences as well and may be required as a condition to <br />receiving sick leave benefits. <br />Sick leave benefits will be calculated based on the employee’s base pay rate at the time of absence. Unused sick leave benefits will be allowed to accumulate until the employee has accrued a <br />total of 960 hours’ worth of sick leave benefits. If the employee’s benefits reach this <br />maximum, employees will receive monetary compensation for 50% of all hours accumulated over 960 at the employee’s hourly rate of pay. This compensation will occur annually in December or upon termination. Social Service employees, pursuant to North Dakota state policy, are not subject to this cap or to payout. <br /> <br />Sick leave benefits are intended solely to provide income protection in the event of illness or injury, and may not be used for any other absence, except where specifically provided for in <br />this handbook. Employees should use their sick leave only for legitimate illnesses and injuries, and employees should keep in mind that if they are out of sick leave and/or annual <br />leave, then any other absences will be unpaid, may be considered unexcused, and may subject the employee to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. In rare <br />circumstances unpaid time off may be permitted if approved in advance by the employer. Note that unpaid time off will not count against an employee if it is approved under another <br />leave policy within this handbook. <br />Sick leave is transferable from one department to another. However, Social Service employees may only transfer up to 960 hours of sick leave to a Cass County Government <br />department. If a Social Services employee is going from one Human Service Agency to another, they may transfer their entire sick leave balance. <br /> Years of service credit will be for continuous years of employment with a break of less than one year. Employees subjected to a layoff, who return within 12 months of layoff, will receive years of service credit for continuous years of employment. <br /> <br /> RETIREMENT 313 <br />Effective Date: 01/01/2016 All new non-elected employees employed twenty hours or more per week, for more than five <br />months per year, are required to participate in the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement <br />System (NDPERS). Elected officials may apply for membership. Cass County pays a portion of the employee’s gross monthly salary on the employee’s behalf. Employees are required to contribute a percentage on a pre-tax basis. NDPERS provides for <br />invested retirement benefits after three years of service. <br /> The NDPERS Portability Enhancement Provision (PEP) allows employees to vest in the employer contribution by participating in an approved pre-tax Deferred Compensation Program. This means that if an employee leaves employment does not wish to draw a <br />pension, they have the opportunity to take both the employee contribution and employer <br /> Cass County 20