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9 <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVII — SAFETY <br /> 17.1 The EMPLOYER and the UNION agree to jointly promote safe and healthful working <br />conditions, to cooperate in safety matters and to encourage employees to work in a <br />safe manner. <br />ARTICLE XVIII — JOB POSTING <br />18.1 The EMPLOYER and the UNION agree that permanent job vacancies within the <br />designated bargaining unit shall be filled based on the concept of promotion from <br />within provided that applicants: <br />18.11 have the necessary qualifications to meet the standards of the job <br />vacancy; and <br />18.12 Have the ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of the job <br />vacancy. <br />18.2 Employees filling a higher job class based on the provisions of this Article, shall be <br />subject to the conditions of ARTICLE XV I, "PROBATIONARY PERIODS". <br />18.3 The EMPLOYER has the right of final decision in the selection of employees to fill <br />posted jobs based on qualifications, abilities, and experience. <br />18.4 Job vacancies within the designated bargaining unit will be posted for five (5) work days <br />so that members of the bargaining unit can be considered for such vacancies. <br />ARTICLE XIX — PERSONAL TIME OFF CONVERSION <br />19.1 All employees hired before June 29, 2002, will convert their current sick leave accrued <br />hours to Personal Time Off (PTO). The conversion will be calculated by adding current <br />accrued sick leave and current accrued vacation and subtracting two hundred forty <br />hours (240) as PTO. The remainder of the sick leave will be added to the "Bank". <br />"Bank" is defined as accrued hours which may be used only when the employee <br />qualifies under Short Term Disability, Long-Term Disability or when accrued PTO is <br />exhausted. For allowed accruals over the maximum refer to Article XXI, section 21.3. <br />ARTICLE XX — FUNERAL LEAVE <br />20.1 Each employee shall be entitled to three (3) paid days of funeral leave for a death in the <br />immediate family of the employee. <br />20.2 "Immediate family" shall mean an employee's spouse, children, siblings, parents, <br />grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephews nieces, in-laws or grandchildren. <br />ARTICLE XXI — PERSONAL TIME OFF (PTO) <br />21.1 Personal Time Off (PTO) is authorized absence from duty.