Employees who terminate their employment with the Court for any reason shall have their termination pay computed in the following manner:
(a) They shall be compensated for any earned vacation and bonus vacation.
(b) In addition to the above, the employee shall be paid for any holidays worked for which he or she has not been compensated either in the form of pay or time off. If the employee was entitled to discretionary holidays and has not taken them and is terminated on or before June 30, he or she shall receive pay for one (1) discretionary holiday. If the employee terminates after June 30, he or she shall receive pay for two (2) discretionary holidays.
(c) In addition to the amount set forth in (a), and (b) above, employees who retire or die while in the employment of the Court or who separate in good standing from employment after twenty-one (21) years of service shall also receive severance pay for unused sick time in accordance with the provisions of Section 2134.31, Accumulation of Sick Days.
i. Service will be deemed "continuous" for purposes of this section despite a break in service due to a lay off, a call to military duty, or other circumstances for which a provision of this chapter specifies that employees will continue to accrue seniority.
ii. For purposes of this section, "years of service" for those employees hired on or before December 31, 2012 shall only include other public service if an express agreement to count such time for this purpose existed as of that date.
iii. An employee who is terminated for cause or for poor performance is not considered to have separated in good standing.
(d) In the event the employee has died as a direct result of injuries sustained in the course of employment with the Court, his or her estate shall be paid full accumulated sick time at the time of death.
(e) Employees entitled to Longevity Pay shall have that pay added to their base rate when termination pay is calculated.