Paid sick leave and public employment

[Guest lac123]

Greetings:

If a public employer in California accounts and accrues a partial pay sick leave account for each employee (based on that employee's service), can the "wage hours" represented inside this account be eliminated once the employee retires?

Does such an accounting represent "compensable wages" owned by the employee (upon retirement) for either payout or roll over to the public agency pension plan?

My basic understanding is that accounted for "earnings" cannot be retroactively removed from an employee. I believe even equipment/uniform allowances become "wages" upon retirement. I think California tried to retroactively eliminate/reduce certain PTO account balances for its employees several years ago and lost in court or arbirtration.

Thanks for any input