(A) For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMPLOYMENT DATE. The date on which the employee was first employed by the city.
EMPLOYMENT YEAR. The period beginning with an employee’s anniversary date of employment and continuing for the next 12 consecutive months.
(B) The following policy shall apply to vacation time.
(1) At the end of an employee’s probationary period, the employee shall have earned five vacation days.
(2) At the end of one year of employment with the city on the employee’s anniversary date, the employee shall have earned ten days’ vacation time. The employee shall continue to earn ten days’ vacation time up to the employee’s ten year anniversary date.
(3) Beginning on the employee’s ten year anniversary date, the employee earns 15 days’ vacation, beginning on the employee’s 15 year anniversary date, the employee earns 20 days vacation. The employee shall continue to earn 20 vacation days on each succeeding anniversary date so long as the employee remains employed by the city.
(4) In the event that an employee resigns or is terminated prior to his anniversary date, the employee shall be entitled to all vacation time earned up to that point; however, the employee shall not be entitled to any for the following year.
(5) Unused vacation time may not be accumulated from year to year.
(6) Vacations shall be scheduled and approved in advance by the department head in accordance with the needs of the department, and the department head shall make every effort to respect the vacation requests of his employees consistent with those needs.
(7) An employee shall not be permitted to work through his vacation period and draw regular pay in addition to vacation pay.
(C) The vacation policy set forth in division (B) above shall be implemented in the following manner.
(1) The anniversary date for all employees of the city whose employment dates are prior to January l, 1982 shall be adjusted for the sole purpose of computing vacation and sick leave benefits. Said adjustment shall be made by establishing January l, of the year in which the employee was employed by the city.
(2) The anniversary date for all employees of the city whose employment dates are after January l, 1982 shall use their date of employment to compute sick leave and vacation benefits.
(3) EMPLOYMENT DATE shall be defined as the date on which the employee was first employed by the city.
(4) The adjusted anniversary date established in division (1) above shall apply only to sick leave and vacation benefit administration. The employee’s true date of employment shall be used for all other purposes.
(Ord. 23-1975, passed 12-9-75; Am. Ord. 6-1981, passed 2-10-81; Am. Ord. 1-1983, passed 1-11-83; Am. Ord. 4-1996, passed 2-13-96)