(A) All full-time employees who have more than one year of continuous service with the village are eligible for vacation in accordance with the following schedule. Each employee's eligibility for vacation shall be determined on each employee's anniversary date of employment.
TIME EMPLOYED
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After six months of employment | 16 hours of vacation |
One year but less than two years | 40 hours of vacation (less any hours already taken) |
Two years but less than seven years | 80 hours of vacation |
Seven years but less than 14 years | 120 hours of vacation |
Fifteen years or more | 160 hours of vacation |
(B) Vacation leave accrues while on paid status except injury leave. No vacation credit is earned while an employee is on unpaid status.
(C) Vacation leave shall be taken in units of not less than one hour.
(D) Vacations are scheduled at management's discretion in accordance with workload requirements of the individual departments.
(E) Due to department operational requirements, management may block out periods of time which are not available for vacation.
(F) Up to 40 hours of an employee's unused yearly vacation leave may be carried over into the next vacation year only under extenuating circumstances and only with prior approval by the Mayor. No more than one week of unused vacation leave may be carried forward at any time.
(G) Vacation time will be credited upon the employee's anniversary date of employment. Upon an employee's retirement, vacation time earned by that employee will be pro-rated. If an employee leaves the village for any other reason, vacation hours will not be pro-rated.
(H) In the case of death of an employee, the employee's accrued vacation leave will be converted to a lump sum payment payable to the employee's beneficiary or estate.
(I) Personal leave. After six months of employment or completion of the employee's probation period, each full-time employee shall be allowed three personal leave days per year. Time off for personal business shall be taken in no less than two-hour increments, at the discretion of the department head. Personal days cannot be carried over to the next calendar year.
(Ord. 49-2017, passed 11-21-2017; Ord. 42-2018, passed 10-16-2018)