(a) All Village employees who have completed one full year of full-time employment with the Village shall be entitled to a two week vacation with pay following his anniversary date of employment. None of the employees of the Village should be entitled to any vacation until they have completed one full year of employment.
(b) Once an employee has completed one full year of full-time employment, vacation in subsequent years shall be granted during the calendar year.
(c) All employees who have completed eight years of employment as defined under Ohio R.C. 9.44 shall be entitled to three weeks vacation with pay during the calendar years following the eighth anniversary date of employment. In no event shall an employee be granted any more than three weeks vacation in the year in which he becomes eligible as provided herein.
(d) Once an employee has become eligible for a three week vacation, as provided in subsection (c), vacation in subsequent years shall be granted during the calendar year.
(e) All employees who have completed fifteen years of full-time employment as defined under Ohio R.C. 9.44, shall be entitled to four weeks vacation with pay during the calendar years following his fifteenth anniversary date of employment. In no event shall an employee be granted any more than four weeks vacation in the year in which he becomes eligible as provided herein.
(f) Once an employee has become eligible for a four week paid vacation, as specified in subsection (e) hereof, vacation in subsequent years shall be granted during the calendar year.
(g) All employees who have completed twenty-five years of full-time employment as defined under Ohio R.C. 9.44, shall be entitled to five weeks vacation with pay during the calendar year following his twenty-fifth anniversary date of employment. In no event shall an employee be granted any more than five weeks vacation in the year in which he becomes eligible as provided herein.
(h) Once an employee has become eligible for a five week paid vacation, as specified in subsection (g) hereof, vacation in subsequent years shall be granted during the calendar year.
(i) Each hourly employee shall have vacation pay computed on a basis of forty hours per week.
(j) As used in this section, two weeks vacation means two calendar weeks of ten working days; three weeks vacation means three calendar weeks of fifteen working days; four weeks vacation means four calendar weeks of twenty working days; five weeks vacation means five calendar weeks of twenty five working days. Calendar year means January 1 through December 31.
(k) If a holiday, as set forth in Section 149.05, falls within an employee's vacation, time off for such holiday shall be taken at the beginning or at the end of the scheduled vacation.
(l) Each qualifying employee shall be required to take a two week vacation within the calendar year or lose the unused vacation remaining at the end of the calendar year.
(m) Employees entitled to the third, fourth, or fifth week of vacation shall have the option of either taking the time off, or receiving vacation pay, except that any employee entitled to a fifth week of vacation must take at least three weeks vacation within the calendar year.
(n) Upon separation from Municipal service, an employee shall be entitled to compensation at his/her current rate of pay for all lawfully accrued and unused vacation leave to his/her credit at the time of separation for the current year. In the case of death of an employee, such accrued and unused vacation leave shall be paid to his/her estate. If an employee's services are terminated by an employee without the Village receiving two-weeks notice from the employee, accumulated vacation of the employee shall be considered forfeited.
(Ord. 97-13. Passed 12-1-97.)