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(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.)
(a) Each employee whose salary or wages are paid in whole or in part by the Municipality shall be entitled to sick leave of one and one quarter workdays for each completed month of service, at his or her regular rate of pay. The Fiscal Officer shall maintain a record of the dates employees have used for sick leave. Every department head shall supply the dates to the Fiscal Officer that he or employees of his department have used for sick leave during each two week period corresponding to each pay period for the efficient administration of this sick leave provision.
(b) After an absence of more than three days, for illness or other unexcused reason, sick leave shall only accumulate at a pro-rated or direct proportion rate to the above entitled amount of one and one quarter workdays for each completed month of service. As of January 1, 1985, unused sick leave shall be accumulated without limit. Accumulated sick leave shall be allowed only under the following specific terms: illness, injury or death in the employee's immediate family, injury or exposure to contagious disease suffered by an employee. To be valid, sick leave must have the approval of the department head. After three days or upon request, the department head may require an employee to furnish a satisfactory written, signed statement from a licensed physician certifying the nature of the illness or injury and that the employee is fit to return to the full work required by the employee. "Immediate family" means husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandparents, grandchild, or other person at the discretion of the Village Administrator.
(c) When an employee is unable to report for work for reasons set forth above, he shall, if at all possible, notify his department head. If a department head is unable to report for work, he shall notify the Mayor or Village Administrator prior to the regular reporting time, of his inability or of his employee's inability to so report. Failure to comply with this request shall be grounds for withholding of sick leave allowance.
(d) Termination of employment by death cancels any accumulated sick leave. No payment shall be made in lieu of accumulated sick leave on termination of employment, for reasons other than retirement.
(e) Sick leave, upon retirement, shall be granted in an amount of not less than one-fourth of the value of unused sick leave, up to a maximum of thirty days pay.
(f) Industrial Commission rule 4123-5-20 (OAC) provides that an employee injured while on duty can receive benefits directly from Worker's Compensation, or that the employer can advance one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's pay (compensation) in the form of sick leave and be reimbursed from said state agency; therefore,
(1) Any employee injured while on duty shall be entitled to his or her regular wage (salary) in the form of sick leave, less any payments received from said employee from Worker's Compensation which sum total amount of benefits shall be reimbursed directly to the Village by said employee.
(2) All funds and/or monies reimbursed, as required, shall be credited to said employee's accumulated sick leave account balance in the same percentage as repaid.
(Ord. 97-13. Passed 12-1-97.)
(a) All full time employees of the Municipality shall be entitled to the holidays provided herein and shall receive pay for such holidays. Full time employees means all salaried employees and all hourly employees working forty hours per week on a regular basis. Legal holidays as used in this section means the following days:
(1) The first day of January, known as New Year's Day;
(2) The third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day;
(3) The third Monday in February, known as Washington - Lincoln Day;
(4) Good Friday;
(5) The last Monday in May, known as Memorial Day;
(6) The fourth of July, known as Independence Day;
(7) The first Monday in September, known as Labor Day;
(8) November 11th, known as the traditional Veterans Day;
(9) The fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving Day;
(10) The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November. (Friday after Thanksgiving);
(11) The 25th day of December, known as Christmas Day.
(b) If any day designated in this section as a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be taken. Holidays falling on a Sunday will be taken on the following Monday.
(c) In the event any hourly rated employee is required to perform work on any of the above holidays, such employee shall receive for the hours worked on such holidays his regular rate of pay to which shall be added his normal corresponding holiday pay.
(d) The police force and dispatchers shall be entitled to the holidays or equal time off as soon as possible after the holidays providing arrangements can be made within the department with the approval of the Mayor or Village Administrator.
(e) An option is established permitting all employees to determine by a majority vote an alternative holiday in lieu of the third Monday in January, known as Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. In order for employees to make said election, the vote on the same must be taken by January 1 of the following year, otherwise, Martin Luther King Jr. Day shall remain the holiday for that year. The election shall be conducted under the supervision and direction of the Village Administrator.
(Ord. 97-13. Passed 12-1-97.)
All Municipal officials and employees who are required to travel in their personal automobiles on Municipal business and who have been previously authorized to do so by the Mayor or Village Administrator, shall be reimbursed for such travel at the same cents-per-mile rate as reflected in the current IRS Publication 15-B. The expense for such travel shall show in detail the dates of occurrence and specific reason for the expense.
(Ord. 2004-11. Passed 6-21-04.)
In addition to salary and compensation otherwise provided, the Municipality shall pay the cost of hospitalization, medical and accident insurance coverage for the full-time employees who are now enrolled, or elect to enroll under the present group contract, and the Ohio Municipal League Group Accident Plan, or any agreement of the Municipality and a majority of the employees participating.
(Ord. 2016-21. Passed 11-28-16.)
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