(a) Full-time employees shall be eligible to receive paid vacation in accordance
with the following schedule:
After 1 year of service 10 working days paid vacation After 7 years of service 15 working days paid vacation After 15 years of service 20 working days paid vacation After 20 years of service 25 working days paid vacation |
The Village reserves the right to extend service credit to new employees for time served with another public employer. Any employee who receives service credit shall be immediately eligible to take vacation leave. Provided however, if said employee leaves employment with the Village before the end of the first calendar year and uses vacation time in excess of the amount equal to the portion of the calendar year the employee has worked at the time of separation, then the employee shall have the value of the excess vacation time paid to the employee deducted from the final paycheck. (Ord. 2021-27. Passed 12-6-21.)
(b) To the extent any Village employee has earned vacation time in excess of five (5) days in any calendar year, such employee may, but is not required to, obtain a payout from the Village for the excess vacation time. Prior to requesting a payout, employees must first have taken five (5) vacation days. Said pay in lieu of vacation shall be paid at said employee’s regular pay rate. Vacation accrues on a pro-rated basis after one full year of employment with the Village and may be used on an anniversary year basis. Part-time employees are not eligible for vacation benefits.
(Ord. 2022-05. Passed 3-7-22.)
(c) Vacation leave must be taken in minimum units of one day unless otherwise approved by the Village Administrator or his/her designee, and requests for vacation leave shall be made in writing and should be submitted as far in advance as possible, but at the minimum, at least one week in advance. The granting of all vacation requests shall be at the discretion of the Village Administrator, shall not be unreasonably denied and subject to the operation requirements of the Village. In the event of a conflicting request, the Administrator shall resolve the conflict based on the operation needs of each department/division.
(d) Employees may carry vacation time over one calendar year to the next. In no event can an employee carry over more than ten days to the subsequent anniversary year.
(e) Full-time employees who resign or retire after a minimum of one year of service are entitled to compensation, at their current rate of pay, for any earned but unused vacation leave to his/her credit at the time of separation, provided that the employee gives at least two (2) weeks advanced written notice of the separation.
(f) Vacation credits are not earned while an employee is on unpaid leave (leave of absence, disciplinary suspension, etc.) where an employee becomes deceased while on unpaid status in Village employment, any accrued vacation leave to the employees' credit shall be paid
in a lump sum first to the surviving spouse, then to the descendant's estate.
(g) The Village shall not accept the transfer of any vacation time accumulated by an employee with any prior employer.
(Ord. 2021-27. Passed 12-6-21.)