(A) Amount allowed. Every permanent employee having less than five years consecutive full-time service shall earn vacation leave at the rate of five-sixths working day for each calendar month of full-time service. Each permanent employee with at least five, but less than ten, consecutive years of full-time service shall earn vacation leave at the rate of one and one-quarter working days for each calendar month of full-time service; each permanent employee with at least ten years of consecutive full-time service shall earn vacation leave at the rate of one and one-half working days for each calendar month of full-time service; and each permanent employee with at least 16 years of consecutive full-time service shall earn vacation leave at the rate of one and three-fourths working days for each calendar month of full-time service.
(B) Accrual. An employee may accrue vacation leave from prior calendar years to a maximum of two times the amount of leave earned in the present calendar year. The accrued leave may be used in addition to the leave that the employee has earned during the present calendar year.
(C) When taken. Vacation leave may be used as earned subject to approval by the Council of the time at which it may be taken.
(D) Terminal leave. Any employee leaving the municipal service in good standing after giving proper notice of such termination of employment shall be compensated for vacation leave accrued and unused to the date of separation.
(1978 Code, § 208.07) (Ord. 90-18, passed 9-17-1990)