(a) Each full time City employee not covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be entitled to vacation with pay as follows:
Vacation | |
One to four years | Two weeks |
Five years | Three weeks |
Ten years | Four weeks |
Fifteen years | Five weeks |
Twenty years | Six weeks |
Employees shall become eligible for vacation leave after their probationary period ends, earned pro-rata on their time of employment. Vacation leave shall normally be taken by the employee within twelve months thereafter. Employees shall be permitted to carry over from one year to the next immediate year, up to two years of earned but unused vacation leave.
In case of emergency, the department head has the right to require employees to work on all or part of planned vacation leave. If an employee is required to work under the circumstances set forth above, the employee shall be paid an amount equal to one- and one-half times the usual scheduled for a later time in the calendar year.
Employees with at least one year of continuous service with the City, upon separation from employment with the City except for cause, will be entitled to all unused vacation leave to his credit at the time of separation and a credit of the pro-rata vacation leave earned from the employees' last anniversary date. Said pro-rata calculation to be determined by calculating the number of days between the employees last anniversary date and the date of separation, dividing that amount by 356 and then multiplying the answer by the number of hours of vacation the employee would have had credited at his/her next anniversary date. All vacation hours will be paid at the employees' current rate of pay. The death of an employee shall result in this amout being paid to the employees' estate.
(Ord. 2021-051. Passed 7-13-21; Ord. 2023-047. Passed 6-13-23.)
(b) Absence, on account of sickness, injury or disability, in excess of that authorized for such purpose may, at the request of the employee and within the discretion of the department head, be charged against such employee's vacation leave.
(c) If an employee has used a minimum of three weeks from their previous year's vacation award. They may, with two weeks' notice, receive payment at their regular rate for any unused hours.
(d) The Mayor, as an elected official as defined in Section 155.01, shall receive six weeks' vacation per year which vacation period shall accrue immediately upon the first day of each year. Two weeks of said six weeks' vacation period shall be carried over from one year to the next, with a maximum carryover of six weeks. There shall be no payment for any unused vacation period upon conclusion of status of Mayor. (Ord. 2018-076. Passed 9-11-18; Ord. 2021-051. Passed 7-13- 21.)
(e) In the hiring or retention of City Director, the Mayor may award a vacation of up to six weeks to the immediate credit of that individual. That amount awarded shall then be the annual amount of vacation to be credited to that employee on that employee's anniversary date. At the Mayor's discretion, Directors, the Chief Building Official, and Chiefs may carry over additional earned but unused vacation leave, or be paid for unused vacation without regard to division (a) or (e) of this section. (Ord. 2018-004. Passed 1-23-18; Ord. 2019-018. Passed 3-12-19; Ord. 2021-051. Passed 7-13-21; Ord. 2023-047. Passed 6-13-23.)
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, should the City of Eastlake find itself under a State of Emergency or Executive Order limiting the ability of City employees to exercise the rights herein, the Mayor has the authority to extend the right to exercise said rights for a period not to exceed ninety days after the State of Emergency or Executive Order has ended. (Ord. 2020-039. Passed 5- 26-20.)