(a) Full-time, unionized employees shall receive vacation benefits in accordance with their collective bargaining agreements. Full-time, non-union employees shall be granted vacation leave at straight time pay in accordance with the following schedule:
Years of Service with the City | # of hours paid vacation |
Years of Service with the City | # of hours paid vacation |
1 | 40 |
2 | 80 |
3 | 96 |
8 | 120 |
12 | 160 |
18 | 200 |
25 | 240 |
(b) A "vacation year" shall be based upon the employee's start date and runs until the day before that date in the next calendar year. The years of service for vacation entitlement shall be based on the date of employment with the City of Geneva or other state agency. The employee shall receive credit for the City of Geneva part-time employment when determining the vacation time earned. Vacation earned becomes available upon completion of the vacation year, however the City Manager is authorized to establish a vacation accrual policy to allow employees to take accrued vacation days during the vacation year, or to allow employees to borrow against un-accrued annual vacation hours in the vacation year.
(c) Up to one week of unused, accrued vacation time may be carried over into the next vacation year to be taken within the first six months of the following year. The City Manager may authorize the employee to carry over more vacation upon the employee's request in writing. The rate of pay for the hours of vacation carryover shall be at the employee's current rate of pay.
(d) Part-time employees that are regularly scheduled for forty hours or more per pay period shall be granted paid vacation leave at straight time pay in accordance with the following schedule:
Years of Service with the City | # of days paid vacation |
Years of Service with the City | # of days paid vacation |
1 | 2 |
2 | 3 |
3 | 4 |
8 | 5 |
12 | 6 |
18 | 7 |
25 | 8 |
Day(s) shall be calculated as a regularly scheduled work day. | |
(e) The City Manager is authorized to start a new employee with a higher amount of vacation based on the applicant's work experience, educational background and/or performance.
(f) Upon leaving employment, employees shall be paid for earned, unused vacation time. In the case of death of an employee, unused vacation shall be paid to the estate of the deceased employee.
(g) Vacation leave shall be approved in advance by the department head, giving first consideration to the needs of the department. Seniority shall prevail when there is a conflict in requests for vacation dates.
(Ord. 2785. Passed 12-23-02; Ord. 2821. Passed 12-22-03; Ord. 2858. Passed 12-13-04; Ord. 2895. Passed 12-19-05; Ord. 2926. Passed 12-18-06; Ord. 2952. Passed 11-26-07; Ord. 2980. Passed 12-8-08; Ord. 3013. Passed 12-14-09; Ord. 3072. Passed 12-19-11; Ord. 3097, passed 12-10-12; Ord. 3129. Passed 12-9-13; Ord. 3202. Passed 11-28-16; Ord. 3262. Passed 11-25-19.)