(A) All full-time employees of the village shall be entitled to paid vacations as follows: two weeks after one year of service; three weeks after eight years of service; and four weeks after 15 years of service.
(B) Vacations shall be scheduled from January to December. Vacation leave shall accrue to each employee at the rate of three-point-one hours each biweekly pay period for those entitled to two weeks per year; four-point-six hours for three weeks per year and six-point-two hours for four weeks per year.
(C) For the terminating employee, vacation time will accrue from January 1 until the termination date.
(D) Vacation pay shall be computed on the basis of a regular 40-hour week at the applicable regular straight-time rate based on wage rates in effect at the time the vacation is taken.
(E) Vacations shall be scheduled throughout the year by the Village Administrator for all employees except police employees, who will be scheduled with the Mayor, subject to operational requirements. There is no requirement that vacation leave be taken all at once or that it be split up. Vacations may be taken so as to include or abut holidays. If a paid holiday falls during the employee’s vacation time, the employee shall be entitled to another added day of vacation.
(F) Payment for vacation leave in lieu of vacation may be given. The employee shall be paid for the unused vacation at regular straight-time rates on March 31 of the following year in which the vacation would have been taken. However, the employee shall have the option at this time to carry over unpaid vacation to accumulate for not longer than one year.
(Prior Code, § 256.19) (Ord. 81-17, passed 10-8-1981)