(A) A full-time employee shall be entitled to annual vacation leave with pay according to length of service and vacation benefit.
(1) Upon the first anniversary, the employee will receive five days of vacation.
(2) On January 1 of two years of employment through five years of employment, the employee will receive ten days of vacation per year.
(3) On January 1 of six years of employment through 14 years of employment, the employee will receive 15 days of vacation per year.
(4) On January 1 of 15 years of employment through 19 years of employment, the employee will receive 20 days of vacation per year per year.
(5) On January 1 of 20 years of employment, the employee will receive 25 days of vacation per year thereafter.
(B) Employees begin earning vacation leave on their hire date.
(C) Vacation leave is credited for all continuous service in active pay status. Vacation leave is not earned while an employee is in a non-paid status (i.e., leave of absence without pay, disciplinary suspensions, and disability leave under unpaid family and medical leave).
(D) Vacations are scheduled in accordance with workload requirements of the individual department or office. For this reason, it is essential that vacation requests be made at least one week in advance of the proposed starting date. The executive officer, his or her designee, and department heads have the authority to approve or deny vacation requests.
(E) Vacations cannot be carried over to the following year, unless approved by the Board, with the following exception: because some employees are hired late in the year, vacation leave can be carried over into the first 90 days of the following year after his or her first anniversary only.
(F) If an employee resigns and leaves in good standing on or after January 2 of that year, after giving proper notice, he or she will be paid for any unused vacation days.
(G) (1) Vacation day accruement for firefighters working 24-hour shifts shall be as follows:
After 1 year | 3 days |
After 5 years | 6 days |
After 10 years | 9 days |
After 15 years | 12 days |
After 20 years | 15 days |
(2) For firefighters working an administrative schedule, vacation day accruement shall be as follows:
After 1 year | 5 days |
After 2 years | 10 days |
After 6 years | 15 days |
After 15 years | 20 days |
After 20 years | 25 days |
(Ord. 2013-7, passed 8-28-2013)