(A) Effective January 1, 2024, permanent, full-time employees shall accrue four personal days (32 hours) off per year with pay upon the first day of any calendar year that can be used, subject to the advance approval of the employee's department head.
(B) Effective January 1, 2024, new permanent, full-time employees shall receive a pro-rated allocation of personal days off per year with pay in accordance with the following schedule:
Timeframe Appointed | Personal Leave Allocation |
January 1 through March 31 | 4 days (32 hours) |
April 1 through June 30 | 2 days (16 hours) |
July 1 through September 30 | 1 day (8 hours) |
October 1 through December 31 | None |
(C) Permanent, full-time employees shall accrue one additional personal day (eight hours) off per year upon the first day of any calendar year following their respective fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twentieth and twenty-fifth anniversaries marking uninterrupted service with the Village of Indian Hill that can be used, subject to the advance approval of the employee's department head.
(D) Permanent, part-time employees, who were hired prior to January 1, 2003, shall be entitled to personal time off in proportion to hours worked and based upon uninterrupted service time with the Village of Indian Hill.
(E) Personal days off must be taken during the year in which they accrue.
(F) Payment for Unused Personal Leave. Any employee at the time of retirement will be paid for any unused personal days up to the maximum allotment for the calendar year within which the employee retires. Any employee leaving the service of the city will be paid for any unused personal leave already earned during the calendar year in which they are separated. Such payment shall be made only once to any employee. In the event of a death of an employee, unused personal leave shall become payable in a lump sum. The rate of compensation shall be at the regular rate of pay earned at time of death. Such payment shall be made in accordance with R.C. § 2113.04, or be paid to the employee's estate with appropriate taxes withheld.
(Ord. 15-19, passed 12-16-19; Am. Ord. 01-23, passed 1-17-23)