(A) (1) All employees occupying regular full-time positions shall be entitled to vacation leave on the following schedule:
(a) Initial employment through 19 years: 12 working days; and
(b) Twenty years and thereafter: 17 working days.
(2) WORKING DAY, as used in this policy, shall be established by the normal working schedule of the employee. For example, Road Department employees’ (non-office) normal workday is eight hours, while executive office employees’ normal workday is seven hours.
(B) Vacation leave shall be accrued and awarded monthly.
(C) No employee shall be allowed to utilize accrued vacation leave until the employee has successfully completed the 90-day introductory period. Employees on a promotional introductory period may take accrued vacation leave.
(D) (1) Vacation leave of a week or more must be requested at least one month in advance. Vacation leave of less than one week must be requested at least three days in advance. If extenuating circumstances exist, the employee may be allowed to utilize vacation leave with less than the required notification if approved by the Judge/Executive.
(2) Vacation leave may be disapproved if the employee’s services are required at the requested time.
(E) Upon termination of employment, employees shall be compensated for unused vacation leave.
(F) Former employees who are rehired by the county, whose past employment was voluntarily terminated, or who were terminated for reasonable cause, shall be considered new employees for calculation of vacation leave.
(G) Former employees who are rehired by the county, whose past employment was involuntarily terminated without reasonable cause, shall be given vacation leave based on total length of service with the county.
(H) Upon receiving approval of their supervisor, employees absent because of sickness, injury or disability may use accrued vacation leave only after accrued sick leave has been exhausted.
(I) Vacation leave shall be taken in increments of not less than one hour.
(J) Employees shall be allowed to carryover a maximum of 12 days’ vacation leave from year to year. Leave in excess of this amount shall be forfeited without pay.
(K) The personnel officer or his or her designee shall ensure that accurate records are kept for vacation leave allowance, vacation leave taken and accrued leave for each employee.
(2001 Code, § 31.107) (Ord. passed 1-14-2000)