The words and terms defined in this section shall have the following meanings as used in this Article.
(a) “City Service” or “Service with the City” means employment in any position with the City of Los Angeles, or any of its departments, bureaus or offices, including any department having control of its own funds.
(b) “Employee” means any person employed in City service, except those excluded by Section 4.256 of this Article, and includes officers of the City.
(c) “Qualifying Year” for a full-time employee means the first period of 12 consecutive months of service with the City and 2,080 regular paid hours (non-overtime) either occurring within or exceeding that 12-month period after entrance or re-entrance into City service, subject to deduction for all periods as an intermittent employee, as provided in Section 4.246(4) of this Article.
A half-time employee’s qualifying year means the first period of 12 consecutive months of service during which the employee was compensated for at least 1,000 hours, subject to deduction for all periods as an intermittent employee, as provided in Section 4.246(4) of this Article.
(d) “Service Year” means each period of 12 consecutive months of employment following an employee’s entrance or re-entrance into service with the City including any of its departments, or between any two anniversaries of such entrance or re-entrance.
(e) “Year of Service” means an aggregate period of 12 months for which a full-time employee has earned vacation credit or a half-time employee has earned prorated vacation credit, subject to deductions for absences as provided in Section 4.246 of this Article.
(f) “Full Pay” means the amount of pay an employee would receive for the period during which the employee is away on vacation, if the employee worked the days and hours prescribed for the position. Overtime pay shall not be included in such determination.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 90,365.
Amended by: Subsec. (e), Ord. No. 119,319; Subsec. (e), Ord. No. 144,206, Eff. 1-10-73; Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 149,524, Eff. 4-22-77; Subsec. (e)1A., Ord. No. 157,222, Eff. 11-3-82; Subsec. (g), Ord. No. 165,482, Eff. 2-1-90; In Entirety, Ord. No. 172,175*, Eff. 8-28-98; In Entirety, Ord. No. 181,780, Eff. 7-19-11; Subsec. (c), Ord. No. 182,204, Eff. 8-10-12; In Entirety, Ord. No. 187,434, Eff. 3-17-22.
* Editor's note: The provisions of Ord. No. 172,175 never took effect (see Sec. 8 re operative date).