(A) The town recognizes the need for paid vacation leave for full-time employees. Vacation leave will be awarded on the employee’s anniversary date of his or her full-time employment with the town.
(1) Full-time employees commencing their employment without relevant experience and training as determined by the Town Manager shall be allotted the following paid vacation leave:
(a) Full-time employees who have completed their first continuous year of full-time service with the town will receive five days of vacation leave.
(b) Full-time employees who have completed two years of continuous full-time service with the town, but who have not attained five years of continuous full-time service with the town, will receive ten days of vacation leave.
(c) Full-time employees who have completed five years of continuous full-time service with the town, but who have not attained ten years of continuous full-time service with the town, will receive 15 days of vacation leave.
(d) Full-time employees who have completed ten years of continuous full-time service with the town, but who have not attained 15 years of continuous full-time service with the town, will receive 20 days of vacation leave.
(e) Full-time employees who have completed 15 years or more of continuous full- time service with the town will receive 25 days of vacation leave.
(f) Full-time employees who have completed 20 years or more of continuous full- time service with the town will receive 28 days of vacation leave.
(g) Full-time employees who have completed 25 years of continuous full-time service with the town will receive 30 days of vacation leave.
(2) (a) Notwithstanding division (A)(1), employees initiating employment with the town with relevant job experience and training as determined by the Town Manager shall be granted the following paid vacation leave upon commencement of their employment in lieu of the paid vacation leave under division (A)(1):
1. Three years experience - 5 days vacation leave;
2. Ten years experience - 10 days vacation leave; and
3. Fifteen years experience - 15 days vacation leave.
(b) These employees shall not be entitled to paid vacation leave under division (A)(1) until applicable under division (A)(3).
(3) Employees with relevant job experience and training as determined by the Town Manager shall retain paid vacation time granted under division (A)(2) until the employee’s paid vacation time earned under division (A)(1) exceeds the paid vacation time granted under division (A)(2). Once the employee’s earned paid vacation time under division (A)(1) exceeds the paid vacation time granted under division (A)(2), the employee will be allowed only that paid vacation time earned under division (A)(1).
(4) A full-time employee may receive credit toward the years of continuous full-time service for purposes of determining the number of vacation leave days for periods of time worked as a part-time employee if such credit is recommended by the employee’s immediate supervisor and approved by the Town Council.
(B) Vacation leave cannot be granted in advance. An employee must take the vacation leave as time off from his or her employment with the town to receive vacation pay. Employees wishing to take three or more consecutive vacation days will give their supervisor written notice a minimum of 30 days in advance, or run the risk of their supervisor denying such request. For a vacation leave request of fewer than three consecutive days, the employee must give a minimum notice of one week to his or her supervisor in writing, or run the risk of his or her supervisor denying the request. Requests for vacation leave will be subject to denial, if in the opinion of the employee's supervisor, granting such leave would hamper the operation of the employee's department. An employee may carry over five days of accumulated vacation leave from one year to the next year. Vacation leave earned, but not taken, in excess of five days will be lost. An employee's accrued vacation time shall be compensated by the town at the employee's then current rate of pay, upon termination of the employee by voluntary or involuntary separation from employment.
('80 Code, § 2.02.030 B.) (Am. Ord. 1992-14, passed 7-27-92; Am. Ord. 1999-21, passed 12-29-99; Am. Ord. 2018-03, passed 4-9-18; Am. Ord. 2018-31, passed 12- - 18)