Each full-time salaried and hourly rate employee in the several offices and departments of the City shall be entitled to vacation with full pay as follows:
After one year and through five years of continuous service | 2 weeks each year |
After five years and through ten years of continuous service | 3 weeks each year |
After ten years and through fifteen years of continuous service | 4 weeks each year |
After fifteen years of continuous service | 5 weeks each year |
After twenty years of continuous service | 6 weeks each year |
Vacation leave accrues only while an employee is in pay status (e.g., vacation, paid military leave, sick leave, etc.). No vacation is earned while an employee is in unpaid status. If an employee was not paid for a full year prior to their vacation anniversary date, and was on unpaid status for any portion of the year, he shall not earn or accrue vacation during the period of time he is in unpaid status. Prorated vacation credit is given for any part of a pay period.
Full-time employment by another political subdivision of the State shall be included when determining years of continuous service, provided that there is not more than one month between termination from such former public employment and appointment in the City. Employees with prior service credit will be entitled to vacation time commensurate with those years of service but only after one year of service for the City of Lyndhurst.
If an employee is appointed after April 1 and prior to October 1 of the calendar year, he or she is entitled to two weeks the following year. If an employee is appointed between October 1 and December 31, he or she is entitled to one week vacation the following year after six months of employment. If an employee is appointed between January 1 and April 1, he or she is entitled to one week vacation in that year after six months of employment.
Vacation time shall accrue to the employee each calendar year following the determination of the first vacation period as set forth above. A vacation shall be taken by the employee during the year in which it has accrued. If an employee has been unable to use his or her full vacation allotment during a calendar year, the employee will be paid any unused vacation pay up to, and not in excess of, forty (40) vacation hours' vacation pay.
All vacations shall be taken at such time as is approved by the department head or the Mayor. During vacations, employees shall receive their current salary or the proportionate amount thereof if the Mayor or department head schedules such vacations into shorter periods for the convenience of the conduct of City business.
Hourly paid part-time employees shall accrue vacation time in the same manner as full- time employees, except that the per day hours of vacation pay shall be those part-time hours normally worked by such part-time employees. Seasonal employees shall not be entitled to vacation pay. Part-time employees must work a portion of each month, and a minimum thirty hours per week, to be entitled to pro-rated vacation pay.
After one year of service, in the event of termination of employment with the City for any reason other than disciplinary discharge with just cause, each employee shall be entitled to payment, at their current regular rate of pay, for any earned but unused vacation leave to their credit at the time of separation. Vacation pay out shall be prorated based upon the time of separation.
In addition to vacation, each full-time or part-time municipal employee hired after August 1, 2012 who works thirty or more hours per week, whether on an hourly basis or salary basis shall be entitled to the following holidays with pay.
New Year's Day | Thanksgiving Day |
Memorial Day | Day after Thanksgiving Day |
Labor Day | Christmas Day |
Independence Day | Five floating holidays |
In the event any of the aforementioned holidays fall on Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding shall be observed as the holiday. In the event any of the aforementioned holidays fall on Sunday, the Monday immediately succeeding shall be observed as the holiday.
Floating holidays shall be taken within the calendar year and shall be at a time requested by the employee with the approval of the department head. Seasonal employees shall not be entitled to holiday pay. Employees who are hired or separated from employment during a given year shall receive prorated floating holiday benefits in amount of three and one-third (3 1/3) hours of floating holiday time for each fully completed month of service in active pay status. In the event that an employee retires after having utilized a greater amount of holiday leave to which he otherwise would have been entitled at the time of separation, he shall have any excess deducted from his final pay in order to recoup the overage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all noncollective bargaining unit employees within a department shall be entitled to receive the same vacation and holiday allowances as the collective bargaining unit employees within that department.
(Ord. 2023-48. Passed 7-10-23.)