(A) The amount of paid vacation time employees receive each year increases with the length of eligible employment as shown in the following schedule:
1 - 3 years of employment | 10 vacation days per year |
4 - 5 years of employment | 12 vacation days per year |
6 - 7 years of employment | 13 vacation days per year |
8 - 9 years of employment | 14 vacation days per year |
10 -11 years of employment | 15 vacation days per year |
12 - 13 years of employment | 16 vacation days per year |
14 - 15 years of employment | 17 vacation days per year |
16 - 17 years of employment | 18 vacation days per year |
18 - 19 years of employment | 19 vacation days per year |
20 years or more of employment | 20 vacation days per year |
(B) Full-time employees shall be eligible for vacation days each year. The 12-month period begins when the employee starts to earn vacation benefits.
(C) Paid vacation day may be used in maximum increments of eight hours per day and minimum increments of four hours per day.
(D) Paid vacation days are paid at the employee’s base pay rate at the time of the vacation day.
(E) Vacation day benefits may not be forwarded to following year. All unused vacation days will be forfeited December 31 each year.
(F) Paid vacation days shall not be taken before earned. Negative balances are not allowed and will be considered unpaid leave.
(G) No two full-time employees may have scheduled vacation at the same time.
(H) If any employee passes away with eligible vacation days before receiving payment for any/all vacation days, in the year of death, the town will pay the equivalent of any such remaining vacation amount to the applicable survivor.
(Ord. passed 3-1-2005; Ord. passed 1-21-2020)