(A) Employees requesting one week or more of vacation shall give notice to the Village Council or the Board of Public Affairs in advance for their approval of the employees scheduled vacation. Employees entitled to three or more weeks’ vacation shall not schedule more than two weeks consecutively unless otherwise approved by the Village Council or Board of Public Affairs. Requests for vacation should be submitted at a minimum of two weeks prior to the requested time off.
(B) Village employees are required to take their vacation in the calendar year following the year it is accrued. Unused vacation time cannot be carried from one year to the next or receive payment in lieu of actually taking vacation.
(C) Employees who are on vacation leave or other leave with pay during the holiday will receive holiday compensation at regular wages.
(D) Compensatory time may be taken only in not less than one hour increments.
(E) In no event will an employee be allowed to take vacation in conjunction with termination, i.e., to extend the termination date.
(F) In the event of an employee’s death, his or her beneficiary or estate, in the absence of a designated beneficiary, shall be paid for unused vacation.
(G) Employees who retire, are permanently laid off, resign, or are terminated will receive any unused and/or accrued vacation earned up to their last full month of employment.
(H) If an employee is on vacation and an emergency arise, (i.e., snow plowing, water break, and the like) and is called into work, the employee will:
(1) Take another vacation day; or
(2) If there is no other time available to take another vacation day and the employee receives approval by either the Village Council or the Board of Public Affairs, the employee will be compensated at the overtime rate for their actual hours worked (or a minimum of two hours) plus their vacation pay.
(Ord. 1447, passed 10-20-2009; Ord. 1473, passed 12-7-2010; Ord. passed 1-1-2019)