(A) (1) Vacation leave is earned on an annual basis. Each regular full-time employee is entitled to vacation leave as follows: regular full-time employees shall be granted leaves of absence with full pay for vacation periods. Employees must have one full year of continuous employment to be eligible for vacation time. Then vacation time will run on a calendar year basis. Vacation time is paid at eight hours per day.
(2) All regular full-time employees shall be granted and accrue vacation periods in accordance with the following schedules.
Years of Continuous Service
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Accrual Days
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1 year of employment | 5 working days |
2 years of employment | 10 working days |
10 years of employment | 15 working days |
20 years or more of employment | 20 working days |
(3) All vacation time must be reported to the department head with three days’ advance notice. Each employee is responsible for scheduling vacations without undue disruption of village operations.
(B) When an employee terminates or is terminated by the village, all accrued vacation shall be paid and included in the final paycheck. Computation of such vacation pay shall be based on the employee’s regular rate of pay at the time of termination.
(C) All new employees must satisfactorily complete their probationary period to be entitled to use vacation leave. Temporary and part-time employees are not eligible for any vacation benefits.
(D) In cases when village operations have made it impractical for an employee to use vacation time within the year it accrues, the department head, with the approval of the Board, may authorize accrual of vacation hours for an employee up to 80 hours. This will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Any unused vacation time at the end of the calendar year not authorized by the supervisor and Board to be carried forward into a new year will be paid to the employee in the form of regular hourly pay.
(Ord. 648, passed 11-9-2020; Ord. 688, passed 9-11-2023)