(a) All full-time employees shall be entitled to a vacation after completion of one (1) year of continuous employment with the Village. Employee's eligibility for the first vacation and for subsequent increases in vacation time will be determined by the anniversary date of employment. After any employee has qualified for the first week of vacation, the employee automatically qualifies for future vacations as of January 1 of the following year. Each full-time employee shall earn vacation days in accordance with his or her length of service according to the schedule below. The days of vacation are in terms of working hours and forty hours are considered to be one week of vacation.
Years of Complete Service | Hours of Vacation |
1 | 40 |
2 to 4 | 80 |
5 to 9 | 120 |
10 to 19 | 160 |
20 or more | 200 |
(b) All vacation leave shall be taken in increments of eight (8) hours. Office and administrative staff who work independently and do not require a replacement to cover for them, are eligible to use vacation in 1/2-day increments with approval of the Chief.
(c) Vacations are not cumulative and shall not be postponed until the following year unless there have been exceptional circumstances which caused postponement. A maximum of ten days may be carried forward. In such cases, a request for holdover must be approved by the Chief All leave carried over must be taken within the first three months
of the following year.
(d) Absence due to sickness, injury, or disability in excess of that hereinafter authorized for such a purpose, may, at the request of the employee, and with the approval of the Chief, be charged against vacation leave.
(e) When a holiday is observed by the Village during an employee’s vacation period, the employee shall not be charged for a day of vacation.
(f) Retired or deceased employees shall be entitled to vacation pay for months worked. The vacation pay shall be computed based on one-twelfth of their entitled vacation as determined by subsection (a) hereof for each month in which an employee worked a minimum of eighty-five (85) hours. In the instance of deceased employees, the vacation pay shall be made to the deceased's spouse or estate.
(g) On termination of employment the employee shall be paid for any unused vacation balance, except that the Chief may rule such balance void if a resignation is submitted with less than ten (!0) days’ notice, or if the employee is discharged for fraud or dishonesty. It is the declared intention hereof that terminating employees may qualify for no more than a pro rata vacation credit based upon their anniversary date and the years of service compared to their date of termination.
(h) All vacation leaves shall be taken at such times as may be approved by the Chief.
(i) For the purpose of determining the amount of available vacation days, an employee who has been separated from public service shall, upon such employee’s re-employment, be credited with previous public service time earned, up to 120 hours. This credit is contingent upon the re-employment taking place within ten (10) years of the date on which the employee last separated from public service. Said vacation shall be used during the first calendar year of employment. Public service shall be defined as a participant in a State of Ohio public pension and/or Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund during the time of service.
Said previous public service credit is not eligible for payment pursuant to section (g) above.
(Ord. 22-2022. Passed 7-12-22.)