153.05 ANNUAL LEAVE.

   (a)   All full-time employees shall be entitled to the following paid vacation:

 

Years of Service	Annual Leave
Employment years 00 through 01	0 weeks vacation
Employment years 02 through 04	2 weeks vacation
Employment years 05 through 09	3 weeks vacation
Employment years 10 through 19	4 weeks vacation
Employment years 20+	5 weeks vacation

 

   (b)   Annual leave shall be taken at such time as the department head directs, subject to the department head's administrative discretion.

(Ord. 24-2007. Passed 6-5-07.)

   (c)   Each employee will be encouraged to take full vacation in the year in which it is earned. Full-time employees may bank up to one half (½) of their vacation time annually, up to a maximum of twenty (20) weeks. Employees shall have the option to be paid for unused vacation time at the end of the anniversary year in which it is earned at the rate in effect in the year it is earned.

   (d)   Upon separation from employment, an employee shall be entitled to compensation for any unused annual leave and banked vacation time up to twenty (20) weeks. An employee who has less than one year of service shall not be entitled to compensation.

(Ord. 30-2013. Passed 6-18-13.)

   (e)   In case of the death of an employee the value of unused annual leave shall be paid to the spouse of the deceased, and if no surviving spouse, then to the estate.

   (f)   A record shall be maintained for each employee showing days earned, days used and the balance available for annual leave.

   (g)   All part-time employees who were employed by the Village in any prior year in excess of 1,600 hours shall be entitled to the following paid vacations:

 

(1) Years of Service	Annual Leave
Less than 1	None
1 or more	To accumulate at the rate of .038 hours per hour worked with a maximum of 80 hours annually.

   The annual leave for each eligible part-time employee shall be taken as the department head directs subject to his administrative discretion. Such annual leave is not cumulative and shall not be postponed until the following anniversary year. All other rules and regulations concerning annual leave for full-time employees shall apply to an annual leave for an eligible part-time employee.
(Ord. 24-2007. Passed 6-5-07.)