(a) Full time employees shall have the following paid vacation time:
(1) Less than one year: | 4.41 hours per month |
(2) After one year: | 56 hours |
(3) After two years: | 120 hours |
(4) After eight years: | 168 hours |
(5) After fifteen years: | 240 hours |
(6) After twenty years: | 288 hours |
(b) Part time employee's years of service shall be calculated at two years of service equals one year of full time service as the time relates to vacation time.
(c) Vacation must be utilized within each calendar year that it is earned.
(d) All paid compensated time off shall be considered hours worked for overtime and sick time credit.
(e) The basis of computing the compensation of an employee who works on an hourly rate of pay, for the period of his or her respective vacation, shall be at the normal straight time earnings of the particular employee working a full week at the hourly rate fixed for his or her employment in the particular Village department where employed.
(f) Each person having charge of a department of the Village wherein there are other employees under the supervision of such person shall arrange a schedule of vacation as nearly as possible to conform the proper functioning of the particular department, as well as to suit the convenience of the respective employees.
(g) Vacations may not be accumulated and shall be taken not later than the end of the subsequent year of service for which the vacation was earned, unless an extension is authorized by Council.
(h) An employee whose employment with the Village is terminated, or upon retirement, shall be paid for vacation time earned the previous year but not yet taken, and for vacation time earned but not yet taken in the year of termination or retirement. Compensation shall be calculated by dividing the employee's bi-weekly wage by the number of hours normally worked bi-weekly, times the unused hours of vacation, provided that the employee has twelve months or more continuous service.
(i) Vacation allowance calculated pursuant to subsection (h) hereof shall be paid to the next of kin or to the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased employee.
(j) Any hours worked while on vacation shall be paid at one and one half times the normal hourly rate of pay in addition to the vacation pay.
(k) Vacation hours shall be counted as hours worked for overtime purposes, but shall not be counted for sick leave credits.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)