2129.69 Vacations

   (A) All employees shall be entitled to annual vacation with pay in accordance with the following table:

AMOUNT OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE DURING PREVIOUS YEAR
THROUGH DECEMBER 31	VACATION
Less than 1 full calendar year	.916 days for each full month of service
After 1 full calendar yr. of service	2 wks
After 7 full calendar yrs. of service	3 wks
After 14 full calendar yrs. of service	4 wks
After 21 full calendar yrs. of service	5 wks
After 24 full calendar yrs. of service	6 wks

   (B)   In addition to the above, after one (1) full calendar year of service, the employee shall be entitled to one (1) full additional discretionary vacation day.

   (C)   An employee should take vacation in the calendar year following the year in which it was earned. In the event an employee is not allowed to schedule and/or take his vacation in the year in which it should have been taken, he may request that such unused vacation be carried over to the following year. Such request must be submitted to the Department of Human Resources prior to December 1 of each year. All such carry-over vacation must be taken no later than April 30 of the following year. In the event that the City has not allowed the employee to take the vacation time to which he is entitled by April 30 of the year following the calendar year in which it should have been taken, then he should be paid for such unused vacation days.

   (D)   Employees shall be allowed to schedule and take vacations as provided herein in accordance with existing Departmental procedures. Employees shall have the right to select vacation time by seniority. At least ten (10%) percent of the employees assigned to the shift shall be granted vacation in any vacation period. Requests for vacation time will be considered first.

   (E)   In determining eligibility for vacation, only continuous years of service shall be counted. Except where an employee has served nine (9) full calendar years with the City and has terminated and then returns to the City, such employee shall be entitled to count the prior service for determining eligibility for vacation.

2129.70 Paid Holidays

   All Police Officers of the Department of Police shall be entitled to fifteen (15) holidays per year. Each Police Officer shall have the option of having up to fifteen (15) days off, or of having a lesser number of days off and receiving pay for the difference between the number of scheduled days off and the total number of holidays up to a maximum of fourteen (14) days for which he or she may elect to receive pay.

   In the event the Police Officer elects to take days off, they are to be scheduled in a way as not to impair the operation of the Shift or Bureau to which he or she is assigned. If the Police Officer has elected to work up to fourteen (14) of these extra days in lieu of days off, then he or she shall be compensated at his or her regular straight time rate of having worked on those days. He or she shall be paid a bonus of ten (10) hours for each of the extra days scheduled.

   The Police Officer who elects to take the bonus payment in lieu of the extra scheduled days off shall receive up to one hundred forty (140) hours of bonus pay to be distributed to him or her at the time he takes his or her regular vacation or in a separate check to be issued on a quarterly basis. The hours shall be payable at the rate of pay the Police Officer earns at the time these checks are dispersed.

2129.71 Funeral Pay

   An employee shall be granted three (3) days funeral pay to arrange for and/or attend the funeral of a member of the immediate family. For the purpose of this section the employee's immediate family shall include father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son- in-law, stepmother, stepfather, stepchild, life partner, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild and any other relative residing in his household. A “Life Partner” relationship must have been pre-certified by the Department of Human Resources before funeral pay usage may occur.

   In the event of the death of the employee's father, mother, brother, sister, spouse or child, the employee, upon giving notice, shall have the right to take up to an additional three (3) days of sick pay. Such additional time shall be charged to the employee's accumulated sick days, but shall have no effect on Bonus Days as provided in Section 2129.58.

   Should a death or burial in the immediate family occur in a city located more than one hundred fifty (150) miles from Toledo, an additional two (2) days for travel shall be granted and paid.

   The employee may take two (2) days to attend the funeral and reserve a day to attend to legal matters made necessary by the death, but such time provided herein shall be taken within two (2) weeks after the date of burial.

   This benefit shall also be extended when the relative is a veteran being returned for burial.

   One (1) day of funeral pay shall be granted to attend the funeral of the employee's or the employee's spouse's or life partner's foster mother, foster father, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, if such funeral occurs on an employee's regular workday and if the employee is scheduled to work that day. When a special filial relationship exists between the employee and any relative for whom he would normally be granted one (1) day of funeral pay, three (3) days funeral pay will be granted upon the furnishing of an affidavit to the Department of Human Resources setting forth the facts as to the special relationship.

   Employees with a start time of 2000 hours or later shall be afforded the option to utilize a funeral day the night prior to the funeral.

2129.72 Jury Duty

   Any Police Officer who is required to serve on the jury in any court of record shall be paid his regular rate of pay during such periods. Police Officers may retain the jury fee paid to them.

2129.73 Unemployment Compensation

   The City shall extend the provisions of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Law to Police Officers.