(a) All regular employees of the City shall be entitled to annual vacation with pay in accordance with the following table:
Amount of Service
During Previous Year
Through December 31 Vacation
Less than 1 full calendar year .916 days for each full month
After 1 full calendar year 2 weeks
After 7 full calendar years 3 weeks
After 14 full calendar years 4 weeks
After 21 full calendar years 5 weeks
After 25 full calendar years 6 weeks
(b) In addition to the above, after one full calendar year of service, the employee shall be entitled to one (1) full additional discretionary vacation day.
(c) 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.
(d) 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 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.
(e) Employees shall be allowed to schedule and take vacations provided herein in accordance with existing Departmental procedures agreed upon between the City and the Union.
(f) An employee shall not be allowed to be paid cash in lieu of receiving vacation unless the City for some valid reason 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. In that event, the employee shall be paid for such unused vacation days.
(g) An employee may request the advance of five (5) days pay at the time of his vacation. The request must be made to the payroll clerk for the division at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the payday on which the check is to be received. This may be done once each calendar year and is contingent upon the employee having worked in the period in an amount sufficient to be entitled to the advance pay requested.