(a) (1) As used in this section, a full-time employee is one whose regular work week is at least forty hours and who is paid on a monthly or annual salary basis or on an hourly basis. A part-time or hourly employee is one whose regular work week is less than forty hours and who is paid on an hourly basis.
(2) All seasonal employees of the City shall not receive paid vacation benefits.
(Ord. 02-26. Passed 5-28-02.)
(b) All full-time employees hired on or after June 1, 2019 who are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall receive paid vacation benefits consistent with R.C. § 124.13(B), as follows:
Years of Employment (Continuous and Inclusive) | Paid Vacation (Hours) |
1 to 3 | 80 hours |
3 to 8 | 120 hours |
8 to 19 | 160 hours |
Over 20 | 200 hours |
(c) Unless specifically authorized by Council, any amendments to R.C. § 124.13(B) shall have no effect on the vacation time available to full-time employees under this section.
(d) Any full-time employee hired prior to June 1, 2019 who has been previously determined to be eligible for vacation more than the amounts set forth in this section shall be grandfathered in at their existing vacation level in accordance with Ordinance No. 2003-17, passed July 21, 2003, as it relates to the accrual of vacation benefits.
(e) All part-time employees of the City hired on or after June 1, 2019 who are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement shall receive paid vacation benefits on a pro-rated basis based upon average weekly hours worked. The ratio between the hours worked and the vacation hours earned shall be the same ratio applicable to full-time non-bargaining unit employees who have the same amount of service as provided for in this section. Any part-time employee hired prior to June 1, 2019 who has earned vacation benefits in excess of what is set forth in this paragraph shall be grandfathered in at their existing vacation level until such time as they may become eligible to accrue additional vacation.
(f) A year of work for a full-time employee shall consist of not less than 1,900 hours of work for the City in any one year of continuous service. The weekly pay for the period of vacation shall be computed at the rate of the prevailing rate of pay received by the employee multiplied by forty for each week of vacation to which the employee is entitled and by eight for each day of vacation to which the employee is entitled. All of these employees shall have served for a period of at least one year.
(g) In the Police Division, only vacation time which is unused in the year in which it is earned, due to the deployment of manpower requirements by supervising authorities, may be carried forward to be utilized at any time during the next succeeding anniversary year, noting that vacation credit is accumulated yearly upon the anniversary date of employment, provided, however, that if accumulated vacation time is not utilized commencing the second year of its availability, such vacation credit shall be forfeited, and provided, further, that carry-over weeks shall be the first weeks utilized for vacation credit in a succeeding anniversary year.
(Ord. 79-70. Passed 10-15-79.)
(h) The Mayor has authority to negotiate the amount of vacation time available to fill a position upon approval of the Vermilion City Council, provided that the negotiated amount of vacation time shall not exceed the maximum amount of vacation time permitted under R.C. § 124.13(B), as that section existed on June 1, 2019 unless approved by Council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the Mayor’s discretion, he shall have the authority to grant up to seven weeks of vacation for supervisory employees within the non-bargaining unit of City employees without approval of Council.
(Ord. 2019-38. Passed 7-22-19; Ord. 2022-67. Passed 11-14-22.)