Any and all full-time appointed officials or employees of the City who receive compensation on a regular established salary basis, shall be granted vacations with full regular pay as follows, and subject to the following regulations:
(a) No person shall be considered as a full-time official or employee or eligible for vacations under this chapter unless such person serves a minimum of at least thirty- five hours per week in the service of the City.
(Ord. 1970-67. Passed 5-6-70.)
(b) In computing the vacation leave to be allotted to employees, the anniversary date of the initial employment of the employee shall be used to determine the vacation leave to which an employee is entitled annually. Notwithstanding the provisions of Ohio R.C. 9.44 (or any successor section), vacation time shall be calculated solely and exclusively on the basis of service with the City of Warrensville Heights. Said calculation shall begin from the date of initial service with the City of Warrensville Heights. Previous service with any other public employer or public entity shall not be credited as service time for purposes of the calculation of vacation leave. The maximum number of vacation leave hours that an employee may accumulate shall not exceed 336 hours, except when the employee’s department head certifies to the Mayor, in writing, that the employee has exceeded the maximum as a result of the City’s inability to allow the employee to take paid vacation leave due to staffing requirements. However, upon separation from the City of Warrensville Heights by retirement or otherwise, the maximum number of vacation leave hours for which an employee may receive payment shall be 336 hours.
(Ord. 2003-121. Passed 9-16-03.)
(c) Regular compensation shall be provided to administrative employees who work at least 35 hours per week for the following holidays observed by the City: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the Employee’s birthday. However, the observed holidays shall not be accumulated in any manner.
(Ord. 2003-124. Passed 9-16-03.)
(d) Vacation time may be cumulative from one year to the next, provided that such cumulative vacation time does not exceed forty-two days.
(e) No vacation shall be granted without the approval of the Mayor and the head of the department involved, and all vacations shall be taken and granted according to such schedules as may be established by the Mayor and the heads of various departments involved. Preference for dates on such schedule shall be granted according to the seniority of the official or employee.
(Ord. 1970-67. Passed 5-6-70.)
(f) Vacations for full-time appointed, salaried and hourly administration employees not governed by a collective bargaining agreement shall be granted in the following manner:
(1) Eighty hours of vacation after the first year of completed service through three years of completed service.
(2) One hundred twenty hours of vacation after four years of completed service through seven years of completed service.
(3) Four weeks vacation after eight years of completed service through fourteen years of completed service.
(4) Five weeks of vacation after fifteen or more years of completed service.
(Ord. 2003-123. Passed 9-16-03.)