(a) Upon each full time employee's anniversary of employment with the City, the employee shall earn and be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the following schedule:
Length of Service | Days |
After one year | Average number of days worked per week in the preceding year not to exceed one week |
After two years | Two times the average number of days worked per week in the preceding year not to exceed two weeks |
After eight years | Three times the average number of days worked per week in the preceding year not to exceed three weeks |
After fifteen years | Four times the average number of days worked per week in the preceding year not to exceed four weeks |
After twenty-five years | Five times the average number of days worked per week in the preceding year not to exceed five weeks. |
(Ord. 2001-6. Passed 2-19-01.) | |
(b) Vacation for full time employees shall be based on the regular scheduled work week of the full time employee not to exceed a forty hour week.
(c) A full time employee who retires, resigns or is terminated shall be entitled to receive:
(1) The value of any unused vacation time based on his rate of pay upon separation for the current year;
(2) The value of accumulated vacation time based on his rate of pay upon separation based on the schedule set forth in subsection (a) herein, which the employee would have received but for the discontinuance of employment, prorated as to that portion of year of service actually employed.
(d) Unless otherwise approved by the department head, vacation time:
(1) Shall be applied for at least two weeks prior to the date vacation is requested; (Res. 1997-58. Passed 12-29-97.)
(e) Vacation time for full-time employees, other than department heads, shall not be carried over from one year to another and shall be considered forfeited without the express written authorization of the department head. All vacation time, unless otherwise authorized, shall be computed based upon the employee's anniversary date and shall be used between the successive anniversary dates. No employee may request or carry over more than four weeks of vacation time from one year to the next. All requests for the accrual of vacation time into a subsequent year shall be made in the following manner:
(1) The request shall be in writing.
(2) The request shall be addressed to the department head.
(3) The request shall be submitted at least thirty days in advance of the employee's anniversary date.
(4) The request shall state the reasons why the vacation time was not used during the appropriate time period or any other information thought to be necessary by the employee.
(Res. 1997-58. Passed 12-29-97; Ord. 2010-7. Passed 7-6-10.)
(f) A full-time employee eligible for three weeks or more vacation time shall have the option of receiving all vacation days beyond two weeks as pay in lieu of the vacation. Requests for compensation in lieu of vacation time shall be made in writing and delivered to the employee’s department head at least thirty days prior to the employees anniversary date.
(Ord. 1999-10. Passed 7-19-99.)
(g) “Length of service” for purposes of determining vacation time shall include prior full time service with any other political subdivision of the State of Ohio.
(h) Holidays shall not be considered as vacation days.
(i) Temporary, part-time and seasonal recreational employees shall not be entitled to vacation pay.
(Res. 1997-58. Passed 12-29-97.)