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68 12/2024 <br /> <br /> <br />#235 VACATION LEAVE <br /> The city believes that time away from work is important to the health and well-being of our employees and <br />as such, provides vacation leave for eligible employees. Vacation leave provides time away from the job for <br />rest and recharging. <br /> <br />As with all paid time off programs, the city needs to ensure that service to the public and work <br />requirements are not adversely impacted. Vacation leave should be taken in fifteen (15) minute <br />increments. Career firefighters should take vacation leave in twenty-four (24) hour increments. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OR DENIAL <br />Vacation leave must be approved by the employee’s supervisor and may be denied due to inadequate <br />notice, the current business needs of the city, or interference with the city’s ability to perform public <br />service. <br /> <br />ACCRUAL <br />Vacation hours are calculated and updated each biweekly pay period. An employee may not borrow <br />against future vacation accruals or carry a negative vacation balance. Employees may use vacation hours in <br />the same pay period in which it is earned. <br /> <br />Vacation leave will not accrue during an unpaid leave of absence. If a regularly scheduled holiday falls <br />during an employee’s vacation, it will not be considered vacation leave but holiday leave. <br /> <br />To determine an employee’s vacation accrual rate, years of service will include all continuous time that the <br />employee has worked at the city (including authorized leave, but excluding time worked in a temporary, <br />seasonal position or internship). <br /> <br />ACCRUAL RATES FOR VACATION LEAVE <br /> <br />Years of Service Annual / Per Pay Period Accrual Rates <br />0-2 Years 123.50 hours/4.75 hours <br />3-5 years 156 hours /6.0 hours <br />6-10 Years 195 hours /7.50 hours <br />11-15 Years 221 hours/8.50 hours <br />16-24 Years 247 hours/9.5 hours <br />25 Years or More 260 hours/10 hours <br /> <br />Full-time employees will earn vacation leave following the above schedule. Full-time employees may <br />carry forward a balance of unused vacation leave from one year to the next; the maximum <br />vacation leave carry-over from one plan year to the next is 240 hours. <br /> <br />Part-time employees who work at least 18 hours per week regularly will accrue vacation time on a <br />prorated basis of the full-time employee schedule.06 hours per hours worked. <br /> <br />Part-time employees who work less than 18 hours per week regularly, temporary, seasonal employees, <br />and interns will not earn or accrue vacation time. <br /> <br />Career firefighters (who work 24-hour shifts and must take 24 hours of leave to take a shift off) will earn <br />vacation leave in accordance with the schedule below: