Less than 5 years of service: up to 2 workweeks (10 days) per year accrued at the rate of
five-sixths of a workday per month worked;
More than 5 but less than 10 years of service: up to 3 workweeks (15 days) per year
accrued at the rate of one and one-quarter workdays per month worked:
More than 10 years but less than 15 years of service; up to 4 workweeks (20 days) per
year accrued at the rate of one and two-thirds workdays per month worked.
Fifteen years of service or more; up to 5 workweeks (25 days) per year accrued at the rate
of two and one-twelfth workdays per month worked.
B. The anniversary date of employment shall be used to calculate an employee’s
length of service with respect to paid vacation eligibility. Length of service shall be measured
from the employee’s most recent date of hire with the City.
Cc. Any month in which the employee has been on the active payroll for more than
fifteen calendar days shall be counted as a month worked, except for those employees receiving
Workers’ Compensation pay, who will earn vacation time for time off the job.
D. Requests for vacation time must be made at least two (2) business days (Monday
—Friday) in advance, although exceptions may be made for reasonable circumstances. In
addition, employees may request vacation time for a Monday on the preceding Friday. All
vacation time shall be approved based on the operational needs of the division. Denial of a
vacation request shall not be made in an arbitrary or capricious manner.
E. The City reserves the right to limit the number of employees to be on vacation
during any one period with seniority to prevail. Employees are allowed to accrue up to one and
one-half (1 1/2) times their annual earned vacation.
E. Any employee who is laid-off, dies, or retires, shall be entitled to accrued
vacation pay in accordance with the eligibility requirements contained in this Agreement. Any
accrued vacation pay to which an employee may be entitled on the date of the employee’s death
will be paid to the employee’s estate.
ARTICLE 17 - PAID SICK LEAVE
A. Sick leave for employees covered by this agreement shall accumulate at the rate
of eight (8) hours per calendar month on the active payroll, cumulative to a maximum of nine
hundred sixty (960) hours.
B. In the event of a prolonged absence because of illness in excess of thirty (30)
days, additional sick leave accumulation will be allowed only for the said first thirty (30) days of
such absence.
Cc. An employee is not entitled to payment for sick leave until completion of the
probationary period and such payments may not be applied retroactively.
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