3. Selecting vacation on a daily basis.
C. Platoon seniority shall be the ruling factor in the choice of vacation
dates, and the following shall apply as of April 1, annually:
1. | No more than 11 (eleven) Fire Privates from each platoon may be on
vacation at any one time.
2. No more than 4 (four) Fire Officers from each platoon may be on
vacation at any one time.
3. These limitations include employees taking day-at-a-time vacation.
However day-at-a-time vacation is to be allowed on a “first come first serve"
basis.
D. Chosen vacation dates will not be changed unless agreed to by the
employee involved. Employees transferred to different shift or division shall
declare their vacation schedule with valid dates to the new schedule.
E. Vacation payment will not be made to any employee whose
resignation or discharge from the Department is effective prior to his/her scheduled
vacation accrual date (the day after his anniversary date after one year of service).
F. In the event of an employee's death while in service, his/her
accumulated vacation pay pro-rated to the date of death shall be paid to the
surviving spouse. If no spouse survives the employee, this payment shall be paid to
the surviving children through the legal admmistrator of the estate of the deceased.
If no spouse or children survive, the vacation pay will be paid to the surviving
children through the legal administration of the estate of the deceased.
G. An employee may be permitted to borrow leave against upcoming
accrual within the same calendar year for purposes of being able to take scheduled
weekly vacations only. The maximum amount that may be borrowed is not to
exceed the maximum annual accrual as set forth above. The employee's leave
balance shall be charged at time of accrual, or at any other time that a positive
balance is present, until the borrowed leave is repaid. In the event of the
employee's resignation, discharge, retirement or death, any funds owed to the
employees or to be paid on his account, shall be decreased by the value of
borrowed vacation leave that is yet to be repaid.
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