Policy 2125: Vacation Time & Holiday Pay
POLICY # 2125
COMMISSION CHAIR SIGNATURE: s/b Ken Eakin, Chair
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/01/97
REVISED: 9/13/05,
10/14/08, 3/12/13, 11/14/23
POLICY TITLE: VACATION TIME AND HOLIDAY PAY
1.0
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to
establish paid vacation and holiday time for full-time personnel.
2.0
VACATION TIME ACCRUED
Vacation will be earned based on the
employees regularly scheduled work week:
1. Two (2) weeks starting from one (1) year
of service through six (6) years.
2. Three (3) weeks during year seven (7)
through year thirteen (13).
3. Four (4) weeks during year fourteen
through year twenty (20).
4. Five (5) weeks during from the twenty
first (21) year through subsequent years.
3.0
ACCUMULATION
1.
Exempt Employees:
Vacation will be earned for the first
year of employment for use the second year of employment. One week after the first six months and one
week after the second six months of the first year. The first calendar year will be adjusted from
hire date. Every year after will be from
January to December of each year. Employee
shall be allowed to carry one-half (½) of allowed vacation to succeeding year. No vacation shall be allowed to accumulate more
than 1 ½ of that allowed in 2.0.
In cases where District operations have
made it impractical for an employee to use vacation time, the Fire Chief, with
approval from the Board of Fire Commissioners, may authorize additional accruals.
2.
Non-Exempt Employees:
Vacation will be earned during the first
year of employment for use the first year of employment. Based on the schedule in 2.0 vacation time is
accrued monthly.
4.0
SELECTION
The Department will attempt to satisfy
all vacation requests and still maintain sufficient staffing. Conflicts of
vacation requests submitted before March 15th will be determined by
seniority bases. All conflicts of
vacation requests submitted after March 15th will be determined by
request date. Vacation time shall be taken at times when it will least interfere
with the operations of the District in the opinion of the Fire Chief, or the
Board of Fire Commissioners.
5.0 HOLIDAYS
The following paid holidays to be
observed are:
New Years Day
Martin Luther
King Day
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Independence
Day
Labor Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Day
Christmas Day
Exempt
Employees Personal Day
If a paid holiday falls on a regularly
scheduled day off the employee is to be compensated with an additional day off.
6.0 TERMINATION
Upon termination by the District or
death, all unused accrued vacation leave shall be paid to the employee or his /
her estate. Employee forfeits the
payment of accrued vacation if employee terminates employment with the District
without two (2) weeks prior notice of their resigning.