Accrual of Paid Leave. (1) Less than one (1) year of employment. All eligible employees who have completed less than one (1) year of employment shall accrue paid leave at a rate of .6 days earned each pay period.
Accrual of Paid Leave. (1) All newly hired employees, upon their date of hire, shall be credited with two (2) paid leave days to a total of sixteen (16) hours. Additional hours shall accrue as prescribed herein.
Accrual of Paid Leave. Less than one (1) year of employment. All eligible employees who have completed less than one (1) year of employment shall accrue paid leave at a rate of .6 days earned each pay period. One (1) through five (5) years of employment. All eligible employees who have completed from one (1) through five (5) years of employment shall accrue paid leave at the rate of .8 days per pay period. Six (6) through ten (10) years of employment. All eligible employees who have completed from six (6) through ten (10) years of employment shall accrue paid leave at a rate of .9 days per pay period. Eleven (11) or more years of employment. All eligible employees who have completed from eleven (11) or more years of employment shall accrue paid leave at the rate of 1.0 days per pay period. Any paid leave over the maximum accrual rate shall be forfeited to the Employer as of March 1st of any given year. Only the maximum accrual will be carried over according to the following maximums permitted: Less than one (1) year – 16 working days. One (1) through five (5) years – 21 working days. Six (6) through ten (10) years – 24 working days. Eleven (11) or more years – 26 working days. Paid Leave Administration – Paid leave may be used for vacation, sickness, personal days or for other reasons subject to the following rules: If paid leave is to be used for vacation, it shall be taken with the approval of the department head and in accordance with a departmental vacation policy. Requests should be made thirty (30) days in advance, whenever possible, and the department head should consider the needs of County service and the seniority and wishes of the employee in granting paid leave for vacation; If paid leave is to be used for medical, optical or dental appointments, the employee shall, whenever possible, give the department head twenty-four (24) hour’s advance notice and receive prior approval of the department head; If paid leave is to be used for sick days, requests for such leave must be made as close as possible to the start of the employee’s shift and in no event later than one (1) hour after the start of the employee’s shift unless the failure to notify the Employer is due to circumstances beyond the control of the employee. Failure to do so may be cause for denial of paid leave for the period of the absence. If the paid leave is to be sick leave, the department head has the right to verify the reported sickness of an employee and may require a doctor’s certificate for absence due...
Accrual of Paid Leave
