ADDITIONAL VACATION PURCHASE. All full-time employees subject to this MOU, excluding part-time and intermittent employees, may elect to purchase one or two additional weeks of vacation over and above their regular entitlement as set forth in Section 10A. of this MOU. The additional week(s) may be purchased in the following manner: On or before the biweekly pay period nearest October 1 of any year, an eligible employee shall submit a written request to the Agency/Department Head, stating his/her desire to purchase one or two extra weeks of vacation. Such vacation must be purchased in increments of one or two weeks. The County shall then pay such employee 97.38% of his/her salary for one additional week or 94.76% of his/her salary for two additional weeks, until the biweekly pay period ending nearest June 30. (The 2.62% or 5.24% reduction is the value of one or two week(s) of vacation prorated over approximately nine months.) The additional vacation, once purchased, may be taken with the employee's regular vacation entitlement. Beginning the Fall of 2002, employees eligible for vacation purchase may elect to purchase either one or two weeks of vacation under the Vacation Purchase Plan during Open Enrollment. On the first pay period of the calendar year, the employee’s vacation balance will be updated with the additional amount of vacation purchased. Employees may then use the vacation time purchased, scheduled by mutual agreement between the employee and the Agency/Department Head. Employees will then pay for the vacation time purchased in equal installments during the calendar year. Should an employee use their purchased vacation time, and leave the employment of the County prior to paying for the additional vacation, the County will recover the cost from the employee.
1. Except for Personal Leave granted under Section 10L., purchased vacation must be utilized before vacation balances accrued pursuant to Section 10A. or 10B. are utilized. In the event that an employee has exhausted vacation balances accrued pursuant to Section 10A. or 10B., then purchased vacation may be utilized for Personal Leave granted under Section 10L.
2. For purposes of cash payment of vacation leave, vacation purchased pursuant to this section shall be combined with vacation accrued pursuant to Section 10A. or 10B. Said combined vacation balance shall be subject to the cash payment limitations of Section 10D. hereof.
3. Employees may not elect to purchase one additional week of vacation if their purchased vacati...
ADDITIONAL VACATION PURCHASE. 1. Employees covered by this MOU, who have a vacation balance less than the cap of 240, may elect to purchase either forty (40) or eighty (80) additional hours of vacation per year provided, however, that any employee who so elects this additional purchase will take a reduction in pay equivalent to the additional hours purchased. This additional purchase must be accomplished over a twelve (12) month period of time, and hours purchased will be credited to the employee’s vacation balance each pay period as follows: 40 hours purchased = 1.54 hours vacation accrual each pay period 80 hours purchased = 3.08 hours vacation accrual each pay period An employee’s election to purchase additional vacation shall not raise the employee’s vacation balance above 240 hours. Should an employee’s vacation balance reach the 240-hour cap, no further purchase will be permitted until said employee reduces their vacation balance below 240 hours.
2. Employees who do not purchase additional vacation hours under paragraph 1 above may choose to transfer compensatory time off in blocks of either forty (40) or eighty (80) hours. Employees may transfer compensatory time if the transfer of such hours will not result in the employee having more than 240 hours of accrued vacation time by the end of the year.
3. Employees must use all additional vacation hours purchased under this provision within twelve months following completion of the additional accrual. The provisions of Section 3.5 regarding scheduling of time off shall apply to this additional vacation purchase.
ADDITIONAL VACATION PURCHASE. Full-time eligible employees subject to this MOU may elect to purchase one or two additional weeks of vacation over and above their regular entitlement as set forth in Section 10A. of this MOU. Part time and intermittent employees may not purchase vacation. The following conditions shall apply to vacation purchase:
1. On the first pay period of the calendar year, the employee’s vacation balance will be updated with the additional amount of vacation purchased. Employees may use the vacation time purchased, scheduled by mutual agreement between the employee and the Agency/Department Head. Employees pay for the vacation time purchased in equal installments during the calendar year.
2. To be eligible to purchase vacation for the upcoming plan year, an employee must have completed payment for any previous vacation purchased for the current plan year, and must have no more than one week of unused purchased vacation as of the third pay period prior to the start of Open Enrollment. The County reserves the right to revoke vacation purchased for the upcoming plan year if the eligibility criteria are not met.
3. In order to be eligible to purchase two weeks of vacation, an employee must have used all previously purchased vacation leave as of the third pay period prior to the start of Open Enrollment.
4. In the event that an employee uses purchased vacation and leaves County service prior to paying for it, the employee agrees as a condition of participation that the County has the right to recover the unpaid cost for any used and unpaid vacation from the employee, including deducting any sum owed from the employee’s final pay warrant.
5. In the event that an employee is unable to cover the cost of purchased vacation in any pay period(s) due to insufficient pay, the County reserves the right to adjust the amount of the deductions from future pay warrants to cover the cost of the purchased vacation.
6. In the event that a participating employee moves between a 40-hour per week position and a 37.5- hour per week position, s/he shall carry over his/her purchased vacation balance in the same number of days and fractions of days.
7. In the event that an employee changes status from eligible to purchase vacation to a non-eligible status:
a. The County shall cease deductions and no additional days will be allowed for purchase.
b. The County shall reduce the purchased vacation balance by the amount of vacation for which the employee has not yet paid.
c. The employee shall be a...
