Annual or Vacation Leave. (1) Each permanent full-time employee shall earn annual vacation leave credits from the first day of employment. Vacation leave credits earned shall be credited at the end of each pay period. However, employees are not entitled to any vacation leave with pay until they have been continuously employed for a period of 6 calendar months.
Annual or Vacation Leave. It will be DCC policy to use the fiscal year beginning July 1 to June 30 for use of accumulated leave above the maximum number of days, accrued during the previous year. Annual vacation leave may be accumulated to a total not to exceed two times the maximum number of days earned annually in a fiscal year. Excess vacation time will be forfeited if not used within 90 calendar days from June 30th. In the event that the Employee has tried to use the excess time and has been denied because it creates a hardship for DCC to allow the use of said leave, arrangements may be made on a case by case basis to either extend the time period for the Employee to use the denied leave and/or pay off the annual leave that was originally denied. Employees shall accumulate, use and cash out annual leave in accordance with Sections 2-18- 611, 2-18-612, 2-18-615 to -617, MCA. For purposes of calculating the employee's vacation leave years of service MCA 2-18-612 (2) (a) (ii) is used. MCA 2-18-612 (2) (a) (ii) 12 calendar months in which the employee was in a pay status or on an authorized leave of absence without pay, regardless of the number of hours of service in any 1 month. An employee of a school district, a school at a state institution, or the university system must be credited with 1 year of service if the employee is employed for an entire academic year.
Annual or Vacation Leave. The employees covered by this contract shall receive annual or vacation leave and/or annual vacation pay to the extent required by law. Classified employees may be paid their annual vacation leave in June of each year. Twelve month classified employees may be paid their annual vacation leave as needed. The intent of this section is to comply fully with state law. State law provides, in part: Each permanent full-time employee shall earn annual vacation leave credits from the first day of employment. Vacation leave credits earned shall be credited at the end of each pay period. However, employees are not entitled to any vacation leave with pay until they have been continuously employed for a period of six calendar months. Seasonal employees shall earn vacation credits. However, such persons must be employed six qualifying months before they may use the vacation credits. In order to qualify, such employees must immediately report back for work when operations resume in order to avoid a break in service. Permanent part-time employees are entitled to pro-rated annual vacation benefits if they have worked the qualifying period. An employee may not accrue vacation leave credits while in a leave-without-pay status. Vacation leave credits are earned at a yearly rate calculated in accordance with the following schedule, which applies to the total years of an employee’s employment with any agency whether the employment is continuous or not: YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT WORKING DAY CREDIT 1 day though 10 years 15 10 years through 15 years 18 15 years through 20 years 21 20 years on 24 A non-12-month employee of the Board will be credited with one year’s service in determining years of service on the salary schedule if s/he is employed for an entire academic year. Years of service in this section is not related in any way to years of service determined by the Teachers Retirement System or the Montana Public Employee Retirement Administration.
