CHANGEOVER TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VACATION BALANCE AND USE OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED VACATION. Employees who accrue vacation under subsection 10.A.1. shall have the primary responsibility to schedule and take sufficient vacation to reduce their accrued vacation leave balances to levels which do not exceed the amount for which they can receive cash payment hereunder upon termination or which will avoid a downward adjustment at the beginning of the pay period containing January 1. As of the pay period containing January 1, and every such pay period containing January 1 of each year thereafter, the vacation leave balance of any employee which exceeds the maximum allowable vacation balance will be adjusted downward to the maximum allowable vacation balance (by placing the excess vacation in a departmental catastrophic sick leave pool) and the County will thereafter have no obligation with respect to the vacation leave affected by the adjustment. Department Heads shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate written vacation leave requests submitted by employees which state that the purpose of such request is to reduce accrued vacation leave balances to the level which can be paid for in cash upon termination or to avoid a downward adjustment.
CHANGEOVER TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VACATION BALANCE AND USE OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED VACATION. Until December 25, 1999, employees who accrue vacation under subsection 12.A.2. or 12.A.3. will not be subject to maximum vacation balances, and in the event that they leave the County service for any reason, they shall be paid at the applicable biweekly or hourly rate as set forth in Appendix "A" for unused vacation accrued to the date of separation, but not to exceed vacation earned during the two years preceding such separation. Employees shall have the primary responsibility to schedule and take sufficient vacation leave to reduce their accrued vacation leave balances to levels which do not exceed the amount for which they can receive cash payment hereunder upon termination or which will avoid a downward adjustment on January 1, 2000. As of the pay period containing January 1, 2000, and every such pay period containing January 1 thereafter, the vacation leave balance of any employee which exceeds the maximum vacation balance will be adjusted downward to the maximum vacation balance level (by placing the excess vacation in a departmental catastrophic sick leave pool) and the County will thereafter have no obligation with respect to the vacation leave affected by the adjustment. Department Heads shall make a reasonable effort to accommodate written vacation leave requests submitted by employees which state that the purpose of such request is to reduce accrued vacation leave balances to the level which can be paid for in cash upon termination or to avoid a downward adjustment.
CHANGEOVER TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VACATION BALANCE AND USE OF PREVIOUSLY ACCRUED VACATION. Until December 25, 1999, employees who accrue vacation under subsection 10.A.1. will not be subject to maximum accruals, and in the event that they leave the County service for any reason, they shall be paid at the applicable biweekly or hourly rate as set forth in Appendix A for unused vacation accrued to the date of separation, but not to exceed vacation earned during the two years preceding such separation. Employees shall have the primary responsibility to schedule and take sufficient vacation to reduce their accrued vacation leave balances to levels which do not exceed the amount for which they can receive cash payment hereunder upon termination or which will avoid a downward adjustment on January 1, 2000. As of
