Required Usage and Carryover Clause Samples

Required Usage and Carryover. An employee shall be required to use one half (½) of their annual vacation accrual yearly and shall be able to carry over one half (½) of one year's vacation accrual from one year to the next, cumulatively, up to a maximum of fifty two (52) times the then-current pay period rate of vacation accrual. Vacation accrual in excess of the aforementioned maximum shall be paid off in four equal annual payments during the term of the MOU; and future accrual which exceeds the aforementioned maximum, shall be paid to the employee as it is accrued. New unit members, hired on or after the effective date of this MOU (March 21, 2016), will accrue up to a maximum of three hundred (300) hours. Future accruals which exceed the aforementioned maximum, shall be paid to the employee as it is accrued. In special cases where it has not been possible, due to work load and other factors, for the employee to use their vacation before reaching the maximum, it shall be within the department head's authority to authorize cash payment in lieu of time off.