Common use of VACATION LEAVE - Eligibility Clause in Contracts

VACATION LEAVE - Eligibility. Employees shall be granted vacation leave with pay during each calendar year subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Satisfactory completion of recruit training. 2. Vacation leave which is not taken within the calendar year in which it was earned and prior to separation from service shall be deemed to have been waived except: a. With the recommendation of the Chief and the concurrence of the Human Resource Director. b. When an employee successfully completes the original six month employment period in December or within the first six months of the calendar year. c. When an employee is unable to take scheduled vacation leave due to illness or injury. 3. Vacation leave shall be accrued on the basis of continuous service including periods of paid absent time. Authorized leaves of absence without pay and periods of layoff shall not qualify as service time. 4. Vacation leave selection shall be granted by seniority in accordance with the present policy of the department. Employees may convert vacation time to straight time compensation provided a mutually agreed upon process can be developed between Fire Department Management and Local 311. Under no circumstances shall such addition to the employee’s gross pay be included in calculating overtime rates or any other form of premium pay. 5. Eligible employees shall accrue a proportional part of vacation at the completion of service for each pay period. Vacation earned in a calendar year may be taken during each year. However, should an employee's service be terminated prior to the end of the year, he/she shall reimburse the City for any unearned leave he/she has taken. There shall be deducted from his/her last wages an amount sufficient for the purpose. 6. In the event of the death of an employee, any unused vacation and holiday credits shall be added to the last payroll check due the employee. 7. An employee shall receive his/her full vacation credit in the contract year in which he/she retires plus any unused accrued holidays in the calendar year in which he/she retires. 8. Local 311 members assigned to the forty hour work week may convert a collective maximum of three weeks of vacation per calendar year with a maximum of one week per person in one week blocks. Selection shall be made on straight seniority.

VACATION LEAVE - Eligibility. Employees shall be granted vacation leave with pay during each calendar year subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Satisfactory completion of recruit training. 2. Vacation leave which is not taken within the calendar year in which it was earned and prior to separation from service shall be deemed to have been waived except: a. With the recommendation of the Chief and the concurrence of the Human Resource Director. b. When an employee successfully completes the original six month employment period in December or within the first six months of the calendar year. c. When an employee is unable to take scheduled vacation leave due to illness or injury. 3. Vacation leave shall be accrued on the basis of continuous service including periods of paid absent time. Authorized leaves of absence without pay and periods of layoff shall not qualify as service time. 4. Vacation leave selection shall be granted by seniority in accordance with the present policy of the department. Employees may convert vacation time to straight time compensation provided up to a mutually agreed upon process can maximum of three shifts per employee and a total within the bargaining unit of ninety-nine shifts per calendar year. Conversions shall be developed between Fire Department Management and Local 311in full shift increments. Under no circumstances shall such addition to the employee’s gross pay be included in calculating overtime rates or any other form of premium pay. 5. Eligible employees shall accrue a proportional part of vacation at the completion of service for each pay period. Vacation earned in a calendar year may be taken during each year. However, should an employee's service be terminated prior to the end of the year, he/she shall reimburse the City for any unearned leave he/she has taken. There shall be deducted from his/her last wages an amount sufficient for the purpose. 6. In the event of the death of an employee, any unused vacation and holiday credits shall be added to the last payroll check due the employee. 7. An employee shall receive his/her full vacation credit in the contract year in which he/she retires plus any unused accrued holidays in the calendar year in which he/she retires. 8. Local 311 members assigned to the forty hour work week may convert a collective maximum of three weeks of vacation per calendar year with a maximum of one week per person in one week blocks. Selection shall be made on straight seniority.

VACATION LEAVE - Eligibility. Employees shall be granted vacation leave with pay during each calendar year subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Satisfactory completion of recruit training. 2. Vacation leave which is not taken within the calendar year in which it was earned and prior to separation from service shall be deemed to have been waived except: a. With the recommendation of the Chief and the concurrence of the Human Resource Director. b. When an employee successfully completes the original six month employment period in December or within the first six months of the calendar year. c. When an employee is unable to take scheduled vacation leave due to illness or injury. 3. Vacation leave shall be accrued on the basis of continuous service including periods of paid absent time. Authorized leaves of absence without pay and periods of layoff shall not qualify as service time. 4. Vacation leave selection shall be granted by seniority in accordance with the present policy of the department. Employees may convert vacation time to straight time compensation provided up to a mutually agreed upon process can maximum of five (5) shifts per employee and a total within the bargaining unit of one hundred thirty-five (135) shifts per calendar year. Conversions shall be developed between Fire Department Management and Local 311in full shift increments. Under no circumstances shall such addition to the employee’s gross pay be included in calculating overtime rates or any other form of premium pay. 5. Eligible employees shall accrue a proportional part of vacation at the completion of service for each pay period. Vacation earned in a calendar year may be taken during each year. However, should an employee's service be terminated prior to the end of the year, he/she shall reimburse the City for any unearned leave he/she has taken. There shall be deducted from his/her last wages an amount sufficient for the purpose. 6. In the event of the death of an employee, any unused vacation and holiday credits shall be added to the last payroll check due the employee. 7. An employee shall receive his/her full vacation credit in the contract year in which he/she retires plus any unused accrued holidays in the calendar year in which he/she retires. 8. Local 311 members assigned to the forty hour work week may convert a collective maximum of three weeks of vacation per calendar year with a maximum of one week per person in one week blocks. Selection shall be made on straight seniority.