§ 3.04.655. Combined holiday-vacation leave for certain personnel assigned to shift work.

Regular employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement working a shift schedule shall be granted combined holiday-vacation leave according to the following guidelines:

A.

Holiday-vacation time accumulated.

NON-FIRE SHIFT EMPLOYEES

Beginning the	An employee shall accumulate per pay period	Equal to hours per year	Shall not accumulate above without city manager approval
1st year	7.08 hours	184 hours	224 hours
3rd year	7.39 hours	192 hours	224 hours
6th year	8.00 hours	208 hours	248 hours
8th year	8.62 hours	224 hours	248 hours
11th year	8.93 hours	232 hours	272 hours
13th year	9.54 hours	248 hours	272 hours
16th year	9.85 hours	256 hours	296 hours

 

FIRE SHIFT EMPLOYEES

Beginning the	An employee shall accumulate per pay period	Equal to hours per year	Shall not accumulate above without city manager approval
1st year	9.69 hours	252 hours	308 hours
3rd year	10.39 hours	270 hours	308 hours
6th year	11.08 hours	288 hours	344 hours
8th year	11.54 hours	300 hours	344 hours
11th year	12 hours	312 hours	368 hours
13th year	12.35 hours	321 hours	368 hours
16th year and above	13.38 hours	348 hours	404 hours

 

Except that new employees hired with relevant experience significantly exceeding the required and preferred job experience in a role may start with the vacation accrual rate of a five-year city employee. Additional initial accruals may be recommended by the chief human resources officer, or designee, as parity issues are identified. Recommendations for adjustments are reviewed and approved by the city manager. If hired at a higher vacation accrual rate, the employee's vacation accrual rate will remain at the initially-offered level until the employee attains a higher milestone of seniority.

B.

Employees may earn up to eight hours of vacation leave each calendar year by fulfilling the requirements for the wellness incentive as outlined in city policy.

C.

Value of negative balance due upon separation and pay for combined holiday-vacation at separation. The value of any combined holiday-vacation leave taken by the employee, but not yet accumulated at the time of separation shall be repaid to the city by the employee in full at the employee's rate of pay in effect at the time the combined holiday-vacation time was taken. The value of the combined holiday-vacation leave taken by the employee, but not yet accumulated at the time of separation shall be deducted from the employee's final paycheck. Any combined holiday-vacation leave accumulated but not taken at the time of separation shall be paid in full.

D.

Excess leave subject to forfeit. Annual vacation leave accumulation in excess of the above limitations shall be subject to forfeit except where the employee has been denied the opportunity to take vacation time or where special circumstances exist, and approval to exceed limits has been authorized by the city manager.

(Code 1981, § 1-23-11(11-3); Code 1993, § 3.04.655; Ord. No. O-79-13; Ord. No. O-85-14, § 1; Ord. No. O-93-51, § 11; Ord. No. O-2014-58, § 3, 10-28-2014; Ord. No. O-2016-80, § 2, 12-13-2016; Ord. No. O-2017-56, § 3, 9-12-2017)