§ 43-9. Annual leave.

A. 

Paid annual leave.

(1) 

Paid annual leave for all full-time nonunion nonprofessional or nonadministrative employees in benefit status hired before April 7, 2016, shall be as follows:

(a) 

0 but less than five years employment: 13 working days.

(b) 

5 but less than 15 years employment: 19 working days.

(c) 

15 years to severance: 25 working days.

(2) 

Paid annual leave for all full-time nonunion, nonprofessional or nonadministrative employees in benefit status hired after April 7, 2016, shall be as follows:

(a) 

0 but less than five years employment: 10 working days.

(b) 

5 but less than 15 years employment: 15 working days.

(c) 

15 years to severance: 20 working days.

(3) 

Leave days will start accruing at the conclusion of the probationary period and be retroactive to the date of hire.

B. 

Schedule for earning leave days.

[Amended 5-3-1999 ATM by Art. 9; 5-1-2000 ATM by Art. 15; 5-5-2005 ATM by Art. 32; 4-29-2007 ATM by Art. 15; 4-10-2008 ATM by Art. 20; 4-7-2016 ATM by Art. 12]

(1) 

The schedule for earning leave days for all full-time nonunion, nonprofessional or nonadministrative employees in benefit status hired before April 7, 2016, is as follows:

(a) 

For 13 leave days per year: 7.5833 hours/month.

(b) 

For 19 leave days per year: 11.0834 hours/month.

(c) 

For 25 leave days per year: 14.5834 hours/month.

(2) 

The schedule for earning leave days for all full-time nonunion, nonprofessional or nonadministrative employees in benefit status hired after April 7, 2016, is as follows:

(a) 

For 10 leave days per year: 5.8333 hours/month.

(b) 

For 15 leave days per year: 8.7500 hours/month.

(c) 

For 20 leave days per year: 11.6666 hours/month.

(3) 

This full-time earning schedule is based on 260 working days per year and a 5-day week.

(4) 

Regular part-time employees will earn days at the same rate, i.e., calculated on the number of hours worked divided by the full-time schedule, provided that they work at least 20 hours per week.

(5) 

While out of work on leave for more than 20 days due to, but not limited to, on-the-job injury for which the employee is collecting workers' compensation, long-term disability, sick leave, family medical leave or leave of absence, employees shall not be eligible to earn annual leave.

C. 

Use of annual leave.

[Amended 5-1-2000 ATM by Art. 15; 5-5-2004 ATM by Art. 13; 5-5-2005 ATM by Art. 32]

(1) 

Annual leave may be taken as follows: Leave may be taken 1/2 day at a time, with permission of the supervisory authority, and may be used for personal business and family emergencies.

(2) 

For purposes of this section, a leave year is defined as January 1 to December 31. Up to 10 accumulated leave days may be carried forward to the next leave year. Such leave days must be used within the next leave year. Any accumulated leave time over 10 days not taken by December 31 of each leave year will be forfeited. However, the Personnel Board may grant an additional carryover of 5 leave days, for a maximum of 15 leave days, to the next leave year by considering a written appeal by an employee who is contemplating an extended leave prior to April 1 of the next following leave year. In all cases, any carryover leave days which exceed 10 and which are not utilized by April 1 of the next following leave year will be forfeited. Appeals must be filed by December 1 of each leave year with the Personnel Board/Human Resources.

[Amended 5-5-2004 ATM by Art. 13]

Editor's Note: Former Subsection C(3), regarding use of leave for regular part-time employees, as amended, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 4-29-2007 ATM by Art. 15.

D. 

Any employee whose service is severed with the Town during the leave year shall be compensated for any earned and unused annual leave.

E. 

Full-time employees on the N schedule shall receive 2 personal days each January 1st. Unused days will be forfeited each December 31st. Days may be used in one-half-day increments. Part-time employees in the above schedules shall earn personal days on a pro-rated basis.

[Amended 5-5-2005 ATM by Art. 32; 4-10-2008 ATM by Art. 20]

Amended 4-30-1998 ATM by Art. 4; 5-5-2005 ATM by Art. 32; 4-7-2016 ATM by Art. 12