§ 44-3. Vacations.  


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  • (a)

    Full-time employees of the town shall be entitled to an annual paid vacation in accordance with the following schedule. Full-time employees may be permitted to split their annual leave, but no portion of such split leave shall be less than five working days and in no event shall a full-time employee take an annual leave of less than the full amount of vacation time which such full-time employee has earned and to which such full-time employee is entitled to unless the prior written approval to do so has been obtained from their respective department head and the Mayor. Any unused vacation time may not be carried over for use in a following year nor may it be converted into cash.

    (b)

    The following schedule of vacation time shall be utilized:

    Tenure with City Annual Leave per year
    1 through 2 years 10 workdays (80 hours maximum)
    3 through 9 years 15 workdays (120 hours maximum)
    10 through 14 years 20 workdays (160 hours maximum)
    15 years and over 25 workdays (200 hours maximum)

     

    (c)

    Vacations shall be taken at the discretion of the respective department head in accordance with an established schedule, which shall be determined by the department head taking due consideration to the job function of each full-time employee. Department heads shall attempt to give due consideration to the needs of the town, the seniority of each full-time employee, and the wishes of the full-time employee. Vacations shall be taken during the 12 months following the 12-month period in which such vacation is earned. However, a vacation schedule may be modified by obtaining, in writing, permission from the respective department head, except that such department head shall first take into consideration the needs of the town, the job function of the full-time employee, and the convenience of the town in allowing a modification of a vacation schedule.

    (d)

    To the extent that this section is in conflict with any provision of a written agreement between the Town of Medley and the Police Benevolent Association on behalf of the Town of Medley Police Department, it shall be deemed that the written agreement shall take priority over this section as to Police Department personnel who are covered by such agreement only.

(Ord. No. C-229, § 4, 1-3-89; Ord. No. C-268, § 2, 7-1-96)