[Adopted 3-24-1964 by G.O. No. 10-1964]
[Amended 6-22-1965 by G.O. No. 33-1965; 12-12-1967 by G.O. No.
23-1967]
A.
The executive heads of each City department, office and/or board,
except those employees compensated on a per diem basis and those members
of the Police Department and Fire Department, are hereby authorized
and directed to grant such employees of the City of Yonkers vacation
with pay of 15 working days to all City employees who have been employed
by the City for a period of more than one year and up to and including
five years of continuous service, and thereafter they shall be granted
one additional working day for each year of continuous service until
a maximum of 25 working days has been attained; and to grant all such
employees who have been continuously in the City service for less
than one year a vacation with pay of 1 1/4 days for each month
of such continuous service. The time set forth shall be computed to
the end of each fiscal year to determine the length of vacation time
earned by each City employee.
[Amended 8-12-1968 by G.O. No. 25-1968]
B.
The executive heads of each City department, office and/or board who are not covered in Subsection A hereinabove, except those employees compensated on a per diem basis and those members of the Police Department and Fire Department, are hereby authorized and directed to grant to such employees of the City of Yonkers vacation with pay of 15 working days to all City employees who have been employed by the City for a period of more than one year and up to and including five years of continuous service, and thereafter they shall be granted one additional working day for each year of continuous service until a maximum of 25 working days has been attained; and to grant all such employees who have been continuously in the City service for less than one year a vacation with pay of 1 1/4 days for each month of such continuous service. The time set forth shall be computed to the end of each fiscal year to determine the length of vacation time earned by each City employee.
The vacation herein provided for shall be taken at such time
or times during each year as may be fixed by the executive head of
each department or office, who shall arrange a schedule of such vacations,
fixing the time at which such employee in his department or office
shall be entitled to take such vacation and the duration of the vacation
to which each employee shall be entitled. No vacation shall be taken
for more than 15 consecutive working days except with the written
permission of the executive head of the department, office or board.
The salary, wages or compensation of each such employee covering
the vacation period hereby authorized shall be paid out of moneys
appropriated for personal services to the department or office in
which he is employed in the annual budget for the fiscal year during
which any such vacation is granted.
[Amended 3-2-1974 by G.O. No. 9-1974]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and pursuant to § 92 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, all officers and employees of the City of Yonkers shall be paid in cash the monetary value of accumulated and unused vacation time, as provided in § 5-33 of this chapter, or time allowance granted in lieu of overtime compensation standing to the credit of said officers and employees at the time of their separation from service; or in the case of death in service, such payments shall be made to said officers' or employees' next of kin. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall be deemed to authorize the cash payment for time allowance granted in lieu of overtime compensation to any officer or employee not covered by a collective bargaining agreement who voluntarily terminates his employment for any reason other than retirement.
[Amended 3-2-1974 by G.O. No. 8-1974]
If any employee does not take the full amount of vacation leave in any calendar year, as provided in § 5-29 of this article, the amount not taken shall be accrued from year to year and used, if desired, up to a total of 30 working days; provided, however, that no officer or employee not covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall, upon termination in City service, be paid for accrued, unused vacation in an amount greater than that officer or employee would be entitled to for unused vacation time accrued during his last two years of employment.
[Added 4-14-1964 by G.O. No. 15-1964]
This article shall not apply to seasonal and part-time employees
of the City of Yonkers.
