[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2[1]; No. 12-91, § 1; No. 14-99, § 1; No. 21-99, §§ 1, 2; No. 7-2011, § 1]
(a) 
Vacations are permitted under the following rules to regular full-time employees continuing in the service of the Borough.
(b) 
The administration of the plan under these rules and the maintenance of the records is the responsibility of the Borough Clerk.
(c) 
Regular part-time employees working 25 hours or more per week are entitled to one week of paid vacation after completion of one year of service. The amount of annual vacation shall be equivalent to the number of hours that an employee works in a regular workweek. Regular part-time employees who are entitled to annual paid vacation are not entitled to increased vacation based on years of service. Regular part-time employees who work less than 25 hours per week shall not be entitled to paid vacation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 1 of this ordinance also repealed former Art. 1, Annual Vacation (Ord. No. 7-66); Art. 2, Leaves of Absence (Ord. No. 7-66; Ord. 12/8/78); Art. 3, Holidays (Ord. No. 7-66); Art. 4, Workweek, Time Off and Overtime (Ord. No. 7-66, No. 7-73); and Art. 5, Special Leave of Absence for Fulfillment of Military Service Obligation (Ord. No. 5-73).
[Ord. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 21-90, §§ 1, 2, 3, 4; No. 19-92, §§ 1, 2; No. 5-2002,[1] § 2; No. 7-2011, §§ 2, 3]
(a) 
One week of paid vacation will be allowed after the completion of six completed months of service, calculated from the date of hire.
(b) 
Employees who have a continuous service record of one year or more, but less than seven completed years, will receive 10 days of vacation, with pay.
(c) 
Employees with less than seven completed years of service may receive a maximum of 10 days of vacation in any calendar year.
(d) 
Employees with seven or more years of completed service will receive vacation days as follows:
(1) 
Employees who have a continuous service record of seven years through 12 years will receive 15 days of vacation, with pay.
(2) 
Employees who have a continuous service record of 13 years through 19 years, will receive 20 days of vacation, with pay.
(3) 
Employees who have a continuous service record of 20 years or more will receive 25 days of vacation, with pay.
(e) 
When an employee's anniversary date falls within the current year, the additional vacation may not be taken until after the actual anniversary date.
(f) 
Any full-time employee of the Borough as of December 31, 2010, whose hours of work are reduced effective January 1, 2011, to 28 hours or more per week shall remain eligible for vacation as a regular full-time employee, and their years of completed service after January 1, 2011, shall be included for the purpose of qualifying for vacation as a regular full-time employee.
(g) 
Any employee who is on disciplinary suspension for 15 days or more will have their vacation frozen during the period of suspension and for 15 days after returning to work.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated that it would apply retroactively from 1-1-2002.
[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 5-2002,[1] § 3; No. 7-2011, §§ 4, 5]
(a) 
Vacations may be taken any time between January 1 and December 31, subject to the convenience of the department head.
(b) 
Vacations may begin on any working day. Vacations may be taken in increments of one day or more with a minimum of one week prior notification to the department head.
(c) 
For regular, full-time employees, length of service, for the purpose of determining vacations, is calculated from the date of hire.
(d) 
A schedule of regular vacation shall be approved by each department head and reported to the governing body.
(e) 
Any full-time employee whose vacation period includes a holiday falling on a regular workday will be entitled to a vacation day in lieu of the holiday (as with Christmas or Independence Day). If the vacation period includes an emergency closing, the full-time employee will not be entitled to a vacation day in lieu of the emergency closing.
(f) 
Employees shall request vacation salary one month in advance for the period they will be away. Approved schedules of regular vacation shall constitute approval of payment of vacation salary in advance, which will be payable no sooner than the regular payday preceding the vacation period.
(g) 
No monetary consideration in lieu of vacation will be allowed to employees continuing in Borough service.
(h) 
Inasmuch as no payment in lieu of vacation is made to employees who retire for reasons other than disability, all vacations must be taken prior to the date that retirement becomes effective.
(i) 
If the length of the employee's vacation is such that full vacation for the year of retirement cannot be taken between January 1 and the effective date of retirement, the employee may take full vacation immediately back into the preceding year.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated that it would apply retroactively from 1-1-2002.
[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 29-2004, § 1; No. 7-2011, § 6]
(a) 
Effective January 1, 2005, the governing body may, by resolution, grant deferments of up to a maximum of five days of vacation to the following year. The governing body may in its sole discretion, approve, by resolution, exceptions to this policy for extraordinary circumstances upon the request of an employee. The intent of the vacation plan is that employees take their full vacation in each calendar year. Any employee's request for deferment of vacation should be in writing to the governing body with a copy to the employee's department head.
(b) 
Deferred vacation shall be used by March 31 of the following year.
(c) 
In scheduling, current vacations should, as far as possible, be given precedence over deferred vacations.
(d) 
In case of resignation or termination, payment in lieu may be made for deferred vacation.
[Ord. 34-88, §§ 1, 2]
(a) 
Vacations may not be granted to employees who are on disability.
(b) 
Requests to take vacation on the part of employees who are working short hours following a period of disability should be discouraged.
(c) 
Employees on disability must be approved for a return to duty on a full-time basis before vacations are granted. They may, however, start on vacation immediately following a return to work, if the use of vacation is approved.
[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 5-2002,[1] § 4; No. 7-2011, § 7]
(a) 
Once an employee has announced plans to resign, vacation should not be allowed.
(b) 
Occasional exceptions to this rule may be made at the governing body's discretion, where vacation is needed for any urgent purpose or where notice of intention to resign is given a considerable time in advance.
(c) 
Vacation days will not be taken within three days of the effective date of resignation.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also stated that it would apply retroactively from 1-1-2002.
[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 7-2011, § 8]
(a) 
No full-time, regular employees who resign or are terminated with six or more successive months' service will receive payment in lieu of unused vacation days.
(b) 
In cases where disability results in retirement on account of disability, payment in lieu of vacation will be allowed.
(c) 
In cases of death, either in active service or while on disability, payment in lieu of vacation is allowed. Payment in lieu of vacation will be for the full amount of unused days for which the employee would have been eligible during the year in which the last day of active service preceding death occurred.
(d) 
In cases where an employee resigns while on leave of absence, payment in lieu of unused vacation may be allowed.
(e) 
No payment in lieu of regular vacation is to be allowed in cases of retirement for reasons other than disability, but rather are to be used to determine the retiring employee's effective date of retirement.