[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; 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.
[Ord. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 21-90, §§ 1,
2, 3, 4; No. 19-92, §§ 1, 2; No. 5-2002, § 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.
[Ord. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 5-2002, § 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.
[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. No. 34-88, §§ 1, 2; No. 5-2002, § 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.
[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.