(a) Authorized. Permanent employees covered by this article assigned to a four day workweek shall be entitled to 12 working days of vacation each year. Employees assigned to a five day workweek shall be entitled to 15 working days of vacation each year. Either such entitlement shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section
38634 through
38637 of the Government Code of the State. As a reward for faithful service for long periods of time, such an employee who has served seven years continuously with the City shall be entitled each year to a vacation, in addition to that specified, of four working days for employees assigned to a four day workweek or five working days for employees assigned to a five day workweek, and those employees serving for 14 years continuously with the City shall be entitled to an additional eight working days for those assigned to a four day work-week and 10 working days for those assigned to a five day workweek. "Service", for the purposes of this subsection, shall include paid police experience with a California police department which is approved by the Commission on Police Officers Standards and Training for employees hired under the lateral entry program; however, only experience with the City shall be deemed seniority for date selection purposes.
Effective July 5, 1975, for all employees hired on or subsequent to that date, the vacation program will be based upon the following:
Annual Entitlement Working Days |
|---|
Years of Service | 10-Hour Personnel | 8-Hour Personnel |
|---|
1 - 4 years | 9 working days | 11 working days |
5 - 6 years | 12 working days | 15 working days |
7 - 13 years | 16 working days | 20 working days |
14 years or more | 20 working days | 25 working days |
(b) Holidays. Holidays occurring during a vacation shall not be counted as a day of vacation.
(c) Vacation part of compensation. Accrued vacation time is hereby declared to be earned as an increase or a part of the compensation of the various officers and employees of the City.
Pay may be made to full-time officers and employees for accrued vacation time provided:
(1) The employee requests pay in lieu of vacation leave; and
(2) Such request is approved in writing by the City Manager.
(d) Accumulated time. It shall be the policy of the City that vacation be taken in the year earned. All vacations shall be scheduled for use within one year of encumberment (posting). Vacations shall be scheduled by the City Manager so as not to interfere seriously with or impair the efficiency of the various departments.
(§ 3, Ord. 2000 c.s., eff. September 17, 1969, retroactive to June 28, 1969, as amended by § 3, Ord. 2038 c.s., eff. December 16, 1970, as renumbered by § 4, Ord. 2046 c.s., eff. April 14, 1971, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2088 c.s., eff. January 17, 1973, retroactive to January 1, 1973, §§ 4 and 5, Ord. 2090 c.s., eff. March 7, 1973, § 7, Ord. 2127 c.s., eff. July 31, 1974, and § 5, Ord. 2157 c.s, eff. November 13, 1975)