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Employees must receive department head approval before taking vacation leave. Orientation <br />Period employees may not use vacation leave unless otherwise authorized by the City <br />Administrator. Employees taking more than two (2) consecutive weeks of vacation or a <br />combination of vacation and compensatory time must obtain prior approval from the City <br />Administrator. The City will make every effort to grant vacations at the time requested by the <br />employee, but reserves the right to deny or approve vacation schedules. <br /> <br />Regular full-time and regular part-time employees may carry forward from one year to the next <br />unused vacation time up to an amount equal to the total number of vacation days eligible for use <br />during the previous year. <br /> <br />Unused vacation time will not be paid out in wages upon termination of employment, except as <br />provided in the Resignation Policy above. <br /> <br />SICK LEAVE <br /> <br />Sick leave is not a privilege or vested right that an employee may use at his/her discretion. <br />Eligible employees may use sick leave only for the following: <br /> <br /> · Personal illness or injury; <br /> · To attend medical and dental appointments; <br /> · To care for sick dependents; <br /> · To take dependents to medical and dental appointments; <br /> <br />Paid sick leave is provided for regular full-time and eligible part-time employees. Regular full- <br />time employees accrue sick leave at a rate of eight (8) working hours for each calendar month. <br />Regular part-time employees who work a minimum of 1040 hours per year accrue paid sick leave <br />on a pro-rata basis according to the number of hours worked. Regular part-time employees <br />working less than 1040 hours per year are not eligible for sick leave. Temporary and seasonal <br />employees are not eligible for sick leave. <br /> <br />There is no limit on the amount of accrued sick time that can be accumulated and carded forward <br />from one year to the next. <br /> <br />An employee must notify his/her immediate supervisor at least thirty (30) minutes before the start <br />of his/her regular start time if the employee intends to be absent from work. If an emergency <br />prevents the employee from notifying his/her immediate supervisor at such time, the employee <br />must call his/her immediate supervisor as soon as possible during the workday. The employee is <br />required to keep his/her immediate supervisor informed of his/her anticipated return to work. <br /> <br />An employee attempting to use sick time for reasons other than those explicitly permitted in this <br />policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br /> <br />