(1) Each regular full-time employee of the city of North Bend is entitled to accrue vacation time beginning with the first day of work following employment at the following rates:

12 – 26 days per bi-weekly pay period until completion of five full years of employment.

15 – 26 days per bi-weekly pay period until completion of five full years of employment.

20 – 26 days per bi-weekly pay period after completion of 10 full years of employment.

Administrative and supervisory employees not entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act shall receive one additional week per year vacation in lieu of other forms of compensation for extra hours worked.

(2) For the purpose of determining vacation pay, the basic vacation day shall be considered to be that portion of each employee’s bi-weekly basic paycheck which is equivalent of one day’s pay computed on a basis of a five-day 40-hour week.

(3) The anniversary date for vacation purposes for all employees shall be the first day of the pay period following the date that the employee was hired.

(4) New employees are not entitled to a vacation or vacation pay until they have completed six full months of employment, but they shall accrue vacation time retroactively to the date they were hired.

(5) If earned, each employee must take time off equivalent to one consecutive calendar week at one time during the 12 months following their anniversary date. The remainder of an employee’s earned vacation may be taken in fewer consecutive days. Unused vacation cannot exceed two years accrual, and any excess not used will be lost.

(6) Upon termination of employment with the city, a regular full-time employee, after having been employed by the city continuously for not less than six consecutive months, will be entitled to receive compensation for all unused vacation accrued up to and including the last full pay period prior to termination. Payment for unused accrued vacation will be made at the employee’s regular rate of pay at the time of termination.

(7) Vacation leaves of employees shall be scheduled by the department supervisor. Employee preferences will be honored so long as the normal operations of the department are not impaired. Normal operations of the department are assumed to be impaired if more than one employee in a department is on vacation leave at one time. Advance vacation requests should be submitted to the department supervisor in a timely manner. Seniority shall be the deciding factor in resolving conflicts between overlapping vacation leave requests.

(8) An employee who is on personal leave, leave for temporary termination of work, or unpaid leave for sickness or disability will not accrue vacation for the duration of such leaves. (Ord. 1755 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1700 § 1, 1985; Ord. 1486 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1405 § 1, 1971)