4946.00 | Annual Vacation Leave

(Revised and Approved 11/20/19)

  1. Each full-time or part-time employee who qualifies for PERSI, who is employed for a twelve (12) month work year, shall earn annual vacation leave credits from the first full pay period of employment. For calculating annual vacation leave credits, two thousand eighty (2,080) hours (52 weeks at 40 hours) shall equal one (1) year. Proportionate annual vacation leave credits shall be earned and credited at the end of each pay period.  Annual vacation leave credits shall be earned in accordance with the following schedule below:         
    1. From the first full year of employment through the end of the sixth (6th) year of employment, annual vacation leave will be granted at the rate of ten (10) working days per year (.83 days per month).
    2. After the sixth (6th) year (beginning at year seven) of employment through the twelfth (12th) year of employment, annual vacation leave will be granted at the rate of fifteen (15) working days per year (1.25 days per month).
    3. After twelve (12) years (beginning at year thirteen) of employment, annual vacation leave is granted at the rate of twenty (20) working days per year (1.67 days per month).
  2. The dates when an employee’s annual vacation leave shall be granted shall be determined by agreement between each employee and his/her supervisor in the best interest of the District as well as the best interest of each employee.
  3. Annual vacation leave may be accumulated to a total not to exceed two (2) times the maximum number of days earned annually as of the last day of the fiscal year.  (updated 7/22/2020)
  4. An employee who terminates his/her employment with the District shall be entitled to cash compensation for earned, unused annual vacation leave.