Everett Police Officers Association 3/29/2017

ARTICLE 21 - VACATIONS 21.1 General. 21.1.1 Vacations shall be considered as regular employment. An annual vacation is of benefit to both employees and the City and all employees should be required to take an annual vacation. 21.1.2 All officers shall accrue vacation credit for each month of continuous service as shown below: VACATION CREDIT ACCRUED CONTINUOUS SERVICE FROM Number of Work Hours Hours OFFICER ANNIVERSARY DATE Per Month Per Year Per Pay Period 1st Year 10.000 120 4.615 2nd Year 10.667 128 4.923 3rd and 4th Years 11.333 136 5.231 5th Year 12.000 144 5.538 6th and 7th Years 12.667 152 5.846 8th and 9th Years 13.333 160 6.154 10th through 14th Years 14.000 168 6.462 15th through 19th Years 15.333 184 7.077 20th through 24th Years 16.667 200 7.692 25th year and beyond 18.667 224 8.615 21.1.3 No vacation accrual will be allowed in excess of two (2) full year's earned vacation. For purposes of this section, vacation accrual will be reported on a regular basis to the employee. Under special circumstances, the Mayor in writing may authorize accumulation of longer leave. Time not taken which causes accrual beyond two (2) full years earned vacation will be lost to the employee. 21.1.4 Employees will be granted pay in lieu of vacation at such time as they are separated from City employment. 21.1.5 Upon execution of the labor agreement, a lateral hire who has had continuous commissioned police officer service as recognized by the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission will have his/her vacation accrual calculated upon his/her years of continuous police officer service. The employee needs to provide the City with proof of the years of continuous service as a commissioned police officer. Lapse of continuous service over 4 weeks will not be considered continuous service. Upon approval by Human Resources, the officer will begin accruing the appropriate level of vacation beginning the next pay period. EVERETT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 32