The Snohomish County Construction Crafts 11/1/2017

ARTICLE 10 - VACATIONS An annual vacation is of benefit to both the employee and the City and all employees should be requested to take an annual vacation. Section 1: All City employees covered by this Agreement shall accrue vacation credit for each month of continuous service as shown on the table below: VACATION CREDIT ACCRUED Continuous Service From Employee's Number of Vacation Hours Adjusted Employment Date Per Year 1st Year 96 hours 2nd Year 104 hours 3rd and 4th Years 112 hours 5th Year 120 hours 6th and 7th Years 128 hours 8th and 9th Years 136 hours 10th through 14th Years 144 hours 15th through 19th Years 176 hours 20th through 24th Years 192 hours 25th Year and Beyond 200 hours "Continuous Service" shall be determined from the employee's date of hire/adjusted employment date when entering City employment. Section 2: No employee shall have vacation credit accrual in excess of 240 hours at the time of his/her retirement/separation. Any employee terminating employment or retiring must use any vacation accrual in excess of 240 hours prior to termination/retirement or it will be lost to the employee. No vacation accrual will be allowed in excess of two full years earned vacation. For purposes of this section, vacation accrual will be reported on a regular basis on the payroll warrant stub. Section 3: Earned vacations may be requested by employees subject to approval by Department Heads. Section 4: Neither probationary employees without a permanent Civil Service status nor temporary employees are entitled to take vacation leave. A probationary employee will earn vacation credit which shall be credited to him/her when he/she becomes a regular employee. Employees will be granted accrued vacation in accordance with state law at such time as they are separated from City service unless such separation occurs during the entrance probation period. 11