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Article II. Paid Time Off
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(1) Effective January 1, 2018, regular full-time employees shall accrue paid time off (“PTO”) benefits in accordance with the following schedule:

Years of Service

Hourly Vacation Accrual

Monthly

Annual

0

1

6.75

81

1

2

8.00

96

2

3

8.00

96

3

4

10.00

120

4

5

10.00

120

5

6

12.00

144

6

7

12.00

144

7

8

12.00

144

8

9

12.00

144

9

10

14.00

168

10

11

14.00

168

11

12

14.75

177

12

13

14.75

177

13

14

15.50

186

14

15

15.50

186

15

16

15.50

186

16

17

16.00

192

17

18+

16.75

201

For purposes of this policy, “completed years of service” shall be measured as of the employee’s anniversary date.

(2) Regular part-time employees shall accrue PTO benefits at a rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked. Hours worked shall be calculated based on hours actually worked by an employee, including overtime hours and any minimum call-back hours credited to the employee, which for purposes of this policy, shall be considered “time worked,” but excludes holidays and other paid time off.

(3) Commencing January 1, 2018, employees shall accrue PTO benefits on a monthly basis, in accordance with the accrual rate set forth in subsection (1) of this section. For existing employees, the district shall calculate that vacation leave which has accrued to them as of December 31, 2017, under Resolution No. 645, and shall deposit these hours into each employee’s respective PTO banks as of January 1, 2018.

(4) Regular employees shall begin accruing PTO benefits as of their hire date and may use PTO benefits as accrued.

(5) Temporary and seasonal employees shall not be entitled to accrue or receive PTO benefits.

(6) Eligible employees shall accrue PTO benefits only if the employee is paid for at least 80 percent of the total number of the employee’s regular work hours for that pay period. Employees who are paid for less than 80 percent of the total number of the employee’s regular work hours for that pay period shall not accrue PTO benefits.

(7) Employees granted a leave of absence without pay shall not accrue PTO benefits during said leave of absence. Except as otherwise required by law, the duration of the unpaid leave of absence shall not be credited towards an employee’s “completed years of service” for purposes of determining the employee’s PTO accrual rate; upon return from an unpaid leave of absence, the employee’s prior service (before the unpaid leave of absence) shall be used to calculate the employee’s PTO accrual rate moving forward.

(8) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section or elsewhere in this chapter, and in the interest of facilitating an effective and competitive employment recruitment process for the district, the general manager shall have the discretion and authority to provide accrued PTO benefits to new employees upon hire and/or to accelerate a new employee’s PTO accrual rate, to attract experienced and/or highly qualified employees. The general manager shall exercise his/her discretion based upon the operational and staffing needs of the district, the qualifications and experience of the desired candidate, and the particular circumstances at the time of hire. Except as specifically authorized by the general manager, any PTO awarded under this subsection shall otherwise be subject to all terms and conditions set forth in this PTO policy, and the general manager’s exercise of his/her authority pursuant to this section shall not be construed as a promise of any future treatment of or additional consideration to the recipient employee. [Res. 767 § 2.1, 2018; Res. 491 §§ 1, 2, 1998; Res. 331 § 4, 1977.]