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. A requirement for medical or dental care or consultation which is not available except
during working hours.
c. The illness or injury of an immediate family (as defined in paragraph 4.25 e)
requiring the presence of the employee.
4.06 "CONTINUOUS SERVICE" means County Service uninterrupted by separation from County
employment.
4.07 "ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE" means a regular employee, as defined in Chapter II, paragraph 2.07
a, who has completed six months of continuous service during the present term of employment.
4.08 "PRESENT EMPLOYMENT" means the period starting with the employee's most recent entry
into the County service and continuing until separation from such service. However, continuous
service immediately prior to separation of a regular employee because of disability, retirement or
layoff shall be counted in computing the duration of present employment, if the employee returns to
County service within three years of such separation.
4.09 For eligible employees, "VACATION" is time-off from work with compensation at the same
rate as hours actually worked. Vacation is allocated on an accrual basis and may be taken by an
eligible employee, with approval of his/her appointing authority, in increments as small as one hour,
or to any extent not exceeding the accrued vacation credit of said employee. The methods of
documenting and computing vacation accrual are prescribed in paragraphs 4.10 and 4.19 below.
During vacation, the salary and benefits of eligible employees continue to accrue. Vacation requests
for durations of six (6) days or longer must be submitted not less than fifteen (15) days in advance.
Vacation requests for five (5) days or less require at least one week notice.
4.10 The amount of accrued "VACATION CREDIT" determines the eligible employee's authorized
vacation time. Such accrual is documented in the following manner:
a. The credit is recorded, expressed in hours, in the payroll records of each employee
maintained by the County Auditor. This value is the net result from adding all accumulated
credits and subtracting all usage.
b. Vacation credit is earned by each eligible employee and allocated to his/her payroll
record as he/she completes the applicable requirements in paragraph 4.19 below.
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
4.11 Entitlement: From year to year, the Commissioners Court may authorize or omit authority for
compensated leaves of absence. When authorized by said governing body, employees are entitled to
leaves of absence only as specified in this chapter.
4.12 Appointing Authority Designates Time of Leave: The time when any leave of absence may
be taken, other than sick leave, military leave, and court leave, will be designated by the employee's
appointing authority.
4.13 Submission of Requests: Each request for leave of absence of any type shall require at a
minimum the following:
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