lorain county general health district employee personnel

4.2 Vacation Leave
Rest and relaxation are essential parts of every person=s working life. Therefore,
each full-time employee, after one full year of service with the agency, shall be entitled to
three weeks (fifteen working days) of paid vacation each year, calculated and earned at the
rate of 4.62 hours for each 80 hour biweekly pay period, or approximately 1-1/4 days for
each month of actual service with the agency. An employee with twenty (20) or more years
of service with the agency shall be entitled to four (4) weeks (twenty working days) of paid
vacation each year, calculated and earned at the rate of 6.15 hours for each 80 hour
biweekly pay period, or approximately 1-2/3 days for each month of actual service with the
agency. Each part-time employee who works or is in active pay status for forty (40) hours
or less per biweekly pay period shall be entitled to vacation leave on a prorated basis.
Vacations shall be scheduled on prescribed vacation request forms with the
employee=s immediate supervisor. For an intended vacation period occurring between
January 1 and June 30 of a given year, an employee should request such vacation by the
preceding August 1. For an intended vacation occurring between July 1 and December 31,
an employee should request such vacation by the preceding March 1. Vacations requested
within these deadlines will be granted or denied according to seniority in each position and
the staffing needs of each department.
Vacations of more than one day which are requested after the above deadlines must
be submitted at least two (2) weeks in advance. Single day vacations must be requested at
least three (3) working days in advance. Such requests will be granted on a first come, first
serve basis after consideration is given to the staffing needs of the department.
Vacation leave shall be taken in the twelve (12) months immediately following the
year in which the vacation was earned. Unused vacation may be carried over from year to
year in special and meritorious cases, provided prior written approval is obtained from the
Health Commissioner. In no event shall any employee be permitted to accumulate more
than two years of vacation leave.
Vacation time and sick leave are not interchangeable. An employee who becomes ill
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