Employment Policies Manual - Lake County

Employment Policies Manual 61Length ofContinuous ServiceAccrualRate0 through 3 completed.0462 x Hours*years of serviceMore than 3 completedyears of service through 15 .0585 x Hours*completed years of serviceMore than 15 completed.0769 x Hours*years of service*Hours = Regularly scheduled paid annual hoursFor employees other than Fire Rescue shift employees,“regularly scheduled paid annual hours” are defined as thenumber of scheduled hours per week multiplied by 52 weeks.Example: An employee who has been employed by theCounty for 2 years and works 40 hours per week will accrue96.096 annual leave hours per year (40 hours per weekx 52 weeks = 2080 annual hours x .0462 = 96.096 hoursaccrued annually).b. Fire Rescue employees on a 24-hour shift earn leaveas follows:Length ofContinuous Service0 through 3 completedyears of serviceMore than 3 completedyears of service through 15completed years of serviceMore than 15 completedyears of service*Hours = Regularly scheduled paid hoursAccrualRate.081 x 2756 Hours*.0932 x 2756 Hours*.1115 x 2756 Hours*For Fire Rescue employees on a 24-hour shift, “regularlyscheduled paid hours” are defined as the number ofscheduled hours per pay period multiplied by twenty-six (26)pay periods.