Support Staff Employment Handbook - Plymouth School District

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A. One week (1) week (five (5) working days in the first full fiscal year of service.(Equivalent hours of one five-day week regular working schedule for theemployee.)B. Two (2) weeks (ten (10) working days) - after one (1) full fiscal year of continuousservice. (Equivalent hours of two five-day week regular working schedule for theemployee.)C. Three (3) weeks (fifteen (15) working days) - after seven (7) years of continuousservice. (Equivalent hours of three five-day week regular working schedule for theemployee.)D. Commencing after the 8th year of employment, 1/2 day of additional vacation shallbe granted each year. (Each additional half day shall be calculated as theequivalent hours of a five day week regular working schedule divided by ten.)E. Four (4) weeks vacation (twenty (20) working days) will be granted after fifteen(15) years of continuous service. (Equivalent hours of four five day week regularworking schedule for the employee.)F. Grandfather Clause: Those employees who receive in excess of 20 days currently(maximum of 21.5) shall continue to receive the number of days they currentlyearn on an annual basis. (Calculated as the hours available per #E above plusadditional half days calculated in #D above.)Group II employees required to report at least 15 days prior to the start of the school year shallreceive one week vacation on the next July 1 st following one full year of employment and twoweeks’ vacation on the July 1 st following the seventh consecutive year of employment inqualified positions. The vacation days shall be assigned by administration during periodswhen school is not in session for students.Vacation year runs from July 1 to June 30 each year and all vacation shall accrue on July 1 stbased on the prior year of service.When Vacation May be Taken: In determining vacation schedules, the Employer shallrespect the wishes of eligible employees insofar as the needs of the school district will permit.The Employer shall post vacation scheduling rules from time to time.Vacations may be taken during the school year upon receiving the approval of the employee’ssupervisor (e.g. Building and Grounds, Food Service, or Principal). For employees havingmore than three (3) weeks vacation, the Supervisor or designee may require an employee totake vacation during the school year.All vacation earned in a vacation year (July 1 through June 30) must be taken during thesubsequent vacation year. Employees who are required by the Employer to defer all or a partof their vacation for a given vacation period, may, with the written approval from the BusinessManager and the employee’s immediate supervisor shall be permitted to take it within the firstsix (6) months of ensuing vacation year, after which it shall be lost.26
Vacation shall not be “paid out” but must be taken on regularly scheduled work days for thevacation eligible employee. These are days the vacation eligible employee would otherwisebe expected to work. Vacation benefits shall not be paid out to a district terminatedemployee.Vacation on Holidays: In the event that a holiday falls on a regular work day within theweek or weeks taken as vacation, such holiday shall not be charged as vacation. If a holidayfalls during an employee’s vacation week, they shall receive an additional day of paidvacation.Holidays: Group I employees shall be granted ten (10) paid holidays each year. They are asfollows: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, ThanksgivingDay, Friday after Thanksgiving Day, December 24, December 25, and December 31.Group II employees shall be granted holidays as follows: Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day,Friday after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday and MemorialDay.Group II employees who are assigned to work throughout the entire summer school sessionwill receive holiday pay for the 4 th of July. Holiday pay, in this case, will be based on thenumber of hours per day the employee is regularly scheduled to work during the summerschool session.To qualify for any holiday pay, employees must also work the scheduled work day precedingand the scheduled work day following the holiday unless otherwise excused though use ofpaid sick leave, emergency leave, vacation, personal day or leave previously scheduled underthe Family and Medical Leave Acts. Unless applied to the summer session, Group 1 andGroup II part-time employees shall receive holiday pay based on the position’s regularscheduled weekly hours divided by five for each holiday.Should a holiday occur on a weekend, District Administration shall determine what regularlyscheduled work day to observe the holiday to best meet the needs of district families andstakeholders.PERSONAL DAYAll Group I and Group II employees shall be entitled to one personal day. Personal Days willoccur once per fiscal year and will not accumulate. They must be scheduled with supervisorsas any other vacation day would be. For part time employees, the hours paid on that day shallbe equal to their regularly scheduled weekly hours divided by five.TAX-SHELTERED ANNUITIESUnder federal Internal Revenue Service regulations, any employee of a public school districtcan invest in tax-deferred annuity plans or deferred compensation plans approved by theDistrict. The District will deduct an employee's contribution from wages and send it to one ofa number of approved companies that the employee specifies. This benefit is designed forpersonal investing and does not represent an additional financial benefit that the Board ofEducation pays.27
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