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11.4 Vacation Schedule <br /> The times during a calendar year at which an employee may take his/her vacation shall be <br /> determined by the department head with due regard for the wishes of the employee and particular <br /> regard for the needs of the service. <br /> If the requirements of the service are such that an employee cannot take part or all of his/her <br /> annual vacation in a particular calendar year, such vacation shall be taken during the following <br /> calendar year. If the employee chooses to carry over vacation to the following year, the <br /> scheduling of the vacation time carried over must await completion of the preparation of the <br /> annual vacation schedule referred to in the following paragraph. <br /> Annually, employees in the operations, investigation, and support services divisions may request <br /> on a rotating basis three vacation periods for the calendar year. The rotation shall be according to <br /> seniority by classification and by division. All employees in each division shall have had an <br /> opportunity to request their first choice of vacations before second choices may be requested. <br /> Third choices shall be exercised in the same fashion. A vacation request schedule shall be <br /> distributed to all employees no later than October 1st of each year. The target date for completed <br /> vacation request schedule shall be December 1st. <br /> Effective the first pay period after January 1, 1999, the Vacation Sign -up Program set forth in <br /> Exhibit B shall be implemented and replace the vacation sign -up procedures set forth in the <br /> paragraph immediately above. <br /> Vacation leave may not be taken in conjunction with leaving City employment. <br /> 11.5 Vacation Pay at Termination <br /> Employees shall be paid for all accrued vacation leave earned prior to the effective date of <br /> termination. Such compensation for earned vacation shall be paid to the employee in one lump <br /> sum in a final check. <br /> Section 12. Sick Leave <br /> 12.1 Sick Leave Accrual <br /> Each new full time employee hired prior to August 4, 1998, shall during his/her one year <br /> probationary period earn sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours for each month of service. Upon <br /> successfully completing his/her one year probationary period each new employee shall receive <br /> three hundred eighty-four (384) hours sick leave credit in addition to that earned during probation. <br /> Upon completion of five (5) years service, every employee shall thereafter accumulate sick leave <br /> at a rate of eight (8) hours per month. <br /> Effective August 4, 1998, the one -time sick leave credit of 384 hours shall be eliminated. Each <br /> new full time employee hired on or after August 4, 1998, shall earn sick leave at the rate of eight <br /> (8) hours for each month of service. <br /> No employee shall accumulate more than one thousand four hundred forty (1,440) hours sick <br /> leave. An employee may be allowed a sick leave deficit of twenty four (24) hours beyond that <br /> actually earned. Employees on leave of absence with pay in lieu of temporary disability payments <br /> pursuant to Section 4850 of the Labor Code shall accumulate sick leave during said leave of <br /> absence, in accordance with the provisions of this section. <br /> -8- <br />