4.30.070 Use of leave mandatory.
A. Each full-time employee shall take at least 10 days or 80 hours of personal leave each calendar year.
1. It shall be the responsibility of the department director to ensure that each employee is given the opportunity to use this leave, scheduled in accordance with the department work load.
2. In the event the employee does not take 10 days or 80 hours of leave in the calendar year, the employee will lose the unused balance of the 80 hours of accrued leave.
B. Each full-time employee whose probationary status ends on the following dates shall take the mandatory prorated hours of personal leave as follows. An employee whose probationary status ends on:
1. January 31st, shall take 60 hours of mandatory personal leave;
2. February 28th, shall take 50 hours of mandatory personal leave;
3. March 31st, shall take 40 hours of mandatory personal leave;
4. April 30th, shall take 30 hours of mandatory personal leave;
5. May 31st, shall take 20 hours of mandatory personal leave;
6. June 30th, shall take 10 hours of mandatory personal leave;
7. July 31st through September 30th, shall take eight hours of mandatory personal leave;
8. October 1st through December 31st, shall not be required to take mandatory personal leave.
C. The department director may require that the employees apply for personal leave a reasonable length of time in advance of taking planned leave. The request for personal leave shall be approved or disapproved within 10 working days from date received.
D. The city manager may cancel the leave and/or payout of accrued leave for employees who resign either before, during, or after leave is approved. (Ord. 22-003 § 3, 2022; Ord. 14-006 § 3, 2014; Ord. 12-001 § 3, 2013)