Vacation Leave
All regular and probationary full-time employees at the City of
Mesa accrue vacation leave in accordance with the following schedule:
| Credited Service |
Firefighters |
All Others |
| Fewer than two (2) yrs |
11.2 hrs per month |
8 hrs per month |
| Two (2) yrs or more |
16.8 hrs per month |
12 hrs per month |
The maximum
accumulation of vacation leave is two hundred forty (240) hours for regular full-time
employees, three hundred thirty-six (336) hours for firefighters, and one hundred twenty
(120) hours for benefited part-time employees. Employees who have in excess of the above
amounts on December 31st of each year will be paid for the excess amount of leave after
December 31st, provided the regular full-time employee has taken eighty (80) hours
vacation leave, one hundred twelve (112) hours for firefighters, and forty (40) hours for
benefited part-time employees during that calendar year. If the employee has not taken the
required amount of leave during the year, ALL excess leave shall be forfeited.
All periods of
full-time City service after the employee's anniversary date are counted as credited
service for the purpose of determining the date of change in accrual rate, including
military service pursuant to A.R.S. 26-168, 26-171, or 38-610, and any special leave
without pay of thirty (30) days or less. If a special leave without pay exceeds thirty
(30) days, the excess days over thirty (30) shall not be counted as credited service.
Eligible employees accrue the appropriate number of hours of
vacation leave based on their anniversary dates. The anniversary date of an employee who
is hired between the first (1st) and fifteenth (15th) days of a month inclusive shall be
the first (1st) day of that month. The anniversary date for an employee who is hired
between the sixteenth (16th) day and the end of the month inclusive shall be the first
(1st) day of the month following employment.
A full-time employees working an eighty (80) hour pay period shall
not accrue vacation leave credits or accrue credited service for any calendar month in
which the employee has been docked for more than three (3) normal work shifts (eight (8)
to ten (10) hour shifts), including unpaid holidays. For fire Human Resources working a one
hundred twelve (112) hour pay period in which the employee has been docked more than
thirty-six (36) hours, including unpaid holidays, shall not accrue vacation leave credits
or accrue credited service for any calendar month. A regular part-time benefited
employee shall not
accrue vacation leave credits for any calendar month unless the employee has submitted at
least thirty-four (34) hours of time worked including paid leave for each of the two (2) pay periods
prior to the end of that month.
The effective date for change in the accrual rate is the first
(1st) day of the month immediately following two (2) years of continuous employment.
Eligibility to use accrued vacation leave shall begin on
the date of accrual for full-time and benefited part-time employees.
A regular or
probationary full-time or benefited part-time employee who separates from City
of Mesa employment
by resignation, retirement, layoff, or death, shall be paid for all unused vacation leave.
Vacation
leave may be taken at any time approved by the supervisor, and must be taken in units of
one-quarter (1/4) hour. Vacation leave shall not be advanced to an employee nor may vacation
leave be transferred between employees unless authorized by the Department
Director in accordance with the Donated Leave Program.
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