2020-12 - 2020-22 Public Works Collective Bargaining Agreements

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shall be entitled to take, at the employee's option, the day before or after the holiday, or another day off. Shift Operators and Plant Attendants at the Waste Water Treatment Plant shall take their holidays, excluding personal days and birthdays, within ninety (90) days of when they occur. Any holidays not taken within this time frame shall be paid to the employee at the regular straight time rate. 24.04 The granting of paid holidays herein does not prevent the City, as an employer, from requiring any employee to report for work or to work on any holiday, if necessary, by reason of emergency or to carry on essential municipal functions. For the purpose of this section, an emergency is defined as any impairment to City services or operations, which cannot be delayed until the next workday. 24.05 The day after Thanksgiving shall not apply to individuals working in the Division of Refuse and Recycling or the Division of Waste Water Treatment Plant, who will receive an extra personal day, provided they give forty-eight (48) hours notice, and approval will be based on operational needs of the City. The Good Friday holiday will be observed on the Monday following Easter for Refuse employees. Refuse collection will occur on Good Friday each year. Any Refuse employee who would like to observe the holiday on Good Friday may make that request as part of their vacation pick and there will be up to 3 employees approved off for that day. Employees who choose and are granted Good Friday as the observed holiday will be required to work on Easter Monday to keep the drop off facility open. 24.06 Employees shall be permitted to use their birthday holiday in the same manner as their personal holidays anytime within the calendar year. Employees who utilize their birthday holiday and sever employment prior to their birthday shall repay the time to the City. ARTICLE 25 VACATIONS 25.01 Each full-time employee who has been continuously employed by the City for one (1) year or more shall be entitled to vacation with pay on reaching his anniversary date based on the following schedule: 1 Year 80 Hours 7 Years 120 Hours 13 Years 160 Hours 19+Years 200 Hours Full-time employees who previously served under a part-time status within the Union will have their vacation accrual begin retroactively to the part-time date of hire within the Union. 25.02 In applying the above, all regular time worked will serve as a basis for vacation calculations. Regular time not worked but compensated by reasons of holiday, vacation or sick leave payments hereof and regular time neither worked nor directly compensated by the City, but for which an employee received Workers' Compensation because of injury sustained in the course of employment by the City shall be included in vacation time calculations. 24