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

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25.03 Vacation time shall be earned in one (1) calendar year and taken in the subsequent calendar year, except that an employee's paid vacation leave shall be adjusted (or pro -rated) to reflect time spent on unpaid leave(s) of absence totaling thirty (30) days or more (i.e., for each thirty (30) days spent on unpaid leave of absence, an employee shall lose one -twelfth (1/12) of regular paid vacation leave. 25.04 An employee may accumulate a total of fifty (50) working days of vacation time, excluding all vacation time earned in the anniversary year in which the cumulated vacation is taken. Vacation time acquired but not used in excess of fifty (50) working days shall be forfeited by an employee. If an employee is terminated (voluntarily) prior to taking his vacation, the employee shall receive the pro -rated portion of any fully earned but unused vacation leave at the time of separation from employment. 25.05 All vacations shall be granted and taken at such times as shall be mutually agreeable to the employee and the employee's manager insofar as possible. Where they are unable to agree, the decision of the division head shall govern. The manager shall permit the vacation to be taken on other than consecutive days. Each manager, on or about December I" shall prepare and post in an accessible location, a vacation schedule so devised as to cause minimum interference with normal operations of the division. In the event of conflict between employees in regard to scheduled vacation time, bargaining unit seniority shall control. Lists shall be provided so employees may give their preference, according to seniority. The period to submit requests for scheduled vacation (February 151n to December 31 ") shall be the preceding December 1 s` to the following February 151n If requests are not made by February 15", then that vacation request shall he treated as unscheduled vacation and seniority no longer governs. The period between January 1"and February 14"' shall be considered, as unscheduled vacation and seniority shall not apply. All scheduled vacation requests shall be given answers, in writing, within three (3) working days of February 15'n. All unscheduled vacation requests shall be approved/disapproved, in writing, within three (3) working days 25.06 In case of the death of a City employee, the unused vacation leave, to the credit of any such employee, shall be paid pursuant to state law: 1) to the surviving spouse; 2) to any one (1) or more of children over the age of 18; 3) to the mother or father of the deceased, preference being given to the order named or to the employee's estate. 25.07 If a recognized holiday falls within an employee's vacation leave, the employee shall not be charged for vacation leave for that day. 25.08 Notwithstanding the provisions of Ohio Revised Code 9.44 or any other statute or ordinance, employees hired before January 1, 1995, shall be credited with service time with the State or any political subdivision of the State. Employees hired after January 1,1995, shall be credited only with service with the City of Lakewood. ARTICLE 26 WAGES 26.01 Effective January 1, 2020 all bargaining unit wage rates shall be increased by three percent (3%), as specified in Appendix A of this agreement. 26.02 Effective January 1, 2021 all bargaining unit wage rates shall be increased by two and one quarter percent (2.25%), as specified in Appendix B of this Agreement. 25