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retirement date that portion of vacation carried over which exceeds amount entitled to will be forfeited; unless there is just and reasonable cause established by the individual planning retirement and agreed to by the Chief of Police. 10.04 All vacation time shall be paid at the regular wage rate, except when employee requests vacation credit accumulation. For the purpose of calculating vacation pay, when vacation accumulation is requested by an employee, the wage rate at the time the vacation was requested to be accumulated shall be used to calculate vacation pay. If due to scheduling, vacations cannot be taken subsequent to the year such vacation was earned and are accumulated and taken in the next subsequent year, the rate of vacation pay shall be at the rate of pay during the year such vacation is taken, provided the same is approved by the Department Head. 10.05 Vacations must be scheduled with and authorized by the Chief of Police or his designee. Schedules are to be coordinated so as not to disrupt necessary services or functions of the department. 10.06 If an employee is terminated (voluntarily or involuntarily) prior to taking his vacation and has completed one (1) year of employment with the Employer, he shall receive t11e prorated portion of any accrued but unused vacation at the time of separation. In case of death of an employee, the unused vacation leave shall be paid to the estate. 10.07 A) An employee may have the option of using a personal day as a day of extended vacation, with prior approval of the Chief of Police or his designee. B) The Employer may have the option of requiring the employee to take one weel: of his vacation in increments of not less than five (5) consecutive days. The remaining vacation time can be taken as needed by the employee, for example, one or two days at a time. An employee will give the supervisor at least forty-eight (48) hours advance notice in writing. In an emergency situation, verbal communication with the supervisor is appropriate and may justify waiving advance notification. 10.08 The vacation sell back limit of one (1) week per employee shall expire and be of no effect on January 1, 2012 for the Union (FOP). ARTICLE XI PROBATIONARY PERIOD 11.01 The probationary period for all new employees shall continue for twelve (12} months after the employee(s) successfully completes the Employer's Police Department's Field Training Program. During this probationary period, the employee shall have no rights to appeal any form of disciplinary action, including termination through the Grievance Procedure or to any Civil Service Commission.