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An Ordinance amending Section 21-33(g) of the Code of Ordinances to grant the Chief Administrative Officer the authority to extend the deadline for vacation carryover to the end of a fiscal year provided that certain conditions are met; and amending Section 21-33(h) of the Code of Ordinances to provide the process for payout of vacation leave upon separation of service for employees who have been granted an extension. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 21-33 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21-33. - Vacation leave.
(a) Every classified civil service employee shall earn vacation leave at the rate of ten (10) hours per month of service for the first ten (10) years of service. Newly hired employees, however, shall, for the first month of employment only, earn vacation leave at the prorated rate of two and one-half (21/2) hours for each full week of service. Every employee with more than ten (10) years of service shall earn vacation leave at the rate of fourteen (14) hours per month of service for the duration of employment. Employees may accumulate vacation leave but may not carry forward after the later of December 31 or the end of the first payroll period of each calendar year in which December 31 of the previous calendar year falls more than twenty-one (21) working days (one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours).
(b) Vacation leave may only be utilized upon the supervisor's approval of the prior written request of the employee. It may be used in any increment. Vacation leave will not be granted in excess of vacation credit earned by service prior to the starting date of leave. It shall be scheduled with regard to operating requirements, seniority of the employee, and, insofar as possible, with the written request of the employee. In situations where an employee is unable to obtain prior written ...
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