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File #: 0270-23    Version: 1 Name: Vacation Leave Policy Update
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 3/2/2023 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 3/23/2023 Final action: 3/23/2023
Enactment date: 3/23/2023 Enactment #: O-030-2023
Title: An Ordinance amending Section 21-33(a) of the Code of Ordinances to increase the vacation leave balance carry forward for Classified Civil Service employees to three hundred and thirty six (336) hours; amending Section 21-33(e) to provide that, upon separation of service, Classified Civil Service employees shall be entitled to receive payment for accumulated vacation leave at their then current pay rate computed on an hourly basis, capped in an amount not to exceed three hundred thirty six (336) hours of accumulated leave; amending Section 21-33(h) to provide that an employee granted a vacation leave carryover extension who separates from service shall be paid for not more than three hundred and thirty-six (336) hours of accumulated vacation leave; and amending Ordinance No. 104-2021 relating to the vacation leave carryover extension to provide that employees shall not carry forward more than three hundred and thirty six (336) hours of vacation leave after December 31, 2023 or the end ...
Attachments: 1. Vacation Leave Policy Update, 2. 00776539.pdf, 3. O-030-2023
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An Ordinance amending Section 21-33(a) of the Code of Ordinances to increase the vacation leave balance carry forward for Classified Civil Service employees to three hundred and thirty six (336) hours; amending Section 21-33(e) to provide that, upon separation of service, Classified Civil Service employees shall be entitled to receive payment for accumulated vacation leave at their then current pay rate computed on an hourly basis, capped in an amount not to exceed three hundred thirty six (336) hours of accumulated leave; amending Section 21-33(h) to provide that an employee granted a vacation leave carryover extension who separates from service shall be paid for not more than three hundred and thirty-six (336) hours of accumulated vacation leave; and amending Ordinance No. 104-2021 relating to the vacation leave carryover extension to provide that employees shall not carry forward more than three hundred and thirty six (336) hours of vacation leave after December 31, 2023 or the end of the first payroll period in which December 31, 2023 falls and to further provide that employees who separate from service prior to December 31, 2023 shall be paid for all accumulated vacation leave. [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(a) of Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
(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 employme...

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