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Employees accrue vacation from the date of compensated Holidays

employment, but cannot utilize vacation leave until they have At your community, we observe seven
successfully completed one year of continuous employment. holidays per year. Our acknowledged


Unused vacation may not be carried forward from one year to the holidays include:
next. Employees may not borrow against the following year’s vacation X New Year’s Day (January 1)
time. Should an illness occur during vacation, no additional time will X Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
be granted. No pay will be given in lieu of vacation time.
X 4th of July (the legal holiday)

Vacations will be scheduled by the supervisor. If two or more people X Labor Day (irst Monday in
request the same days for vacation, the supervisor will honor the irst September)
request. Request for time off will be given to the administrator at X Thanksgiving Day (last Thursday in
least thirty (30 days) prior to the requested vacation time. November)


Vacation time needs to be scheduled in full day increments. Partial X Christmas Day (December 25)
days of vacation can only be taken if an employee is using vacation X Personal Day* (full-time staff only)
time as an element of FMLA. See HR manual for details on FMLA.
Holidays and Paid Time Off
Vacation will be paid at your applicable straight-time rate earned. An employee is eligible for a paid
Vacation pay will not be considered hours worked for the purposes holiday after the completion of their
of computing overtime or incentive bonus. introductory period.


In the event of resignation of employment, when at least 12 months Due to the demands of scheduling, an
of employment has been completed and proper notice has been employee may be required to work on a
given and completed by working their scheduled days, any accrued, given holiday. When an employee works

unused vacation will be paid. Employees (with the exception of those on a holiday, they will be compensated
in Illinois) who are terminated for whatever reason will forfeit any at two times their straight time hourly
earned, unused vacation pay. Illinois employees must receive earned, rate for all hours worked, provided
unused vacation pay. they worked their entire last scheduled
workday before the holiday and their

entire irst scheduled workday after a
holiday.

* You are eligible for holiday pay upon being hired
however you are not eligible for a personal
day until you have completed 90 days of
employment. It cannot be carried forward from
one calendar year to the next.








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