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for illness, injury, or doctor’s appointments (not otherwise An employee whose employment terminates for any
covered by workers’ compensation benefits) and may not be reason prior to earning vacation time taken but not yet
used for other reasons. Employees have a responsibility to earned is required to reimburse the Society. The employee
communicate the reason for the absence to their manage- may repay any amount owed by authorizing the Society to
ment supervisor. The employee must also supply a doctor’s deduct the amount owed from his/her final paycheck or
note for any absence due to accident or illness lasting three personally reimbursing the Society. For union employees,
days or more or for frequent or repeated absences. the amount is automatically deducted from the employee’s
As an incentive for those employees who do not use sick final paycheck.
time during the calendar year, the Society credits employ-
ees with two additional sick days at the end of the calendar For covered union classifications and non-union
year. Accumulation of sick time is unlimited. employees in positions in salary ranges B
Full-time employees hired prior to January 1, 2001, through and including L:
who leave because of retirement and who are at least age
62 or who leave because of permanent disability, without Years of Service Vacation Days
regard to age, will be paid for their accumulated sick Per Year
time not to exceed 120 days. Full-time employees hired At least 1
prior to January 1, 2001, who resign voluntarily will be At least 5 10
paid 50% of accumulated sick time not to exceed 60 At least 10 15
days. Discharged employees and those hired after At least 15 20
December 31, 2000, are not paid for accumulated sick 25
time on separation.
For eligible employees in salary range A and salary
Vacation All regular, full-time employees earn vaca- ranges M010 through and including M030:

tion starting with their date of hire in a regular, full-time Years of Service Vacation Days
position. Eligibility for vacation is based on hours worked Per Year
and years of service based on the Society’s payroll records. At least 1
Hours worked, as well as hours paid for vacation, holidays, At least 10 15
personal time, and sick time, are considered hours of work At least 15 20
for the purpose of calculating vacation time earned. Tem- 25
porary full-time, regular part-time, and seasonal employees
are not eligible for paid vacation time, except as outlined in For eligible employees in salary range M040:
the collective bargaining agreement for applicable posi-
tions. Vacations are earned based on the following sched- Years of Service Vacation Days
ule. Each employee is to submit his/her vacation request to Per Year
the management supervisor sufficiently in advance. At least 1 20
Employees accrue vacation based upon the amount of At least 10 25
continuous service time to the Society. Employees receive
their entire year’s vacation allotment each January 1.
Because vacation accrues on each employment year and
not each calendar year, the vacation time is placed on an
employee’s vacation bank each January 1. This includes
vacation time already earned since their employment
anniversary date the prior calendar year and vacation time
still to be earned through their employment anniversary
date of the current calendar year. Employees may, there-
fore, request, schedule, and take vacation time with pay in
advance of actual accrual. Employees have until the end of
the calendar year to use the time in their vacation bank.
Vacation time cannot be carried over from one year to the
next. There is no pay in lieu of earned vacation time not
taken, except for separating employees.

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