DED Compensation and Benefits

Vacations and Holidays

 

Holidays

All full-time employees will have the designated holidays with pay each year; if they are on some type of paid status, the work day immediately preceding and the work day following the holiday. In order to receive pay for the Christmas/New Year Holiday, biweekly employees must work a full pay period after the end of the holiday period, and monthly employees must work at least through January 31. For overtime calculations, designated holidays are considered hours worked.

Exception

Since many departments may work an alternative schedule, the holiday policy must be modified to allow for efficient operation of said departments. The department supervisor is responsible for identifying and approving alternate days to be taken in lieu of the days of assigned duty that occur on official College holidays. Every effort shall be made to ensure that an equal number of days off will be given for those days worked during a College holiday. Nonexempt employees will be paid on a straight-time basis for any holidays worked in a fiscal year and not taken by the end of that fiscal year.


Vacation Leave

Full-time employees in positions requiring 9 or more months of service, excepting those full-time employees whose appointment is based on faculty duty days, shall earn paid vacation leave in proportion to the hours they are assigned to work. The scheduling of vacation leave times shall be coordinated with the supervisor. The minimum amount of vacation time that may be scheduled is one quarter of an hour.

For new classified employees, vacation leave time will accrue but may not be taken until after completion of six months of service.

All employees in positions requiring 9 or more months of service, excepting those full-time employees whose appointment is based on faculty duty days, shall accrue vacation leave beginning on the benefit date as follows:

ServiceMonthly PaidBiweekly Paid
0 but less than 5 yrs8 hrs/mo3.70 hrs/pay period
5 but less than 10 yrs10 hrs/mo4.62 hrs/pay period
10 years & over12 hrs/mo5.54 hrs/pay period

 

Full-time 12-, 11-, 10-, or 9-month employees, excepting those full-time employees whose appointment is based on faculty duty days, will accrue vacation leave proportionate to the hours they are assigned to work. This shall be calculated as a percentage of the accrual rates shown above.

Employees in positions requiring less than 9 months of service do not accrue vacation leave.


Carryover

Vacation leave time accumulated over the set maximum will be forfeited at the end of the fiscal year. Those leaving the College will be paid for accrued vacation leave only up to their maximum accrual limit. Maximum accrual limits are as follows:

Years of ServiceMaximum Vacation Accrual
0 but less than 5 years160 hours (20 days)
5 but less than 10 years200 hours (25 days)
10 years and over240 hours (30 days)