Common use of Vacation Bidding Clause in Contracts

Vacation Bidding. 1. Commencing December 1 of each calendar year, vacation bids will be open for the following calendar year. Vacation bids will open with the senior Employee. He/she and succeeding Employees, by seniority, will be allotted a maximum of two (2) days each after notification, to complete his/her bidding. Each Employee can bid up to a maximum of two (2) weeks’ vacation at a time. 2. Requests for additional vacation time must be made in writing to the Chief of Police or his designated Employee at least seven (7) days in advance of the requested time off. The Chief of Police may waive this requirement from time to time as he/she deems best. 3. Additional vacation time may be taken at any time after the bidding period, depending on the service/staffing requirements of the Department. Vacation time already granted to an Employee during the bidding period will not be canceled to accommodate another Employee’s vacation request after the bidding period. 4. An Employee who voluntarily ceases to be an Employee of the Employer shall receive a sum of money equal to their former regular salary for any accrued vacation time which has not been provided; however, in the event an Employee fails to give the Employer at least ten (10) calendar days’ written notice before resigning, the foregoing termination vacation pay shall be forfeited. 5. Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, the Employer will grant up to a maximum of five (5) days’ emergency leave and personal leave per year for serious illness or death in the Employee’s immediate family. The immediate family shall be defined as spouse or domestic partner, children, mother, father, grandparents, parents-in-law, brothers, and sisters of the member and his/her spouse. Leave granted will be deducted from accrued sick leave.

Vacation Bidding. 1. Commencing December 1 of each calendar year, vacation bids will be open for the following calendar year. Vacation bids will open with the senior Employee. He/she and succeeding Employees, by seniority, will be allotted a maximum of two (2) days each after notification, to complete his/her biddingbidding cycle. Each Employee can bid for up to a maximum of two one (21) weeks’ workweek of vacation at during each bid cycle. There will be a timeminimum of three (3) bid cycles per year. 2. Requests for additional vacation time must be made in writing to the Chief of Police or his designated Employee at least seven (7) days in advance of the requested time off. The Chief of Police may waive this requirement from time to time as he/she deems best. 3. Additional vacation time may be taken at any time after the bidding period, depending on the service/staffing requirements of the Department. Vacation time already granted to an Employee during the bidding period will not be canceled to accommodate another Employee’s vacation request after the bidding period. 4. An Employee who voluntarily ceases to be an Employee of the Employer shall receive a sum of money equal to their former regular salary for any accrued vacation time which has not been provided; however, in the event an Employee fails to give the Employer at least ten (10) calendar days’ written notice before resigning, the foregoing termination vacation pay shall be forfeited. 5. Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, the Employer will grant up to a maximum of five (5) days’ emergency leave and personal leave per year for serious illness or death in the Employee’s immediate family. The immediate family shall be defined as spouse or domestic partner, children, mother, father, grandparents, parents-in-law, brothers, and sisters of the member and his/her spouse. Leave granted will be deducted from accrued sick leave.