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Full -Time Vacation Accrual Schedule <br />Years of Service (YOS) <br />Bi-Weekly Accrual Rate <br />Vacation Days/Year <br />First Year <br />2" d through 5th YOS <br />6th through 10th YOS <br />11th through 15th YOS <br />16th YOS <br />17th YOS <br />18th YOS <br />19th YOS <br />20th YOS <br />Advanced 5 or 10 days <br />1.54 hours/pay period <br />3.08 hours/pay period <br />4.62 hours/pay period <br />6.15 hours/pay period <br />6.46 hours/pay period <br />6.77 hours/pay period <br />7.08 hours/pay period <br />7.38 hours/pay period <br />7.69 hours/pay period <br />10 days <br />10 days <br />15 days <br />20 days <br />21 days <br />22 days <br />23 days <br />24 days <br />25 days <br />11.2 Article 2 of this 2026 contract recognizes one EMPLOYEE. This EMPLOYEE shall accrue <br />vacation at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period until such time the EMPLOYEE reaches the <br />required years of service shown on the vacation accrual schedule and shall remain on that tier <br />until the EMPLOYEE'S years of service reach the next tier. <br />An EMPLOYEES accrued or "banked" vacation leave must be equal to or less than two times the <br />yearly accrual by December 31 st of each year; any accruals exceeding this amount will be <br />forfeited. <br />11.3 Vacation leave becomes available for use in the pay period after it is earned. All vacation use <br />requires department -head approval based on operational needs. Vacation leave may not be used to <br />extend an employee's actual termination date. <br />An employee who separates from the City "in good standing" after one-year of employment shall <br />be compensated for vacation accrued and unused through the last date of employment. If <br />applicable the compensation will be submitted to the non -union post -employment healthcare <br />savings plan. <br />11.4 Any EMPLOYEE leaving the municipal service in good standing after giving a proper notice of <br />at least fourteen days advance notice of such termination of employment, shall be compensated <br />for vacation leave accrued and unused to the date of separation. <br />11.5 For the purpose of accumulating additional vacation leave, an EMPLOYEE using earned vacation <br />leave, Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) leave, compensatory time off, or paid holidays is <br />considered to be working. <br />ARTICLE 12 - EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME (ESST) <br />12.1 All accrued and accumulated sick leave shall be designated as Earned Sick and Safe Time <br />(ESST), under Minnesota Statutes §§ 181.9445-181.9448, as amended and shall be administered <br />in accordance with the ESST statutes. <br />8 <br />