SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (POA) (3)

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employees vacation leave in order to provide them with a break in their regular work schedule and this purpose will be used as a guide in the administration of the provisions of this Article. Section 2 . Regular Vacation Period. A. Regular vacation with pay is granted to each full-time permanent or probationary employee at the rate of 15 working days for each completed year of service, accrued at the rate of 10 working hours for each completed month of service . Employees hired after August 9, 1979 shall be granted regular vacation at the rate of 10 working days for each of his or her first and second completed year of service, accrued at the rate of 6 2/3 hours for each completed month of service. Thereafter, all such employees shall be granted regular vacation at the rate of 15 working days for each completed year of services, accrued at the rate of 10 working hours for each completed month of service. B . An employee who has completed less than one year' s service during the calendar year shall receive a proportionate fraction in accordance with the amount of service to his or her credit during the year; provided, however, no employee shall be entitled to, or receive payment for, any vacation until he or she has completed six (6) months of continuous service . C. On or after the first (1st) day of the month following completion of six (6) months of continuous full-time service, an employee may be allowed to take all or a proportionate fraction of his or her earned vacation, subject to scheduling approval of the employee' s supervisor. D. Absence on sick leave for a period in excess of fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days shall not be considered as service for vacation accrual purposes . E . Computation of Regular Vacation: 1 . In computing regular vacation, each municipal holiday that occurs during the vacation, and that falls on a day which the employee would have worked had he or she not been on vacation, shall be deducted from the computation so that one (1) additional day of regular vacation shall be allowed to the employee unless departmental practice provides some other manner of compensating for municipal holidays . Should an employee be confined to a hospital for sickness or injury while on authorized vacation, each full day of such confinement, when confirmed by a physician' s statement and approval of the Chief of Police, may be deducted from the computation of vacation expended and charged against the employee' s accumulated sick leave. 2 . No employee may carry over from one calendar year to the next, more than the equivalent of two (2) regular vacation 22