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September 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1584 Section 2. Effect of Holiday Work or Non-scheduled Da ys on Other Paid Leave Regular holidays or non-scheduled workdays which occur during an annual, sick or other paid leave period of any officer or employee of the County shall not be charged as vacation, sick or other leave. Section 3. Holiday - When Work Required Except for EMS and law enforcement personnel, employees who are required to perform work on regularly scheduled holidays shall be paid or granted compensatory time for the period worked on an hour for hour basis. Section 4. Vacation Leave A11 regular and probationary employees who are scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours during the calendar year shall receive vacation leave in accordance with this policy. Vacation leave may be used at the employee's discretion with prior approval of the employee's immediate supervisor or department head. Section 5. Vacation Leave - Manner of Accrual The anniversary date of employment shall be used for determining earned vacation leave. Any employee working the basic workweek shall earn vacation leave at the following rates: Schedule A Years oP Ag gregate 9etvice Houxa Earned ei-weekly Leave Earned Yearly Less than 5 ears 3 hours 9 minutes 37 seconds 80 hours 2 seconds (10+ da s) 5 but less than 10 ears 9 hours 109 hours (13 da s) 10 but less than 15 ears 4 hours 36 minutes 55 seconds 119 hours 59 minutes 50 seconds (15- days) 15 but less than 20 ears 5 hours 13 minutes 51 seconds 136 hours 6 seconds (17+ days) 20 years or more 6 hours 9 minutes 19 seconds 160 hours 9 seconds (20+ da s) Schedule A is for all persons hired or rehired on July 1, 1997, or thereafter; and those in full time County employment immediately prior to that date who voluntarily chose to change from Schedule B effective, July 1, 1997, under the following conditions: • County paid health plan and life insurance coverage will be provided to employees retiring from Cabarrus County and qualifying for retirement as a member of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System with at least 25 of their creditable years being in the service of Cabarrus County. These benefits will bepaid at the same level as for active employees and will be provided to retired employees until they become eligible for Medicare (or reach the age where they would have had such benefits if they had been qualified for Social Security). The retiree is required to notify the County when they become Medicare eligible. Additional health care and insurance benefit information is located in Article IX, Section 2 of this ordinance. (Note: This benefit was amended on October 27, 2003 and applies to those employees coming to work on or after November 1, 2003. Employees hired prior to November 1, 2003 are grandfathered under the previous 10 years of creditable service requirement.) • Employees retiring from Cabarrus County and qualifying for retirement in the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System but with less than 25 years of service with Cabarrus County shall receive one-half of the benefit provided to retiring employees with at least 25 years of service with Cabarrus County. (Note: This benefit was amended on October 27, 2003 and applies to those employees coming to work on or after November 1, 2003. Employees hired prior to November 1, 2003 are grandfathered under the previous 10 years of creditable service requirement.) • Employees earning more vacation leave than listed on Schedule A for their years of service will have their vacation leave accrual rate remain at the then current level until or when advancement in seniority entitles them to earn an increased amount of leave. The exception - employees earning more than twenty days of vacation leave