Merritt Employee Handbook

Your vacation accrues on the 1st of every January. When the date of hire is in the months of July – December, you receive the vacation allotment the following year. Vacation time must be used in the year in which it was earned and cannot be carried over to the next year. Scheduling Vacation Leave: Use of vacation leave requires advance approval by your Team Leader. Keep in mind that certain times of the year are very popular for vacation requests and that you should request vacation during those periods well in advance. If you resign during the year and have not used all of your available vacation leave, you will receive pay instead of leave, provided that you give proper notice of resignation, work as scheduled until your resignation date, pay off any debts to Merritt and return all Merritt property (for example, keys, manuals, equipment). Employees who are terminated by Merritt or who fail to give proper notice of a resignation may not be eligible for pay for unused vacation.

22. HOLIDAYS Merritt recognizes the following holidays:

New Year’s Day (January 1) Memorial Day (last Monday in May) Independence Day (July 4) Labor Day (first Monday in September) Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)

Day after Thanksgiving Christmas (December 25).

The actual dates on which the holidays will be celebrated will be determined and communicated to all employees during the calendar year.

23. SICK DAYS

In addition, all Full-Time employees will be entitled to use three (3) sick days per year. Sick days begin after ninety (90) days of employment. Before an employee uses a sick day, when possible the employee needs to notify the employee’s Team Leader. Sick time must be used in the year in which it was earned and cannot be carried over to the next year.

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