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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.