Common use of Background and Overview Clause in Contracts

Background and Overview. This Agreement relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of vacation time whereby an employee has the option to receive either vacation time off or to cash out the vacation time. This Agreement also relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of compensatory time whereby an employee has the option to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime and clarifies that employees will not have the option beginning January 1, 2020 to carry over compensatory time from one calendar year to the next. All compensatory time must be used in the calendar year it is accrued or it will be paid out on the last pay date of the calendar year. The .city will allow an employee an option to convert existing accrued and unused vacation to cash up to one hundred and sixty (160) hours no later than December 10, 2019. The city will also allow an employee the option of carrying over their existing compensatory time balance as of December 31, 2019 through June 14, 2020, and will be cashed out on the last pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020 all accrued and unused compensatory time will be cashed out on the last pay date in December of each calendar year.

Background and Overview. This Agreement relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of vacation time whereby an employee has the option to receive either vacation time off or to cash out the vacation time. This Agreement also relates to modifications to the city's use and accrual of compensatory time whereby an employee has the option to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime and clarifies that employees will not have the option beginning January 1, 2020 to carry over compensatory time from one calendar year to the next. All compensatory time must be used in the calendar year it is accrued or it will be paid out on the last pay date of the calendar year. The .city city will allow an employee an option to convert existing accrued and unused vacation to cash up to one hundred and sixty (160) hours no later than December 10, 2019. The city will also allow an employee the option of carrying over their existing compensatory time balance as of December 31, 2019 through June 14, 2020, and will be cashed out on the last pay date in June 2020. Effective January 1, 2020 all accrued and unused compensatory time will be cashed out on the last pay date in December of each calendar year.