As your employer, we understand the importance of time off for recharging, relaxing, and spending time with your loved ones. We offer vacation and sick leave on an accrued service basis. Please see the charts listed on this page that outline the amount of vacation and sick hours you can accrue on a monthly basis. You also receive 11 paid holidays and two floating holidays that may be taken at any time.
We also offer a multi-lingual pay program. This provides regular and contract employees who are bilingual in Spanish, Hmong, and other American Sign Language an incentive of $800 to $1,200, depending on the approved level in accordance with your proficiency scores.
Sick Leave
Each full-time employee accrues sick leave at the rate of eight hours per month of employment with the City. For more information, refer to Personnel Code 54-311. Police and Fire Union refer to CBA.
Vacation
A regular, non-union, full-time employee accrues vacation at the following rates.
For more information on Vacation Accruals, refer to Personnel Code 54-304. For a 56-hour week schedule, multiply hours by 1.5.
| Year of Employment | Number of Vacation Hours Accrued Per Month | Number of Vacation Hours Accrued Per Year |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 | 10 | 120 |
| 3–7 | 12 | 144 |
| 8–12 | 14 | 168 |
| 13–17 | 16 | 192 |
| 18–22 | 18 | 216 |
| Over 22 | 20 | 240 |
Holidays
Every regular, non-union, full-time employee working an average 40-hour per week schedule shall receive 104 hours (156 for 56-hour week) of paid holidays per year, as follows:
New Year’s Day:
January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:
3rd Monday in January
President’s Day:
3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day:
Last Monday in May
Juneteenth:
June 19th
Independence Day:
July 4th
Labor Day:
First Monday in September
Veteran’s Day:
November 11th
Thanksgiving Day:
4th Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Friday:
4th Friday in November
Christmas Day:
December 25th
Two Floating Holidays:
Two floating holidays may be taken at any time, subject to approval of supervisor. Employees hired after June 30 will be eligible to take one floating holiday for the year they were hired.
The second floating holiday may be taken at any time, subject to approval of supervisor, unless the Appointing Authority designates the use of such holiday for the day before (Monday) or after (Friday) the Christmas Holiday
Multi-Lingual Pay Program
This program provides Regular and Contract employees who are bilingual in Spanish, Hmong, and/or American Sign Language an incentive in addition to their base pay to more effectively conduct city business and meet customer needs. The maximum annual amount of the incentive will be either $800 or $1,200 depending upon the employee’s approved level in accordance with their proficiency testing scores. Employees who complete such testing mid-year will receive a prorated amount.
