local tax withholdings and any contributions to FICA/Medicare or the applicable State of Ohio Retirement System, that may apply.

HOLIDAYS. The City Manager may substitute holidays listed under this section, however, no additional holidays shall be granted to the personnel positions listed in this schedule. The holidays currently recognized are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and the employee's birthday. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, if a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday will instead be observed as a holiday; and where a holiday would fall on a Sunday, the following Monday will instead be observed as a holiday.

PERSONAL LEAVE. Employees in the positions covered by this Personnel Schedule shall receive three (3) days of paid personal leave annually.

SICK LEAVE. Sick leave for all the full-time personnel positions covered by this Personnel Schedule shall be accrued at a day and a quarter per month, per year, with a maximum accumulation of one hundred fifty (150) days. These amounts shall be pro-rated for regular part-time employees based upon their hours of work.

MILITARY LEAVE. All full-time and regular part-time employees who are members of the Ohio National Guard, the Ohio Military Reserve, the Ohio Naval Militia, or members of other reserve components of the US Armed Forces, or are otherwise members of the uniformed services as defined by Section 5923.05 of the Ohio Revised Code, are entitled to a leave of absence to perform military duty for a period of 30 days in any calendar year (“Short-Term Military Leave”), with no requirement to apply for reinstatement thereafter.

In addition, these employees are entitled to up to 24 months of active duty leave (“Active Duty Military Leave”), subject to timely application for reinstatement thereafter. For an employee returning from uniformed service of 31 to 180 days, an application for reinstatement must be made within 14 days of completing uniformed service. For an employee on leave for more than 180 days, an application for reinstatement must be made within 90 days of completing uniformed service. Except where reinstatement is impossible or would impose an undue hardship on the City, an employee on leave for less than 180 days shall be reinstated into his or her former position; employees on leave in excess of 180 days may be placed in any position of equivalent status, seniority and pay.

The City Manager is authorized to adopt policies as necessary to implement the military leave set forth in this section, including but not limited to policies pertaining to employee compensation and continuation of employment benefits during an employee’s military leave. Any such policies shall be consistent with the requirements of Section 5923.05 of the Ohio Revised Code and shall also ensure that eligible employees are entitled to all rights and benefits conferred by the federal Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”).

VACATIONS. Employees in the full-time positions covered by the Personnel Schedule receive the following annual vacations with pay, and such amounts shall be pro-rated for regular part-time employees based upon their hours of work:

1. a. Employees who have completed a minimum of one year of service, but less than six work years, shall receive twelve (12) working days of vacation.
2. b. Employees who have completed six work years, but less than eleven work years, shall receive fourteen (14) working days of vacation.
3. c. Employees who have completed eleven work years, but less than sixteen work years, shall receive eighteen (18) working days of vacation.
4. d. Employees who have completed sixteen work years, but less than twenty work years, shall receive twenty (20) working days of vacation.
5. e. Employees who have completed twenty work years, but less than twenty-five work years, shall receive twenty-two (22) working days of vacation.
6. f. Employees who have completed twenty-five work years or more shall receive twenty-five (25) working days of vacation.