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Contract, temporary and part-time employees will not be paid for holidays not worked.

Full-time employees, other than Public Safety, scheduled to work on an official Augusta, Georgia holiday
shall be paid at a rate one and one-half times the regular rate for each hour worked during the actual holiday,
in addition to the employee’s holiday pay.

Section 100.007 Annual Leave/Sick Leave Accrual

Vacations are for rejuvenating both physical and mental faculties and all employees are urged to avail
themselves of vacation periods. Annual Leave (AL) may be used for vacations and personal use.

Eligibility for Annual Leave:

Full-Time Employees. All full-time employees shall be entitled to earn and accrue paid time off.

Temporary and part-time employees. Temporary and part-time employees shall not be eligible
for Annual Leave or Sick Leave.

Eligible non-SES employees begin to accrue Leave immediately upon employment and will be entitled to
take Annual Leave upon completion of six (6) months of employment. SES employees shall begin to accrue
Leave immediately upon employment and will be entitled to take Annual Leave immediately upon accrual.

Leave Accrual: No accrual of AL or SL is allowed while on leave of absence without pay, while suspended,
or while on workers' compensation or salary continuation in lieu of workers' compensation.

Earnings Rate for Annual Leave and Sick Leave Accrual for non-SES regular employees (excluding Fire
Suppression personnel).

Years of Annual Leave Sick Leave (SL) Total Annual
Service (AL) Per Pay Period
Per Pay AL SL
Period
0-1 year 1.85 Hours 3.69 Hours 48 96
1-3 years 3.69 Hours 3.69 Hours 96 96
3-5 years 4.62 Hours 3.69 Hours 120 96
5-10 years 5.54 Hours 3.69 Hours 144 96
10-15 years 6.46 Hours 3.69 Hours 168 96
15+ 6.92 Hours 3.69 Hours 180 96

Employees, who leave employment with Augusta, Georgia while in good standing and are then rehired
within one year, will have their accrued sick leave returned and rate of annual leave accruals reinstated,
provided they gave appropriate notification of resignation, worked out their notice, and funds are available
for reinstatement. Persons rehired after one year has passed will be treated as a newly hired employee with
no credit for previously worked time. Probationary employees have no rehire/reinstatement rights.
Section 100.008 Fire Suppression Personnel Paid Leave Policy

Fire Suppression Personnel begin to accrue Annual Leave/Sick Leave (AL/SL) immediately upon
employment and will be entitled to take vacation upon completion of six (6) months of employment.

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