All regular employees, excluding relief employees and temporary employees, are eligible for this benefit. Vacation time will accrue determined by length of service and position, and can only be taken after you have successfully completed your six-month provisionary period.
For those employees hired before December 8, 1992, your vacation time policy has been grand-fathered in. You will still receive the set amount that was offered to you at that time.
The specific accrual rates for each of the years are listed below, and may be found by clicking here as well.
To view accrual rates for the teacher positions please click here .
To view accrual rates for employees hired before 12/8/92 click here .
Eligibility:
Full time and part time employees are eligible for vacation the first of the month following 6 months of continuous service. A letter is sent by mail congratulating the employee on their six month anniversary and informing them of their eligibility for vacation time.
Contact:
Human Resources Department, x 4458 or benefits@judgerc.org .
In your first year of employment you will be given two and one half vacation days after completion of your trial period (6 months), and will accrue vacation time for the rest of the year as described below: (Note that this does not apply to teachers.)
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 40 hours
37.5 hours/week 1.44 hours/pay period 37.5 hours
30 hours/week 1.15 hours/pay period 30 hours
20 hours/week .77 hours/pay period 20 hours
Upon your first anniversary up until your fifth anniversary you will accrue vacation time each year, as follows:
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 3.08 hours/pay period 80 hours
37.5 hours/week 2.88 hours/pay period 75 hours
30 hours/week 2.31 hours/pay period 60 hours
20 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 40 hours
Upon your fifth anniversary up until your tenth anniversary , you will receive one week in a lump sum at the beginning of each calendar year, and accrue additional vacation time as described below:
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 3.08 hours/pay period 120 hours
37.5 hours/week 2.88 hours/pay period 112.50 hours
30 hours/week 2.31 hours/pay period 90 hours
20 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 60 hours
If you reach your 5th year anniversary midway through the calendar year, your 1-week vacation lump sum will be pro-rated based on the number of pay periods left in the year.
For example: An employee who works 37.5 hours a week reaches his/her 5th year anniversary in March; he/she would receive 37.5 hours every January 1st from this point forward. But as of March, there are 21 pay periods left in the year and 5 pay periods have passed since the first of January. As of March you are already 3 months into the year so the employee's vacation lump sum would be pro-rated as follows:
37.5 vacation hours (i.e., 1-week lump sum) divided by 26 pay periods in a year = 1.4423 hours per pay period
1.4423 x 21 pay periods remaining = 30.29 vacation hours would be the prorated portion of the upfront vacation time.
Upon your tenth anniversary through your fifteenth anniversary you will receive two weeks in a lump sum at the beginning of each calendar year, and accrue additional vacation time as described below:
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 3.08 hours/pay period 160 hours
37.5 hours/week 2.88 hours/pay period 150 hours
30 hours/week 2.31 hours/pay period 120 hours
20 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 80 hours
If you reach your 10th year anniversary midway through the year, your additional 1-week vacation lump sum will be pro-rated based of the number of pay periods left in the year.
For example: An employee who works 37.5 hours a week reaches his/her 10th year anniversary in March; he/she would receive 75 hours every January 1st from this point on. But as of March, there are 21 pay periods left in the year and 5 pay periods have passed since the first of January. As of March you are already 3 months into the year so the employee's vacation lump sum would be pro-rated as follows:
37.5 vacation hours (i.e., the additional 1-week lump sum) divided by 26 pay periods in a year = 1.4423 hours per pay period
1.4423 x 21 pay period remaining = 30.29 vacation hours would be the prorated portion of the upfront vacation time.
Upon your fifteenth anniversary and every year thereafter you will receive three weeks in a lump sum at the beginning of each calendar year, and accrue additional vacation time as described below:
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 3.08 hours/pay period 200 hours
37.5 hours/week 2.88 hours/pay period 187.5 hours
30 hours/week 2.31 hours/pay period 150 hours
20 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 100 hours
If you reach your 15th year anniversary midway through the year, your additional 1-week vacation lump sum will be pro-rated based of the number of pay periods left in the year.
For example: An employee who works 37.5 hours a week reaches his/her 15th year anniversary in March; he/she would receive 112.5 hours every January 1st from this point on. But as of March, there are 21 pay periods left in the year and 5 pay periods have passed since the first of January. As of March you are already 3 months into the year so the employee's vacation lump sum would be pro-rated as follows:
37.5 vacation hours (i.e., the additional 1-week lump sum) divided by 26 pay periods in a year = 1.4423 hours per pay period
1.4423 x 21 pay period remaining = 30.29 vacation hours would be the prorated portion of the upfront vacation time.
For those employees hired before December 8, 1992, your vacation time policy has been grand-fathered in. You will still receive the set amount that was offered to you at that time.
For those employees receiving 25 days of vacation time, you will receive 15 days the first of the calendar year and accrue 10 days of vacation time as described below:
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 3.08 hours/pay period 200 hours
37.5 hours/week 2.88 hours/pay period 187.5 hours
30 hours/week 2.31 hours/pay period 150 hours
20 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 100 hours
For those employees receiving 30 days of vacation time, you will receive 20 days the first of the calendar year and accrue 10 days of vacation time as described below:
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
40 hours/week 3.08 hours/pay period 240 hours
37.5 hours/week 2.88 hours/pay period 225 hours
30 hours/week 2.31 hours/pay period 180 hours
20 hours/week 1.54 hours/pay period 120 hours
If you are a teacher who is licensed in the areas of Moderate Disabilities (PreK-9) or (5-12) or Severe Disabilities (All), or have been granted a waiver in one of these areas by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, you will accrue a total of 50 vacation days. You will receive 3 weeks in a lump sum and accrue 7 weeks as described below. Upon being hired at JRC you will begin to accrue vacation time immediately. If you are hired midway through the year, or receive your waiver midway through the year, your 3-week vacation lump sum will be pro-rated based on the number of pay periods left in the year.
For example: A teacher who works 37.5 hours a week and is hired in June would receive 112.50 hours (i.e., 3 weeks) of vacation time on the following January 1st and every subsequent January 1st. However, from June to the end of the calendar year (December), there are 15 pay periods left. (11 pay periods have passed since the first of January). Therefore, the vacation lump sum would be pro-rated as follows:
112.50 vacation hours (i.e., the 3-week lump sum) divided by 26 pay periods in a year = 4.3269 hours per pay period
4.3269 x 15 payrolls remaining = 64.90 vacation hours would be the prorated portion of the upfront vacation time.
Regular Scheduled Hours Worked Vacation Accrual Earning Limit
37.5 hours/week 10.10 hours/pay period 375 hours
30 hours/week 8.08 hours/pay period 300 hours