FILE: GBRK
VACATION
(ANNUAL LEAVE)
All full-time twelve (12) month, eight (8) hour/day employees of the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall earn annual leave with pay per fiscal year (July 1-June 30) as follows:
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Accrual Rate |
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Years of Service |
Per Pay Period |
Yearly Accrual |
Maximum Accrual |
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0-5 |
6.67 hours |
80 hours (10 days) |
400 hours (50 days) |
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Over 5-10 |
10.00 hours |
120 hours (15 days) |
400 hours (50 days) |
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Over 10-25 |
13.34 hours |
160 hours (20 days) |
400 hours (50 days) |
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Over 25 |
16.667 hours |
200 hours (25 days) |
400 hours (50 days) |
Requests for annual leave must be approved by the appropriate department head. All continuous employment as a nine (9) month or ten (10) month employee shall count in accumulating length of service to determine annual leave earned upon becoming a twelve (12) month employee.
Annual leave may be accumulated and carried forward as earned up to a maximum of fifty (50) working days. If any employee’s annual leave balance reached fifty (50) days, the accrual of leave will stop until the employee’s balance falls below the maximum fifty (50) days. Upon termination, resignation, retirement or death, unused annual leave shall be paid at the employee’s current daily rate. Payment shall be made to the employee on or before the next regular payday, but in no case later thank fifteen (15) days following the date of separation. Payment to the employee’s heirs will be made in accordance with applicable law.
DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PROGRAM (DROP)
Any employee of the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board who participates in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) shall be eligible for and may elect to receive on a one-time basis, payment for unused annual leave upon entering DROP on the same basis as any other employee who retires or otherwise leaves employment. Otherwise, any accrued annual leave shall be paid only upon final retirement of the employee.
| Revised: July, 1996 | Revised: July, 2007 |
| Revised: March, 2001 | Revised: July, 2023 |
| Revised: November, 2001 | Revised: August 21, 2024 |
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Revised: November, 2003 |
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§11:754, 11:786, 11:788, 17:81, 23:631
Board minutes, 6-19-96, 7-17-96, 7-18-07, 8-21-24
West Baton Rouge Parish School Board