Bereavement Leave and Holiday Pay for Hollywood Fire Rescue Employees
ARTICLE 12: BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Sec. 1:
In the event of a death in the immediate family, employees shall receive time off without loss of pay or benefits.
For in-state burials:
- Shift personnel: One (1) shift or twenty-four (24) hours off
- Forty-hour personnel: Three (3) consecutive workdays off
For out-of-state burials:
- Shift personnel: Two (2) consecutive shifts or forty-eight (48) hours off
- Forty-hour personnel: Five (5) consecutive workdays off
Sec. 2:
Immediate family includes:
- Spouse/children/step-children
- Father/mother
- Step-father/step-mother
- Father-in-law/mother-in-law
- Brother/sister/step-brother/step-sister
- Brother-in-law/sister-in-law
- Grandparents/grandparents-in-law
- Domestic partners (as defined by Broward County or other county/state registration, or with City approval)
- Any person acting in such a capacity relative to the employee
Sec. 3:
Bereavement leave may be considered for other related family or legal residents of the employee’s household at the time of death.
Sec. 4:
The City may require documentation supporting bereavement leave upon the employee’s return to work.
Sec. 5:
Additional time off may be available as emergency leave at the Fire Chief’s discretion, with appropriate repayment provisions.
ARTICLE 13: HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAY PAY
Sec. 1:
The following holidays shall be observed:
- New Year’s Eve / New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday
- President’s Day / Memorial Day
- Independence Day (Fourth of July)
- Labor Day / Veteran’s Day
- Thanksgiving Day / The day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve / Christmas Day
…and any other holiday declared by federal, state, or municipal government, if adopted by the City of Hollywood.
Sec. 2:
Shift personnel in employment status during a holiday shall receive twelve (12) hours of holiday pay, either in the last November pay or earlier upon written request.
Sec. 3:
Non-shift personnel (including recruits) in employment status during a holiday shall receive twelve (12) hours of holiday leave, used on the actual holiday with remaining hours paid as in Section 2.
Sec. 4:
Forty (40) hour personnel have a floating birthday holiday, to be scheduled with Division Head approval during the calendar year.
ARTICLE 14: VACATIONS
Sec. 1:
(a) Regular full-time employees are eligible for paid vacation after their first employment anniversary.
(b) Vacation hours accrued from January through December must be used during the following calendar year (January 1 through December 31), with an additional eight (8) hours allowed to round off the last vacation shift.
(c) Employees must return to their regular duty assignment upon expiration of vacation hours, except as noted in Section 1(b).
(d) The Department will establish the vacation selection procedure.
(e) Employees absent due to work-related illness or injury accrue vacation time for up to eight (8) weeks. Accrual stops after eight weeks but resumes upon return to work without forfeiture of accrued time. If the employee retires or terminates due to the injury/illness, they receive payment for all accrued vacation time.
Sec. 2:
Annual vacation accrual is based on weekly work hours and seniority, prorated and credited bi-weekly.
Sec. 3:
Non-shift employees:
- 104 hours – less than eight (8) years of service
- 144 hours – eight (8) to eighteen (18) years of service
- 168 hours – eighteen (18) or more years of service
Sec. 4:
Shift employees:
- 200 hours – less than ten (10) years of service
- 224 hours – ten (10) or more years of service
Sec. 5:
Employees may convert up to 30% of their annual vacation accrual into a lump sum payment in the last November pay period. Shift employees exercising this option must use the remaining vacation time in a single block and receive only one pick in the vacation selection procedure.
Sec. 6:
On October 1 of each year (2009-2012 Agreement), employees receive an additional eight (8) hours of “use it or lose it” vacation, which must be used by December 31st of the next calendar year. This additional vacation cannot be carried over, converted to a lump sum payment, or paid out upon termination or retirement.