MCC offers vacation time off with pay to eligible employees. Employees in the following employment classifications are eligible for paid vacation time:

The amount of paid vacation time you receive each year depends on how long you have been working.

Vacation Earning Schedule

1. Executive Director

2. Program Directors, Supervisory Personnel, Direct Service Staff, Office Managers

3. Intake Staff, Clerical Staff, Construction Crew

We calculate the length of your eligible service on the basis of a "benefit year." A "benefit year" is the 12-month period that begins when you start earning vacation time. Your benefit year may be extended for any significant leave of absence except military leave of absence. (Military leaves do not affect the benefit year calculation.) See the leave of absence policies in this handbook for information on how each type of leave affects vacation accruals.

Once you enter an eligible employment classification, you begin to earn paid vacation time according to the schedule in this policy. However, before you can use vacation time, you must complete a waiting period of 240 calendar days. After the waiting period, you can request to use your earned vacation time, including the vacation time that accrued during the waiting period.

You may not take less than one day vacation at a time. To schedule your vacation time, you should first ask for advance approval from your supervisor. Each request will be reviewed based on a number of factors, including our business needs and staffing requirements.

You will be paid for vacation time off at your base pay rate as of the time of the vacation. Vacation pay does not include overtime or any special forms of compensation such as incentives, commissions, bonuses, or shift differentials.

We encourage you to use your available paid vacation time for rest and relaxation. If you do not use your available vacation by the end of a benefit year, you will lose the unused vacation time.

If your employment terminates, you will be paid for any unused vacation time that has been earned through your last day of work. However, if MCC, in its sole discretion, terminates your employment for cause, you may lose any remaining unused vacation and will not be paid for it.