§7-14B-18. Vacations for correctional officers.
The county commission of each county shall allow the
correctional officer in its employ vacation time accrued in the
following manner: For correctional officers with less than five
years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of one
and one-quarter days for each calendar month of service; for
correctional officers with five to ten years of service, vacation
time shall be accrued at the rate of one and one-half days for each
calendar month of service; for correctional officers with ten to
fifteen years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the
rate of one and three-quarters days for each calendar month of
service; and for correctional officers with fifteen or more years
of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of two days
for each calendar month of service.
Each correctional officer shall only receive vacation time for
each month in which he shall have worked one hour more than one
half the normal working hours in a given month as prescribed by the
sheriff.
Accrued vacation time may be carried forward from one calendar
year to the next, in accordance with county policy.