Vacation Days Policy

The Company provides each eligible employee with vacation days. Employees are encouraged to use their vacation days within the year they were earned. Take a short trip, an extended weekend or pursue personal interests with the time you have earned. The Company feels this rest period will benefit you and your co-workers.

Vacation days are separate and distinct from sick leave and qualified FMLA leave; they do NOT take the place of Personal Days, Bereavement Leave, Birthday Leave, or Jury Duty. The other paid leave categories are explained in the following sections of the handbook.

Vacation days are awarded at the beginning of each person’s own hire anniversary date. The number of vacation days each employee earns depends on their own hire date, length of service and employment status.

Note: In some states (including California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, and Illinois), accrued vacation is treated as an earned wage that cannot be forfeited, so a policy requiring employees to forfeit unused vacation at year-end is not enforceable in those states. Where permitted by state law, the Company may apply a reasonable cap on vacation accrual instead of a use-it-or-lose-it forfeiture; consult applicable state law before enforcing any forfeiture provision.