Employees, excluding extra help or as herein otherwise provided, shall be entitled to vacation with pay in accordance with the following schedules. Such accrual shall be pro­rated for any employees, except extra help, who work less than full-time during a pay period.

(1)     During the first 5 years of continuous service, vacation will be accrued at the rate of 4.0 hours per biweekly pay period worked.

(2)     After the completion of 5 years of continuous service, vacation will be accrued at the rate of 4.9 hours per biweekly pay period worked.

(3)     After the completion of 10 years of continuous service, vacation will be accrued at the rate of 5.9 hours per biweekly pay period worked.

(4)     After the completion of 15 years of continuous service, vacation will be accrued at the rate of 6.5 hours per biweekly pay period worked.

(5)     After the completion of 20 years of continuous service, vacation will be accrued at the rate of 6.8 hours per biweekly pay period worked.

(6)     After the completion of 25 years of continuous service, vacation will be accrued at the rate of 7.4 hours per biweekly pay period worked.

(7)     No employee may carry an accumulation of more than 52 pay periods’ vacation accrual at any one time. However, employees may accrue unlimited vacation time in excess of the maximum when such vacation accrues due to remaining in a pay status during periods of illness or injury which precluded liquidating vacation credits earned in excess of the maximum allowed.

(8)     No vacation will be permitted prior to the completion of 13 full biweekly pay periods of continuous service.

(9)     Vacation may be used in increments of 6 minutes.

(10)   Extra help do not accrue vacation credits, except that the service of an employee in an extra help capacity may be included with service in a regular established position in computing vacation allowance for the purpose of this Section. However, such service in an extra help or seasonal capacity may not be included if it preceded a period of over 30 days during which the employee was not in a pay status.