Vacation time is intended to provide a time to rest and relax during the course of a year’s work. Whenever possible, the College will grant employees’ vacation requests when requested by an employee. Departmental needs must be met, however, and vacation should not be planned nor taken without prior request and approval. This describes the procedures for vacation accrual and usage by full-time and part-time, twelve-month employees who normally work 40 and 30 hours per week, respectively. Employees with less than 12-month contracts are not eligible for vacation. (Employees with the vacation accrual benefit hired before July 1, 1999, will retain their rights to vacation accrual even if they are not twelve-month, full-time employees.)