Maricopa Community Colleges

Vacation Time

Vacation time is not applicable to Faculty, one semester only, or one year only employees.

PS, Crafts, Skill Center, Safety, Specially Funded and M&O employees are eligible for:

Years of ServiceAnnual VacationAccrue Per Hour PaidAccural Per Pay Period
Less than three years10 days0.0384623.08
Three years15 days0.0576924.62
Five years17 days0.0653855.23
Seven years20 days0.0769236.15

An employee will have their vacation accruals begin on the first working day following Governing Board approval (service date) or hire date whichever is later. When applicable, accrual rate for vacation will be adjusted on the employee's service date.

Vacation benefits for a given calendar year must be taken no later than December 31 of the following calendar year (see banking of vacation below).

MAT employees accrue vacation hours on a calendar year basis. MAT employee's will accrue .076923 vacation hours for each hour paid or 6.15 hours per pay period. This equates to one hundred sixty 160 hours for twelve (12) month full-time employees. All others will have their vacation benefits pro-rated.

Vacation benefits for a given calendar year must be taken no later than December 31 of the following calendar year (see banking of vacation).

Specially Funded (SPF) employees will accrue the same number of vacation days as their counterparts in a regular Governing Board approved policy group. Employees hired in specially funded faculty positions or whose external funding source prohibits vacation hours are not eligible to earn vacation.

Banking of Vacation Time
CEC, MAT, PS, Craft, Safety, Skill Center, M&O, and SPF* employees may carryover up to one years accrual of vacation hours. On December 31, each year, banking of vacation hours will occur for those employees eligible. The banking of hours will be done on a calendar year basis. The number of hours that can be banked (grandfathered) each December 31, are listed below. Please refer to your employee policy group manual for changes that may have been made prior to this listing.

Maximum Vacation Hours Bankable (Grandfathered)

Employee GroupPer YearLifetime Max
DaysHoursDaysHours
MAT64860480
PSA75660480
Crafts75667*536
Safety75662**496
M&O75663***496
Skill75660480

*Craft employees with fifteen years of service or more can bank up to 67 days (536 hours). Employees with less than fifteen years of service can bank up to 60 days (480 hours).

**Safety employees with ten years of service or more can bank up to 62 days (496 hours). Employees with less than ten years of service can bank up to 60 days (480 hours).

***M&O employees with ten years of service or more can bank up to 62 hours (496 hours). Employees with less than ten years of service can bank up to 60 days (480 hours)

Specially funded (SPF) employees have the same vacation carryover rules as their counterparts in a regular Governing Board approved policy group.

Purging of excess vacation hours
At the end of each calendar year, CEC, MAT, PS, Crafts, Safety, Skill Center, M&O and SPF employees will have their vacation hours purged if they exceed one year's accumulation plus the amount that will be banked, if any.

You can use the Use it or Lose it Calculator to determine if you will lose any hours at the end of the calendar year.

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