An employee shall earn vacation for active service in a regular assignment or in an assignment in the same or another class in lieu of the employee's regular assignment in accordance with paragraph 1.1.
Active service means all of the time for which pay is received, excluding overtime.
Upon separation from employment, a permanent employee shall be entitled to lump sum compensation for all earned and unused vacation time. Vacations may be interrupted or terminated in order to begin illness leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, or military leave. Except as set forth in 1.13 below , in computing pay for vacation, all applicable salary differentials shall be included and vacations shall be paid at the base salary rate in effect at the time the vacation is taken. Once the employee has accrued vacation in an amount equal to the employee's vacation cap amount, the employee shall cease to accrue vacation until the employee uses vacation in an amount sufficient to reduce the employee's accumulated vacation balance below the employee's vacation cap amount. Employees are expected to take their vacation each year at any time or times approved by the appropriate supervisor.