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The City of Knoxville offers a generous leave package to all full-time employees: 


HOLIDAYS - Paid holidays include New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Veteran's Day is observed day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

ANNUAL LEAVE - Permanent full-time employees hired after Dec. 31, 1984, accrue annual vacation leave as follows: from 0 to 3 years = 10 days, from 3 to 7 years = 15 days, from 7 to 12 years = 20 days, more than 12 years = 24 days.

VACATION SELL - The City allows you to sell up to 50% of the annual leave you accrue that year. This can be used to help pay for your benefits, or it can simply increase your salary.

SICK LEAVE - City employees, other than regular part time and temporary employees, earn sick leave with pay on the basis of one (1) day per month (12 days per year). Sick leave begins to accrue at the end of the first pay period. Sick leave may be utilized for the employee's own illness or for medical and dental appointments.

SICK LEAVE BANK - Occasionally City employees contract a catastrophic illness or injury and exhaust their leave balances. The Sick Leave Bank is established to provide an optional benefit for employees who wish to join in order to accommodate such disabling circumstances.

PARENTAL LEAVE - Employees may be eligible for up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave.  Employees who have been employed full-time for at least twelve (12) consecutive months may be absent for a period not to exceed four (4) months for Parental Leave.  Parental Leave shall be counted against the employee’s FMLA leave balance.

FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE - The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period for specified family and medical reasons, or for any "qualifying exigency" arising out of the fact that a covered military member is on active duty, or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty, in support of a contingency operation.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE - In case of a death in a permanent employee's immediate family, the employee shall be given 7 days off with pay to attend the funeral.  Bereavement Leave is also available for certain extended family members, either 3 or 5 days depending on the proximity of the funeral.

MILITARY LEAVE - Employees of the City of Knoxville who are members of any military reserve organization are entitled a maximum of fifteen (15) working days annually of paid military leave when engaged in the performance of duty or training in the Military Reserve.