Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
TERMINAL VACATION
NO: J-700
APPROVED:
Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
March 4, 2002
REVIEWED:
6/1/2018
REVISED:
4/22/2014
UPDATED:
6/1/2018
J-700-1
POLICY
Terminal vacation is a special pay status established by Chapter 1; Section 120.8 of the Kern
County Administrative Policies and Procedures, available for employees as they transition into
retirement. Eligible employees may voluntarily elect to enter into this special status. Employees
on terminal vacation status are employees of the County of Kern only for the purposes of
exhausting accrued vacation earned but not taken. Their position is deemed vacant on the date of
commencement of the terminal vacation.
Procedure A: Election of terminal vacation pay status
An employee electing to enter into terminal vacation status will:
Complete and sign the “Terminal Vacation” form (see attached);
Submit the form to the Personnel Division Commander;