Paid vacation for full-time city employees.
Memphis Code of Ordinances § 3-4-1
in effectSec. 3-4-1. - Paid vacation for full-time city employees.
A. All of the full-time employees of the city including the various boards, commissions and authorities created by the city, and including elected, appointed and civil service personnel, shall be permitted to take paid vacation time each calendar year according to the following schedule:
Service Requirement | Vacation Period
6 months but less than 1 year | 1 week (40 hours)
1 year but less than 6 years | 2 weeks (80 hours)
6 years but less than 7 years | 2 weeks, 1 day (88 hours)
7 years but less than 8 years | 2 weeks, 2 days (96 hours)
8 years but less than 9 years | 2 weeks, 3 days (104 hours)
9 years but less than 10 years | 2 weeks, 4 days (112 hours)
10 years but less than 11 years | 3 weeks (120 hours)
11 years but less than 12 years | 3 weeks, 1 day (128 hours)
12 years but less than 13 years | 3 weeks, 2 days (136 hours)
13 years but less than 14 years | 3 weeks, 3 days (144 hours)
14 years but less than 15 years | 3 weeks, 4 days (152 hours)
15 years but less than 17 years | 4 weeks (160 hours)
17 years but less than 19 years | 4 weeks, 1 day (168 hours)
19 years but less than 21 years | 4 weeks, 2 days (176 hours)
21 years but less than 23 years | 4 weeks, 3 days (184 hours)
23 years but less than 25 years | 4 weeks, 4 days (192 hours)
25 years and over | 5 weeks (200 hours)
Provided, however, that all full-time members of the city fire services division who are engaged in an extended scheduled workweek of 56 hours or more shall be permitted to take paid vacation time for each calendar year according to the following schedule:
Service Requirement | Vacation Period
6 months but less than 1 year | 2 weeks
1 year but less than 6 years | 4 weeks
6 years but less than 7 years | 4 weeks, 1 day
7 years but less than 8 years | 4 weeks, 2 days
8 years but less than 9 years | 4 weeks, 2 days
9 years but less than 10 years | 4 weeks, 2 days
10 years but less than 11 years | 5 weeks
11 years but less than 12 years | 5 weeks, 1 day
12 years but less than 13 years | 5 weeks, 2 days
13 years but less than 14 years | 5 weeks, 2 days
14 years but less than 15 years | 5 weeks, 2 days
Over 15 years | 6 weeks
B. The first schedule of this section shall take effect from and after January 1, 1976, and shall apply to any regular full-time employee of the fire services division who is employed and who regularly serves on a routine 40-hour work week.
(Code 1967, § 2-9.1; Code 1985, § 2-1; Ord. No. 63, § 1, 11-21-1967; Res. of 12-12-1967 §§ 1—5; Ord. No. 217, § 1, 7-23-1968; Ord. No. 1352, §§ 1, 2, 7-5-1972; Ord. No. 2358, §§ 1, 2, 12-30-1975)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT3PE_CH3-4PEREGE_S3-4-1PAVAFUMEEMFetched: 10/28/2026