Each employee of the police department of the city of Houma shall, after one year of service, be entitled to and given with full pay an annual vacation leave of fourteen days during each calendar year; after five years of service, each such employee shall be entitled to and given with full pay an annual vacation leave of fourteen days plus one additional day for each year of service not to exceed a total of twenty-one (21) days. Such annual vacation leave shall not be denied to any such employee for any reason whatsoever.
La. R.S. § 33:2583