Annual Leave A. It is agreed that the use of accrued annual leave is a right, rather than a privilege, subject to management approval. B. Consistent with the needs of the employee and the Employer, annual leave requested in advance will generally be approved. Except in the event of an emergency or a serious work interruption, annual leave which has been approved will not be canceled. The supervisor canceling approved leave will make every effort to reschedule the leave at times desired by the employee. The Union will be given as much advance notice as possible when approved leave is canceled for a number of employees. C. Employees shall submit vacation requests by April 1st of each year. The Employer will prepare a written vacation schedule showing all requested and approved vacations by April 30th. Conflicts among bargaining unit employee leave requests will be resolved through the use of seniority. Seniority will be based upon the employee's Service Computation Date. Seniority may be exercised for a maximum of two (2) weeks selection each leave year. Employees exercising seniority will not be allowed the same two (2) week period two (2) years in succession. D. Once an employee has made his/her selection he/she will not be permitted to change his/her selection if such change would disturb the choice of another employee. Nothing in this section will preclude an employee from changing his/her scheduled vacation with another employee upon the mutual consent of the involved parties, subject to the approval of the supervisor. No supervisor will require an employee to exchange a scheduled vacation with another employee. E. Except in emergency situations, employees must request and obtain approval to use annual leave before the leave begins. When making routine requests for annual leave the employee need not state the reason for the leave request. F. When an employee is unable to report to work because of an emergency he/she will notify the appropriate leave-approving official within two (2) hours after his/her scheduled reporting time. Approval of annual leave for emergency situations will be granted when conditions warrant. G. When a continuous duty employee or an employee whose position requires continuous coverage is unable to report to work because of an emergency he/she must notify the appropriate leave-approving official at least one (1) hour in advance of his/her scheduled reporting time. If the emergency prevents the employee from calling in advance, the employee will ...
Annual Leave A. Employees will earn and accrue annual leave in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Requests for annual leave shall be made and approved in advance, except in cases of emergency. To the greatest extent possible, consistent with workload needs, annual leave will be approved in order to satisfy the preferences of and to provide equity among employees. In cases where an employee identifies the need to have a determination by a date certain, the supervisor shall respond to the employees request by that date. Requests for annual leave that are denied will be denied without prejudice and may be resubmitted. The employee will not be required to justify requests for annual leave, except when emergency leave is involved. Every effort will be made to accommodate requests for leave for religious holidays and for weddings, funerals, significant family events, and family emergencies. B. In an emergency that prevents an employee from submitting a leave request in advance, the employee must call his or her immediate supervisor at the beginning of the workday or as soon as possible thereafter. If the immediate supervisor is unavailable, the employee must use the call transfer procedure to talk to or leave a message with the person to whom the call is forwarded. The employee may be transferred to another supervisor by that person. C. Supervisory denial of a request for annual leave, including emergency annual leave, may be appealed to the next higher level supervisor. When the employee's request is denied by the next higher level supervisor, the reason for the denial shall be given to the employee as soon as possible. D. An employee who does not report to work when expected, including an employee whose request for emergency annual leave has been denied, will be put in an Absent Without Official Leave status pending clarification of the reason for the absence. E. Absence without official leave (AWOL) is an absence without pay that results from a determination by an employees supervisor or other Library official that no type of approved leave will be granted for a period of absence for which the employee did not obtain advance approval or for which a subsequent request for leave or excused tardiness was denied. A charge of an absence as AWOL does not, in itself, constitute a OGC Home Search Advanced Search» GO Legal References LCRs Labor Agreements Directives Special Announcements By Topic Resources Ethics FAQ Forms & Form Agreements About the OGC
