Application for Other Leave. Each employee shall be responsible for reducing annual leave for the following year to not more than the 440 hours maximum allowed. After all employees have had all of the opportunities to schedule their vacations for the following year; any additional leave needs of the employee shall be subject to the following procedures:
Application for Other Leave. After all of the employees have had all of the opportunities to schedule their vacations for the following year, any additional leave needs of the employee shall be in accordance with the following procedures:
Application for Other Leave. After all employees have had all of the opportunities, (meaning the junior employee has had their opportunity to sign on the second go around) to schedule their vacations for the following year; any additional leave needs of the employee shall be subject to the following procedures:
Application for Other Leave. Each employee shall be responsible for reducing annual leave for the following year to not more than the 440 hours maximum allowed. After all employees have had all of the opportunities to schedule their vacations for the following year; any additional leave needs of the employee shall be subject to the following procedures: Employees may sign on a first-come, first-serve basis for those weeks remaining on the leave schedules. Employees must have previously uncommitted annual leave for each week for which they sign. An employee with two (2) weeks notification to their supervisor on a Form 3971 may elect to use 3-5 days of Annual Leave within the week signed for. For all other reasons outside of or in addition to the allotted vacation slots, employees requiring leave of any length, will contact his/her immediate supervisor and request the leave. The employee is responsible to insure that the immediate supervisor acknowledges receipt of their request (via a signed PS Form 3971). At the employees request a copy of the Form 3971, initialed by the supervisor, shall be given to the employee at the time of the request. The immediate supervisor shall evaluate the request considering the needs of the Postal Service and the welfare of the individual employee. The supervisor shall determine whether or not the employee can be granted the leave and shall inform the employee as soon as possible, but in no event later than the end of the tour on the work day following the day on which the requests was made. Where no action was taken within this period, the request for such period must be approved. Awarding of annual and/or leave without pay, in amounts of less than eight (8) hours on a daily basis shall be on a first-come, first-serve basis and shall be handled independently of schedule annual leave.
