Common use of Emergency Annual Leave Clause in Contracts

Emergency Annual Leave. EMPLOYEES may be granted emergency annual leave of up to four days at the sole discretion of the Fire Chief or his/her designee to address such verifiable things as family emergencies. The parties agree to meet and confer at mutually agreeable times every six months to discuss the usage. The EMPLOYER reserves the sole discretion to rescind the foregoing sections by February 1, 2020 based on its evaluation of usage and operational issues. Thereafter, these sections may be rescinded by the EMPLOYER based on budgetary reasons related to overtime costs resulting from usage of unscheduled annual leave. In the event that the EMPLOYER seeks to rescind the foregoing sections based on budgetary reasons, the EMPLOYER shall provide the UNION notice and shall further provided the UNION sixty (60) calendar days to rectify the problem to the satisfaction of the EMPLOYERS. Reports of usage of unscheduled annual leave will be provided to IAFF biannually (approximately every six months) and will be reviewed at the Labor/Management Committee meetings. In the event that the foregoing sections are rescinded, the following sections will apply:

Emergency Annual Leave. EMPLOYEES may be granted emergency annual leave of up to four days at the sole discretion of the Fire Chief or his/her designee to address such verifiable things as family emergencies. The parties agree to meet and confer at mutually agreeable times every six months to discuss the usage. The EMPLOYER reserves the sole discretion to rescind the foregoing sections by February 1, 2020 based on its evaluation of usage and operational issues. Thereafter, these sections may be rescinded by the EMPLOYER based on budgetary reasons related to overtime costs resulting from usage of unscheduled annual leave. In the event that the EMPLOYER seeks to rescind the foregoing sections based on budgetary reasons, the EMPLOYER shall provide the UNION notice and shall further provided provide the UNION sixty (60) calendar days to rectify the problem to the satisfaction of the EMPLOYERS. Reports of usage of unscheduled annual leave will be provided to IAFF biannually (approximately every six months) and will be reviewed at the Labor/Management Committee meetings. In the event that the foregoing sections are rescinded, the following sections will apply: