Employee Leave. Section 1. On January 1 of each year employees will be granted leave time according to the following schedule: EL Days EL Hours ESL Hours Year 0 (Hire date – 12/31) 5.83 140 112 Years 1 & 2 5.83 140 112 Years 3 & 4 6.83 164 112 Years 5 & 6 8.33 200 112 Years 7 & 8 8.83 212 112 Years 9 & 10 9.83 236 112 Years 11 & 12 11.33 272 112 Years 13 & 14 12.29 295 112 Year 15 & above 12.33 296 112 Eligible employees shall accrue and manage their paid leave time as Employee Leave time. This time can be used for personal business, vacations, leisure time, and illness. Employees shall also be provided and are able to accumulate Extended Sick Leave (ESL), which can be used for extended or major incidents/illnesses lasting more than 16 consecutive hours. Examples include, but are not limited to, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease and illness or it can be used for shorter term illnesses of employees who have exhausted their EL. Leave time will be credited to employees with less than one (1) year of service in two (2) installments, with the first installment occurring on January 1 and the second installment occurring on July 1. Employees that begin employment on days other than January 1 or July 1 will receive a prorated amount of leave time based on their initial date of service and its proximity to the preceding credit disbursement date. The second installment will consist of 50% of the employee's yearly leave. The scheduling of Employee Leave shall be at the discretion of the Fire Chief or their designee with the expectation that an employee should normally submit the leave request in advance in a time equal to the amount of time being requested off, unless the employee is requesting time off due to illness or injury. The City Manager must approve any request for leave which exceed four (4) twenty (24) hour shifts. The Fire Chief may require that an employee produce a physician's statement of illness or injury and/or a release to return to regular duty for patterned or excessive usage or suspected abuse of leave. Section 2. Any employee who resigns, terminates or retires from the Department shall be paid in a lump sum for all earned but unused Employee Leave payable on an hour for hour basis at the employee's then base hourly rate. In the event of the death of an employee all earned but unused Employee Leave shall be paid in a lump sum to the employee's next of kin or estate as designated by the employee. Section 3. Employee Leave shall be taken at a time approved by the Fire Chief or his designee. Employees shall receive timely notice of the approval of their requested vacation leave (usually within 72 hours) and said approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Section 4. Employee leave may not be requested for the day of, the day before or day after any of the six (6) major holidays.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Employee Leave. Section 1. On January 1 of each year employees will be granted leave time according to the following schedule: EL Days EL Hours ESL Hours Year 0 (Hire date – 12/31) 5.83 140 112 Years 1 & 2 5.83 140 112 Years 3 & 4 6.83 164 112 Years 5 & 6 8.33 200 112 Years 7 & 8 8.83 212 112 Years 9 & 10 9.83 236 112 Years 11 & 12 11.33 272 112 Years 13 & 14 12.29 295 112 Year 15 & above 12.33 296 112 Eligible employees shall accrue and manage their paid leave time as Employee Leave time. This time can be used for personal business, vacations, leisure time, and illness. Employees shall also be provided and are able to accumulate Extended Sick Leave (ESL), which can be used for extended or major incidents/illnesses lasting more than 16 consecutive hours. Examples include, but are not limited to, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease and illness or it can be used for shorter term illnesses of employees who have exhausted their EL. Leave time will be credited to employees with less than one (1) year of service in two (2) installments, with the first installment occurring on January 1 and the second installment occurring on July 1. Employees that begin employment on days other than January 1 or July 1 will receive a prorated amount of leave time based on their initial date of service and its proximity to the preceding credit disbursement date. The second installment will consist of 50% of the employee's yearly leave. The scheduling of Employee Leave shall be at the discretion of the Fire Chief or their designee with the expectation that an employee should normally submit the leave request in advance in a time equal to the amount of time being requested off, off unless the employee is requesting time off due to illness or injury. The City Manager must approve any request for leave which exceed four (4) twenty (24) hour shifts. The Fire Chief may require that an employee produce a physician's statement of illness or injury and/or a release to return to regular duty for patterned or excessive usage or suspected abuse of leave.
Section 2. Any employee who resigns, terminates terminates, or retires from the Department shall be paid in a lump sum for all earned but unused Employee Leave payable on an hour for hour basis at the employee's then base hourly rate. In the event of the death of an employee all earned but unused Employee Leave shall be paid in a lump sum to the employee's next of kin or estate as designated by the employee.
Section 3. Employee Leave shall be taken at a time approved by the Fire Chief or his their designee. Employees shall receive timely notice of the approval of their requested vacation leave (usually within 72 hours) and said approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 4. Employee leave Leave may not be requested for the day of, the day before or day after any of the six (6) major holidays.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Employee Leave. Section 1. On January 1 of each year employees will be granted leave time according to the following schedule: EL ESL Days EL Hours ESL Hours Year 0 Ø (Hire date – 12/31-12/31) 5.83 140 112 Years 1 & 2 1&2 5.83 140 112 Years 3 & 4 3&4 6.83 164 112 Years 5 & 6 5&6 8.33 200 112 Years 7 & 8 7&8 8.83 212 112 Years 9 & 10 9&10 9.83 236 112 Years 11 & 12 11&12 11.33 272 112 Years 13 & 14 13&14 12.29 295 112 Year 15 & and above 12.33 296 112 Eligible employees shall accrue and manage their paid leave time as Employee Leave time. This time can be used for personal business, vacations, leisure time, and illness. Employees shall also be provided and are able to accumulate Extended Sick Leave (ESL), which can be used for extended or major incidents/illnesses lasting more than 16 consecutive hours. Examples include, but are not limited to, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease and illness illness, or it can be used for shorter term illnesses of employees who have exhausted their EL. Leave time will be credited to employees with less than one (1) 1 year of service in two (2) installments, with the first installment occurring on January 1 and the second installment occurring on July 1. Employees that begin employment on days other than January 1 or July 1 will receive a prorated amount of leave time based on their initial date of service and its proximity to the preceding credit disbursement date. The second installment will consist of 50% of the employee's ’s yearly leave. The scheduling of Employee Leave shall be at the discretion of the Fire Chief or their designee with the expectation that an employee should normally submit the leave request in advance in a time equal to the amount of time being requested off, unless the employee is requesting time off due to illness or injury. The City Manager must approve any request for leave which exceed four (4) twenty (24) 24 hour shifts. The Fire Chief may require that an employee produce a physician's ’s statement of illness or injury and/or a release to return to regular duty for patterned or excessive usage or suspected abuse of leave.
Section 2. Any employee who resigns, terminates or retires from the Department shall be paid in a lump sum for all earned but unused Employee Leave payable on an hour for hour basis at the employee's then base hourly rate. In the event of the death of an employee all earned but unused Employee Leave shall be paid in a lump sum to the employee's next of kin or estate as designated by the employee.
Section 3. Employee Leave shall be taken at a time approved by the Fire Chief or his designee. Employees shall receive timely notice of the approval of their requested vacation leave (usually within 72 hours) and said approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 4. Employee leave may not be requested for the day of, the day before or day after any of the six (6) major holidays.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement