Employee Requests For Vacation or Other Time Off. In order for supervisors to post schedules by the fifteenth (15th) day of each month (twenty-second [22nd] for nursing service), employee requests for vacation or other time off shall be presented in writing on the prescribed form prior to the first (1st) day of the month in advance. All nursing services requests for earned leave need to be submitted in writing by the first (1st) of the month in advance. Requests for Earned Leave will be given preference based on the date received except that two requests received on the same day shall be decided by seniority. Requests shall be granted or denied based on the Hospital’s ability to adequately staff departments and will be granted if staffing levels permit. Such granting or denial shall be made in writing as soon as possible, but in no event longer than ten (10) days from the date of the request. Requests for time off will not be considered earlier than six (6) months in advance regardless of the date they are submitted. All requests submitted earlier than the first of the month preceding the sixth (6th) month in advance of the month in which the Earned Leave is requested shall be considered as being submitted on the same date. To be considered, fifty percent (50%) or more of the Earned Leave request must fall within that month which is identified for this early scheduling. When approved and scheduled, the employee must submit a time and attendance request form for Earned Leave for the pay period in which the Earned Leave will be used. Employees will be not be required to have all of the Earned Leave time available that they are requesting at the time of approval provided that the employee seeking time off is expected to have a sufficient Earned Leave balance to cover the requested time. In addition, at the point of the requested time off the employee must have accrued the amount of time needed in order to fulfill the Earned Leave request. If insufficient Earned Leave balance exists at the point of the requested time off, the Earned Leave request will be denied.
Employee Requests For Vacation or Other Time Off. Employee requests for vacation or other time off shall be presented in writing on the prescribed form two weeks in advance. Requests for PTO will be given preference based on the date received except that two requests received on the same day shall be decided by seniority. Requests shall be granted or denied based on the employer’s ability to adequately staff departments and will be granted if staffing levels permit. Such granting or denial shall be made in writing as soon as possible, but in no event longer than ten (10) days from the date of the request. Requests for time off will not be considered earlier than six (6) months in advance regardless of the date they are submitted. All requests submitted earlier than the first of the month preceding the sixth (6th) month in advance of the month in which the PTO is requested shall be considered as being submitted on the same date. To be considered, fifty percent (50%) or more of the PTO request must fall within that month which is identified for this early scheduling. When approved and scheduled, the employee must submit a time and attendance request form for PTO for the pay period in which the PTO will be used. Employees will be not be required to have all of the PTO time available that they are requesting at the time of approval provided that the employee seeking time off is expected to have a sufficient PTO balance to cover the requested time. In addition, at the point of the requested time off the employee must have accrued the amount of time needed in order to fulfill the PTO request. If insufficient PTO balance exists at the point of the requested time off, the PTO request will be denied.
