Holiday Office Closure. The City Manager may elect to close certain City offices to the public between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. However, it will also be necessary to have a base level of staffing to open and operate certain offices during core business hours. Not all departments will be impacted as some public services must be provided on a continual basis. To accommodate these needs, the City will provide all unit members a bank of thirty-two (32) HOLIDAY CLOSURE HOURS. An employee will have the option, with Department Head approval, to use HOLIDAY CLOSURE HOURS at any point between November 1 – December 31. There are no exceptions to these dates. HOLIDAY CLOSURE HOURS cannot be cashed-out and carry no cash value. Unused hours will be forfeited. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that required hours are taken off work prior to the end of each applicable fiscal year. Management will make every effort to accommodate employees’ requests for the equivalent hours of time off. No Employee shall lose the floating holiday time as a result of a denied time-off request. The Holiday Office Closure is neither grievable nor appealable. However, employees who believe that the Holiday Officer Xxxxxxx has not been administered according to the provisions of this agreement, including not being granted the time off, may request a review by an advisory committee composed of one (1) union representative and one (1) City Management representative.
Holiday Office Closure. For the term of this contract, employees shall be paid for the following closure days for • December 27, 28, 29, 30, 2021, a total of thirty-two 32 hours, four (4) days • December 27, 28, 29, 30, 2022, a total of thirty-two 32 hours, four (4) days This shall be in addition to the paid holidays of Christmas and New Year’s Day. The Holiday Office Closure will apply to full and part-time City Employees. Department heads will assess their operations to determine the extent to which they will participate in total or partial closure of office to the public during the specified period. Those departments for which it is impractical to consider closure for the days listed below will establish alternate days for employees to use the required Holiday Office Closure hours. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that required hours are taken off work prior to the end of each applicable fiscal year. Management will make every effort to accommodate employees’ requests for the equivalent hours of time off. The Holiday Office Closure is neither grievable nor appealable. However, employees who believe that the Holiday Officer Closure has not been administered according to the provisions of this agreement, including not being granted the time off, may request a review by an advisory committee composed of one (1) union representative and one (1) City Management representative.
Holiday Office Closure. The City Manager may elect to close certain City offices to the public between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. However, it will also be necessary to have a base level of staffing to open and operate certain offices during core business hours. Not all departments will be impacted as some public services must be provided on a continual basis. To accommodate these needs, the City will provide all unit members a bank of thirty-two
