Leave for Personal Business. a) All employees, excepting those in emergency, per diem or temporary status shall be permitted 3 personal days off each calendar year with pay. Such personal days may be used for such occurrences as observance of religious holidays, Christmas shopping, absence due to severe weather conditions, or for other similar personal reasons, but shall not be used to extend a holiday or annual leave except as permitted in advance by the operating agency through prior written approval. Employees entitled to receive such leave who enter service during the year shall be given credit for such leave at the rate of 1/2 day for each 2 months service for the calendar year in which hired. Such personal leave may not be used in increments of less than two (2) hours at a time. Except for those emergency situations which preclude the making of prior arrangements, such days off shall be scheduled sufficiently in advance to be consistent with operating needs of the Employer. b) Personal leave shall not accumulate from calendar year to calendar year; nor shall any employee be entitled to payment for unused personal leave upon separation from the service except as provided in Section 8c(2) of the Personnel Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Leave for Personal Business. a) All employees, excepting those in emergency, per diem or temporary status employees shall be permitted 3 three (3) personal business days off each calendar year with pay. Such personal days may be used for such occurrences as observance observances of religious holidays, Christmas shopping, absence due to severe weather conditions, or for other similar personal reasons, but shall not be used to extend a holiday or annual leave except as permitted in advance by the operating agency Employer through prior written approval. Employees entitled to receive such leave who enter service during the year shall be given credit for such leave at the rate of 1/2 one-half (½) day for each 2 two (2) months service for the calendar year in which hired. Such personal leave may not be used taken in increments of less than two (2) hours ½ hour at a time. Supervisors may however, grant employee requests to use personal leave in smaller increments of fifteen (15) minutes after a minimum use of one-half (½) hour. Except for those emergency situations which preclude the making of prior arrangements, such days off shall be scheduled sufficiently in advance to be consistent with operating needs of the Employer.
b) . Personal leave shall not accumulate from calendar year to calendar year; nor shall any employee be entitled to payment for unused personal leave upon separation from the service except as provided in Section 8c(2) of the by law and/or Personnel CodeRule.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Leave for Personal Business. a) All employees, excepting those in emergency, per diem or temporary tem- porary status shall be permitted 3 personal days off each calendar calen- dar year with pay. Such personal days may be used for such occurrences as observance of religious holidays, Christmas shopping, absence due to severe weather conditions, or for other similar personal reasons, but shall not be used to extend a holiday holi- day or annual leave except as permitted in advance by the operating oper- ating agency through prior written approval. Employees entitled to receive such leave who enter service during the year shall be given credit for such leave at the rate of 1/2 day for each 2 months service for the calendar year in which hired. Such personal per- xxxxx leave may not be used in increments of less than two (2) hours at a time. Except for those emergency situations which preclude the making of prior arrangements, such days off shall be scheduled sufficiently in advance to be consistent with operating oper- ating needs of the Employer.
b) Personal leave shall not accumulate from calendar year to calendar cal- endar year; nor shall any employee be entitled to payment for unused personal leave upon separation from the service except as provided in Section 8c(2) of the Personnel Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement