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ORAL AND WRITTEN PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS. Employees shall be granted reasonable time off with pay for the purpose of taking oral and written promotional examinations (including advanced pay grade selection) when such examinations are given by the City and scheduled during the employee's regular work hours; provided, however, that each employee entitled to such time off with pay shall give reasonable advance notice to the employee's supervisor. Such time off with pay may include travel time. Under no circumstances shall employees be granted overtime or adjusted time for participating in an oral promotional process or travel time related thereto which occurs prior to or after an employee's regular work hours. The Department agrees that any employee who may be assigned to work on a day that a written promotional examination is administered by the Personnel Department, and for which an employee has applied, shall be given priority in the scheduling of days off for that day. In the event that the Department is unable, due to staffing needs, to accommodate the requests of all employees who applied to take a written promotional examination, it is the responsibility of each employee not accommodated to arrange with the Personnel Department for a delayed administration of the examination.

ORAL AND WRITTEN PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS. Employees shall be granted reasonable time off with pay for the purpose of taking oral and written promotional examinations (including advanced pay grade selection) when such examinations are given by the City and scheduled during the employee's regular work hoursnormal working period; provided, however, that each employee entitled to such time off with pay shall give reasonable advance notice to the employee's supervisor. Such time off with pay may include travel time. Under no circumstances shall employees be granted overtime or adjusted time for participating in an oral promotional process or travel time related thereto which occurs prior to or after an employee's regular work hoursschedule. The Department agrees that any employee who may be assigned to work on a day that a written promotional examination is administered by the Personnel Department, and for which an employee has applied, shall be given priority in the scheduling of days off for that day. In the event that the Department is unable, due to staffing needs, to accommodate the requests of all employees who applied to take a written promotional examination, it is the responsibility of each employee not accommodated to arrange with the Personnel Department for a delayed administration of the examination.