Paid Time Off Scheduling. This Section applies only to situations NOT involving PTO taken for the purposes authorized under RCW 49.46.210 (1)(b) and (c). Employees must submit written requests at least one (1) week prior to the date the requested paid time off commences. Employees will be expected to notify their supervisor or the service office phone message line of illness at least two (2) hours prior to their first assignment of the day unless there is a verifiable emergency preventing an employee from fulfilling this requirement. The Employer shall grant the requests consistent with client service needs. The Employer shall retain the final right to approve or deny all paid time off to meet critical client care needs but shall not do so in an unreasonable or arbitrary manner. Approval of a paid time off will be based on seniority for the initial paid time off request. This written request must be received by the last business work day in February of each year for the period through the last day of February of the following year. The Employer will respond to all requests by March 22 of each. After March 1 of each year, paid time off requests will be approved on a first come, first serve basis. Home Care Providers are encouraged to include a second choice in their initial paid time off request in case the first preference cannot be accommodated. Home Care Providers may also request unpaid leave time in addition to paid leave time they have accrued or will have accrued by the time of the paid time off request, on an availability basis.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement