PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. A. An officer may be granted up to 30 hours of personal business time in any one calendar year with the prior approval of his supervisor.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. A. An officer may be granted up to 30 hours of personal business time in any one calendar year with prior approval of his Shift commander. The request for a full day of time off shall be granted if submitted at least 48 hours in advance. Personal Business time may be used in less than full day increments if it does not create overtime, except for the following exception. A request for a partial day off submitted 48 hours in advance consisting of at least three (3) hours that creates overtime will be approved if it is taken during a period contiguous with an overlapping shift such that the overtime can be covered with a hold-over or early call-in. If a request for Personal Business time is submitted less than 48 hours in advance, the officer’s Shift commander shall have the option of approving or disapproving the request. Personal business time will not be granted on designated holidays if the granting of such a request places the shift below minimum strength as determined by the department.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. A. An employee may be granted up to the number of hours equivalent to three (3) regular workdays as paid personal business time in any one calendar year.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. A. Upon completion of new hire probation, an employee shall be granted up to 30 hours of personal business time in any one calendar year with the prior approval of his supervisor.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. 16.1 An employee may be granted up to twenty (20) hours of personal business time in any one calendar year with the prior approval of the Fire Chief or his designee. Such personal business time must be requested three days in advance and must be for a specific purpose which the employee could not normally accomplish on his/her own time.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. Up to four (4) non-accrued business days per year shall be credited on January 1 for Appointees to conduct personal business.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. Section 1. Each employee, after completing 90 days of employment, may take personal time and receive pay for straight-time hours not worked while on such personal time for up to four
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME a. Up to two (2) 'days (16 hours) of paid personal business time shall be granted during each fiscal year of this Agreement.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. An employee hired before February 1, 1985 shall receive up to seven (7) paid days; an employee hired after February 1, 1985 but before February 1, 2007 shall receive up to five (5) paid days; and an employee hired after January 31, 2007 shall receive up to three (3) paid days for important personal business (including leave necessitated by deaths in the employee's immediate family, in addition to the leave provided in Section 10.6(f) below) during any calendar year. An employee shall receive such leave only upon giving his immediate supervisor notice of at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the absence. However, if the reason for leave is of an important intimate personal nature which would cause embarrassment to the employee, if it were revealed, the employee can inform the supervisor that he requests leave, but does not want to reveal the reason for leave because it involves a matter of an important intimate personal nature. Also provided, however, that if Agency's efficient operations could not accommodate the number of employees who request leave, the employee with the greatest seniority shall be entitled to, and employees with less seniority denied, leave. Personal leave days which are unused at the end of a calendar year shall be transformed into paid leave sick days to be available only for paid sick leave in subsequent years. Said sick days shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 10.9.
PERSONAL BUSINESS TIME. Managers are not entitled to the time applicable to most other employees known as Working Rule 5.7(a) and 5.7(b) time. Rather, managers shall be allowed a reasonable amount of absence from duty with pay for personal business reasons, consistent with the guidelines established by the Parties dated April 26, 2012, provided that: adequate notification is provided to the appropriate manager through prescribed procedures; operational needs are met; and adequate arrangements can be made to take care of the manager’s duties without undue interference with the normal routine of work. Personal business time is commonly referred to as “MEA time." The use of MEA time is not allowed for the purpose of leaves that are long-term or recurring partial day absences authorized by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Managers shall be allowed the use of vacation time in one hour increments for the purpose of FMLA as defined under Article 9.6. A non-salaried manager may be required to provide three-calendar days advance notice to the supervising manager for all time required, and all time used (partial and full days) by managers shall be properly documented and recorded in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
