PTO for Vacation Use Sample Clauses

PTO for Vacation Use. PTO shall only be utilized at the request of the employee. All PTO for vacation use must be scheduled in advance and be approved by the Unit Director/Manager. The Employer shall have the right to schedule this PTO in such a way as will least interfere with patient care and work load requirements of the Medical Center. Nurses shall notify the Unit Director/Manager of their proposed peak summer vacation time by March 1 and winter peak vacation by August 1 of each year. Summer peak vacation times are Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, and peak winter vacations are the Monday prior to Thanksgiving through January 5. Nurses who give such notice will be notified of their vacation dates by the Unit Director/Manager by April 1 for peak summer vacations and by September 1 for peak winter vacations. Nurses will be notified of all other non-peak vacation dates within one (1) month of submitting a vacation request. In the event of conflicting requests by nurses for vacation time, length of service by department shall prevail one (1) time annually in a calendar year, provided requests are submitted in accordance with the above time frames, with the exception of holiday vacation requests that shall be rotated. Conflicts involving vacation requests submitted after March 1 and August 1 shall be resolved based on the submitted date and nurses submitting these requests will be notified within thirty (30) calendar days after such requests. Nurses shall not be required to find their own replacements for PTO vacation requests made prior to the posting of the schedule.