Religious Observances. Members shall be entitled to make reasonable rearrangements of their duties upon due notice to permit them to observe the religious obligations and practices of their faiths.
Religious Observances. Up to two (2) days per calendar year, charged to accrued vacation, sick leave, or compensatory time, may be used for religious observances when school is in session. The employee must notify the employer at least ten calendar days in advance of the religious holiday of their intent to observe such holiday. The employer may waive this ten calendar day requirement if the employer determines that absence of such employee will not substantially interfere with the employer’s function.
Religious Observances. The company recognizes that the distribution of recognized holidays does not reflect the multi-faith nature of the workforce. Consequently, the following special arrangements have been established: A full-time employee who has completed probation as outlined in Article 6.01 of this Agreement, or a temporary employee who has worked for at least three (3) months, may apply to substitute up to two (2) of the recognized holidays listed in Article 18.01, on a day-for-day basis, for the purpose of religious observance, as follows:
(a) If it is possible to do so based on operational requirements, the Employer will schedule the employee to work one day less than ordinarily required during the week of the religious observance day, with the religious observance day being scheduled off. The employee will receive basic salary for the week in which the religious observance occurs.
(b) In such a case, the Employer will also schedule the employee to work one more day than ordinarily required during the week of the recognized holiday that is being substituted for the religious observance day. If the extra day worked that week is the recognized holiday, the employee will receive basic salary for the week plus a premium of one-half (½) times basic salary for the recognized holiday. If the extra day worked that week is not a recognized holiday, the employee will receive basic salary for the week.
(c) Employees who wish to substitute one or two recognized holidays for the purpose of religious observance will make such request in writing to the Employer by Jan. 15 of the year in which the proposed substitution(s) would take place. The Employer will notify the employee whether or not a substitution can take place as soon as possible, and no later than four (4) weeks before the date of the first applicable shift (either the recognized holiday to be worked or the religious observance day to be substituted). Decisions on all requests under this Article are subject to operational requirements. For the purposes of this Article, the Employer shall not exercise its judgment in an arbitrary fashion. In addition to the provisions of this Article, employees also may request a day off without pay for the purpose of religious observance, and/or may request a regularly scheduled day off for the purpose of religious observance. The Employer will endeavour to approve such requests, subject to operational requirements.
Religious Observances. Upon fifteen (15) days’ advanced notice, the Employer shall approve an Employee’s request for annual leave, personal leave, and/or compensatory time off for religious observances when the Employee’s personal religious beliefs require that the Employee abstain from work during certain periods of the work-day or work-week.
Religious Observances. Participation in child’s school or day care activities
Religious Observances.
(a) Upon request, an employee will be granted up to two days per calendar year without pay for the observance of spiritual or holy days not already acknowledged in this agreement. Such leave will not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) A minimum of two weeks’ notice is required for leave under this provision. Where two weeks’ notice is not possible due to the unpredictable nature of the spiritual or holy days, then as much notice as possible will be provided.
(c) Employees granted leave under this provision may utilize or reschedule CTO, ETO, unused vacation or lieu days.
Religious Observances. The employee will request in advance a leave of absence for recognized religious observances, in which case the manager must be notified in writing at least 2 (two) weeks prior to the time requested. In each case, the type of leave must be determined in consultation with the appropriate management staff. At the employee’s option, the leave of absence may be unpaid or vacation credits, or overtime accumulation, or lieu days may be used.
Religious Observances. Up to a total of three (3) days during the school year will be allowed for religious observances. These days shall be deducted from personal leave or sick leave. The ESP shall notify the Superintendent’s office whether s/he wants these days deducted from either personal leave or sick leave. These days will not affect the awarding of the attendance incentive (section 7.04).
Religious Observances. For personal child care in the event that care provider becomes unexpectedly unavailable.
Religious Observances. Persons who desire to observe a religious holiday and thereby must be absent from work shall notify their immediate supervisor in advance. The time off, when approved, will be charged to either the employee's personal leave, vacation leave or floating holidays.
