Scheduled Annual Leave. (1) A training plan will be provided to each department by January 15th of each year to assist in the development of Scheduled Annual Leave schedules. The Scheduled Annual Leave schedules shall be forwarded to the Employer for approval and be posted in the Department by March 1st. Such approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
Scheduled Annual Leave. Choice of Scheduled Annual leave for the Fire Suppression Division shall be granted by Battalion, by Department seniority, as provided by Department Standard Operating Procedure; and all employees will be allowed to take up to their maximum accumulation, if taken in (4 shift) vacation periods. The Annual leave period shall be exclusive of the Christmas - New Year’s period as defined by the Fire Chief. Open vacation slots shall be available to all members of the suppression division regardless of classification. No more than two (2) EMPLOYEES shall utilize these opportunities during the same single shift.
Scheduled Annual Leave. (Not less than one (1) week continuous duration for vacation purposes.) Approval of an employee's request for scheduled annual leave will be granted, subject to workload requirements, as determined by the supervisor. Requests for scheduled annual leave will be submitted not later than 1 February. Management will consider leave requests beginning any day of the week provided, shift coverage is available and workload requirements can be met. If a conflict arises between two (2) or more Unit employees, where such employees cannot be scheduled for the same period because of workload requirements, the supervisor and employees concerned will try to resolve the conflict by mutual agreement. If mutual agreement cannot be reached, the employee with the longest continuous service with the department/section will be scheduled for leave. Seniority rights for this purpose can only be exercised once in any calendar year. An employee exercising these rights may only do so for the same leave period every other year.
