Common use of Scheduling and Approval Clause in Contracts

Scheduling and Approval. All vacation leave must be scheduled through and authorized by the Chief (or designee). Members may take their vacation leave in increments of two (2) hours, provided, however, that a minimum of forty (40) hours must be taken on a consecutive hour basis each year of employment. The forty (40) hour block assignment of vacation shall be based upon requests submitted during the first week of February of each year. These requests will be considered on the basis of classification seniority with due regard for the anticipated needs of the Department. Approved forty (40) hour vacation blocks will not be cancelled except for an emergency. For purposes of this section, an emergency includes both those instances where the Chief (or designee) or Mayor declare a present emergency and those verifiable instances of serious injury or illness to an employee or his family as defined in Section 24.1.

Scheduling and Approval. All vacation leave must be scheduled through and authorized by the Chief (or designee). Members may take their vacation leave in increments of two (2) hours, provided, however, that a minimum of forty (40) hours must be taken on a consecutive hour basis each year of employment. The forty (40) hour block assignment of vacation shall be based upon requests submitted during the first week of February of each year. These requests will be considered on the basis of classification seniority with due regard for the anticipated needs of the Department. Approved forty (40) -hour vacation blocks will not be cancelled except for an emergency. For purposes of this section, an emergency includes both those instances where the Chief (or designee) or Mayor declare a present emergency and those verifiable instances of serious injury or illness to an employee or his family as defined in Section 24.125.1.