Common use of Scheduling of Annual Leave Clause in Contracts

Scheduling of Annual Leave. Annual Leave shall be taken at times approved by METRO for vacation or other personal reasons. METRO shall establish a schedule, which permits each Operator to take a minimum of all earned Annual Leave for the calendar year. The right of preference for dates on the Annual Leave schedule shall be governed by classification seniority, except as provided in Article 7.04E. A. The Annual Leave Bid Sheet containing designated Annual Leave spaces shall be as follows: Summer Bid (WD) 16 Summer Bid (WE) 14 End of Summer 13 Rest of Year (WD) 11 Rest of Year (WE) 10 During periods when regularly scheduled school service drops from the schedule, METRO and the Union will meet to determine the number of spaces to be added to the annual leave calendar for every full assignment dropped. B. Bidding for Annual Leave will be done by proxy every three (3) months, in conjunction with the quarterly bid sign-up, on the same day that an Operator bids for their work assignment. Each Operator will deposit their Annual Leave proxy with a bidding representative prior to 5:00pm on the Operator’s appointed day. Posting of Annual Leave during bidding shall be in order of seniority, beginning with the most senior Operator. Operators’ choices will be posted to the Annual Leave Calendar at the beginning of the day following the day they are received. An updated Annual Leave Calendar will be made available at each Operations Base as soon as possible following the posting of the previous day’s selections. The Annual Leave calendar shall indicate spaces guaranteed and spaces remaining open beginning with the first day of the bid cycle and extending through the following four

Scheduling of Annual Leave. Annual Leave shall be taken at times approved by METRO Metro for vacation or other personal reasons. METRO Metro shall establish a schedule, which permits each Operator to take a minimum of all earned Annual Leave for the calendar year. The right of preference for dates on the Annual Leave schedule shall be governed by classification seniority, except as provided in Article 7.04E. A. The Annual Leave Bid Sheet containing designated Annual Leave spaces shall be as follows: Summer Bid (WD) 16 Summer Bid (WE) 14 End of Summer 13 Rest of Year (WD) 11 Rest of Year (WE) 10 During periods when regularly scheduled school service drops from the schedule, METRO Metro and the Union will meet to determine the number of spaces to be added to the annual leave calendar for every full assignment dropped. B. Bidding for Annual Leave will be done by proxy every three (3) months, in conjunction with the quarterly bid sign-up, on the same day that an Operator bids for their her work assignment. Each Operator will deposit their her Annual Leave proxy with a bidding representative prior to 5:00pm on the Operator’s her appointed day. Posting of Annual Leave during bidding shall be in order of seniority, beginning with the most senior Operator. Operators’ choices will be posted to the Annual Leave Calendar at the beginning of the day following the day they are received. An updated Annual Leave Calendar will be made available at each Operations Base as soon as possible following the posting of the previous day’s selections. The Annual Leave calendar shall indicate spaces guaranteed and spaces remaining open beginning with the first day of the bid cycle and extending through the following fourfour quarterly bid cycles. C. The Annual Leave Calendar for the following quarterly work period will remain open to all Operators on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of an Operator’s classification seniority. All requests must be submitted by the Operator by 10:00am five (5) days in advance. Signing on Annual Leave for days that are left open on a first- come, first-served basis shall be handled as follows: An Operator shall fill out a “Request for Time Off” form indicating the date(s) on the calendar that she wishes. This form shall be turned in at the Base Dispatch desk and a copy returned to the Operator making the request. The Scheduling Department shall respond in writing to the Operator by 12:00 noon of the second regular work day (Saturdays, Sundays, holidays excluded) following the date the request was submitted. No later than each Tuesday, Metro shall make available at each Base an updated copy of the Annual Leave Calendar. The calendar shall indicate the spaces guaranteed and open spaces remaining from the current date through the end of the period available for sign up at the most recent quarterly bid sign-up.