Unduly Disruptive Days. If overtime is necessary to cover the employee's requested time off under this Section (i.e., the employee's leave will cause or has caused the shift to fall below the Chief's established minimum shift staffing) the City shall so advise the employee. Overtime rules shall apply in order to fill vacancies caused by a Time Due request except as expressly modified by this Article. It is agreed by the parties that the implementation of such Time Due rules will necessitate additional administrative and operations efforts in order to fill such Time Due slot(s), thus causing undue disruption to the Department's operation. If overtime is necessary to cover the employee's requested time off under this Section, the parties hereto agree that such request cannot be filled within a reasonable period of time without unduly disrupting the operations of the Police Department. In such case, the employee shall have the following options:
i) to direct the City to forego the request for time off and requisition payment of banked time (e.g., 12 hours requested at time and a half equals 18 hour reduction in the Time Due bank ) on the next regular payroll check;
ii) to withdraw the request and to resubmit a request for leave at another time that does not cause overtime; or, take the leave requested.
iii) If the leave requested causes overtime, the scheduled employee taking the leave shall be designated as having taken an “unduly disruptive day” and the scheduled employee's Time Due bank shall be reduced by time and one- half for each hour granted off (e.g., 12 hour Time Due at time and a half equals 18 hour reduction in Time Due bank). If no overtime is required, the request shall be deemed to be not unduly disruptive, and the employee taking the leave shall have his Time Due bank reduced hour for hour (e.g., 12 hours off equals 12 hours reduction in Time Due bank). If the City is unable to secure an off duty employee to fill the requested Time Due slot at all, then the request may be denied in its entirety as unduly disruptive.
Unduly Disruptive Days. If overtime is necessary to cover the employee’s requested time off under this Section (i.e., the employee’s leave will cause or has caused the shift to fall below the Chief’s established minimum shift staffing) the Shift Commander shall so advise the
