Vacation dates - correctional officers. Vacation dates for correctional officers shall be determined as follows. A. Correctional officers shall request vacation dates in December of each year for dates preferred for vacation in the next calendar year. A vacation calendar will be established for each shift which correctional officers will be provided the opportunity, by order of seniority ranking, to sign for scheduling of vacations. Preferred vacation dates shall be granted on the basis of seniority for each shift insofar as possible, subject to the requirements of service. During initial vacation selection, and in the event no five-day vacation slot is available due to regular days off differences, an employee may take less than a five-day slot for vacation. Employees will be allowed two opportunities during the calendar year to request single vacation days (January and July). Single-day vacation requests will be approved provided they do not create an undue hardship on the command post and/or management. B. In the month of January, employees who are not successful in obtaining a period for vacation due to the seniority preference system, will be accorded opportunity to request open vacation periods on a first-come, first-served basis. Such requests would be granted insofar as possible subject to the requirements of service. C. Vacation date schedules after January will be granted as the workload permits and based on the date of application regardless of seniority. D. Vacations granted during "prime time" shall be limited to a maximum of two weeks. Prime time is defined as the period from June first to August thirty-first inclusive, and the Holiday season. E. Opening day of the general rifle season to the close of the general season, as determined by the Montana State Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Department, shall be considered premium time. During such premium time employees shall be restricted to vacation requests limited to one week. F. During the selection month of December, officers must choose their vacation period within 48 hours of being shown the available vacation dates. An officer who does not choose a vacation period within 48 hours will be moved to the bottom of the vacation seniority list.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
