Vacation Leave Schedule (Dispatch Department Only). A. The employer will make the vacation schedule available for bidding no later than September 1st of each year for the following year. The employer will give a minimum of two weeks’ notice prior to the initial (round 1) vacation bidding. Dispatch department employees shall make their selection in person (by phone) or proxy (by email) within three calendar days, excluding their days off, to make their initial selections or they shall forfeit their right to select in turn and shall follow the last employee who has selected.
B. The Deck Bid Administrator(s) will be given priority to bid for vacation in a full week block not to exceed the accrued vacation balance. Once the Deck Bid Administrator has completed their vacation bid, other Bid Administrators within the group will bid next using their seniority. Crew Dispatchers, Dispatch Coordinators, and Relief Dispatchers will bid after the Bid Administrators using their seniority.
C. The initial (round 1) bidding selection will be full-week (40 hours) blocks with a maximum of (4) four weeks or 160 hours. No dispatch department employee may bid beyond their accrued and continuously accruing balance.
D. The secondary bidding selection (round 2) will open for Crew Dispatchers,
E. Vacation requests made outside the initial and secondary bidding period will be requested in 30 minutes increments. The request should be responded to as soon as practicable but no later than three working days from the date of the request
Vacation Leave Schedule (Dispatch Department Only). A. The Employer will make the vacation schedule available for bidding no later than September 1st of each year for the following year. The employer will give a minimum of two weeks’ notice prior to the initial (round 1) vacation bidding. Dispatch department employees shall make their selection in person (by phone) or proxy (by email) within three calendar days, excluding their days off, to make their initial selections or they shall forfeit their right to select in turn and shall follow the last employee who has selected.
B. The Deck Bid Administrator(s) will be given priority to bid for vacation in a full week block not to exceed the accrued vacation balance. Once the Deck Bid Administrator has completed their vacation bid, other Bid Administrators within the group will bid next using their seniority. Crew Dispatchers, Dispatch Coordinators, and Relief Dispatchers will bid after the Bid administrators using their seniority.
C. The initial (round 1) bidding selection will be full-week (40 hours) blocks with a maximum of (4) four weeks or 160 hours. No dispatch department employee may bid beyond their accrued and continuously accruing balance.
D. The secondary bidding selection (round 2) will open for Crew Dispatchers, Coordinators, and Relief Dispatchers only. Secondary bidding selection will commence no later than 72 hours after the completion of the initial bidding selection or after the last dispatcher has made their vacation selection. Dispatch Department Employees shall make their selection in person (by phone) or proxy (by email) within three calendar days, excluding their days off, to make their initial selections or they shall forfeit their right to select in turn and shall follow the last employee who has selected. Selections in this round must be a minimum of a two- day block. No dispatch department employee may bid beyond their accrued and continuously accruing balance.
E. Vacation requests made outside the initial and secondary bidding period will be requested in 30 minutes increments. The request should be responded to as soon as practicable but no later than three working days from the date of the request submission. When considering requests for vacation leave, the Employer will take into account the desires of the employee but may require that leave be taken at a time that will not impact the operations of the department. It is agreed that vacation requests will not be unreasonably denied and that every effort will be made to accommodate th...
