Vacation Schedule Made by January Sample Clauses

Vacation Schedule Made by January. 31 Requests (“Preferred Vacation”). The following process will be utilized for the purposes of scheduling preferred vacations. It is the intent of this process to grant as many employees off as possible while still meeting operational needs. This process will start no later than January 15th of each calendar year. Preferred vacation requests may include vacation through the end of February of the following calendar year. a. The employer will call employees, within a functional unit (i.e., Position classifications within a healthcare unit that functions together to provide a specific medical service and thus create a subsystem within the healthcare unit.), in seniority order, regardless of classification, to schedule preferred vacations. Each preferred vacation preference shall be defined as a block of time uninterrupted by work days. Employees will only be able to schedule vacation time in accordance with the amount of vacation time that they will have accrued at the time of the vacation will be taken. If the employee does not have enough vacation time, at the time of the vacation, the employee is responsible to meet with their supervisor to discuss what portion of the vacation, if any, the employee is eligible to take. Accrued vacation time shall be the only paid time off considered when scheduling and taking preferred vacations. b. In seniority order within a functional unit, the employer will contact the employees utilizing a vacation calendar process, to offer the employees the opportunity to select their First Preferred Vacation. At that time the Employer will indicate to the employee whether or not the requested time is approved. If denied, the employee will be allowed to continue to choose an alternative vacation period until a First Preferred Vacation can be approved, at which time a PTO request will be completed by the employee and approved by the Employer. Once all First Preferred Vacations are scheduled using the calendar process, the employees will be offered, in seniority order within a functional unit, a Second Preferred Vacation. Likewise, a Third Preferred, in seniority order within a functional, will be offered after all Second Preferred vacations are scheduled, with the employee being allowed to continue to choose an alternative vacation period until a second and Third Preferred vacation can be approved. Employees not present can submit in writing a list of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd preferred vacations to be utilized by the Employer when that emp...