Vacation Scheduling by Seniority. Opportunities for taking these vacation weeks will be established on a seniority and rotating basis.
Vacation Scheduling by Seniority. (a) The blank vacation scheduling forms shall be posted by January 7th of each year and all Employees must fill in their date selections by March 1st.
Vacation Scheduling by Seniority. The Employer, unless emergency needs dictate otherwise, shall not change an employee’s vacation once it has been approved. By January 31 of each calendar year, employees may submit up to three (3) requests for preferred vacation time periods. Such requests shall be approved or denied by March 1 of each calendar year. In establishing vacation schedules, the agency shall consider both the employee’s preference and the operating needs of the agency. Where the agency, based on operational needs, is unable to grant and schedule the vacation preference for all the employees within a Region or operations unit, but is able to grant some of such (one or more) vacation preferences, such approval shall be on the basis of seniority. After all requests received by January 31 have been granted or denied, vacation requests shall be considered in the order in which they are received. The necessity of an overtime assignment may be considered in the approval or denial of a vacation request if the request is submitted with less than twenty-four (24) hours notice. Subject to the operational needs of the facility, the Employer shall attempt to allow one Shift Commander off per shift, per day. Vacation must be scheduled so that it may be taken no later than 24 months after the expiration of the calendar year in which such vacation was earned. If the employee does not request and take accrued vacation within such 24 month period, vacation earned during such calendar year shall be lost.
