Common use of Vacation Use and Selection Clause in Contracts

Vacation Use and Selection. ‌ Employees hired to serve in the job classification of State Patrol Trooper or Natural Resources Specialist 2/Conservation Officer may not use vacation until they have completed Field Training. However, such employees shall accrue vacation beginning on their date of hire. Vacation days for a State Patrol Trooper shall be deemed to be those days on which the Trooper would have normally been scheduled to work had the Trooper not been on vacation. Upon the mutual consent of the Trooper and the Appointing Authority, other days during the vacation period will be available for a work assignment. The approval of vacation shall in all cases be made subject to the operating needs of the Employer. The Employer shall make reasonable efforts to schedule employee vacations at a time agreeable to the employee if adequate scheduling of the work unit permits. Vacation periods will not normally be scheduled for periods in excess of fifteen (15) consecutive working days for BCA Agents and State Patrol Troopers and twenty (20) consecutive working days for Conservation Officers. If it is necessary to limit the number of employees on vacation at the same time in a work unit, the vacation schedules shall be established on the basis of seniority in the event of any conflict over the scheduling. Whenever practicable, employees shall submit written requests for vacation to their supervisor at least four (4) weeks in advance of their vacation. When practical, the supervisor shall respond to such written requests within two (2) weeks of receiving such request. When advance written requests are impracticable, employees shall secure the approval of their supervisor at the earliest opportunity. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to preclude employees from requesting and being granted vacation periods of one (1) day. Except for those Conservation Officers at the maximum of their vacation accrual who are about to lose vacation leave, four (4) regular days off shall be scheduled in the payroll period prior to vacation leave being granted. Notwithstanding the above, the Appointing Authority may grant vacation of up to eight (8) hours to Conservation Officers (who are eligible for vacation leave) who have not worked eighty (80) hours as of the last day of the payroll period and who have not taken four (4) regular days off in the payroll period.