VOLUNTARY LEAVE WITHOUT PAY PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Memorandum of Understanding, effective December 11, 1990 an employee using the Voluntary Leave Without Pay Program shall incur no loss in the County contribution toward health and dental coverage for the first 12 days of such approved leave without pay in a fiscal year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Memorandum of Understanding, employees shall be entitled to holiday compensation, except in the case of a floating holiday, only if they are on paid status on their scheduled workdays before and after the holiday, except that an employee who requests and is granted leave under the Voluntary Leave Without Pay Program on the employee's scheduled workday before and/or after a holiday shall be eligible for holiday pay if on paid status on the employee’s scheduled workdays before and after the approved day(s) of voluntary leave without pay. No employee who is assigned shift work shall receive a greater or lesser number of holidays in any calendar year than employees regularly assigned to work during the normal work week.
