Common use of VOLUNTARY WORK FURLOUGH Clause in Contracts

VOLUNTARY WORK FURLOUGH. The work furlough period is forty (40) hours per fiscal year. Employees will be given notice on May 1st or the first Monday following May 1st of the necessity to sign up for voluntary work furlough and will be given three weeks to complete the request. Employees will be allowed to use furlough hours in accordance with the city’s vacation leave policies and the sections of this MOU dealing with vacation leave usages. The work furlough will continue until reduced or discontinued by mutual agreement of the parties and will have no impact on employee benefits to the extent permitted by law. I. Employees taking leave will be required to use furlough hours before any other leave balances, excluding leave hours being taken under the City’s sick leave policy or the article of this MOU covering the use of sick leave. II. Employees, who, through no fault of their own, are not allowed to take their furlough hours within the fiscal year will have the remaining hours carried over for use during the next fiscal year. To be eligible for carryover, employees must demonstrate in writing that they requested time off during the fiscal year and that their requests were denied by the Appointing Authority. Any hours carried over must be used in the new fiscal year.