Scheduling of Compensatory Time Clause Samples

Scheduling of Compensatory Time. Employees shall not be permitted to submit requests for 15 compensatory time off earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the date for which the use of 16 compensatory time is requested. An employee will be permitted to take compensatory time off 17 within a reasonable time after requesting it provided that it will not create additional overtime 18 unless approved by the Chief or his designee(s). If multiple requests are received for use of 19 compensatory time during the same time period, seniority will determine which employee is 20 permitted to take compensatory time. 22 Scheduling of vacation leave prior to or after compensatory leave requests. Prior requests 23 for vacation time will supersede requests to use compensatory time off at the same time. No 24 vacation request made after the compensatory time off has been granted will be honored for any 25 of the same hours off. 27 Response to request for compensatory time off. The Chief or his designee(s) shall grant or 28 deny the employee’s request for compensatory time off within five (5) days of its submission to 29 him/her. In the event the prohibition of allowing compensatory time to be used if it would create 30 additional overtime is determined to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction in a 31 case brought or supported by the Union, the restrictions upon accumulation and annual use of 32 compensatory time off in lieu of pay for overtime shall be reduced to twenty-four (24) and forty- 33 eight (48) hours respectively.

Scheduling of Compensatory Time. 11 Current systems of accumulating and scheduling compensatory time shall continue if 12 consistent with this Article. The issues of accumulation and scheduling of 13 compensatory time for any classification covered by this Agreement will be subject to 14 secondary negotiations. 15 When compensatory time credits have been earned by an employee for overtime work 16 or work performed on a holiday, such time shall be used at the convenience of the 17 employee subject to supervisory approval based on criteria applicable to annual leave. 18 However, if the Employer does not permit the employee to use accrued compensatory 19 time credits before the end of the fiscal year in which the credits have been earned, 20 the employee may be paid in cash at the regular rate for the compensatory time credits 21 unused at the end of the fiscal year, except as may be determined in secondary

Scheduling of Compensatory Time. An employee shall be entitled to a leave with pay to the extent of earned compensatory time. The request of an employee to schedule compensatory time leave must receive the prior approval of a supervisor not in the bargaining unit to assure that the scheduling of compensatory time leave will not occur during a critical time period or otherwise disrupt essential services. In the absence of a request from the employee to utilize accumulated compensatory time, a supervisor not in the bargaining unit shall have the right to require the employee to schedule a compensatory time leave during a period designated by the supervisor.

Scheduling of Compensatory Time. The following applies to scheduling of compensatory time off when the Prospect Dispatch center, or any of the four regular shift schedules is running at minimum staffing levels as determined by the Department (2012 minimum staffing is defined as two dispatchers). For the purposes of scheduling compensatory time off, staffing levels of each of the four regular shift schedules will be considered individually: i. Employee may only request the amount of compensatory time off they have already accrued. Schedule changes must be approved by the Fire/EMS Dispatch Supervisor or Communications Division Chief during regular business hours or when they are available and on site. Regular business hours are defined as Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM excluding designated holidays. ii. Requests for scheduling of compensatory time off must be submitted no fewer than 14 calendar days prior to the shift being requested. The City will grant requests on a first-come basis, provided that volunteer coverage for the 12 hour overtime shift is found. All requests for compensatory time shall be approved or denied within 7 days of the request. Volunteer coverage will follow the normal overtime hiring process. Should volunteer coverage only be found for 4, 6, or 8 hours of the 12-hour shift, the employee requesting the time off has the option of only taking the partial hours or cancelling the request. iii. The department reserves the right to cancel scheduled compensatory time up to 48 hours before the time scheduled off is taken, except that the first two bid compensatory time days each quarter cannot be canceled, once approved. iv. Should the employee ask to cancel his/her scheduled compensatory time off, the Department will automatically cash out the scheduled time. Under rare circumstances and upon an employee's written request, the Fire Chief has sole discretion to allow an employee to retain the cancelled time in his/her accrued compensatory leave bank. v. Should the Department request that the employee work during his/her scheduled compensatory time, the employee will have the option of cashing out the time or retaining the time in his/her accrued compensatory leave bank. vi. Employees may request, through the Fire Chief or their designee, to reschedule non-bid compensatory time. If the request is approved, the rescheduling of non-bid compensatory time must follow the appropriate process as outlined in 6.5(c). The following applies to scheduling of compensatory time off...