Common use of Scheduling Vacation Leave Clause in Contracts

Scheduling Vacation Leave. Vacation scheduling is subject to the approval of the department head and the operational needs of the department. Vacation leave may be scheduled as follows: 1. After reporting for duty, an Employee who uses vacation leave that is less than eight (8) hours on that same day must take leave for the remainder of the shift. 2. The Employer may refuse to grant vacation leave usage when such usage is requested less than 5 calendar days in advance for vacation of 4 days or more and 3 calendar days in advance for vacation of less than 4 days. The Chief or Designee may waive the notice requirement within his reasonable discretion. 3. No more than 3 Employees in the bargaining unit, excluding the Detective Sergeant, shall be granted leave per calendar day, however, at least one patrol sergeant must be working an entire shift during that same time period. 4. The scheduling of vacation leave usage shall not disrupt the efficient operation of the Police Department. Before a Sergeant makes a leave request, such Sergeant must ensure that adequate personnel are scheduled for each shift. 5. Requests for vacation that cause one slot or 8.5 hours of overtime will be granted if no member of any sworn bargaining unit on that shift has already been granted vacation leave, compensatory time, holiday leave, or personal leave. If a member of any sworn bargaining unit on that shift has already been granted such leave, no additional leave may be granted if overtime will be created by the granting of the leave.

Scheduling Vacation Leave. Vacation scheduling is subject to the approval of the department head and the operational needs of the department. Vacation leave may be scheduled as follows: 1. After reporting for duty, an Employee who uses vacation leave that is less than eight (8) hours on that same day must take leave for the remainder of the shift. 2. The Employer may refuse to grant vacation leave usage when such usage is requested less than 5 calendar days in advance for vacation of 4 days or more and 3 calendar days in advance for vacation of less than 4 days. The Chief or Designee may waive the notice requirement within his reasonable discretion. 3. No more than 3 2 Employees in the Patrol Officer bargaining unit, excluding the Detective Sergeantdetectives, shall be granted leave per during the same shift. No more than 2 Employees assigned to detective work shall be granted leave during the same calendar day. The Chief of Police or Designee has the discretion to consider and grant vacation time requests that result in simultaneous vacation time for specialty unit members (criminal investigation, howeversupport services, at least one School Resource Officer, or other specialty assignment) with patrol sergeant must be working an entire shift during that same time periodmembers. 4. The scheduling of vacation leave usage shall not disrupt the efficient operation of the Police Department. Before a Sergeant makes a leave request, such Sergeant must ensure that adequate personnel are scheduled for each shift. 5. Requests for vacation that cause one slot or 8.5 hours of overtime will be granted if no member of any sworn bargaining unit on that shift has already been granted vacation leave, compensatory time, holiday leave, or personal leave. If a member of any sworn bargaining unit on that shift has already been granted such leave, no additional leave may be granted if overtime will be created by the granting of the leave.