Shift Sign-up. A. The Communications Manager will post the annual shift and leave sign up schedule by September 15th each year for the following year. Communication Technicians sign up for shift selection, selected days off, vacation, compensatory time off (CTO) and holiday time. B. Employees will sign up by seniority for their choice of shifts, payback hours, and leave hours for each of the three annual rotations. Shift selection will be by seniority, including relief shift. C. Employees shall have three days (72 hrs) from the date of receipt of the schedule to make their selection for work shifts, days off and annual vacation accrual. Employees are entitled to sign up for the total of their annual accrual of vacation time utilizing coding “V". 1. Communications Technicians will sign-up for “V” days with the expectation that the center is fully staffed and the relief from that watch is available to cover. Communication Technicians may not sign up for vacation time during the initial sign-up if it will incur overtime. First draft vacation requests shall be approved with mandatory overtime in the event of unit vacancies after the master schedule is completed. D. Once all unit employees have had the opportunity to sign up for their maximum accrual of vacation time, they shall be entitled to again sign up by seniority for all accrued compensatory time off (CTO), holiday hours and previously unselected leave time they will have accumulated by the date requested. Compensatory time off shall be coded “CTO", holiday leave and all other previously unselected leave time shall be coded “H". 1. Second draft CTO, holiday and previously unselected leave time may be granted and overtime considered for unit vacancies. Overtime will be posted to accommodate such leave requests. Should the overtime remain unfilled, the requested leave time shall be cancelled. 2. In the event that scheduled CTO time is cancelled, the affected employee shall be paid for the CTO hours scheduled, work the shift and be compensated with overtime as defined in Section 11.3. E. The Communications and Records Manager shall approve leave time by seniority and post same on the electronic schedule by the start of each rotation. F. Employees generally will not be allowed to work more than two consecutive shift assignments without rotation to an alternate shift. The Communications and Records Manager may consider requests to work more than two consecutive rotations for hardship and educational purposes. In no case will a senior employee be adjusted from shift preference without their consent to mitigate requested hardship or educational requests. 1. Any request for a change or deviation between employees (i.e. shift rotation trade) must be submitted in memo form signed by both affected employees within one week of posting the tentative schedule. Requests will be forwarded through the chain-of-command for a final decision by the Bureau Commander or designee. If approved, affected employees will also trade seniority for selection of days off. For scheduling purposes, the shift change will affect only the two employees involved. Affected employees will receive credit for the shift they signed up for.
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