National Agreement 2006-2011 - NALC Branch 1100

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3. Provide official notice to each employee of the vacation
schedule approved for each employee.
C. A procedure in each office for submission of applications
for annual leave for periods other than the choice period may be
established pursuant to the implementation procedure above.
D. All advance commitments for granting annual leave
must be honored except in serious emergency situations.
Section 5. Sick Leave
The Employer agrees to continue the administration of the present
sick leave program, which shall include the following
specific items:
A. Credit employees with sick leave as earned.
B. Charge to annual leave or leave without pay (at employee’s
option) approved absence for which employee has insufficient
sick leave.
C. Employee becoming ill while on annual leave may have
leave charged to sick leave upon request.
D. For periods of absence of three (3) days or less, a supervisor
may accept an employee’s certification as reason for an absence.
Section 6. Minimum Charge for Leave
The minimum unit charged for sick leave and annual leave for
regular work force employees as defined in Article 7, Section
1.A, is one hundredth of an hour (.01 hour).
Employees may utilize annual and sick leave in conjunction with
leave without pay, subject to the approval of the leave in accordance
with normal leave approval procedures. The Employer is
not obligated to approve such leave for the last hour of the
employee’s scheduled workday prior to and/or the first hour of
the employee’s scheduled workday after a holiday.
[see Memos, pages 157-165]
(Additional leave provisions regarding Transitional
Employees are found in the Memorandum Re: Transitional
Employees-Additional Provisions on page 140.)
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